Martin County Security Center Overview
Martin County Security Center, also searched as Martin County Jail, is the only detention facility identified in the Martin County facility map from official county and statewide sources. It is operated by the Martin County Sheriff's Office and serves Shoals, Loogootee, and the rest of Martin County. No Indiana Department of Correction prison, federal Bureau of Prisons facility, ICE detention center, or separate regional jail was located in Martin County during the research review.
The facility is a county jail and local detention center. That means it can hold pretrial detainees after local arrest, people serving short county jail sentences, people held for court or warrant issues, probation or community corrections holds, outside-agency holds, and people waiting for transfer after sentencing. It should not be described as a state prison or federal lockup. After a prison sentence begins and transfer occurs, the custody record belongs in the Indiana Department of Correction system rather than the county jail roster.
The official county sheriff page lists Martin County Sheriff's Office administration at the security-center address and names Josh Greene as sheriff, Keith Keller as chief deputy, Lisa Greene as matron, Mkaden Gregory with the jail commander email, and Tiffany Evans as communications commander. It also links an external sheriff/security-center site, but that domain did not serve usable sheriff content when inspected on June 12, 2026. The safer public sources are the Martin County IN.gov sheriff page, the county contact directory, and INjail.
Martin County Security Center Contact
The jail address is distinct from the county courthouse and general county offices. Use the security-center address for custody, bond, property, visitation, jail mail, and booking-record questions. Use the courthouse or clerk address only for court records and filed case documents. That address distinction matters in Shoals because several county offices sit near each other, and map searches may surface both the courthouse and the sheriff/security-center location.
The official Martin County Sheriff's Office page confirms the sheriff administration address and jail-related staff listings.
The county contact directory separately lists the jail phone and fax, which makes it the best direct source for the public jail line.
Martin County Security Center
318 Capital Avenue
Shoals, IN 47581
Mailing address: P.O. Box 180, Shoals, IN 47581
812-247-3726
Fax: 812-247-2226
Jail lobby hours are not published; call first.
Martin County Security Center Inmate Lookup
Current and recent Martin County jail custody is searched through INjail Public Access, the Indiana County Jail Public Portal. Martin County appears in the official county list with FIPS 18101 and county code 51. INjail is a county-jail portal, not the Indiana DOC prison locator. It is the correct first search for a person believed to be held at Martin County Security Center after a local booking.
- Open INjail Public Access and use the Search tab, or browse the Counties tab if starting by county.
- Enter last name and, when known, first name. Add birth date or choose Martin in the county filter for common names.
- Use Booked Between or Released Between when checking a recent arrest or recent release.
- Review the result for name, age, race, sex, booked date, released date, and county context.
- Open View for the profile. It may show INjail ID, booking number, arrest date, arresting agency, holds, cases, and a mugshot component if available.
The official INjail search interface is the public search point for Martin County Security Center custody records.
INjail direct result endpoints require live portal token handling, so the public browser search should be used rather than copied API links.
| Field | Use | Martin County note |
|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Main name search field. | At least one search value is required. |
| First Name | Narrows the match. | Helpful with common last names. |
| Birth Date | Reduces false matches. | Use when known from court or family records. |
| County | Filters by participating county. | Select Martin for this facility. |
| Booked Between | Finds recent booking activity. | Useful after a recent arrest. |
| Released Between | Checks recent release activity. | Do not treat it as a full historical archive. |
Martin County Security Center Population
Martin County's official pages do not publish a current jail population dashboard, average daily population, annual bookings, or a county-hosted capacity statement for Martin County Security Center. Indiana jail standards require sheriffs to report annual jail statistics such as total beds, bookings, average daily population, jail and in-custody deaths, escapes, juvenile bookings by waiver or direct file, and services availability. A current official Martin County annual jail statistical report was not found online.
A secondary public database summarizing Indiana jail inspection data reports Martin County Jail with 60 beds and 36 inmates in the displayed inspection summary. Because the county site does not publish that number and the project rules prefer official sources, the figure should be treated as a capacity pointer that needs official IDOC inspection or annual report confirmation. The most accurate public position is that the county jail participates in INjail for person search, but it does not publish a standalone local population dashboard in the accessible pages reviewed.
Note: Current population, average daily population, and annual bookings should be requested from the sheriff or IDOC if official figures are needed.
Martin County Security Center Visits
Martin County does not publish an official jail visitation schedule, video visitation vendor, registration rule, minor-child rule, dress code, holiday schedule, or lockdown notice in the accessible county pages reviewed. That makes the jail phone line the controlling source before anyone travels to Shoals. Visitors should confirm whether visits are in person, video, or both, whether pre-registration is required, what identification is accepted, and whether the person is eligible for a visit after booking, classification, court movement, or medical screening.
| Visit topic | Published Martin County information | What to do first |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not published in official county pages located. | Call 812-247-3726 before traveling. |
| Video visitation | Vendor and schedule not located. | Ask whether video visits are offered. |
| Visitor ID | Not published. | Bring government photo ID and confirm accepted forms. |
| Minors | Not published. | Ask about age rules and required adult supervision. |
| Dress code | Not published. | Use conservative clothing and confirm current rules. |
| Attorney visits | Not published. | Attorneys should call the jail or court directly. |
Do not use another Indiana county's visitation vendor or schedule as proof for Martin County Security Center. Local jail systems can change by contract, policy, staffing, and building status.
Martin County Security Center Mail and Money
The county did not publish a jail mail policy, inmate mail address format, book or publication rule, scanned-mail rule, phone provider, commissary vendor, online deposit site, lobby kiosk rule, or fee table for Martin County Security Center. No money, phone, video, or commissary vendor should be named for this jail unless the jail confirms it. Call before sending funds, mail, books, photos, packages, or property.
| Service | Verified public detail | Practical instruction |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address format | Not published. | Ask whether the inmate name, booking number, and exact jail address format are required. |
| Books or publications | Not published. | Do not ship books unless the jail confirms source and format rules. |
| Phone or video provider | Not located. | Ask whether calls are collect, prepaid, or vendor-managed. |
| Commissary vendor | Not located. | Call the jail before attempting a deposit. |
| Online deposits | Not located. | Do not use a third-party deposit site without jail confirmation. |
| Fees | No current jail fee amounts found. | Confirm any service or transaction fee before payment. |
If INjail shows a release date, do not send money or mail until custody is confirmed. A person may be released, moved to another county, transferred to IDOC, held federally, or placed under community supervision.
Martin County Jail Booking and Bond
Martin County does not publish a jail booking-process page. The public record fields show the practical flow: arrest, transport to the security center unless another agency or legal issue controls, intake identity fields, booking number, booked-on date, arrest date, arresting agency, arresting officer, holds, cases, and possible mugshot component. No official roster refresh interval was found, so a missing INjail result should be checked by phone if the arrest is recent.
Bond information is also not published as a local schedule. Call the jail at 812-247-3726 for local posting instructions, and check MyCase for court events, bond orders, and formal charges once a case is filed. Contact the Martin County Clerk at 812-247-3651 for court-copy or case-payment questions. A person can have bond set on one case but remain held for another county warrant, a probation or community corrections hold, a DOC hold, a federal hold, or an immigration detainer.
Important: Confirm custody, release eligibility, bond instructions, and outside holds with the jail before traveling or sending payment.
Martin County Custody Transfers
Martin County Security Center records are local jail records. Formal criminal charges after arrest are searched through Martin County court records after jail arrest, where MyCase, the clerk, and the prosecutor become the key sources. The prosecutor files charges, the clerk maintains court files and certified copies, and the court controls hearings and orders. The jail handles custody and release processing, but it does not replace the court file.
After a state prison sentence and transfer, use the Indiana Department of Correction offender locator. IDOC profiles can show DOC number, facility or location, date of birth, race, gender, earliest possible release date, sentence information, cause number, county of conviction, and projected release date. DOC records do not show county jail housing, local booking number, county bond, or arresting officer. Federal sentenced custody uses the BOP inmate locator, while immigration detention uses ICE ODLS when enough identifiers are known.
Indiana SAVIN and VINELink are notification tools, not complete archives. They can help track custody or case notifications when supported, especially for victims concerned about release or movement.
Directions to Martin County Security Center
The verified jail address is 318 Capital Avenue, Shoals, IN 47581. The county courthouse and general government address is 129 Main Street, Shoals, so visitors should choose the security-center address for jail visits, bond, property, and custody questions. The prosecutor is at 316 Elm Street, and the clerk is at 129 Main Street. Those addresses should not be blended.
Visitor parking details, public transit routes, jail lobby hours, and jail visitor ADA entrance instructions were not published in the official jail pages reviewed. The Martin County ADA and Title VI page identifies a county ADA coordinator for county services, but it does not publish a jail visitor entrance procedure. Call the jail before leaving, bring government-issued photo ID, and confirm the person is still held before attempting a visit, deposit, bond transaction, or property pickup.
The Martin County contact directory lists the jail phone, prosecutor, court, clerk, probation, and community corrections numbers in one county source.
The directory is useful when a custody question turns into a court, clerk, probation, or community corrections routing issue.