Tipton County

The Detention Center

Tipton County Corrections Center

• Operated byTipton County Sheriff's Office (Jail Division)
• Beds84 (previous facility: 27)
• OpenedMay 2020
• Staff21 full-time corrections officers, 4 full-time and 1 part-time support staff
• DesignElevated central control room; a housing unit designed for inmates with mental health issues, described as the first in the state
• Phone(765) 675-7004
• Jail AdministratorCaptain Ray Sheppard — Jail Commander

Source: Tipton County Jail Division page · 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 Tipton 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 builtOpened May 2020
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• Beds84

The Sheriff

Sheriff Tony D. Frawley

• Runs the jailYes — the Jail Division is part of the Sheriff's Office
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term (Ind. Const. art. 6, §2)
• Office address2300 W SR 28, Tipton, IN 46072

Source: Tipton County Sheriff's Office 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).
• NoteIndiana counties have a three-member Board of Commissioners and a seven-member County Council (fiscal body). County home page fetch refused, so board pages not opened.
• The boardTipton County Board of Commissioners
• Where the jail money is decidedNot found