Johnson County Work Release Custody

Work Release Center Overview

The Johnson County Community Corrections Residential Work Release Center is operated through Johnson County Community Corrections and Johnson County Court Services, separate from the sheriff-operated adult jail overseen by Sheriff Duane Burgess. It sits on the same Hospital Road justice campus as the adult jail and the juvenile detention center, but its purpose is different. The center serves adults who have been ordered into community corrections, work release, or structured local sanctions outside traditional jail incarceration. That means the person may still have strict custody rules, movement limits, payments, treatment requirements, and court conditions, even though the setting is not the regular jail.

The official Court Services page describes Adult Community Corrections as a local program built around accountability, rehabilitation, treatment-linked services, payments, and court-ordered sanctions. IDOC lists Johnson County as a stand-alone county operated residential center. For public lookup, that distinction is crucial. A person in work release may not appear as a regular Johnson County Jail resident, and the public HomeWAV roster should not be treated as a work release resident list.

Work Release Capacity

The Indiana Department of Correction residential centers table lists the Johnson County facility as a stand-alone county operated residential work release center with 88 male beds and 12 female beds. The total listed residential capacity is 100 beds. Those beds are separate from the Johnson County Jail design capacity and separate from Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center. The work release bed count reflects a community corrections setting, not a public jail population figure.

The research did not locate a daily public resident count for the work release center. Capacity is sourced from IDOC's residential center table, while case status and placement terms must be checked through MyCase, Community Corrections, or court paperwork.

Johnson County Work Release Lookup

No separate public work release resident roster was located for the Johnson County Community Corrections Residential Work Release Center. Start with Indiana MyCase to review the court case, sentencing order, community corrections placement, or revocation history if the case is public. Then call Community Corrections for logistics that can be released under privacy and court rules. If the person was just arrested, sanctioned, or returned to custody, use the Johnson County Jail HomeWAV roster because the adult jail may be the current custody location before or after a work release placement.

1. Search MyCase by name and narrow results to Johnson County criminal cases when possible.
2. Look for orders, sentence entries, revocation entries, or community corrections references in the public case summary.
3. Call the Community Corrections office or work release control room for facility logistics that staff may release.
4. Check the Johnson County Jail roster if the person may have been booked, held on a warrant, or moved from work release back to jail.
5. Use the IDOC locator only if the court record shows a transfer to state prison custody.

For broader adult jail custody records, the Johnson County Jail page covers the sheriff-operated roster, HomeWAV, JailATM, and jail movement limits.

Work Release Contact

The work release center is located beside the adult jail, but it has its own phone contacts and office hours. Visitors, employers, family members, and participants should confirm the correct building and phone number before arrival. The Johnson County Court Services Adult Community Corrections page, Court Services courts page, and Johnson County courts department page are local sources for court and program routing. The address is close enough to the adult jail that people can easily go to the wrong door if they rely only on the Hospital Road campus name.

The Court Services research listed the work release or control room phone as 317-346-4725 or 317-346-4726. Leadership listed by Court Services included Angela Morris as Interim Director and Steve Kermode as Assistant Director at the time of research. Because staffing can change, use the main office and control room numbers for current routing.

IDOC Work Release Listing

The IDOC residential centers table identifies Johnson County as a stand-alone residential center and lists its male, female, and total bed counts.

The IDOC listing is useful for capacity and facility type, while court and Community Corrections contacts remain the better sources for a specific participant's status.

Work Release Visits

Official research did not locate a public visitation schedule for the Johnson County Community Corrections Residential Work Release Center. That gap should not be filled with adult jail rules. Work release participants may have employment schedules, court conditions, treatment requirements, and facility rules that differ from a jail video visitation calendar. Call the center before planning a visit, delivery, pickup, or employer-related contact.

Work Release Programs

The Court Services Adult Community Corrections page describes programs for individuals ordered into structured community-based sanctions. Work release can be part of a sentence or local alternative that lets a participant maintain approved work or community obligations while subject to facility rules. The program setting can include payments, monitoring, treatment-linked activities, and supervision standards. A missed condition, warrant, violation, or new arrest can send a participant back through court or jail channels.

IDOC describes community corrections as a state-aided county program under Indiana correctional statutes and grant structures. The state role does not make this an IDOC prison. It means the county residential center is part of Indiana's broader community corrections network. If a Johnson County case later results in a state prison commitment, the search path changes to the IDOC incarcerated locator.

The Johnson County Court Services Adult Community Corrections page is the local source for the program's office, staff, payments, FAQ, and participant-oriented resources.

The Court Services source helps separate work release rules from the sheriff's jail roster, which is the most common lookup mistake on this campus.

Work Release Mail and Money

The research did not locate a public work release mail address format, commissary vendor, or payment fee table equivalent to Johnson County Jail's HomeWAV and JailATM instructions. Do not send mail or funds using the jail's inmate mail format unless staff confirms the person is in the adult jail. Community Corrections pages mention payments and participant resources, so payment obligations may be tied to the program or court order rather than jail commissary.