Elkhart County Work Release Overview
Elkhart County Community Corrections describes work release as a community-based supervision program and an alternative to Department of Correction or local incarceration for felony and misdemeanor offenders. The program brings approved participants out of the jail system into a controlled residential setting where they may work, attend school, take part in treatment, and complete cognitive-behavioral programming.
This distinction is central for lookup. Elkhart County Community Corrections Work Release is custody-adjacent, but it is not the same as a person booked into the Elkhart County Correctional Complex after arrest. A person in adult jail custody may be found through INjail. A work-release participant is usually best traced through the court order, community-corrections office, probation or supervision records, and direct program contact.
The Indiana Department of Correction's residential-center list identifies the Elkhart Stand Alone residential center at the Goshen address and lists separate male and female bed counts. IDOC listing does not make the program a state prison. It confirms that Elkhart County has a recognized community-corrections residential placement connected to state and local reentry systems.
Elkhart County Work Release Beds
The IDOC community corrections residential centers list shows Elkhart Stand Alone with 200 male beds and 34 female beds. That gives the work-release residential program 234 listed beds. These numbers describe residential capacity, not the daily count of people present at the facility on a given date.
| Measure | Source Meaning |
|---|---|
| Elkhart Stand Alone | IDOC residential-center name for the Elkhart County community-corrections residential placement. |
| 234 total listed beds | Calculation from IDOC's 200 male and 34 female bed listing. |
| Program placement | Court and community-corrections status, not an ordinary jail booking status. |
| No daily dashboard found | Reviewed official sources did not publish a current participant count. |
Elkhart County Program Lookup
There is no evidence in the reviewed official sources that ordinary Elkhart County work-release participants are searched through the same public adult jail roster used for current county jail detainees. Use the roster if the person was arrested, booked, or returned to the adult jail. Use community-corrections and court channels when the question is whether a person is assigned to work release, electronic monitoring, day reporting, community transition, or another alternative placement.
- Start with the court case in Indiana MyCase if the question is a sentence, modification, sanction, or work-release order.
- Call Elkhart County Community Corrections for program-status questions that can be released by staff.
- Check the Elkhart County adult jail roster only if the person may have been newly booked or returned to jail custody.
- Use the IDOC offender locator if the person moved into state prison custody after sentencing or revocation.
- Use VINELink for available custody notification, but do not treat it as the only official source.
A work-release placement can be changed by court order, program sanction, arrest, transfer, or successful completion. Those changes may appear in different places. A judge's order may appear in MyCase, a jail booking may appear in INjail, and a state prison transfer may appear in IDOC.
| Channel | Best Use |
|---|---|
| Community Corrections | Program contact, reporting, fees, schedule rules, and participant handbook issues. |
| MyCase | Court orders, charges, dispositions, hearings, and sentencing events. |
| INjail | Adult jail custody if a participant is arrested or lodged at the correctional complex. |
| IDOC locator | State prison custody after transfer to Indiana Department of Correction. |
Elkhart County Work Release Contact
The Goshen office is the public contact point listed for Elkhart County Community Corrections Work Release and in the IDOC residential-center material. For urgent jail custody questions, use the adult jail phone instead. For court order questions, use the court case and the attorney or supervising office because staff may not be able to disclose every participant detail.
Elkhart County Community Corrections Work Release
201 N Cottage Ave.
Goshen, IN 46528
(574) 534-2210
Community corrections residential program
Adult Jail Custody Fallback
Elkhart County Correctional Complex
26861 County Road 26
Elkhart, IN 46517
(574) 891-2100
Elkhart County Program Types
The county page lists several program tracks. Work Release is residential. Electronic Monitoring places a participant under monitored community supervision. Day Reporting requires scheduled check-ins and program compliance. The Community Oriented Work Program, often shortened to COWP, is a community work option. The Community Transition Program, or CTP, is described as a joint effort between IDOC and county courts for qualifying offenders returning to the community before scheduled release.
- Work Release
- A residential program that allows approved work, school, treatment, and structured programming.
- Electronic Monitoring
- Community supervision using monitoring equipment and schedule controls.
- Day Reporting
- A nonresidential reporting track with required check-ins and compliance steps.
- Community Transition Program
- A DOC and court-linked transition route for qualifying state offenders returning to the community.
The official community-corrections page is the proper source for program names. The participant handbook is the better source for fee amounts, payment times, and day-to-day rules.
The source image below comes from the official Elkhart County Community Corrections Work Release page, which describes the program as an alternative to incarceration.
The page reinforces the main lookup point: work release is a program placement, so the court and community-corrections context matters as much as jail custody status.
Elkhart County Work Release Fees
The December 2024 Work Release Participant Handbook lists program fees and payment methods. These are not jail commissary deposits. Work-release fees are program obligations, while jail commissary money is for people held in the adult correctional complex and handled through jail deposit channels.
| Fee Item | Amount Listed |
|---|---|
| Initial one-time fee | $100 |
| Courtesy transfer one-time fee | $75 |
| Electronic Monitoring | $13 per day |
| Work Release | $15 per day |
| Work Release with GPS | $18 per day |
| BART Alcohol Monitoring | $15 per day |
| Day Reporting | $6 per day |
| Community Transition Program | $10 per day |
The handbook says fees can be paid at the Goshen facility, at the Elkhart satellite office, or online through the PayGov link listed in the handbook. Listed collection times are Mondays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-5 p.m.; Fridays from 9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Accepted payment methods include cashier's check, money order, debit card, and exact cash.
Elkhart County Work Release Visits
Work release does not operate like public jail video visitation. The reviewed research did not locate a public family-visit schedule for work-release participants like the Securus schedule used by the adult jail. Program contact, court orders, the participant handbook, and staff instructions control when a participant may leave, report, work, attend school, receive treatment, or handle approved activities.
| Topic | Work Release Treatment |
|---|---|
| Family visits | No public schedule located in reviewed official sources; confirm with Community Corrections. |
| Work or school movement | Allowed only when approved and scheduled under program rules. |
| Program reporting | Controlled by staff, handbook requirements, and court or supervision orders. |
| Adult jail visits | Use only if the person is housed at the Elkhart County Correctional Complex. |
When a participant is sanctioned or moved back to jail, visitation and money rules may change immediately. That is one reason to confirm location before sending funds, making travel plans, or relying on a prior schedule.
Elkhart County Placement Records
Work-release records sit at the intersection of court, corrections, and community supervision. Indiana public-record rules may apply to some government records, but confidential supervision material, treatment details, juvenile information, victim information, and sealed court records may be restricted. Indiana APRA is the general state public-records framework, while court access depends on Indiana court-record rules and the case file.
For a practical search, identify the legal status first. A pending criminal case points toward MyCase. A jail return points toward the Elkhart County Correctional Complex and INjail. A DOC transfer points toward IDOC. A community-corrections schedule, payment, or reporting issue points toward the work-release office and handbook.
The broader Elkhart County inmate population overview explains how the adult jail, work release, juvenile detention, state custody, and federal custody fit together without treating every placement as the same kind of inmate search.
Note: Confirm the person's current placement before using jail visitation, jail commissary, or program fee channels.