Randolph County

The Detention Center

Randolph County Jail

• Operated byRandolph County Sheriff's Office
• Address155 E South St, Winchester, IN
• Year built1994
• Capacity106 beds
• Staff20 full-time officers plus part-time officers
• BuildingAlso houses an intake center, a hearing room, the sheriff's offices and the 911 dispatch center
• Phone(765) 584-1721
• Jail AdministratorMichael Kennedy — Lieutenant/Jail Commander

Source: Randolph County — 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 — 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

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Randolph 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 built1994
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• Beds106

The Sheriff

Sheriff Art Moystner

• 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
• Command staff (county site)Ken Hendrickson, Chief Deputy; Josh Geesy, Major; Tom Pullins, Captain

Source: Randolph County — Sheriff · 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).
• NoteIndiana counties have a three-member Board of County Commissioners and a seven-member County Council (fiscal body). No commissioners or council page was opened.
• The boardRandolph County Board of Commissioners
• Where the jail money is decidedNot found