The Detention Center
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- Operated byWarrick County Sheriff's Office
- Sheriff's office address100 W. S.R. 62, Boonville, Indiana 47601
- Jail phone812-897-6096
- BedsNot published on the page opened
- What was triedcounty page lists a jail phone and Jail Commander but no facility name
- Jail AdministratorJeremy Holder — Jail Commander
Source: Warrick County — Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-09-20
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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
Since then
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The Sheriff
Sheriff Michael Wilder
- Runs the jailYes — the Indiana 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
- Office address100 W. S.R. 62, Boonville, Indiana 47601
- PhonesNon-emergency 812-897-1200; administrative 812-897-6180; jail 812-897-6096
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Warrick County — Sheriff's Office · 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.
Warrick County Circuit Court
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- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
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).
- NoteCounty site links separate Commissioners and County Council pages and a meeting minutes/agendas portal (warrickcountymeetings.vivabove.com); those pages could not be opened. The seven-member County Council is the fiscal body.
- The boardWarrick County Board of Commissioners
- Where the jail money is decidedNot found
Notes on the record
- County sheriff's office page opened: names Sheriff Michael Wilder and Jail Commander Jeremy Holder, gives a jail phone number; no roster, beds, bond, fee, PREA or inspection information.
- The county site links a separate sheriff's site (warricksheriff.com) and a 'Contracts' page (warrickcounty.gov/contract); both refused to open (PROVENANCE_REQUIRED), as did the commissioners and auditor pages — those checks could not be tested there.
- A news headline in search results reports a new Warrick County jail under construction; the article returned 403, so no figures are recorded.
- Not scored: Sheriff's own site was refused; only a county sheriff page with names and a phone number was read. Marking the rest 'not published' would claim more than was checked.
- State inspection/oversight: IDOC Jail Services inspects annually (IC 11-12-4); reports are public record on request but not posted by the state. None found on the county's own site.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Warrick County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners and council members who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-09-20 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered