Morgan County IN Jail

Morgan County IN Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 765-342-4303

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Morgan County IN Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 160 N Park Ave Martinsville, IN which is operated locally by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Morgan County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Martinsville Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

Morgan County IN Jail – Inmate Handbook

Inmate Mail – Jail officers will collect and distribute mail from inmates. Mail will be collected at the end of 4 to Midnight shift every day. Mail will be distributed to inmates on 8:00 A.M to 4:00 P.M shift Monday through Saturday, mail will not be distributed on Sundays or holidays. All mail for inmates no longer incarcerated at the facility will be returned to the sender. The Morgan County Jail will not certify outgoing mail for inmates. The jail will furnish postage material for only those who are indigent; to qualify as indigent the inmate must have less than $1.00 on their inmate account. Any threats in the mail will result in the letter being turned over to the proper authorities, all letters must be properly addressed with your name, cell location, and jails address: 160 N. Park AVE, Martinsville, IN 46151. All mail sent from the jail must be stamped to identify it as being sent from the Morgan County Jail. All mail coming into the jail must have the sender’s complete name and address in the upper left-hand corner of the envelope. If needed Inmates may tear the corner of the envelope of that has the return address on it. Items allowed to be mailed in include letters, non-obscene pictures, magazines from publishers and money orders, (no checks or cash shall be mailed into inmates). Any other items will be seized and put in personal property. Any contraband sent to an inmate in the mail will be subject to prosecution. No mail order items or any type of greeting cards will be accepted for any reason.

All incoming and outgoing non-privileged mail is subject to search, digital scanning, reading and/or copying. Any mail found to be in violation of any federal, state, county, city law or ordinance, will result in the mail being confiscated and turned over to the proper authorities for further investigation. Any mail found to contain any discussion or references to illegal activities, will result in the mail being confiscated and turned over to the proper authorities for further investigation. Any mail found in violation of any facility/jail rule, order, regulation, directive or standing order will be confiscated and disciplinary action may be taken against the inmate(s).

Inmate Commissarym – Unless inmates are being punished for disciplinary reasons they will receive commissary once a week. All orders will be due before lockdown on Sunday night. Inmates must create a commissary account before ordering commissary. When creating an account the inmate name number is needed. When you moved to a cell block ask the officer working that area for your name number. When you receive your name number that will be your username and password for your inmate account after you sign in with your number you can then change your password to whatever you choose. The maximum order for commissary is $150.00. A limit may be placed on certain items, eliminating the temptation of running a store out of your cell. Please note: Some items may not be available due to your classification level. If a cell block is lockdown for safety and security reasons, commissary will not be delivered until the block is unlocked.

Inmate Worker Program – To qualify as an inmate worker you cannot have any of the following: sex offense, violent criminal history or battery on law enforcement, or escape. Department of Corrections inmates can apply for this program. This program is restricted to minimum/medium security inmates. Minimum security inmates will be given priority. Applications are on the kiosk.

Work Release Program – To qualify for the Work Release program you cannot have any of the following: sex offense, violent criminal history, resisting law enforcement, or battery on law enforcement, (A) or (B) felonies, escape, or been locked down from the Jail Corrections or Inmate Worker program in the past, also you cannot be a Department of Corrections inmate. This program is restricted to minimum security inmates only. To apply for this program you will need to fill out an application request on the kiosk.

Phone Use – All inmate phones are recorded and monitored. Law Enforcement agencies may obtain all jail phone records for investigative and prosecution purposes. Miss use of the phone system can result in disciplinary action and possible prosecution. Inmates choosing to use the inmate phone system are agreeing to all rules, regulation, and terms set by the Morgan County Jail and Securus Technologies when using the phone system. Each cell block has collect call phones available. The phones are provided to the inmates by Securus Technologies. The Morgan County Jail does not have anything to do with the Inmate phone call refunds or billing disputes. If the phone in the cell block is in need of repair, let a jail officer know to place a work order into Securus. Do not ask to use the jail administrative phone. The only phones available for inmate use are in the cell blocks or in receiving cells. Inmate phones are provided by Securus Technologies. If you wish to have your family or friends set up a pre-paid account, or if you are experiencing a phone issue call 1-866-558-2323.

visitation Info

Morgan County IN Jail – Visitation

Visitation at the Morgan County Jail is conducted of the video visitation system. Visitors are responsible for scheduling visits. The visitor can schedule visits only on the internet at www.morgancountysheriff.com. The jail has provided a computer in the lobby of the jail for visitors who do not have internet access at home. The jail will post a daily visitation list in each cell block. It is the inmate’s responsibility to check the list on a daily basis. Officers will not remind inmates of their visitation time.

Visitation is available Monday-Sunday

​Restricted Cell Block Visitation Hours

• ​M-1, N-1, O-1 Visit hours 8 AM-11 AM
• ​M-2, N-2, O-2 Visit hours 11 AM-2 PM
• ​M-3, N-3, O-3 Visit hours 2 PM-5 PM
• ​M-4, N-4, O-4 Visit hours 5 PM-8 PM
• ​N-5 Visit hours 8 PM-11 PM

​None Restricted Cell Block Visitation

• A, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L  

​Visitation Rules and Restrictions:

​YOU MUST BE SCHEDULED AT LEAST 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE DAY OF THE VISIT.

Scheduling kiosks are available for registering at the Morgan County Jail Lobby 24 hours a day, 7 days a week if you choose not to use the website to schedule the visit.

​A valid government picture identification (ex: Drivers license or State ID Card) with your current and correct address must be presented to sign up for a visit.

​Visits are first come, first served.

​The Jail Staff may cancel your visit if the inmate is on recreation, in school or participating in another inmate program.

Inmate workers are not allowed visits while they are working.

If you are on Parole or Probation you are not allowed to visit.

If you were recently incarcerated in the Morgan County Jail, you must wait 30 days before you can visit. Violators will be reported to your Probation/Parole agent and your visitation privilege will be revoked.

​Cell phones are not allowed in the visitation area.

​Inmate visitors will be dressed in a socially acceptable manner.

​Clothing must not be sexually suggestive or revealing in any manner.

​Gang clothing or insignia are prohibitive.  

​Display of nudity, partial nudity, drug use, threatening language, gang symbols or anything similar is expressly prohibited at the Visitation Center.

​All visits are subject to recording and monitoring.

​All children must be accompanied by a responsible adult while at the Visitation Center.

​No food or drink is permitted in the Visitation Center.

​Absolutely NO PICTURES OR VIDEO may be taken while in the Visitation Center.

Proper conduct must be maintained while at the Visitation Center at all times or your visit privilege will be cancelled.

A violation of any rule, dress code or code of conduct will result in termination of the visit and termination of all visitation privileges for at least 90 days.