This is a private reference site, not the Newton County Sheriff's Office or another government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible agency directly for those services.
Official Contacts for Custody and Records
Use the jail line for a current-custody question. Send a focused APRA request to the records office when you need a named person's booking record or booking photograph.
Newton County Sheriff's Office, Attn: Records304 E. Seymour St.
Kentland, IN 47951
Jail: 219-474-3999
Records office: 219-474-3331
Records fax: 219-474-3333
Records email: scothran@newtoncounty.in.gov
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The quickest route depends on the record or custody status involved:
- For a Newton County mugshot or booking record, begin with the home page's complete official-source and APRA guide.
- For a warrant question, use the official steps on Most Wanted Fugitives. A tip line is not a warrant-check service.
- For a recent arrest, jail-roster question, booking-feed question, release check, or Indiana removal-law information, use the home guide. Newton County publishes no verified web roster or booking feed, so call the jail for current custody.
- For a person sentenced to Indiana state custody, use the Indiana Department of Correction Incarcerated Individual Search.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
A booking charge records an accusation. It may later be amended or dismissed, and the court disposition determines the outcome. Each person is presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.