Warren County

The Detention Center

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• Operated byWarren County Sheriff's Office
• HoursJail Division open 24 hours
• Sheriff's office address29 E. 2nd Street, Williamsport, IN 47993
• BedsNot published
• What was triedcounty page refers only to "the county jail" and its "Jail Division"

Source: Warren County, Indiana — Sheriff Department / Jail · checked 2026-09-20

• ✗The jail is named — not published
• ✗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 Warren 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 Anthony Pruitt

• Runs the jailYes — page says the office is responsible for "the county jail and the prisoners in the jail"
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term; no more than eight years in any twelve
• Office address29 E. 2nd Street, Williamsport, IN 47993; (765) 764-4367
• Chief DeputyGregory Grimmett

Source: Warren County, Indiana — Sheriff Department / Jail · 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: Craig Greenwood (D1), Clay Andrews (D2), John Comer (D3). County Council (fiscal body, approves annual operating budgets): Neil Ellis, Nicholas Weston, Ben Dispennett, Dwaine Akers, Ethan Foxworthy, Brady Foster, John Hetrick.
• The boardWarren County Board of Commissioners →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →