The Detention Center
Martin County Security Center
- Operated byMartin County Sheriff's Office
- Address318 Capital Avenue, Shoals, IN 47581 (sheriff's office address)
- Phone812-247-3726
- Jail AdministratorMkaden Gregory — Listed with the jail commander email address (martincountyjailcommander@); no title written on the page
Source: Martin County, IN — Sheriff (county site on in.gov) · checked 2026-09-20
Transparency rating
1/10Closed- ✓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 — not published
- ✗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 Josh Greene
- 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 address318 Capital Avenue, P.O. Box 180, Shoals, IN 47581
- Chief DeputyKeith Keller
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Martin County, IN — Sheriff (county site on in.gov) · 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.
Martin 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).
- NoteIndiana counties also have a seven-member County Council (fiscal body); board pages not opened.
- The boardMartin County Board of Commissioners
- Where the jail money is decidedNot found
Notes on the record
- County's own sheriff page (in.gov/counties/martin) names Sheriff Josh Greene and refers to the 'Martin County Sheriff's Office and Security Center'; the 'click here' link target was not readable.
- Full name 'Martin County Security Center' also appears on martincountyindiana.com, which states it is a privately owned site — not counted.
- Jail staff name 'Mkaden Gregory' reproduced exactly as printed on the county page.
- No roster, capacity, bond, fee, PREA, budget or inspection information on the 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 Martin 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