Clinton County Jail

Clinton County Jail is the adult Sheriff custody system at 301 E Walnut St, Frankfort, IN 46041. The county also places 24-hour Central Dispatch in the lower level of the Sheriff building; dispatch is not a visiting or deposit counter.

For inmate information use the county-published 765-659-6396. Public pages disagree on other Sheriff/jail numbers, so verify the purpose of a number before relying on it.

Sources: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Home · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Clinton County — 911 Central Dispatch · Indiana Federal Community Defenders — Detention Facilities

Search the Sheriff roster and the Indiana County Jail Public Portal with the full legal name. Save the displayed spelling, booking number, housing field, arrest agency and court/cause number. A court case on MyCase does not prove current housing.

If there is no result, retry fewer fields and alternate spellings, then call 765-659-6396 with the date of birth, arrest date and arresting agency. Check IDOC, BOP and ICE separately only when county custody is not established.

Sources: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Inmate Search · Indiana County Jail Public Portal · Indiana Judicial Branch — MyCase · Indiana DOC — Incarcerated Locator · Federal Bureau of Prisons — Inmate Locator · ICE — Online Detainee Locator

Use 765-659-6396 for current inmate information. The county lists Sheriff administration, civil/criminal records, dispatch, courts, clerk, probation and prosecutor separately. Call 911 for an emergency and 765-654-5563 option 1 when a Sheriff or town marshal response is needed but it is not an emergency.

Do not send medical, identity, payment or attorney-confidential facts through a generic web form. Ask the jail for the approved channel and recipient.

Sources: Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Clinton County — Contact Directory · Clinton County — 911 Central Dispatch

No reviewed current Sheriff page publishes Clinton’s visiting days, housing schedule, check-in cutoff, duration, frequency or whether visits are onsite, remote or both. Do not use the detailed pod schedule reproduced by commercial directories without jail confirmation.

Call 765-659-6396 before registration or travel. Ask for the person’s current housing unit, visit mode, scheduling channel, approval deadline, arrival time and public entrance.

Sources: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Home · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers

Current local rules for the visitor list, accepted ID alternatives, minors and guardianship, dress, belongings, infant supplies, late arrival, long-distance visits, clergy and disability accommodations were not published in reviewed official sources.

Ask the jail about each item for the specific date. If staff directs you to CPC, CPC’s general account rule calls for a clear shoulder-up photo and a matching driver license, state ID or passport; that does not replace Clinton approval.

Sources: Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Combined Public Communications — Friends and Family FAQ · U.S. Department of Justice — ADA

Commercial directories identify InmateSales/CPC for Clinton video, but no current reviewed Sheriff page confirms that assignment or the local schedule. Before paying, locate Clinton County, Indiana in the live provider facility selector and confirm with the jail.

If confirmed, the InmateSales app schedules visits and InmateSales View completes remote sessions. Save the approval and transaction ID; for token, password, camera or failed-session problems use CPC support and ask the jail about facility cancellations.

Sources: Combined Public Communications — App Connect · Combined Public Communications — Friends and Family FAQ · Combined Public Communications — Spanish FAQ · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers

No reviewed Sheriff page names the current voice-call provider. Ask the jail which provider appears for the person today and which identifier it needs. Do not assume that a provider used for video, messaging or commissary also handles voice calls.

If Clinton appears in InmateSales, Direct Pay belongs to the family and reaches one number; PIN Debit belongs to the incarcerated person and can reach multiple numbers. CPC says collect calling is unavailable, cards may carry fees, and support needs the transaction ID for transfers or refunds.

Sources: Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Combined Public Communications — Friends and Family FAQ · Combined Public Communications — Prepaid Calling Options · Combined Public Communications — Spanish FAQ

CPC publishes Chirper and tablet features generally, but local Clinton availability, device assignment, message rate, photo review and monitoring limits were not confirmed by the Sheriff. A provider marketing page is not a local entitlement.

Confirm the live facility menu before purchase. For a missing service or wrong facility, contact provider support; for content rejection, access restriction or housing eligibility, call the jail.

Sources: Combined Public Communications — Friends and Family FAQ · Combined Public Communications — App Connect · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers

No reviewed current Sheriff page publishes a personal-mail address, required booking identifier, envelope format, scanning vendor or rejection disposition. Do not infer that the physical address is also the personal-mail destination.

Call 765-659-6396 immediately before mailing. Ask the exact name/ID line, postal address, sender-address rule, paper and envelope limits, whether originals are destroyed, and how rejection notice or return works.

Sources: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Home · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers

The reviewed sources do not publish Clinton’s legal-mail address, required attorney marking, privileged-mail opening practice, electronic legal channel or professional visit route. Counsel should verify those details with jail staff before sending confidential material.

Use MyCase for the public docket, not attorney-client communication. If appointed counsel is needed, ask the assigned court; Indiana directs trial-level requests to the county or charging court.

Sources: Clinton County — Courts · Indiana Judicial Branch — MyCase · Indiana — How to Get a Public Defender · Indiana Federal Community Defenders — Detention Facilities

Current Clinton limits for photographs, greeting cards, books, magazines, newspapers, publisher-only shipments, packages and prohibited content were not published in reviewed official sources.

Ask whether each item must come directly from an approved publisher or vendor, what binding and quantity are allowed, whether a return label is required, and what happens to rejected originals. A commissary deposit link does not prove a care-package program.

Sources: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Commissary · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers

The Sheriff accepts cash or cards at the front-lobby kiosk 24/7, online deposits through JailATM, and mailed money orders or cashier’s checks. On the pay line write CCSO/Inmate’s Name; print your name on the submitter line and mail to CCSO/Inmate — 301 E Walnut Street, Frankfort, IN 46041. Torn, ripped or improperly completed instruments are rejected.

Online JailATM fees appear before confirmation; supported cards are Visa and Mastercard and posted limits may vary by facility. Save the receipt. Do not use CPC for commissary deposits.

Sources: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Commissary · JailATM — Deposit Support · JailATM — Terms of Use · Combined Public Communications — Friends and Family FAQ

No reviewed official source names the jail medical contractor, family clinical line, sick-call process, copay, hospital-transfer rule or authorization form. Call the jail with the full name, booking identifier, condition, symptoms, onset and risk; call 911 for an immediate community emergency.

Ask staff to document the relay and name the clinical decision-maker. IU Health Frankfort’s emergency department is a community hospital, not the jail medical unit and cannot disclose custody care.

Sources: Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Clinton County — 911 Central Dispatch · IU Health Frankfort Hospital · IU Health Emergency Medicine — Frankfort

For immediate danger call 911. Otherwise call the jail and state the person’s name, booking identifier, exact words or behavior, access to means, diagnosis, recent discharge, medications and a safe callback number. Ask for a welfare check and how confirmation will be returned.

988 and Healthy Communities are community resources; they do not replace jail notification or control housing. The jail’s internal mental-health contractor and family follow-up path remain unpublished.

Sources: Clinton County — 911 Central Dispatch · Clinton County Health Department · Healthy Communities of Clinton County · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers

No reviewed local source states whether family may deliver prescription bottles, eyeglasses, contacts, CPAP equipment or records, or where and when delivery is accepted. Do not bring an item without prior approval.

Ask for the clinician’s preferred pharmacy/record method and the exact authorization needed before staff can discuss protected information. A power of attorney does not automatically require clinical disclosure.

Sources: Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Clinton County Health Department

Clinton does not publish the jail grievance form, informal step, filing deadline, appeal level, emergency grievance or outside review route. Indiana Jail Services says county-jail complaints and grievances go to the Sheriff department or the jail’s internal grievance/medical system; the state inspection division does not process them.

Ask custody staff how the person obtains and tracks a form. Preserve dates, names, request numbers and copies; use the Sheriff administration/records contacts for records questions, not to bypass an internal remedy.

Sources: Indiana DOC — Operations Division / Jail Services · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers

Ask the jail for its ADA coordinator, request form and appeal path; those jail-specific details are not published. Describe the functional need, requested aid, visit or program affected and deadline. The county’s meeting notice uses 48 business hours, but that notice is not a jail policy.

For Spanish victim services, the Prosecutor lists a bilingual assistant. CPC also publishes Spanish account help if CPC is confirmed for the task. Neither source proves 24-hour jail interpretation.

Sources: U.S. Department of Justice — ADA · Clinton County Commissioners — Meeting Accessibility Notice · Clinton County Prosecutor — Victim Assistance · Combined Public Communications — Spanish FAQ

No reviewed Clinton source publishes a PREA hotline, outside reporting address, third-party report form or investigator contact. In an immediate emergency call 911; otherwise call the jail or Sheriff administration and ask for the PREA reporting channel without sending sensitive facts through an unsecured form.

Ask how a family member may make a third-party report, whether it can be anonymous and how retaliation concerns are escalated. The federal PREA page explains the framework but does not receive a Clinton facility report.

Sources: U.S. Department of Justice — PREA · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Clinton County — 911 Central Dispatch

Search MyCase by name or cause number and verify the county, court, next event and counsel. Clinton Circuit and Superior Courts are at 2 E Washington St, Suite 306; the published numbers are 765-659-6345 and 765-659-6340, Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4 p.m.

Only the court can confirm hearing changes, warrants and bond orders. The jail can confirm custody logistics but cannot give legal advice.

Sources: Indiana Judicial Branch — MyCase · Clinton County — Courts · Clinton County — Contact Directory

Indiana directs a person who cannot afford trial counsel to the county public-defender office or, if none is published, the court where charges were filed. Call the assigned Clinton court with the cause number and ask whether counsel has been appointed and how family can provide contact information.

The Indiana State Public Defender serves post-conviction matters, not routine local pretrial representation. Counsel must separately verify legal mail, calls and professional visits with the jail.

Sources: Indiana — How to Get a Public Defender · Indiana State Public Defender · Clinton County — Courts

Reviewed official sources do not publish Clinton Jail’s accepted bond methods, tender, hours, kiosk/site, fees or refund authority. Find the current order in MyCase and call the Clerk at 765-659-6335, the assigned court, and the jail before bringing funds.

Commissary deposits are not bond payments. Do not send a bond through JailATM unless the court or jail identifies that exact transaction in writing.

Sources: Indiana Judicial Branch — MyCase · Clinton County — Courts · Clinton County — Contact Directory · Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Commissary

No current official source publishes Clinton’s property inventory, release authorization, recipient ID, pickup entrance/hours, clothing exchange or unclaimed-property rules. Call the jail before traveling and ask whether the incarcerated person must sign a release and whether the recipient needs the booking number.

Keep the name of the approving staff member and a list of expected items. Do not use the Sheriff evidence/records line as proof that personal property is ready.

Sources: Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers

Release time, door, property return, medication, transportation and pickup notification are not published. Court disposition is not the same as physical release; ask the jail whether another county, IDOC, federal or immigration hold remains.

Use VINE for status alerts but confirm directly because alert timing can lag. Arrange a charged phone, photo ID, clothing and a flexible ride; do not promise a pickup time based only on a docket entry.

Sources: Indiana SAVIN / VINE · Indiana Judicial Branch — MyCase · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Indiana DOC — Incarcerated Locator · Federal Bureau of Prisons — Inmate Locator · ICE — Online Detainee Locator

Community Corrections at 400 E Clinton St, 765-659-2966, is a separate supervision agency. It publishes electronic monitoring, CTP reentry, treatment, education, job, housing and license-reinstatement referrals for eligible referred clients.

For shelter, food, health coverage and mental-health or substance-use help, contact Home for the Night, Healthy Communities or Indiana 211. These community services do not control jail release and may require screening.

Sources: Clinton County — Community Corrections · Clinton County — Community Corrections Programs · United Way for Clinton County — Home for the Night · Healthy Communities of Clinton County · Clinton County Resource Guide

Use the Sheriff roster for current booking, MyCase and the Clerk for case records, and the Sheriff civil/criminal records line 765-659-6373 for agency-record routing. Clinton Archives holds older court material, not a live custody status.

Ask about the exact record, date range, incident or cause number, fee, redaction and delivery format. Medical and attorney-confidential records follow separate authorization rules.

Sources: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Inmate Search · Indiana Judicial Branch — MyCase · Clinton County — Clerk · Clinton County — Dispatch Contact Numbers · Clinton County Archives — Request Procedure

Navigate to 301 E Walnut St, Frankfort, but confirm which door serves visits, deposits, property or release. Reviewed official sources do not publish a visitor lot, accessible spaces, lobby security, after-hours entrance or curb/loading point.

The lobby commissary kiosk is described as 24/7; that does not prove every lobby service is open continuously. Leave prohibited items in the vehicle and call ahead for mobility accommodations.

Sources: Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Home · Clinton County — 911 Central Dispatch · Clinton County Sheriff’s Office — Commissary · Clinton County Commissioners — Meeting Accessibility Notice

PPRC Clinton County Transit serves residents of any age countywide as curb-to-curb public transportation. Call 765-659-4060 Monday–Friday 7 a.m.–4 p.m.; request at least 24 hours ahead and provide name, birth date, phone, both addresses and arrival/pickup times. Local round-trip suggested donation is $8.

Ask for both legs, exact safe curb at 301 E Walnut, accessibility and escort needs. Service is first-come, space-available; there is no published fixed jail stop and no reservation is guaranteed.

Sources: Paul Phillippe Resource Center — Clinton County Transit · INDOT — Indiana Public Transit Systems

The seven listed weekdays are prompts to ask PPRC whether space exists for the rider, jail purpose and both directions. PPRC publishes a reservation phone window, not a date-by-date availability calendar.

Be ready 15 minutes early; the vehicle may arrive 15 minutes before or after. Cancel at least one hour ahead. A no-show cancels later trips that day until the rider confirms the schedule.

Sources: Paul Phillippe Resource Center — Clinton County Transit

For a quick downtown option, Domino’s lists 304 W Walnut St and Arni’s lists 12 E Washington St. Nickel & Rye lists 58 N Main St. These are community businesses, not jail services.

Check live hours, accessibility, payment and order status before walking or driving. Do not leave a visit line or park at the jail based on restaurant availability.

Sources: Domino’s Frankfort · Arni’s Restaurant — Locations · Nickel & Rye — Frankfort

IU Health’s local visitor page lists Super 8, 1875 W IN 28, 765-670-6068 and La Quinta Inn & Suites, 2150 W Holiday Road, 765-659-4400. They are not within the jail building and no Jail411 rate or availability is claimed.

Call the property for same-day price, taxes, accessibility, check-in ID, cancellation and transport to 301 E Walnut. Do not assume a hospital-family discount applies to jail visitors.

Sources: IU Health Frankfort Hospital

This guide covers adult Sheriff custody at 301 E Walnut only. Community Corrections at 400 E Clinton, probation, courts, city police, youth detention, IDOC prisons, BOP, ICE and neighboring jails have separate eligibility, contact and release rules.

The same 301 E Walnut building also houses Central Dispatch. Physical co-location does not make dispatch a custody counter. A federal contract population, if present, remains under a distinct legal authority; verify the custodian before action.

Sources: Clinton County — 911 Central Dispatch · Clinton County — Community Corrections · Clinton County — Probation Information · Clinton County — Courts · Indiana DOC — Incarcerated Locator · Federal Bureau of Prisons — Inmate Locator · ICE — Online Detainee Locator · Indiana Federal Community Defenders — Detention Facilities

Clinton Victim Assistance offers court accompaniment, date and plea notification, no-contact-order help, restitution help and release-right guidance at 765-659-6351. A bilingual victim assistant is published.

Register with VINE for status alerts, but call 911 for immediate danger and confirm release directly. Do not rely on family access to an incarcerated person for safety planning.

Sources: Clinton County Prosecutor — Victim Assistance · Indiana SAVIN / VINE · Clinton County — 911 Central Dispatch