Fulton County Jail Overview
Fulton County Jail is operated by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office. The county publishes the jail and sheriff campus at 2006 Sweetgum Road in Rochester. The Sheriff's Office page names Travis Heishman as sheriff and says the office is responsible for professional care and custody of people confined in the jail, court security, and prompt crime investigation. The jail directory names Cathi Collins as Jail Commander and Marty Eihlinger as Assistant Jail Commander.
The facility is the local destination for adults arrested in Fulton County once they are booked into county custody. Official sources reviewed did not confirm a separate city jail, county work-release center, Indiana DOC prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility in Fulton County. Rochester, Akron, Kewanna, Fulton, Leiters Ford, and unincorporated-area arrests should be treated as Fulton County Jail custody after local booking unless the person is moved to another county, DOC, federal, or immigration custody.
Fulton County Jail Capacity
Official county jail pages reviewed do not publish a rated capacity table. A supporting construction source, Elevatus, describes the Fulton County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center as a 49,910 square foot facility with 230 beds: 198 housing-pod beds, 12 inmate-worker beds, and 20 intake or holding beds. Use that figure as building background because it is not published on the county's own jail operating page.
The April 2025 Fulton County Sheriff monthly report listed 126 inmates booked, 109 released, a daily in-house average of 107, and 75 inmates from other facilities. Meeting-minute snippets from 2024 also show that Fulton County Jail population reports can include people from Wabash, federal categories, and DOC categories. This does not make the jail a state or federal prison. It means the county jail can physically hold people while another authority or case status is involved.
Look Up Fulton County Jail Inmates
The correct local lookup path for Fulton County Jail is the official County of Fulton mobile app. The jail page says the app provides the most up-to-date inmate information and can be used for inmate commissary, inmate listings, inmate medical, and more. The official app flyer shows Inmate Lookup and Jail Info tiles. No ordinary official web roster with crawlable public inmate profiles was found in the county pages reviewed.
- Use the Fulton County Jail Division page to confirm the official app route.
- Open County of Fulton (Indiana) in the Apple App Store or Google Play.
- Use the app's Inmate Lookup or Inmate Listings area for current Fulton County Jail custody.
- Call Fulton County Jail at 574-224-5630 if the app does not show the person or if release, transfer, or hold status is unclear.
- Search IDOC, BOP, or ICE when the person is no longer in local county jail custody.
For a broader record explanation, the Fulton County inmate records page separates county jail, court, DOC, federal, and ICE lookup channels.
Fulton County Jail Address
The jail and sheriff campus share the Sweetgum Road address. The sheriff lobby is listed as open 24/7, while public office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm. For immediate custody questions, use the jail phone. For broader sheriff or records routing, use the Sheriff's Office number.
Fulton County Jail
2006 Sweetgum Road
Rochester, IN 46975
574-224-5630
Fax: 574-224-8990
Fulton County Sheriff's Office
2006 Sweetgum Road
Rochester, IN 46975
574-223-2819
Office hours Monday-Friday, 8 am-4 pm; lobby open 24/7
Visit Fulton County Jail
Fulton County Jail visitation is video link only under the official jail visitation page. Lobby kiosks are available Saturdays and Sundays from 8 am to 8 pm free of charge. CIDNET accounts are required for video visits, messages, and phone calls. Remote video details and fees were not published in the inspected county page, so confirm those terms in CIDNET or with the jail before paying for a visit.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Cost | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lobby video kiosk | Saturday and Sunday, 8 am-8 pm | Free of charge | CIDNET account required; proper dress required |
| Remote video | Not published by county page | Not published | Use CIDNET and confirm Fulton County terms |
| Attorney access | Not published on inspected page | n/a | Call the jail for attorney visit procedure |
The official Fulton County inmate visitation page publishes the video-only visit rule and weekend lobby kiosk schedule.
That page supports the facility-specific visit rules here and confirms that CIDNET is central to public video visits.
Disruptive or disorderly behavior by either the visitor or the inmate can terminate the visit. Nudity is prohibited and may suspend future visitation. The county page did not publish a public locker, bag, search, or visitor-ID checklist, so call ahead before traveling for any visit that depends on a specific accommodation.
Mail at Fulton County Jail
Fulton County publishes detailed mail rules. Incoming mail is delivered Monday through Saturday except holidays. Incoming mail without the sender's name and address is confiscated and placed in the inmate's property until release. Incoming mail is inspected before delivery except legal mail unless contraband is suspected. No inmate-to-inmate mail or notes are allowed from inmates confined in Fulton County Jail or any other jail or prison.
| Mail Topic | Fulton County Rule |
|---|---|
| Outgoing mail | Picked up at the discretion of the on-duty jail officer; inmate full name must appear above the address. |
| Sender information | Incoming mail without sender name and address is confiscated and held in property. |
| Decoration | Stickers, colored drawings or paintings, and glitter are confiscated and held until release. |
| Packages | Prior written Jail Commander consent is required; otherwise packages are returned. |
| Books and magazines | Must be sent directly from the publisher if consent is given. |
Phone Money and Commissary
Fulton County says phones are provided for inmate use. Local or long-distance calls may be made collect. Inmates may purchase phone cards from commissary or by request form. Outgoing calls are monitored for security except attorney-client calls. CIDNET is the linked public portal for video visits, messages, and phone calls.
| Service | Provider or Method | Published Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Phone and video | CIDNET | Used for video visits, messages, and phone calls. |
| Lobby deposits | Money machine | Deposits can be made at any time in the jail lobby. |
| Mailed deposits | Money order | Money orders are accepted by mail; payee format not published. |
| Online deposits | JailATM | County-specific fee table not published on the county page. |
| Release balance | Check at release | Remaining trust fund balance, if any, is paid by check. |
Booking at Fulton County Jail
Fulton County does not publish a full intake checklist. A local arrest or warrant surrender may lead to transport to Fulton County Jail, where jail staff create a custody record, verify identity, review paperwork, secure property, and begin intake. Medical and mental-health screening, housing classification, and service access can follow. The county app page confirms inmate medical information as one app information category, but detailed screening rules are not published in the inspected sources.
Booking is not the same as the court case. The Fulton County Prosecuting Attorney reviews investigation results and files charges when sufficient evidence exists. Once charges are filed, the criminal case is searched through Indiana MyCase or obtained through the Fulton County Clerk of Courts. Bond and release questions can involve the jail, the court, another agency hold, DOC, federal custody, or ICE.
About Fulton County Jail
The current Sweetgum Road facility replaced older jail conditions described in supporting project material. Elevatus reported that the prior 1985 facility had deteriorated and did not meet current ACA and Indiana jail standards or properly house all Fulton County inmates. The newer sheriff and detention center was described as a combined public-safety campus with housing pods, intake and holding beds, and inmate-worker beds. Official county pages reviewed provide operating contacts and jail service rules, while the project source supplies building history.
Note: Confirm current custody, video visit access, and mail rules with Fulton County Jail before traveling or sending funds.