The Detention Center
Morgan County Jail
- Operated byMorgan County Sheriff's Office
- Jail address160 N. Park Avenue, Martinsville, IN 46151
- Handbook nameMorgan County Jail and Detention
- Jail info phone(765) 342-4303
- VisitationConducted by video visitation system (inmate handbook)
- Medical co-pays (handbook)$15.00 per medical exam, staff visit, prescription fill, dental appointment or ER visit
- Other charges (handbook)Haircut $9.00; GED test $90.00 (waived for indigent); indigent hygiene kit $2.00; ID wristband replacement $20.00; commissary order maximum $150.00
- Jail AdministratorMajor David Rogers — Jail Commander (sheriff's County Jail page)
Source: Morgan County Sheriff's Office — County Jail · 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 — not published
- ✓Phone, video and commissary rates
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 Richard W. Myers
- 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
- Name source noteNamed on the sheriff's own site; the latest homepage news items seen were dated 2023
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Morgan County Sheriff's Office — Sheriff's Office · 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.
Morgan 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).
- NoteThree-member Board of Commissioners (executive) and seven-member County Council (fiscal body). County website could not be opened (PROVENANCE_REQUIRED), so no agenda/minutes URL.
- The boardMorgan County Board of Commissioners
- Where the jail money is decidedNot found
Notes on the record
- Sheriff's site is on the state's shared platform (in.gov/sheriffs/morgan/) — first-party.
- The sheriff's Data & Statistics page says it offers adult incarceration statistics, inspection reports and annual service reports, but no report links or figures were visible in the fetched page, so capacity and inspections are counted no.
- Inmate handbook PDF publishes medical co-pays and other charges; it contains no phone rates, bond guidance or PREA section (it lists a rule 'MCJ-A4 Sexual assault').
- No roster, budget, death-in-custody or contract material found on sheriff pages opened; the Inmate Handbook web page redirected in a loop; county site refused.
- State inspection/oversight: IDOC Jail Services inspects annually (IC 11-12-4); reports are public record on request but not posted by the state. The sheriff's Data & Statistics page says inspection reports are offered there, but no report could be seen in the fetched page.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Morgan 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