Search Franklin County Security Center Inmates

Franklin County Security Center Overview

Franklin County Security Center is operated by the Franklin County Sheriff's Department. The official county and sheriff pages use the same Main Street address and list Sheriff Peter Cates as sheriff. The facility is a county jail and local detention center, not a state prison or federal detention center.

The Security Center holds pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, warrant arrests, probation or parole violation holds, and other Franklin County court holds. The sheriff publishes custody information as a downloadable Current Inmate Offense List PDF. That report format makes the facility lookup different from a modern profile-based roster because it shows offense rows but not the full booking profile.

Franklin County Security Center Population

The research did not locate a current official rated capacity on the sheriff or county pages. A 2016 WCPO report quoted then-Sheriff Ken Murphy describing the jail as a 75-capacity facility that had housed as many as 85 inmates after Indiana sentencing changes. That is historical context, not a current capacity statement.

The 41-entry figure came from the sheriff's inspected current inmate offense list during June 2026 research. It is a dated roster count and not an average daily population. Current capacity, average daily population, annual bookings, and demographic breakdowns were not located in official public pages during this run.

Lookup Franklin County Security Center Inmates

Use county tools for this facility because Franklin County Security Center is a local jail. The sheriff roster PDF is the first source. The Indiana County Jail Public Portal can help when a person may have been released, transferred, or missed in a PDF search. Once a defendant is sentenced and transferred to IDOC, use the state locator instead.

1. Open the Franklin County inmate roster page and download the current offense-list PDF.
2. Search for the inmate's last name, then compare booking number and name number where present.
3. Read the statute, offense, court, offense code, and class rows for each listed charge or hold.
4. Use the Indiana County Jail Public Portal for county-wide current or released offender search concepts.
5. Call the Security Center when a recent arrest, bond release, court hold, or transfer may not appear online.

Franklin County Security Center Contact

The sheriff contact block is the main public route for roster, custody, bond, and facility questions. E911 has a separate contact block in the county research, but routine jail questions should use the sheriff/security-center line.

Visit Franklin County Security Center

The sheriff's visitation rules set Saturday visit windows by the inmate's last name. Visitors over 18 need current valid state ID or a driver's license, and a photocopy is made on the first visit. Visitors entering the secure area should leave disallowed property in the car because the sheriff states the jail is not responsible for items that cannot enter.

Visitors may be monitored visually and audibly, and the sheriff says there is no expectation of privacy. Money is not accepted for any inmate during visitation, so deposits must use JailATM or the lobby kiosk.

Mail and Money at Franklin County Security Center

Mail to an inmate must include the inmate's full name, Franklin County Security Center, and the Main Street address in Brookville. Incoming mail must be in a plain white envelope, use black or blue ballpoint pen or pencil, and be written or printed on originally purchased plain white lined paper. The sender's full return address is required, and return labels are not allowed.

Banned incoming items include greeting cards, colored paper, colored envelopes, copy paper, newspaper clippings, return labels, fragrance or foreign substances, photocopies, packages, puzzle books, photographs, and photocopied photos. Indigent inmates receive paper, envelopes, and stamps for two letters per week.

Booking at Franklin County Security Center

Booking at the Security Center begins after an arrest, warrant service, or court commitment leads to local custody. The public record evidence shows that intake creates a booking number and a name number. Those two fields appear on the sheriff's offense-list PDF. Charges and holds are entered as offense rows with statute, offense label, court, offense code, and class.

The public PDF does not show property, medical, housing, or classification details. The sheriff's inmate medical page states that Quality Correction Medical Company provides all medical treatment inside the facility. Indigent inmates are not denied treatment due to lack of funds, though a negative medical balance may be carried on the account and deducted from later commissary deposits.

Bond and Holds at Franklin County Security Center

The sheriff's arrests and bonds page states that Franklin County has a bond schedule. The extracted text did not capture the full dollar schedule, so the jail or clerk should be used for current payment instructions. The page does state that Level 3 and Level 4 felony cash/surety bonds may be made through a bondsman, while other bondable offenses use cash-only bonds made to the Security Center by schedule.

Records From Franklin County Security Center

Records not posted online can be requested from the sheriff under Indiana APRA. A request should identify the person, approximate arrest or booking date, and the exact record sought. Examples include a booking sheet, offense-list record, jail log entry, booking photograph, or incident report. Some records may be limited by law-enforcement exceptions, but basic jailed-person information has a public-record route under Indiana law.

The Franklin County roster is not the same as a court case record. Court filings, case status, and filed charges should be checked through MyCase and the Franklin County Clerk after an arrest. For a broader view of local custody size and jail standards, IDOC jail inspection and annual county jail report records are the better source than a single roster PDF.