Dubois County Security Center Overview
The Dubois County Security Center is operated by the Dubois County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Tom Kleinhelter is named on the county sheriff page, and the jail is tied to the separate sheriff website and its current-inmate pages. The facility serves adults arrested by the sheriff, Jasper Police, Huntingburg Police, Ferdinand Police, Indiana State Police, and other local agencies before those cases move through Dubois Circuit Court or Dubois Superior Court.
People held here may be pretrial detainees, county-sentenced jail inmates, people awaiting an initial hearing, people waiting on bond review, or people waiting to transfer after sentencing. The Security Center should not be described as an Indiana Department of Correction prison. Once a person is committed to state custody, the county JailTracker roster may stop being the right source and the Indiana DOC offender locator becomes the correct lookup path.
The county-hosted 2019 Dubois County Justice Study described increasing jail pressure and reviewed inspection reports from 2014 through 2018. It identified needs around intake, booking, video-court holding, fingerprinting and mugshot space, attorney meeting rooms, programming space, medical offices, food service, and staff offices. Those details matter because the Security Center is both a public-facing inmate lookup location and a working jail where classification, court movement, medical screening, and release decisions can affect when a name appears or disappears from the roster.
The official county sheriff page is a useful agency starting point for confirming the operator and contact path. The screenshot below comes from that county page: Dubois County Sheriff.
Use the sheriff page to confirm the local agency, then use the JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster for current custody status and booking details.
Dubois County Security Center Capacity and Population
The best sourced jail-capacity figure in the research is the 84-bed capacity line used in the 2019 county justice study and repeated in an IndyStar database built from IDOC jail-inspection data. That database snippet listed a Dubois jail inspection population of 89, or 105.95% of the 84-bed capacity. The justice study also reported an average daily population of 91 in 2018 and found that average daily population had increased 16% over five years.
There is an important caveat: older reporting described 67 as a state guideline or rated-capacity figure while also describing 84 physical beds. A current official IDOC inspection PDF for 2024 or 2025 was not located in the research. For page purposes, the Security Center can be described as having an 84-bed capacity in the 2019 justice study and inspection database, but the page should not claim a newly verified current official capacity beyond that documented caveat.
| Measure | Figure | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity line | 84 beds | Dubois County Justice Study, 2019; IndyStar IDOC inspection database snippet |
| Inspection population | 89 | IndyStar IDOC inspection database snippet |
| Percent of capacity | 105.95% | IndyStar IDOC inspection database snippet |
| Average daily population | 91 | Dubois County Justice Study, 2018 figure |
How to Look Up an Inmate at Dubois County Security Center
The official online route for Dubois County jail custody is the JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster. The sheriff's current-inmate path also points users toward this custody information. JailTracker is the right search for people believed to be in the Dubois County Security Center now or recently released from the county jail, but it is not the right place for sentenced IDOC prisoners, federal inmates, or immigration detainees.
- Open the Dubois County JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster.
- Complete any captcha or page challenge that appears before searching.
- Search by last name, and add a first name when the result list is too broad.
- Open the person record and confirm the facility, booking date, charges, holds, bond fields, case numbers, and release status.
- If the person is not found, call the sheriff at 812-482-3522, check Indiana VINE, search MyCase for the court case, and use IDOC if the person has been sentenced to state custody.
The roster application is documented in the screenshot manifest as the Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster for Dubois County: Dubois County JailTracker roster.
Because the roster is an app, display settings can vary. The research found support for inmate images, charges, holds, bonds, cases, booking dates, release dates, arresting agency, and VINE fields, but public visibility may depend on agency settings and captcha or login rules.
Dubois County Security Center Address and Contact
Use the sheriff's main phone number for jail custody questions, jail-business questions, bond or release confirmation, and current access procedures. The official mail and money formats use the 47546 ZIP Code. Search snippets from the sheriff footer also showed 47547 in one place, so the safer address for inmate mail is the format published on the inmate mail and money pages.
Dubois County Security Center
255 Brucke Strasse
Jasper, IN 47546
812-482-3522
Operated by the Dubois County Sheriff's Office
Lookup and Records Channels
Visiting Someone at Dubois County Security Center
Dubois County's documented jail visitation path uses InmateSales for remote video visitation. The research did not locate a complete text schedule for in-person visitation. The official visitation details found in the research require an InmateSales account, visitor personal information, scheduling, and suitable technology such as a computer or internet-enabled mobile device with camera, speaker, and high-speed internet. Children may visit when accompanied by an adult.
| Item | Documented detail | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Video visit vendor | InmateSales | Create or log in to an account, purchase minutes, and schedule the visit. |
| Customer service | 866-340-7879 | Use vendor support for account or visit issues. |
| Required visitor information | Name, address, birthday, driver's license | Visitor identity information is required during setup. |
| On-site schedule | Not located as official text | Call 812-482-3522 before traveling for a visit. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Dubois County Security Center
Mail, phone, video, and money rules are facility-specific. The Security Center mail format is the inmate's name followed by Dubois County Security Center, 255 Brucke Strasse, Jasper, IN 47546. The sheriff mail page says non-legal mail is searched for contraband, a return address is required, magazines and newspapers must come from the publisher, and books must be purchased through Amazon.com. Mail from another correctional-facility inmate requires approval from that facility and the sheriff.
Money is more limited than many county jail systems. The sheriff money page says money may be mailed, money orders or cashier's checks are strongly recommended, personal checks are not accepted, and money is not accepted in person at the Security Center. Cash through the mail is noted but not recommended. Telephone service is through CPC/Combined Public Communications using InmateSales, with domestic local, in-state, and out-of-state calls documented at $0.21 per minute. International calling cards start at $1.00 per minute and vary by country.
| Service | Provider / Detail | Documented caveat |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Inmate Name, Dubois County Security Center, 255 Brucke Strasse, Jasper, IN 47546 | Return address required; non-legal mail searched. |
| Phone / video | CPC / Combined Public Communications through InmateSales | Assistance, refunds, and purchases: 1-877-998-5678. |
| Money deposit | Mail money order or cashier's check | No in-person money accepted; personal checks not accepted. |
| Accepted items | Eyeglasses, unopened contact lenses or solution, primarily white unopened socks and underwear | No T-shirts or bras containing underwire. |
Booking and Intake at Dubois County Security Center
Dubois County booking details are pieced together from the JailTracker model, Indiana court process, and the county justice study. A person arrested by a local agency is normally transported to the Security Center for intake unless cited, released, or diverted for medical care. Intake may create the jail record, collect identity information, record the original booking date and time, log the arresting agency, take a booking photo and fingerprints, inventory property, and attach charges, bonds, cases, holds, or warrants.
The roster can lag real-world events because booking, classification, court review, bond entry, and release processing do not all happen at the same moment. The public record can also change after the prosecutor reviews the police report. A JailTracker charge is a booking or custody record; once the case is filed, MyCase is the better place to follow hearings, formal charges, case status, bond orders, and court events.
About Dubois County Security Center
The Security Center is part of the county law-enforcement and justice campus on Brucke Strasse in Jasper. The 2019 justice study treated it as a central building in a wider space-needs review that also considered Community Corrections, courthouse functions, and the annex. The study's projections showed why the jail population and classification needs were a county planning issue rather than just a roster issue.
For lookup purposes, the key distinction is custody type. County jail custody stays with the Security Center and JailTracker. Sentenced state-prison custody moves to IDOC. Federal custody uses the Bureau of Prisons locator, and immigration detention uses ICE. Indiana VINE can supplement custody-status notifications, but it should not replace a direct call to the sheriff when release timing, visitation, bond, or travel plans depend on current information.
Note: Confirm custody, visit access, mail rules, and release status with the sheriff before traveling or sending money.