Switzerland County

The Detention Center

Switzerland County Jail

• Operated bySwitzerland County Sheriff's Office
• Jail address405 Liberty Street, Vevay, IN 47043
• Jail phone(812) 427-2057
• CommissaryThree times weekly (Mon/Wed/Fri)
• Phone cards$10 and $20 phone cards may be purchased through jail staff
• Jail AdministratorLuAnn Schaefer — Jail Commander

Source: Switzerland County Sheriff's Office — General Inmate Information · 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 Switzerland 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 Brian Morton

• Runs the jailYes — the sheriff keeps the county jail (IC 36-2-13-5)
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term (Ind. Const. art. 6, §2)
• Office address405 Liberty St., Vevay
• Name sourceIndiana State Police NIBRS county page (state site, undated); not confirmed on the sheriff's own site

Source: Indiana State Police — NIBRS initiative, Switzerland County · 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 Commissioners and a seven-member County Council (fiscal body). County government website not located within the search budget.
• The boardSwitzerland County Board of Commissioners
• Where the jail money is decidedNot found