Community Corrections Is Not Jail
Tippecanoe County Community Corrections is a community-based program operated apart from the Sheriff's jail roster. The county describes it as a way to divert felony offenders from Department of Correction commitment or local incarceration. It operates under Indiana Department of Correction grant funding and local project income from participant user fees. Referrals may come from Circuit, Juvenile, Superior, and County Courts.
This distinction is important. Tippecanoe County Jail at Duncan Road is the current inmate roster facility. Community Corrections / Work Release at North 9th Street Road is tied to court referral, work release, home detention, pretrial programming, transfers, case management, community service restitution, and related supervision. A participant may have been released from court or jail before reporting to Community Corrections, but that does not make the Work Release page a jail inmate search.
The official Community Corrections page lists the program description, address, phone number, and local program links.
Use Community Corrections sources for participant-program questions and use the jail roster only for current jail custody.
Tippecanoe Work Release Programs
The county lists programs including Intake, Case Management, New Leaf Wellness Center, Home Detention, Transfers, Pre-Trial Program, Work Release, Training & Community Outreach, Community Service Restitution, and PREA. Work Release is residential for participants who are permitted to leave for approved work, treatment, or other court-approved activity and return to the facility as required.
| Program Area | What It Covers | Record or Routing Note |
|---|---|---|
| Work Release | Residential placement with approved outside activity. | Participant lives at the facility while subject to program rules. |
| Home Detention | Electronic monitoring alternative to incarceration. | Uses IRAS assessment, case plan, and court-order compliance. |
| Intake | Report-in process after court or jail release. | Person must report in person, not call, to make an appointment. |
| Transfers | Transfer into or out of Tippecanoe County Community Corrections. | Court order must allow transfer to the county program. |
| Pretrial and case management | Supervision, referrals, and compliance work. | Not the same as being listed as a jail inmate. |
Lookup Limits for Work Release
There is no research-supported public Community Corrections inmate roster equivalent to the Tippecanoe County JailTracker current inmate listing. If the question is whether someone is currently in jail custody, start with the jail roster or the Tippecanoe County jail inmate records walkthrough. If the question is whether a court case sent someone to Community Corrections, use MyCase for the court case, then contact the program for public routing that it can provide.
- Use the county jail roster only when the person may be in Tippecanoe County Jail custody.
- Search MyCase when the issue is a court order, criminal case, bond, sentence, or Community Corrections placement.
- Contact Community Corrections at 765-742-1279 for program routing and public contact information.
- Use the Intake Department instructions if the person was released from court or jail and ordered to report.
- Use IDOC, BOP, ICE, or SAVIN channels when the person is in state, federal, immigration, or notification systems rather than local community corrections.
A court-referred participant may still have a criminal case record, a probation matter, or a prior jail booking record. Those records live in the court, jail, or state systems. Community Corrections records and participant status may have access limits based on court orders, privacy rules, safety concerns, and program policy.
Community Corrections Address
The work-release and community-corrections contact is separate from the Sheriff's jail contact. Use this address for Community Corrections participant mail when the work-release mail format applies, and use the phone number for program-specific routing. Do not send standard jail mail here unless the person is a Work Release participant and the program's mail format applies.
Tippecanoe County Community Corrections / Work Release
2800 N 9th St. Road
Lafayette, IN 47904
765-742-1279
Community corrections and work-release program contact
Tippecanoe Intake After Release
The Community Corrections Intake Department says a person released from court or jail must report in person to the North 9th Street Road address, not call, to make an appointment. The person then receives an orientation date. This is different from jail booking. Jail booking begins when an arresting agency or court order places a person into jail custody. Community Corrections intake begins after court referral, release, transfer, or program placement.
- Community Corrections
- A court-connected alternative to jail or prison that can include work release, home detention, pretrial programming, and supervision.
- Work Release
- A residential program where approved participants may leave for work or treatment and return as required.
- Home Detention
- Electronic monitoring that allows approved residence, work, school, treatment, and case-plan activity.
- Transfer
- A move into or out of the county program when court language and program approval allow it.
Work Release Fees
The 2024 participant handbook and fee schedule provide unusually specific local details. Participant fees vary by program and status. The research located a work release daily rate range, home detention rate range, day reporting range, GPS-only amount, inpatient or supportive housing amount, Community Service or Work Crew cost, and ankle-unit damage or escape cost. Do not treat these as court fines. They are program fee details from Community Corrections research and may change.
| Fee or Cost | Amount Located | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Work release daily rate | $17-$60 | Participant handbook range. |
| Home detention daily rate | $15-$60 | Participant handbook range. |
| Day reporting | $10-$55 | Participant handbook range. |
| GPS only | $5 | Participant handbook amount. |
| Community Service / Work Crew | $125 | Other cost listed in research. |
| Ankle unit damage / escape | $825 | Other cost listed in research. |
The Community Transition Program benefits noted in the research include no sign-on fee, the first two weeks with no daily fees, free linen, uniforms, meals, hygiene kit, a 31-day bus pass, and two phone cards. Those details apply to that program context, not every participant.
Work Release Mail Rules
Work-release mail uses the participant name, "C/O Tippecanoe County Work Release," and the 2800 N. 9th St Rd address in Lafayette. Incoming mail is opened and inspected for contraband. That is separate from Tippecanoe County Jail standard friends and family mail, which is routed to a Highland Heights, Kentucky PO Box for scanned-mail processing.
| Mail Type | Address or Route | Important Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Work Release participant mail | Participant Name, C/O Tippecanoe County Work Release, 2800 N. 9th St Rd, Lafayette, IN 47904 | Opened and inspected for contraband. |
| County jail standard mail | Tippecanoe County Jail, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076 | Use only for jail inmates, with inmate name and ID. |
| Jail legal mail or money orders | 2640 Duncan Road, Lafayette, IN 47904 | Jail process, not work-release participant mail. |
Daily Work Release Rules
The Work Release page lists Market C by AVI Food Systems, purchasable meals, laundry services, phone cards, an Information Request Form, and a Grievance Form. Grievances are reviewed by a Community Corrections Supervisor. The participant handbook adds rules on medication, alcohol and drug testing, searches, dorms, mail, religious worship by approved representatives, and sanctions.
The work-release facility is a residence for participants in that program. The research notes that failure to report back as required may be filed as escape, and participants are subject to searches that can include pat down, strip search, metal detector or body scanner, personal property, lockers, drawers, and vehicles. Medication must be turned in unopened with the correct count, and staff handle storage, handling, and administration.
The county Work Release source page shows the local program services and request or grievance form routing.
Those services are part of the work-release program setting and should not be confused with jail commissary or JailATM deposit rules.
Home Detention and Transfers
The Home Detention program is an alternative to incarceration. The county says it can bring offenders out of the jail system, reunite them with family, and allow work, school, treatment, and cognitive behavioral programs while maintaining public safety. Qualifying felony offenders receive an Indiana Risk Assessment System assessment, a case plan is developed, and the participant must comply with the case plan and court-order recommendations.
Transfers into or out of Tippecanoe County Community Corrections require court-order language allowing transfer to Tippecanoe County Community Corrections at a level determined by the Executive Director. The research located a $150 transfer fee plus a $150 sign-on fee for transfers. Transfer status should be confirmed with the program and court record because it is not a jail roster search field.
Relation to Jail Population
Community Corrections affects the local custody picture because it can divert eligible people from local incarceration or IDOC commitment. It can also receive people after release from court or jail. Still, it is not counted the same way as the current Tippecanoe County Jail roster. The jail's population report and 603-bed capacity refer to the county jail, while the Community Corrections capacity was not located in official sources. The countywide Tippecanoe County inmate population page keeps that jail-population count separate from work-release program status.
Note: Confirm participant status, reporting instructions, and visit or mail rules directly with Community Corrections before traveling.