The Detention Center
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- Operated byLawrence County Sheriff's Office (Jail Division)
- Jail Division phone812-277-2014
- VisitsNo face-to-face visits; kiosk/internet video visits, first daily visit free
- Phone/video provider (per county page)Inmate Sales
- Commissary deposits (per county page)inmatecanteen.com
- Jail AdministratorAndrew Lynn — Captain / Jail Commander
Source: Lawrence County, IN — Inmate Information · checked 2026-09-20
Transparency rating
1/10Closed- ✗The jail is named — not published
- ✗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
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The Sheriff
Sheriff Greg Day
- Runs the jailYes — the sheriff keeps the county jail (IC 36-2-13-5); the office has a Jail Division
- How the office is filledElected, four-year term; no more than eight years in any twelve
- Office address1420 I Street, Bedford, IN 47421
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Lawrence County, IN — Sheriff 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.
Lawrence County Circuit Court
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- 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).
- NoteIndiana counties also have a seven-member County Council (fiscal body); board pages not opened.
- The boardLawrence County Board of Commissioners
- Where the jail money is decidedNot found
Notes on the record
- Sheriff page and Inmate Information page on lawrencecounty.in.gov opened; Indiana confirmed.
- Bond guidance: county page says bond can be posted by credit/debit card via PayGOV.us and links a bond payment portal.
- Visits: first daily video visit free; additional visits charged, but no amounts published — fees check left no.
- No roster link, capacity, PREA, budget or inspection report found on pages opened.
- Jail Division directory page shows 916 15th Street, Bedford (courthouse) — not confirmed as the jail's address.
- 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 Lawrence 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