Clay County Inmate Records
The official Clay County Sheriff's Office page lists the Sheriff's Office at 611 East Jackson Street in Brazil and gives the non-emergency phone number as 812-446-2535. The Clay County locations page lists the Clay County Justice Center at the same address. Sheriff Brison Swearingen is listed for the 2023-2026 term. These local facts are useful for jail questions, but the captured Clay County sheriff pages did not publish a text jail roster, a local booking list, visitation hours, commissary vendor, phone vendor, or jail capacity.
The main public inmate lookup path is the Indiana County Jail Public Portal. It is a statewide JavaScript application with visible search labels for Last Name, First Name, Birth Date, and County. Use Clay County as the county filter when searching for local custody. If the portal fails to load, try a current browser with JavaScript enabled, then call the Justice Center for confirmation.
The county sheriff page also advertises a sheriff app through a QR code, but the captured official text did not expose the app name, publisher, App Store URL, Google Play URL, or feature list. The app should be described only as a sheriff information channel. It should not be treated as an app-only Clay County inmate search unless a later official source confirms that feature.
The Indiana county jail public portal is the official statewide custody route identified for Clay County jail roster checks.
This portal is the best first online check for a person who may be held in a county jail, but the local jail remains the confirmation point for current housing, visit rules, and bond questions.
Search Clay County Jail Roster
Clay County inmate records may be searched by name and filtered to the county when the statewide jail portal is available. The search should be paired with local confirmation because custody status can change quickly. A person may be booked, released, transferred, held for another agency, or moved into state or federal custody after a court event.
- Open the Indiana County Jail Public Portal in a browser with JavaScript enabled.
- Enter the last name first. Add first name or birth date if the name is common.
- Use the county filter and choose Clay County when that option is available.
- Open the result and record the visible custody, facility, charge, case, bond, or release information.
- Call the Clay County Justice Center at 812-446-2535 if the result is unclear, missing, or time-sensitive.
Search limit: The statewide jail portal is official, but a sample Clay inmate detail could not be inspected in text mode during research.
Clay County Inmate Search Fields
The jail portal field labels visible in the research are simple, which helps when the spelling of a name is known. Birth date can narrow matches, and the county filter is important because the portal covers more than Clay County. A blank or partial result does not prove a person is not in custody because the portal depends on public feed timing and display limits.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | text | optional, likely at least one field | Visible search label on the public portal; usually the best first field. |
| First Name | text | optional | Narrows a name search when there are several matches. |
| Birth Date | date | optional | Helps distinguish people with similar names. |
| County | dropdown or filter | optional but important | Choose Clay County when looking for local jail custody. |
| Search | button | yes | Runs the search; JavaScript is required. |
| Counties | tab or link | optional | County browse or list path visible on the portal. |
Clay County Inmate Profile Fields
A custody profile is not the same as the full criminal court case. It is a public jail or notification record drawn from custody systems. Some fields may be shown in the Indiana jail portal, SAVIN, VINELink, or a related case link, while other fields must be confirmed by the jail or by searching MyCase. Sensitive medical, classification, mental health, protective custody, juvenile, and victim information should not be expected in public results.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | First and last name, with possible middle name or initial. |
| Date of birth or age | Birth date may be used for search; public display may limit full DOB. |
| County | Clay County or another county jail if housed elsewhere. |
| Booking or custody identifier | Offender ID, case number, or booking number when supplied by the system. |
| Custody status | In custody, released, transferred, or notification status depending on the tool. |
| Facility | Clay County Jail or Justice Center if housed locally. |
| Charges or cases | Charge text or criminal case link when supplied by the public feed. |
| Booking date and time | Often present on jail portals, but not confirmed in text capture for Clay County. |
| Bond | May be present if the county feed supplies it; confirm with jail or MyCase. |
| Release date | May appear after release, transfer, or status update. |
Clay County Jail Facility
Only one local facility address was confirmed in the official Clay County sources reviewed. The Justice Center is the local sheriff and jail contact point, and the Clay County government site is the county source for office routing. ICE also lists Clay County Jail as a detention facility, but the ICE information should be used for federal immigration detainee questions, not as a general county jail roster.
Clay County Justice Center
611 East Jackson Street
Brazil, IN 47834
812-446-2535
Call for current visitation, mail, commissary, bond, and custody questions.
Clay County Jail ICE Detainee Line
611 East Jackson Street
Brazil, IN 47834
812-448-9051 ext. 131
ICE-listed detainee information hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For cases that move from jail into court, Clay County charges, hearings, and outcomes are tracked through the court case file. The booking side and the court-charge side can differ, so use the jail portal for custody status and Clay County arrest records and court charges for the charge path after arrest.
Clay County Custody Notifications
Indiana provides separate notification and offender-search channels that can help when the jail portal does not answer the full question. Indiana SAVIN allows searches by partial or complete offender last name, offender identification number, or offender case number. It is a custody and notification path, not a full Clay County jail record.
The VINELink Indiana service describes itself as a free, secure, and confidential way to access custody status and criminal case information, find approved service providers, and receive notifications. It is useful for status alerts, but users should still verify court dates, bond, and case entries through the jail, the Clerk, or MyCase as needed.
The Indiana SAVIN offender search is one of the official custody-notification tools identified for Clay County inmate lookup work.
SAVIN is best used when a person wants notification or custody status, while court questions still route through the case record and county offices.
The VINELink Indiana page is another statewide route for Clay County custody status and notifications.
VINELink is separate from the Clay County jail itself, so urgent release, transfer, or visit questions should still be confirmed with the Justice Center.
Clay County Jail Visits
Official Clay County Indiana sources captured for the research did not publish a detailed visitation schedule, visitor ID rule, dress code, minor visitor rule, video visit vendor, or attorney-visit procedure. That research gap should not be filled with policies from other Clay Counties in other states. The useful local step is to call the Justice Center before visiting and ask for the current rules.
| Visit Topic | Published Locally? | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| Public visitation hours | No official schedule captured | Call 812-446-2535 before travel. |
| Visitor ID requirements | No | Ask what government ID is accepted. |
| Dress code | No | Confirm current dress restrictions with jail staff. |
| Minor visitor rules | No | Ask whether a parent, guardian, or paperwork is required. |
| Onsite or video visit type | No | Ask whether visits are onsite, remote, video, or by appointment. |
| Attorney visits | No | Call the jail or court because legal visits are usually handled separately. |
Note: The absence of a published schedule is a local research gap, not a reason to import policies from Clay County Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Missouri, or another state.
Clay County Inmate Contact
Mail, phone, and money-deposit details also need local confirmation. The captured official Clay County sources did not identify a commissary vendor, phone provider, lobby kiosk, online deposit site, money order policy, postcard rule, legal-mail rule, book vendor rule, or photo policy. Before sending funds or mail, ask the jail for the exact inmate mailing format and the current provider names.
- Ask whether books must ship from a publisher or approved vendor.
- Ask whether photos, cards, postcards, and legal mail have different rules.
- Ask whether money can be deposited by kiosk, phone, online service, or money order.
- Ask whether the phone provider is InmateSales, Securus, GTL, CPC, or another provider.
- Ask whether a recent release or transfer changes where mail or money should be sent.
State Federal and ICE Custody
A Clay County jail roster search may not find a person who has moved to state prison, federal custody, or an immigration detention status. The Indiana public records page links state offender and jail tools. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator is for sentenced federal inmates, not county pretrial detainees. The ICE Clay County Jail facility page is for immigration detention questions tied to that federal channel.
The ICE facility listing for Clay County Jail is a separate source from ordinary Clay County inmate records.
Use the ICE-listed detainee line for immigration detention questions and the sheriff or jail number for general county custody questions.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator applies only after a person is in federal custody.
A federal locator result does not replace Clay County jail or court records, but it can explain why a person no longer appears in local custody tools.
Clay County Booking Path
After an arrest, a person may be booked at the local jail, held for bond or court, released, transferred, or connected to a court case in Clay Circuit or Superior Court. Jail custody data answers where the person is held and whether custody status has changed. Court records answer what charge was filed, what hearings are set, and what orders the judge entered.
MyCase may show the public criminal case, charge, bond order, hearing, disposition, or sentence. The jail portal may show custody status and facility. SAVIN and VINELink may provide notification. Those tools overlap, but they do not carry the same legal role. When a person has both a jail record and a court case, confirm both sides before relying on a single result. If custody changed after a hearing, the court entry, jail status, and notification feed may update at different times.