Floyd County

The Detention Center

Floyd County Jail

• Operated byFloyd County Sheriff's Department
• Jail address (inmate info page)175 West Spring Street, New Albany, IN 47150
• Jail address (resources page)311 Hauss Square, New Albany, IN 47150
• Inmate information line812-948-5406 (automated)
• Video visitationSecurus; paid, scheduled 24 hours ahead
• DepositsTiger (tigerdeposit.com) and lobby kiosk; service fee applies, amount not stated

Source: Floyd County Sheriff's Department, Inmate Information · checked 2026-09-20

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✓PREA audits
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✓How to post bond
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Floyd County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-20. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Steve Bush

• Runs the jailYes — Indiana sheriffs keep the county jail (IC 36-2-13-5); the sheriff's inmate page lists Sheriff Steve Bush for the jail
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term; no more than eight years in any twelve

Source: Floyd County Sheriff's Department, Inmate Information · checked 2026-09-20

The Judges

Indiana circuit and superior court judges are state judicial officers, not county officials. In most counties they are elected to six-year terms; a few counties choose some judges through a nominating commission followed by retention votes.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-20

The Commissioners and County Council

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe three county commissioners own and maintain the jail building and sign its contracts; the seven-member county council adopts the budget and appropriates the jail's money.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and keeps the jail by state law (IC 36-2-13-5).
• NoteCounty site floydcounty.in.gov could not be opened; commissioners, council and minutes not examined.
• The boardFloyd County Board of Commissioners
• Where the jail money is decidedNot found