Lake County Inmate Search

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Lake County, IN Jail Inmate Search

LAKE COUNTY is located in Indiana with an average daily population of 673. The county has approximately 670 confined in facilities with 596 male and 71 female prisoners. That means that 89% of the confined population are male, and 11% are female.

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How Does Lake County Inmate Search Work?

Inmate records for Lake County are freely accessible. All detention facilities in Lake County are governed by the Freedom of Information Act which provides publicly available information about inmates in the county.

Lake County Parole and Probation

Lake County Parole

If a prisoner has adhered to the regulations while serving their term, they may be granted parole and be released early. Who is granted parole and who is not is decided by a parole board. You may learn a lot about a parolee by looking through the Lake County parole records. There may be information regarding their sentence and offences in the Lake County parole files. You could also get to look through information regarding their detention location and parole conditions.

Lake County Probation

You should also be able to access Lake County probation records, which list men and women who were placed on probation rather than being imprisoned, in addition to those parolees who have already been freed. There are regulations that come with being on probation. In addition to adhering to other conditions, probationers are required to meet their probation officer once per week. Typically, Lake County criminal records will list the inmate's offences, probationary term, and the specifics of the justice department that sentenced them. You may also be able to view photographs, fingerprints, the probationer's physical characteristics, and other information in addition to these facts.

Lake County Booking

When researching statistics on whether or not a stranger has been arrested, Lake County bookings can help. A perpetrator's Lake County booking record is basically created when an officer arrests them, fills out the necessary papers, and places them in an imprisonment cell. It could also contain information such as fingerprints, photographs, physical characteristics, their name and address, the officer in charge, the specifics of the crime, the scene, and any trucks that were involved. The general public can access the copies of a person's Lake County booking records without requiring any kind of authorization.

Lake County Confined Population Statistics

In the past 6 years, the confined population in LAKE COUNTY has increased by 2.76% from 652 each year to 670 inmates. Men are still confined about 596 per 100,000 U.S. residents annually in LAKE COUNTY, despite the fact that women are the group confined at the fastest rate of growth.

Inmate Population in Lake County, IN

LAKE COUNTY has only 670 of the 1005 inmates are actually put in jail; the other 335 are under supervision; they are not currently confined.

Lake County Jail Inmate Population, Jail Pretrial Population and Confined Population, for 2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Population 890 979 1101 n/a 924 1005
Confined Population 652 727 811 n/a 592 670
Non Confined Population 238 252 290 n/a 332 335

Lake County Confined Population by Gender

In LAKE COUNTY, there are 596 confined male inmates for every 100,000 male U.S. residents, and 71 confined female inmates for every 100,000 female U.S. citizens. The confined population of male prisoners increased by 0.85% between 2016 and 2021, while the confined population of female increased by 22.41%.

Lake County Female Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Adult Females 58 110 116 88 57 71
Females Under 18 1 0 1 0 0 1
Female ADP 61 106 121 n/a 100 67

Lake County Male Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Adult Males 591 614 688 712 529 596
Males Under 18 2 3 6 2 6 2
Male ADP 583 643 576 n/a 671 606

Breaking Down Lake County Inmates By Race

In LAKE COUNTY, the average confined population for White inmates is 201 per 100,000 white citizens, which is 15.17% lower than the confined population for Black or African American inmates. The number of Black or African American inmates who were confined went from 274 to 234 for every 100,000 black population of the United States between 2016 and 2021. The average Hispanic or Latino confined population in LAKE COUNTY is 167 per 100,000 Hispanic Americans, while the average Asian confined population is 0 per 100,000 Asian Americans, accounting American Indian/Alaska Natives for just 0 residents of the county's confined population.

Lake County Confined Population by Race, for 2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
White Inmates - Confined 165 181 177 n/a 230 201
Black or African American Inmates - Confined 274 290 324 n/a 175 234
Hispanic or Latino Inmates - Confined 54 252 205 n/a 140 167
American Indian/Alaska Natives Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 0
Asian Inmates - Confined 1 4 0 n/a 0 0
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 0
Two or more Races Inmates - Confined 158 0 105 n/a 47 68
Not Known (Race) Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 0

Lake County Prisons and Jails

Federal Jails


Whiting Jail

Address: 1914 Schrage Avenue, Whiting, IN, 46394

Phone: 219-659-2131

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St. John Jail

Address: 11033 West 93rd Avenue, St. John, IN, 46373

Phone: 219-365-6032

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Schererville Jail

Address: 25 East Joliet Street, Schererville, IN, 46375

Phone: 219-322-5000

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Munster Jail

Address: 1001 Ridge Road, Munster, IN, 46321

Phone: 219-836-6600

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Merrillville City Jail

Address: 7820 Broadway #1, Merrillville, IN, 46410

Phone: 219-769-3722, 219-769-3531

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Lowell Jail

Address: 1333 East Commercial Avenue, Lowell, IN, 46356

Phone: 219-696-0411

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Lake County Jail

Address: 2293 North Main Street, Crown Point, IN, 46307-1854

Phone: 219-755-3421

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Lake Station Jail

Address: 3619 Central Avenue, Lake Station, IN, 46405

Phone: 219-962-1186

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Highland Jail

Address: 3333 Ridge Road, Highland, IN, 46322

Phone: 219-838-3184

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Hobart Jail

Address: 705 East Fourth Street, Hobart, IN, 46342

Phone: 219-942-1125

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Hammond Jail

Address: 509 Douglas Street, Hammond, IN, 46320

Phone: 219-852-6393, 219-853-6490

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Griffith Jail

Address: 115 North Broad Street, Griffith, IN, 46319

Phone: 219-924-7503

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Gary Jail

Address: 555 Polk Street, Gary, IN, 46402

Phone: 219-881-1201, 219-881-1214

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Dyer Jail

Address: 2150 Hart Street, Dyer, IN, 46311

Phone: 219-865-1163

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East Chicago Jail

Address: 2301 East Columbus Drive, East Chicago, IN, 46312

Phone: 219-391-8400

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Crown Point Jail

Address: 124 North East Street, Crown Point, IN, 46307

Phone: 219-663-2131

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Cedar Lake Jail

Address: 7408 Constitution Avenue, Cedar Lake, IN, 46303

Phone: 219-374-5416

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