Howard County Inmate Roster
The Howard County Sheriff's Office publishes a Current Inmates roster on its official site. The sheriff site identifies Sheriff Jerry Asher and lists the office at 1800 W. Markland Ave., Kokomo, IN 46901, with main phone 765-457-1105. The roster is the county-level place to check current jail custody. It is separate from MyCase court records, Indiana prison records, federal custody records, and statewide notification systems.
The roster is built as a simple public list. Research on July 3, 2026 found a search box, inmate names, "View More" links, and pagination that displayed pages 1 through 5 and an ellipsis to page 34. That means the Howard County inmate record search can be broad if a last name is common. Searchers should open the profile and compare booking date, arresting agency, charge, age, race, and sex before assuming the result is the correct person.
The official current-inmates roster is shown in this source image.
The image shows the public roster workflow: search a name, open a result, and then confirm details with the jail if needed.
Use the Howard County Roster
Use the roster for current Howard County jail custody. Use Indiana MyCase for public criminal or traffic court cases after charges are filed. If the person was sentenced to prison, use the Indiana Department of Correction. If the person is in federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For custody status alerts, use Indiana SAVIN.
Each system answers a different custody question. The Howard County roster answers whether a person is currently listed in the local jail. IDOC is the state-prison path after a state sentence. BOP is the federal-prison path for federal commitments. Indiana SAVIN is the notification path for people who need alerts about custody or status changes. None of those systems should be treated as a certified court record, and none of them replaces the clerk for filed court documents.
- Open the Howard County Sheriff's Office Current Inmates page.
- Enter a full or partial name in the "Type to Search" box.
- Review the visible roster names and use pagination when the search is broad.
- Select "View More" for the matching name to open the inmate profile.
- Compare the name, inmate ID, age, sex, booking date, arresting agency, and charge.
- Call 765-457-1105 when bond, release status, mail rules, or a visit needs live confirmation.
The sheriff site also promotes the Howard County Sheriff's Office app by OCV. Research did not confirm an inmate field that exists only in the app, but the app appears to mirror or route to current inmates, warrants, tips, sex offenders, daily bulletin, news, bond information, commissary, inmate communication, mail and messaging, and public records.
Howard County Roster Fields
The Howard County roster search-field table is short because the public tool is built for fast name lookup. It does not expose advanced filters such as date of birth, booking number, arresting agency, housing unit, charge level, or release date in the captured public interface.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type to Search | Text | No | Free-text search over visible roster names. |
| Result name | Link or list item | Not applicable | Displays the inmate name in the roster list. |
| View More | Link or button | Not applicable | Opens the public inmate detail page. |
| Pagination | Page links | No | Page numbers were observed with an ellipsis to page 34 on July 3, 2026. |
The source image from the sample Howard County inmate profile shows the detail page format.
The sample profile shows useful booking facts, while several common jail fields were not visible in the inspected public record.
Howard County Inmate Profile
The July 3, 2026 sample inmate profile was for BATTREAL, JESSE ANN. The profile showed an inmate ID, age, race, sex, booking date, arresting agency, site identifier, charge text, and a mugshot image. It did not show height, weight, eye color, hair color, date of birth, housing pod, magistrate, court date, warrant number, release date, medical flags, bond type, or statute number in the inspected extraction.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name/title | Public profile name, such as BATTREAL, JESSE ANN in the inspected sample. |
| Mugshot/image | A public booking image was visible in the sample profile. |
| Inmate ID | The sample showed inmate ID 152087. |
| Age, race, and sex | Basic demographic fields shown in the public profile. |
| Booking Date | The sample showed 2026-07-02 20:40:00. |
| Arresting Agency | The sample listed KOKOMO POL DEPT. |
| Charges | The sample listed DOMESTIC BATTERY - 0.00 with blank trailing fields. |
| Bond, court date, housing, release | Not visible in the inspected public sample. |
Because the profile is a custody record, it should not be read as the final criminal case outcome. Charges may change after prosecutor review, and the court record may later show dismissal, plea, conviction, sentence, or diversion. For the filed case, use Howard County criminal court records.
Howard County Jail Contact
Research found one official sheriff and jail contact point for current inmate questions. The sheriff site has separate jail information pages, but the public text extraction did not publish a full capacity table, detailed booking policy, visitation vendor, remote-visit price, or deposit vendor. Use the main jail contact for live details before visiting, mailing, paying bond, or sending money.
Howard County Sheriff's Office
1800 W. Markland Ave.
Kokomo, IN 46901
765-457-1105
Jail, roster, bond, mail, commissary, communication, and public-records questions route through sheriff channels.
The sheriff's Jail Division page is the assigned source for the local jail division.
The jail division source supports using the sheriff office, rather than the clerk, for custody, housing, and inmate-service questions.
Howard County Booking Records
The sheriff pages did not publish a complete booking-process narrative in the extracted text. The researched local path is still clear enough to separate custody records from court records. A person may be arrested by Kokomo Police Department, the Howard County Sheriff's Office, Indiana State Police, DNR, or another agency, then transported to the jail for intake, booking photo, demographic entry, charge entry, and custody status. If charges are filed, the related case appears in the appropriate Howard County court system when public.
Do not assume a local initial-hearing deadline or release schedule from the roster alone. Bond and hearing information may be set by the court, updated in MyCase, handled through the jail, or changed after prosecutor review. The clerk accepts payments for court fines, fees, judgments, child support, and traffic tickets, but jail custody questions belong with the sheriff. A booking record is a moment in the process, not a conviction.
The sheriff's Inmate Information page is one of the official jail-information channels.
The separate inmate-information page confirms that roster lookup and jail-service questions are related but distinct tasks.
Howard County Inmate Visits
The sheriff site has navigation pages for bond information, commissary, inmate communication, inmate information, and inmate mail and messaging. The public extraction of those pages showed titles and navigation but did not expose detailed rules, schedules, vendor names, prices, dress code, or deposit instructions. For that reason, the reliable instruction is to confirm current visit rules with the jail before going or scheduling a remote visit.
| Visitation Type | Schedule Located? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| In-person social visitation | Not located in extracted official text | Call 765-457-1105 before visiting. |
| Remote or video visitation | Not located in extracted official text | No official vendor or price was confirmed. |
| Attorney visits | Not located in extracted official text | Attorneys should contact the jail or court directly. |
| Religious visits | Not located in extracted official text | No schedule was confirmed in the research file. |
| Holiday or lockdown changes | Not located in extracted official text | Use sheriff news or app alerts for current changes. |
Note: Do not rely on old third-party visitation pages because the official sheriff extraction did not confirm vendor, cost, or hours.
Mail and Communication
Howard County publishes separate sheriff pages for Inmate Communication and inmate mail or messaging. The extracted official text did not confirm whether mail is scanned, physically delivered, limited by vendor rules, or addressed in a specific format. Do not guess a mail address format. Confirm the inmate name and ID from the roster, then call the jail for the current mailing format, banned items, delivery method, and message rules.
The same caution applies to phone calls and messaging accounts. Research did not verify Securus, GTL, HomeWAV, JailATM, Access Corrections, JPay, CIDNET, or another vendor for Howard County. Using a vendor name without an official current source would mislead readers and could send funds to the wrong place. The safer path is to use the sheriff's current inmate pages, then confirm the active communication method with jail staff.
Bond, Commissary, and Requests
The sheriff site has official pages for Bond Information and Commissary, but the research extraction exposed titles rather than detailed payment rules. Do not assume a bond type, deposit vendor, kiosk, credit-card fee, commissary schedule, or release time. Call the sheriff before sending funds or appearing to pay bond. If the bond is tied to a court order, the court or clerk may also need to confirm the current amount and conditions.
For copies of booking, incident, or jail records not shown on the roster, use the sheriff public-records channel. Requests remain subject to Indiana public-records law and exclusions for investigative records, juvenile records, medical details, personal identifiers, and sealed matters. Court copies still come from the clerk or court, not the jail roster.
The sheriff's commissary page is the assigned source image for inmate funds.
The commissary source confirms the topic exists on the sheriff site, while the details should still be verified before money is sent.
The official bond information page is also part of the researched jail access path.
Bond questions can change quickly, so the page points readers back to live sheriff and court confirmation.
Restricted Howard Inmate Records
Indiana public-record access does not make every jail or booking detail public. Juvenile records, medical or mental-health information, sealed records, granted expungements, personal identifiers, investigative records, and protected victim or witness information may be withheld or redacted. Howard Circuit Court has exclusive juvenile jurisdiction, and juvenile detention or shelter records are not ordinary public inmate roster material.
If a person appears on the roster, that entry is still a custody record rather than proof of guilt. The prosecutor may amend or decline charges, the court may dismiss a case, or the person may be released before the public page updates. A public-records request to the sheriff can be used for non-exempt booking or incident records not shown online, but court filings, certified orders, and final dispositions should be requested from the Howard County Clerk or reviewed in MyCase when public.
For practical use, keep the channels separate. The sheriff confirms current custody, jail services, and jail records. The clerk confirms certified court copies, fines, fees, and filed case documents. MyCase gives public court status when the charge has become a court case. SAVIN gives notification support rather than a full record. That split prevents a roster entry from being mistaken for a final court outcome.