Dubois County Community Corrections Work Release Center Overview
The Dubois County Community Corrections Work Release Center is operated by Dubois County Community Corrections, not by the jail as a booking unit. The county page says Community Corrections was established in January 1991 and that the current facility opened in 2003. It houses administrative offices and a residential work-release program on Brucke Strasse, near the county law-enforcement campus in Jasper.
This facility should be described as community corrections or work release, not as a county jail or state prison. The population is made up of people sentenced or ordered into work release and related supervised programs. The county page says the agency supervises and houses individuals sentenced to Work Release, and also supervises Home Detention and Pretrial Release. Those categories are not the same as ordinary jail booking custody.
The work-release program page describes the program as an alternative to jail or prison. It is treatment-based, includes case-manager work and orientation rules, and requires participants to obtain and maintain one full-time job. That program language changes the lookup question: a person in jail custody should be searched through the Dubois County Security Center roster, while a person assigned to work release may need confirmation through Community Corrections, the sentencing court, or MyCase.
The county Community Corrections page is the strongest local source for the facility's history, role, and residential capacity: Dubois County Community Corrections overview.
That county source frames the center as a local community-corrections agency with residential work release, home detention, and pretrial release supervision functions.
Work Release Center Capacity and Population
Two sourced capacity figures appear in the research, and they should be kept together instead of forced into one number. The county Community Corrections page describes a 170-bed residential facility. The IDOC residential-centers table separately lists Dubois as a stand-alone work-release center with 84 male beds and 18 female beds at 257 Brucke Strasse. Those IDOC figures total 102 beds, which may reflect the state's listed residential work-release bed categories rather than the county's broader facility description.
No current daily work-release population count was located in the research. For that reason, the page can report the county's published 170-bed facility statement and the IDOC 84 male / 18 female bed listing, but it should not invent a current participant count or assume that all Community Corrections participants are physically housed in the work-release building. Home detention and pretrial release are supervised programs and may include people living outside the residential center.
| Measure | Figure | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| County residential facility | 170 beds | Dubois County Community Corrections page |
| IDOC male work-release beds | 84 | IDOC community-corrections residential-centers table |
| IDOC female work-release beds | 18 | IDOC community-corrections residential-centers table |
| Current resident count | Not located | No current official daily population count found in the research |
The IDOC residential-center table is the state source for the male and female bed listing: IDOC community corrections residential centers.
Because IDOC and the county describe the facility from different angles, both figures are useful, but neither should be converted into an unsourced current headcount.
How to Look Up Someone Connected to Work Release
The work-release center does not replace the Dubois County jail roster. If the question is whether a person is currently booked into jail custody, use the Dubois County JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster for the Security Center. That roster is for county jail custody. Work-release participants are sentenced or supervised through Community Corrections, and their public information may be better confirmed through Community Corrections, the sentencing court, or Indiana MyCase.
- Start with JailTracker only if the person may be in Dubois County Security Center custody.
- If the person is not on the jail roster, search MyCase by name to review the criminal case, sentence, hearings, and community-corrections references.
- Call Dubois County Community Corrections at 812-481-2440 ext. 2283 or ext. 2284 for program-specific routing when appropriate.
- Use the Indiana DOC locator only if the person has moved into state custody, not simply because the work-release center appears in an IDOC residential-centers table.
Lookup distinction: JailTracker covers county jail custody. Community Corrections supervises work release, home detention, and pretrial release participants under court and program rules.
Work Release Center Address and Contact
The facility is next to the county's main law-enforcement area but has its own Community Corrections contact path. The county and IDOC both place the work-release center at 257 Brucke Strasse in Jasper. The IDOC table shows a likely ZIP typo of 48546 in the research, so the county's Jasper, IN 47546 address should be used here.
Dubois County Community Corrections Work Release Center
257 Brucke Strasse
Jasper, IN 47546
812-481-2440 ext. 2283 / 2284
Fax: 812-634-2998
Visits, Program Contact, and Communication
The research did not locate a public jail-style visitation schedule for the work-release center. That is consistent with the facility type: work release is a structured residential community-corrections program, not a public jail visiting block. The county's program material emphasizes employment, orientation rules, treatment, and case-manager involvement. Public-facing visit, pass, phone, or schedule questions should be confirmed with Community Corrections rather than borrowed from the Security Center's InmateSales jail visitation rules.
| Topic | Documented detail | Best contact path |
|---|---|---|
| Program status | Work release is a jail/prison alternative for people sentenced or supervised through Community Corrections. | Community Corrections, 812-481-2440 ext. 2283 / 2284 |
| Employment requirement | Participants must obtain and maintain one full-time job. | Work Release program staff or case manager |
| Residential contact rules | No public visitation schedule was located in the research. | Call before visiting or sending items. |
| Jail video visits | InmateSales rules apply to Security Center jail custody, not automatically to work release. | Use the jail page only for Security Center inmates. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at the Work Release Center
No public work-release mail format, phone vendor, commissary vendor, or deposit-fee schedule was located in the research. That absence is important because the Dubois County Security Center has documented jail-specific rules for mail, CPC/InmateSales telephone service, video visitation, and money-by-mail deposits. Those rules should not be copied onto the work-release center as if they were the same program.
For work release, ask Community Corrections how a participant may receive approved mail, calls, property, employment documents, or payments. If the person is actually booked into the Security Center rather than assigned to work release, use the jail's separate mail and money rules. If the person has moved into IDOC prison custody, use IDOC mail, ViaPath/ConnectNetwork money, and facility-specific prison rules instead.
| Service | Work-release source status | Do not confuse with |
|---|---|---|
| Mail format | Not located in public research | Security Center inmate mail format |
| Phone / video vendor | Not located in public research | CPC/InmateSales jail phone and video rules |
| Money or program payments | Not located in public research | Security Center money-by-mail rules |
| Program contact | 812-481-2440 ext. 2283 / 2284 | Emergency or jail custody line |
Admission, Sentencing, and Program Intake
The Work Release Center does not perform the street-arrest booking function handled by the Security Center. A new arrest normally creates a county jail record first, with booking data, charges, holds, and possible bond information. Work release begins later, when a court and Community Corrections place a person into the program as an alternative to jail or prison or as part of a supervised sentence.
The county work-release page describes orientation, case-manager involvement, treatment-based programming, personal development, and the full-time employment requirement. A work-release resident may have movement rules, employment schedules, program sanctions, and court conditions that are not visible on the public jail roster. MyCase can help identify the court case and sentencing order, but Community Corrections is the better source for program-specific instructions that are public and appropriate to share.
The county work-release page documents the program's purpose and employment requirement: Dubois County Work Release program.
That program page supports treating the center as a supervised residential alternative rather than a second county jail roster location.
About Dubois County Community Corrections Work Release Center
Dubois County Community Corrections adds an important piece to the county inmate-population picture because it can reduce or structure time that might otherwise be served in jail or prison. The agency's mission is separate from the Security Center's booking role. Its work-release program allows approved participants to live in a controlled residential setting while maintaining employment and participating in treatment or self-improvement programming.
The county page also reports a PREA policy with zero tolerance for sexual abuse and harassment involving participants, staff, volunteers, contractors, clergy, and the public. Allegations are described as subject to administrative and/or criminal investigation. This policy language is facility-specific and should remain attached to Community Corrections, not generalized to all custody locations in the county.
For record searches, keep the systems separate. Use JailTracker for the Security Center jail roster, MyCase for court status and sentence records, IDOC for state prisoners, BOP for federal custody, and ICE for immigration detention. The work-release center's presence on an IDOC residential-centers page does not make every participant an IDOC prison inmate.
Note: Confirm program status, visiting rules, mail rules, and participant contact procedures with Community Corrections before traveling.