Batesville Jail in Batesville, Indiana serves Batesville city and the surrounding area. This facility is locally operated by the surrounding police departments within Ripley County.
Inmates that are awaiting sentencing or trial are held at the Batesville Jail. Inmates that have been sentenced and are waiting to be transferred to a permanent location such as a federal prison are held in this facility as well.
Inmates at Batesville Jail are contained in single cells. However, there isn't a lot of space. A majority of the inmates are qualified to make bail so the inmates do not stay long.
The City of Batesville has a jail roster on its website. You can browse the roster by the following options in the inmate lookup system:
Everyone in custody
Released in the last 24 hours
Booked in the last 48 hours
Booked in the last 24 hours
You will be able to search for an inmate at Batesville Jail by the inmate’s last name. You can narrow your search with the following information:
Inmate’s First Name
Date Of Birth
Gender
You will be able to see the inmates information including custody status, charges, bail, visiting schedule and release type. The Batesville Jail roster is generally updated every 10 minutes so the information is not in real time.
Send a Mail/Package
Mail is returned to sender if it requires to have extra postage. Please keep mail the size of a business envelope or smaller or it will be returned to the sender.
Inmates at Batesville Jail are not allowed to receive the following items in the mail:
Money
Money Orders
Prohibited Pictures
Stationary
Stickers
Other Prohibited Items
Sending Money
Most of the time inmates need money to make purchases from the commissary where they can buy day to day life items.
JPay and Western Union are services that are accepted at Batesville Jail to transfer funds electronically to an inmate’s account.
If you would like more information about funding an inmate’s account you can call the jail at 812-934-3131.
Phone Calls
Inmates at Batesville Jail are allowed to make collect phone calls to loved ones, however, they are not allowed to receive phone calls. When an inmate makes a collect call the individual receiving the call is the one responsible for the charges that are associated with the call.
Visitation Rules
Before you will be allowed to visit the inmate at Batesville Jail, you will need to fill out a visitors list information with your full name, date of birth, address and telephone number.
Be sure to have your valid government-issued photo identification card with you. Children under the age of 18 are required to be accompanied by a legal guardian. The legal guardian needs to have documentation proving their guardianship.
Visiting Hours at Batesville Jail are determined by the inmate’s last name.
VISITATION HOURS
Monday
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Directions
Refer the map below to find the driving directions.
