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Lawrence County Security Center Overview

Lawrence County Security Center is operated by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office. It is the only detention facility identified in the Lawrence County facility map. The county source describes it as the local security center for jail custody, not as a state prison, federal prison, work-release center, or ICE detention facility. That distinction guides every inmate lookup. Current local jail questions route to the sheriff app or Jail Division. Sentenced state-prison questions route to IDOC after transfer.

The facility holds adults arrested by Lawrence County agencies, people awaiting first appearance or later court dates, people held on local charges, people held on bond or no-bond orders, people arrested on local warrants, and people serving short county commitments. Formal court charges are handled outside the jail by the prosecutor, clerk, and courts. The jail's public information role is narrower: the county inmate page says it typically has charge and bond information and sends court appearance questions to the court.

The official Lawrence County Security Center page publishes the facility's capacity, staffing, mission, vision, and commander information.

Those county-published facts anchor the facility record and separate the jail's current-custody role from court, IDOC, BOP, and ICE records.

Lawrence County Jail Capacity

The county states that the Security Center opened in 1990. It was originally designed for 88 inmates and has since been modified to house 180 inmates. The same county page reports 26 full-time officers. All full-time officers must complete a one-week Jail Academy accredited by the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. These are facility facts from the county page, not estimates from a third-party jail directory.

Population context comes from the Lawrence County Prosecutor's case-statistics page. It reported an average daily jail population around 202 inmates in 2019 and a recent current average in the 75 to 95 range. Using the county's 180 modified capacity and the prosecutor's 2019 average, the jail was operating above the modified bed count in that period. The current range is below that modified bed count, but daily operations can still be affected by classification, court holds, medical needs, staffing, or separation needs that are not published in the county source.

Look Up Security Center Inmates

No official Lawrence County web roster was found on the county website. The sheriff page says the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office app includes incarcerated individuals, which makes the app the official online starting point for the Security Center. Because the app was not inspected from a live device, do not assume a specific field set. A live inmate listing may change as people bond out, transfer, go to court, or move into another custody system.

The Jail Division phone is the direct fallback for current Security Center inmate information. Ask whether the person is in custody, whether charge and bond information can be released, and whether the person has been released or transferred. If the question concerns a court date, filed charge, case number, or a document copy, search MyCase or contact the Lawrence County Clerk or the court that maintains the record.

1. Search the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office app for the incarcerated-individual feature.
2. Use the person's full legal name and try spelling variants if the first search fails.
3. Call the Jail Division at 812-277-2014 for current custody, charge, or bond confirmation.
4. Use MyCase for formal court charges, hearings, filed documents, and case status.
5. Use IDOC, BOP, or ICE locators if the person has left county jail custody.

Note: The INjail Public Portal did not list Lawrence County on June 12, 2026, so it should not be used as the county roster unless later verified.

Security Center Address and Phone

The facility and sheriff share the published I Street address in Bedford. The Jail Division number is the best contact for current local custody. The sheriff main phone is broader and covers sheriff office business, while the tipline is for tips, not self-clearance or routine inmate record checks. The Lawrence County sheriff directory names Andrew Lynn as Captain / Jail Commander with the jail phone.

Visitors should call before travel when the question involves public-counter access, visitor entry, parking, ADA entry, or a same-day visit. The county did not publish a visitor parking page, a dress code, or visitor ID rule in the sources reviewed.

Security Center Visiting Rules

Visiting at Lawrence County Security Center is based on onsite kiosks and remote video, not face-to-face visits. The county inmate information page states that kiosk hours are 8 am to 10:30 pm. Each inmate is permitted one free onsite kiosk visit per day, and charges apply after that. Remote visits are available through InmateCanteen.com. The jail may have further rate and device information posted in the lobby.

Jail operations can interrupt visitation. If an inmate is locked down, there is no kiosk access. If a lockdown is announced while a kiosk visit is in progress, the visit ends. Jail staff will not relay routine messages, tell an inmate to answer, or explain why the inmate does not answer. Children must be supervised at all times in the lobby and may not roam while a visitor uses the kiosk.

The official inmate information page is the county source for kiosk hours, no face-to-face visits, mail, communications, and payment notes.

That source should be checked before scheduling because lockdowns and lobby instructions can affect a visit even during normal kiosk hours.

Security Center Mail Rules

Mail to the Security Center must include the inmate's name. The sender must include first name, last name, and a complete return address. Envelopes may not have tape or stickers except for the postage stamp. Polaroid pictures are not allowed. Cards of any kind are not allowed. The county source does allow crayon or colored-pencil writing, which is a useful local detail because many jails ban those materials.

Non-legal mail is scanned and provided electronically through the inmate tablet system. The original non-legal mail is stored in the inmate's secured personal property. Legal mail is treated as an exception to that scanning process. The jail also states that it will not relay routine messages unless there is a verifiable medical emergency.

• Use the inmate's name on the mailing item.
• Include the sender's first and last name and full return address.
• Do not use tape or stickers except a postage stamp.
• Do not send Polaroids or cards of any kind.
• Expect non-legal mail to be scanned to the tablet system.

Security Center Money and Bond

Commissary funds for Lawrence County Security Center inmates are handled through InmateCanteen.com. Inmate communications and visits are tied to Inmate Sales, which the county lists with phone number 1-866-340-7879. Money orders may be mailed if they are filled out completely and marked with the inmate name. Personal checks and payroll checks are not accepted.

Bond is separate from commissary. The county inmate information page directs credit or debit card bond payments to PayGOV.us, also reflected through the sheriff resource link for GovPayNow or PayGOV. Before paying, confirm the person's custody status, bond amount, and any holds with the Jail Division, the clerk, or the court as appropriate. A no-bond hold, another county warrant, probation hold, parole hold, or transfer order can prevent release even after payment.

Security Center Booking Intake

Lawrence County does not publish a detailed booking-room workflow, but the custody path is clear enough to describe without overclaiming. A person arrested by the sheriff, Bedford Police Department, Mitchell Police Department, Indiana State Police, or another agency may be taken to the Security Center if booked into county custody. Intake normally includes identity checks, arrest paperwork, property handling, screening, record creation, fingerprints, a booking photograph when required, and an initial housing or classification decision.

Booking charges are not always the final court charges. The prosecutor reviews reports and decides whether to file formal charges in court. After filing, the public court record is found through MyCase or the clerk and courts, not through the jail. A person can be released from the Security Center while the court case remains active, or can be transferred after sentencing and later appear in IDOC rather than in the local jail path. The Lawrence County inmate records page gives the broader search chain across jail, court, IDOC, BOP, ICE, and SAVIN.

Intake

Jail processing after arrest, before housing assignment.

Classification

Initial placement decision based on custody, safety, and jail rules.

No-bond hold

A custody status that cannot be cleared by paying money alone.

Transfer

Movement from the county jail to IDOC, another county, federal custody, or another agency.

Security Center Standards

The Security Center mission statement is to provide safe, secure, and humane housing while maintaining good order and discipline in a cost-effective way for inmates, citizens, and staff. Its vision statement says staff strive for inmates to leave custody in better physical and emotional condition than when they arrived, while noting that personal change depends on each inmate's decisions. That is not a published program list, but it is the county's own description of the facility's operating purpose.

Indiana county jails are also governed by state standards. IC 11-12-4 requires county jail minimum standards, and 210 IAC 3 covers county jail rules on operations, records, classification, sanitation, supervision, and related jail functions. The county page says full-time officers complete a one-week Jail Academy accredited by the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. Medical, mental-health, religious, GED, vocational, grievance, and detailed program rules were not published in the county sources reviewed.

Note: Confirm custody, visit availability, and payment rules with the Security Center before travel or payment because jail status can change quickly.