Noble County

The Detention Center

Noble County Jail

• Operated byNoble County Sheriff's Department
• Jail address210 7th Street, Albion, IN 46701
• Year built1999 (sheriff's About page)
• Construction cost$8,400,000 ($114.77 per sq ft); 33 months of new construction and remodeling
• Size73,187 sq ft; 100 cells
• Beds270 total beds incl. 15 work release beds (Jail Information page); About page says 'up to 263 inmates'
• Average daily population 2025186 (150 male, 36 female); 217 in 2024 (2025 annual report)
• Bookings 20251,946
• Deaths in custody 2025Zero (2025 annual report)
• Commissary depositsJail ATM kiosk at the sheriff's department or jailatm.com; money orders by mail
• BuildersArchitect Schenkel Shultz; general contractor Weigan Construction Co.
• Jail AdministratorLieutenant Jenny Cummins — Jail Commander (sheriff's Jail Administrative Staff page)

Source: Noble County Sheriff's Department — Jail Information · checked 2026-09-20

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✓Beds and daily population
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✓Deaths in custody
• ✗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

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Noble County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-20. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year built1999
• Original cost$8,400,000
• Paid for byNot found
• Beds270 (incl. 15 work release)

The Sheriff

Sheriff Max C. Weber

• 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
• Serving since2019 (sheriff's site)

Source: Noble County Sheriff's Department — About · 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.

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) under Indiana law; county website could not be reached, so no agenda/minutes URL.
• The boardNoble County Board of Commissioners
• Where the jail money is decidedNot found