Vigo County Jail

Vigo County 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: 812-462-3381

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Vigo County Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 201 Cherry St Terre Haute, IN which is operated locally by the Vigo 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. Vigo County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Terre Haute Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The Vigo County Jail has a capacity of 268 prisoners but often runs over that number. The Jail generally houses inmates that are awaiting sentencing. While housed in the Jail, the Vigo County Sheriff's Office is responsible for inmate medical care, having trained medical personnel on-site. The Jail is also responsible for the dietary needs of the inmates, along with providing meals for Juvenile Detainees, the Community Corrections Program and 2 additional County Jail Facilities. The Vigo County Sheriff's Office Jail Division is responsible for the safety of inmates, their transport to and from Courts, other services, to and from other institutions, inmate mail, and commissary services.

Most inmates have daily access to telephones in their housing units. Inmates cannot receive incoming telephone calls, and no messages for inmates will be taken by Corrections staff unless it is a verifiable emergency. To set up a Friends & Family calling account, call Securus, Inc. at 800-844-6591

Correspondence – Letters mailed to inmates must contain the inmate's full name. The jail will not accept certain items through the mail. Restricted items include packages, homemade greeting cards, Polaroid photographs, obscene or pornographic materials, personal checks, postage stamps or stamped envelopes, any type of food, and books or periodicals not directly sent from the publisher. Mail should be addressed in the following manner:

Mail Policy – Only mail of normal size. The Post Office will not deliver large or bulky objects.

• No Pornographic Material.
• No Polaroid Photographs.

The jail commissary has a wide variety of items available for purchase by inmates, including board games, snack foods, and pharmacy items. To make a deposit to an inmate's commissary account, (1) use the Kiosk located in the Jail Lobby (cash, debit card or credit card), (2) call 866-422-6833 or (3) online by clicking on this link

visitation Info

Vigo County Jail – Visitation

The Vigo County Jail currently allows only Video Visitation which may be scheduled by selecting the link below:

Video Visitation