The Detention Center
La Porte County Security & Annex Center
- Operated byLa Porte County Sheriff's Office
- Jail address809 State St. Suite 202A, La Porte, IN 46350
- Beds (sheriff's site)368
- Average daily population306 (as stated on sheriff's site, 1% below 2020)
- ExpansionFive-story addition begun 18 Jan 2002; expanded from 135 beds
- Previous jail1977, $8 million (per sheriff's site)
- Jail AdministratorCaptain Andrew Hahn — Jail Commander
Source: La Porte County Sheriff's Office, About the Jail · checked 2026-09-20
Transparency rating
3/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✓Beds and daily population
- ✗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 — not published
- ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year built2002 (five-story addition); earlier jail 1977
- Original costNot found (1977 jail: $8 million per sheriff's site)
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds368
Since then
- 2002 five-story addition, from 135 beds
The Sheriff
Sheriff Ron Heeg
- Runs the jailYes — the sheriff keeps the county jail (IC 36-2-13-5)
- How the office is filledElected, four-year term; no more than eight years in any twelve
- Office address809 State Street, Suite 202A, La Porte, IN 46350
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: La Porte County, Sheriff's Office 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.
LaPorte 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).
- NoteCounty Council (fiscal body) also listed under Boards & Commissions on the county site; board page URL not opened.
- The boardLa Porte County Board of Commissioners
- Where the jail money is decidedNot found
Notes on the record
- Sheriff's site links the JailTracker public roster as the county's inmate lookup.
- Sheriff's site links a 2021 Annual Sheriff's Jail Report PDF, but the fetch was refused (PROVENANCE_REQUIRED); not read.
- Administration, Jail FAQ and Video Visitation pages on laportecountysheriff.com were refused (PROVENANCE_REQUIRED).
- No bond guidance, fee rates, PREA or inspection report found on pages opened.
- County seat taken from county office address (La Porte); not stated as 'county seat' on page opened.
- 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 LaPorte 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