The Detention Center
Franklin County Security Center
- Operated byFranklin County Sheriff Department
- Address (sheriff's office)371 Main St, Brookville, IN 47012
- CommissaryStellar, funded via jailatm.com or a lobby kiosk
- Medical provider (sheriff's site)Quality Correction Medical Company
Source: Franklin County Sheriff, Arrests and Bonds · checked 2026-09-20
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✓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 — not published
- ✗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
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
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Peter Cates
- Runs the jailYes — Indiana sheriffs keep the county jail (IC 36-2-13-5)
- How the office is filledElected, four-year term; no more than eight years in any twelve
- Office371 Main St, Brookville, IN 47012; 765-647-4138
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Franklin County website, Sheriff's Department page · 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.
Franklin County Circuit Court
- Not found
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
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).
- NoteCommissioners meet Wednesdays at 10 a.m. at 1010 Franklin Ave., Brookville; meetings streamed on YouTube. The county also has a County Council page (franklincounty.in.gov/council/), not opened. Commissioner names were not shown on the page.
- The boardFranklin County Board of Commissioners →
- Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →
Notes on the record
- Sheriff's site bond page: Level 3 and 4 felonies may post cash or surety; other bondable offenses cash-only to the Franklin County Security Center; holds for drug and OWI charges.
- The sheriff's site has an 'Inmate Roster' page, but no roster content could be seen when opened, so roster is not credited.
- Commissary page names the vendor but gives no fee amounts; the sheriff's Services & Fees page lists records fees, not jail fees.
- Medical page names the provider; no contract posted.
- No PREA or inspection material found.
- State inspection/oversight: IDOC Jail Services inspects annually (IC 11-12-4); reports are public record on request but not posted by the state. None found on the county's own site.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Franklin County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners and council members who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-09-20 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered