Rush County

The Detention Center

Rush County Sheriff's Office Jail

• Operated byRush County Sheriff
• Jail address131 East First Street, Rushville, IN 46173
• Phone765-932-2931
• Jail AdministratorBarb McMahan — Jail Commander (listed on the sheriff's page)

Source: Rush County sheriff page · checked 2026-09-20

• ✓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

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Rush 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 builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Allan Rice

• Runs the jailYes — the sheriff keeps the county jail (IC 36-2-13-5); the sheriff's page lists a jail commander
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term; limited to eight years in any twelve-year period
• Office address131 East First Street, Rushville, IN 46173

Source: Rush County 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.

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).
• NoteCommissioners: Ron Jarman (Center), Jeff Wilson (Southern), Kenny Aulbach (Northern); meetings at the sheriff's office training room, 131 E 1st Street. Seven-member County Council (president Charles A. Smith) is the fiscal body; its page notes its power to levy taxes for building or repairing jails. No budget document found.
• The boardRush County Board of Commissioners →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →