Monroe County Correctional Center — Bloomington, Indiana

Use the Monroe County Correctional Center, also called Monroe County Jail, inside the Charlotte T. Zietlow Justice Center at 301 N College Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47404. Call inmate information at 812-349-2750. The jail is a 24-hour Sheriff division; its lobby is about halfway down the alley on the west side.

Sources: Monroe County Correctional Center location · Monroe County Correctional Center division · Monroe County Sheriff jail page

Use the VINELink entry linked by the Sheriff and search legal-name variants. Keep the listed name, inmate ID, booking/custody location and notification record. If identity or location is uncertain, call 812-349-2750 before sending money, mail or travel.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff jail page · VINELink · Indiana SAVIN

Check spelling, date of birth if known, arresting agency, booking date and whether the person transferred or released. A missing VINELink result does not prove release. Also check Indiana SAVIN, IDOC, BOP or ICE only when the custody facts point outside this county jail.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff jail page · VINELink · Indiana SAVIN · Indiana DOC offender search · Federal Bureau of Prisons locator · ICE detainee locator

Call 911 for an immediate outside emergency. For someone already in the jail, call 812-349-2750, identify the person and describe the urgent risk, timing, medication or withdrawal facts. Ask that staff document the concern and route it to custody and medical or mental-health staff.

Sources: Monroe County Correctional Center location · Monroe County Jail PREA policy · Indiana county jail standards

The live Sheriff page says in-person visitation is suspended until further notice. Arrange off-site video only through InmateSales unless jail staff confirms a change. The current-linked rules require scheduling at least 24 hours ahead, allow unrestricted frequency, and limit one visit to 20 minutes. Visits may be monitored or recorded.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff jail page · Monroe County Sheriff visits, calls and money · Monroe County inmate visitation rules

The rules say the visitor register records the visitor name and driver’s-license number, but the reviewed sources do not publish a complete accepted-ID list or rules for minors, guardians or consent. Confirm every adult and child’s requirements with 812-349-2750 before paying or scheduling.

Sources: Monroe County inmate visitation rules · How to schedule Monroe County inmate visitation

Use a camera, speaker and high-speed internet. The dated setup sheet says Apple mobile users should use the InmateSales app and Windows, Mac and Android users should use Chrome. Confirm current device support. If housing, discipline, quarantine, protective orders, accessibility or technical failure affects a session, save the confirmation and contact InmateSales and the family liaison.

Sources: Monroe County inmate/family liaison · Monroe County inmate visitation rules · How to schedule Monroe County inmate visitation · InmateSales

The Sheriff assigns phone, chirping and visitation funding to InmateSales, not JailATM. The current-linked phone rules describe collect and prepaid local or long-distance calls from block phones approximately 5:30 a.m.–11:30 p.m., subject to security. Calls may be monitored or recorded; attorney calls may not be monitored without a court order.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff visits, calls and money · Monroe County inmate phone calls · InmateSales

Confirm the person completed booking, remains at this jail, has phone funds, dialed an eligible number and is calling during an available period. Numbers may be blocked by the Jail Commander or designee. The live page gives 877-998-5678, while the visit PDFs give 866-340-7879; preserve the conflict, try the live-page number first, and keep ticket and receipt numbers.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff visits, calls and money · Monroe County inmate/family liaison · Monroe County inmate phone calls · InmateSales

Create or sign in to InmateSales, choose Monroe County and the remote-visit product, enter accurate personal information, buy minutes, and schedule. Do not use JailATM for visits. The older setup sheet exposes an onsite option, but the live page says in-person visits remain suspended; do not select onsite without direct jail confirmation.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff jail page · Monroe County Sheriff visits, calls and money · Monroe County inmate visitation rules · How to schedule Monroe County inmate visitation · InmateSales

Send noncommercial, nonlegal USPS mail as: [Inmate Name – Inmate ID], Monroe County Indiana Jail, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. Include a return address. Mail must be letter-size or smaller, light-card-stock thickness or thinner, scanner-feedable, on white paper in a white envelope, and free of stickers, labels, glue, glitter, colored ink or other listed prohibited features. It is scanned through TextBehind; noncompliant mail may be destroyed.

Sources: Monroe County inmate mail guidelines · TextBehind

Address privileged mail as: [Inmate Name – Inmate ID], Monroe County Jail, 301 North College Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47404. Staff verifies identity and opens it in the person’s presence to inspect for contraband. The 2023 policy says staff copies acceptable pages and shreds originals in the person’s presence; counsel should verify this unusual current procedure before sending originals.

Sources: Monroe County inmate/family liaison · Monroe County inmate mail guidelines

Books, magazines and newspapers go to the 301 North College Avenue jail address, not the Kentucky scan address. The publisher-only rule applies and Jail Commander approval is required. Books must ship directly from HarperCollins, Hamilton Book, Book Outlet, Simon & Schuster, Christianbook or Sureshot Books, with no more than 5 books per shipment. Verify the list before ordering.

Sources: Monroe County inmate mail guidelines

The policy allows pictures attached to inmate email messages through the kiosk, subject to staff review. It does not state a physical-photo quantity or size. Pop-up, musical or homemade cards, nonwhite paper/envelopes, raised decorations and unscannable items are prohibited. Do not send packages, irreplaceable originals or physical photos until staff confirms the current rule.

Sources: Monroe County inmate mail guidelines

For commissary, use cash or credit/debit at the black ATM in the jail lobby, or use JailATM online. Verify Monroe County Indiana, the person’s name and inmate ID before paying. JailATM setup support on the Sheriff page is 870-627-5476. Keep the receipt; cash, checks, money orders, certified checks and gift cards mailed to the scan address are returned.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff visits, calls and money · JailATM web deposits

For phone, chirping or visitation, use the blue lobby ATM, call 877-998-5678, or use InmateSales. Do not assume a JailATM commissary deposit funds InmateSales products. A separate phone PDF says phone time may be purchased from commissary funds, creating an unresolved account-path conflict; confirm which balance the person needs before adding money.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff visits, calls and money · Monroe County inmate phone calls · InmateSales

The Sheriff page confirms commissary purchases require funds and assigns deposits to JailATM. The reviewed sources do not publish order days, spending limits, product restrictions, refunds or release-balance handling. The mail policy provides proven-indigent people materials for 3 personal letters per week plus sufficient approved legal-mail supplies; ask how indigence is determined.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff visits, calls and money · Monroe County inmate mail guidelines · Indiana county jail standards · JailATM web deposits

Indiana jail standards require admission screening, daily collection of medical complaints, priority-based response, weekly physician availability and 24-hour emergency medical, dental and psychological care. Monroe does not publish a family medical line or current contractor. Call 812-349-2750 with concise symptoms, diagnosis, allergy, prescriber and timing; staff may accept information without disclosing protected details.

Sources: Monroe County Correctional Center location · Indiana county jail standards

Report an urgent risk immediately to 812-349-2750 and request a welfare check and clinical escalation. The PREA policy identifies a mental-health provider for assessment and counseling, but no public direct line is listed. Call or text 988 for community crisis support; 988 does not replace notifying the jail.

Sources: Monroe County Jail PREA policy · Indiana county jail standards · 988 Indiana

Do not bring medication, glasses or medical devices to the alley lobby without instructions. Call 812-349-2750 with the person’s name and inmate ID, medication/device, dose, last dose, pharmacy and prescriber, and ask how verification and delivery work. The current public material does not establish an acceptance or drop-off procedure.

Sources: Monroe County Correctional Center location · Indiana county jail standards

Indiana jail standards require a written grievance procedure given at arrival, prompt investigation and a written disposition to the resident. The public Monroe sources do not publish the form, levels, deadlines or appeal. The resident should request the current procedure; family can give dated supporting facts to the liaison at 812-349-2740 or ahibbert@co.monroe.in.us without treating the liaison as the formal grievance.

Sources: Monroe County inmate/family liaison · Indiana county jail standards

Call the jail and state the functional need, requested modification, communication aid, mobility access or medical equipment—not only a diagnosis. The county page links an ADA grievance path, but the reviewed material does not identify a jail-specific ADA coordinator, response deadline or appeal. Indiana Disability Rights and the DOJ ADA line are outside resources, not substitutes for a jail request.

Sources: Monroe County Correctional Center location · Indiana Disability Rights · US DOJ ADA information line

A resident may report to any corrections officer or supervisor, the kiosk, chaplain, or medical/mental-health provider. The published outside reporting number is 812-330-6402 for a message; residents may also use inmate email to outside people. For immediate danger call 911 or 812-349-2750. Preserve evidence when safe and report retaliation; RAINN offers outside crisis support but does not receive the jail’s formal report.

Sources: Monroe County Jail PREA policy · RAINN National Sexual Assault Hotline

Use Indiana MyCase to record the exact court, cause number, charges, hearing date, bond order and counsel. Court records and custody records answer different questions. Confirm changes with the Monroe County Clerk at the Charlotte T. Zietlow Justice Center rather than assuming the jail controls the court calendar.

Sources: Monroe County government departments · Monroe County Clerk · Indiana MyCase

Contact listed counsel or the Monroe County Public Defender at 304 N Morton Street, 812-349-2590, for appointment status and case work. Attorneys should coordinate legal mail and confidential communication with the jail. The phone policy protects attorney calls from monitoring absent a court order, but current attorney-call and visit setup details remain unpublished.

Sources: Monroe County inmate mail guidelines · Monroe County inmate phone calls · Monroe County Public Defender · Indiana public defender directory

Use the signed case order and clerk or jail confirmation. Ask for the exact amount and type, payer eligibility, accepted method, location, identification, fees, hours and other holds. The reviewed Sheriff page does not publish a local bond-payment vendor or complete procedure. Never pay someone who contacts you claiming the Sheriff requires prepaid cards; the Sheriff warns it does not solicit money that way.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff · Monroe County Clerk · Indiana MyCase

Indiana standards require an itemized intake inventory and return or transfer of property at release, but Monroe does not publish pickup authorization, hours, recipient ID, keys, clothing or transfer/death procedures. Ask 812-349-2750 what the resident must sign and what the recipient must bring. The liaison can help with approved special requests.

Sources: Monroe County inmate/family liaison · Indiana county jail standards

Release depends on court paperwork, IDACS/NCIC checks, transport, other holds, medication and property. The Sheriff offers release alerts through Indiana notification services, but an alert is not a guaranteed pickup time. Reconfirm custody and alley-lobby pickup instructions shortly before travel and bring weather-appropriate clothing only if staff authorizes it.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff jail page · Indiana county jail standards · Indiana SAVIN

Before release, ask about identification, medications, benefits, supervision, transportation, housing and food. Indiana 211, FSSA, Medicaid, WorkOne South Central, BMV, Beacon and local food providers can help, but eligibility and intake differ. Community Corrections at 405 W 7th Street is a separate court-supervision program, not the jail.

Sources: Monroe County Community Corrections · Indiana 211 · Indiana Medicaid · Indiana FSSA benefits portal · WorkOne South Central · Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles

The destination is 301 N College Avenue; the official page places the jail lobby halfway down the alley on the building’s west side. City data shows downtown metered and accessible spaces, but no reviewed official source designates a jail visitor lot, free space, screening route or after-hours accessible path. Check the city parking map and call the jail for the correct door before arrival.

Sources: Monroe County Correctional Center location · Monroe County Correctional Center division · City of Bloomington parking · City of Bloomington parking map gallery

The September 30 official GTFS places Bloomington Transit Route 2W at Morton Street & 7th Street, about 0.06 straight-line mile from the Justice Center coordinates. This is not named a jail stop. Confirm live detours, the accessible path and the west-alley entrance with Bloomington Transit at 812-336-7433 and the jail; no final pedestrian route or release pickup is guaranteed.

Sources: Monroe County Correctional Center location · Bloomington Transit · Bloomington Transit GTFS · Bloomington Transit static GTFS feed · Bloomington Transit routes

The official GTFS calendar and trips show Route 2W at Morton Street & 7th on weekdays, Saturday and Sunday for October 1–7, 2026, with no exception listed for those dates. Static schedules can change. Check ETA Spot or call 812-336-7433 on travel day; BLink and BTaccess have separate eligibility, booking and fare rules.

Sources: Bloomington Transit · Bloomington Transit GTFS · Bloomington Transit static GTFS feed · BLink

Beacon’s Shalom Center at 620 S Walnut Street lists weekday 8 a.m.–4 p.m. day-center hours, breakfast 8–9 a.m. and lunch 12–1:30 p.m.; call 812-334-5728 before relying on it. Hoosier Hills Food Bank at 812-334-8374 routes people to current pantries; it is a food-bank distributor, not a guaranteed walk-in pantry.

Sources: Beacon Shalom Center · Hoosier Hills Food Bank · Indiana 211

Visit Bloomington at 800-800-0037 provides local lodging help. One verifiable example is Hampton Inn Bloomington, 2100 N Walnut Street, 812-334-2100; it is not jail-endorsed. Contact any property for current price, availability, check-in ID, accessibility, cancellation, parking and travel time before booking.

Sources: Visit Bloomington hotels · Hampton Inn Bloomington

Indiana 211 can route food, shelter, utilities, transportation and reentry needs. Beacon offers day shelter, meals and resource navigation; Indiana Legal Services and Indiana Legal Help cover eligible civil/self-help needs; 988 handles crisis support. Confirm intake, county coverage, cost and hours directly.

Sources: Beacon Shalom Center · Indiana 211 · 988 Indiana · Indiana Legal Services · Indiana Legal Help

This guide covers only adult custody at the Monroe County Correctional Center/Jail, 301 N College Avenue. It does not apply to Community Corrections, probation, courts, the Public Defender, Bloomington Police, youth custody, IDOC, BOP, ICE, hospitals, shelters, closed sites, contract facilities or Monroe Counties in other states.

Sources: Monroe County Correctional Center location · Monroe County Sheriff · Monroe County Community Corrections · Bloomington Police Department · Indiana DOC offender search · Federal Bureau of Prisons locator · ICE detainee locator

On the day you act, reconfirm custody, facility, service, required inmate identifiers, address, fees, hours and restrictions with the responsible source. Save the page, review date, staff name, receipts and support ticket. Dated 2022–2023 PDFs remain live Sheriff links, but their unresolved differences from the current webpage stay explicit.

Sources: Monroe County Sheriff jail page · Monroe County Sheriff visits, calls and money · Monroe County inmate visitation rules · How to schedule Monroe County inmate visitation · Monroe County inmate mail guidelines · Monroe County inmate phone calls · Monroe County Jail PREA policy