This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail services, or pull official booking, court, or release records. Use the official Wells County, Indiana, state, federal, or immigration contact below for those tasks.
Where to Look First
For Wells County jail questions, the main local office is the Wells County Sheriff's Office and Wells County Jail, operated by Sheriff Scott Holliday. The jail is at 1615 W. Western Ave., Bluffton, IN 46714. The main phone is (260) 824-3426, fax is (260) 824-6424, and regular sheriff office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Jail Commander Karen Thompson is listed by the sheriff's office as the jail command contact.
For court records after an arrest, the Wells County Clerk is at 102 W. Market Street, Suite 201, Bluffton, IN 46714. The Circuit Clerk phone is (260) 824-6479, the Superior Clerk phone is (260) 824-6483, and the clerk email is clerk@wellscounty.org.
- For a person currently or recently held in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and the Indiana County Jail Public Portal, then call the sheriff/jail number if the result needs confirmation.
- For a booking photo, use jail roster mugshots and remember that photo availability depends on the live portal record or the sheriff's response to a public-records request.
- For filed charges, hearing dates, or official court copies, use court records after a jail arrest, Indiana MyCase, and the Wells County Clerk.
- For facility details, use the Wells County Jail page. No separate Wells County city jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility was confirmed in the research.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Indiana Department of Correction locator at offenderlocator.idoc.in.gov. A person transferred to IDOC is no longer searched as a county-jail inmate.
- For custody alerts, Indiana SAVIN and VINELink provide notification options. The sheriff's public-information page describes Indiana SAVIN as a free 24/7 custody-status notification service.
- For a federal sentenced prisoner, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
- The Wells County Sheriff mobile app is documented for reporting crimes, submitting tips, and public-safety information. It was not confirmed as an inmate-search tool.