Sources · Public records only

Every number on this dashboard, traceable

Each section below lists the primary public source, what data it provides, and which schema column(s) it fills. If you find a broken link or a more authoritative source, submit a tip at the IBE companion site.

Live court & agency feeds — 2026 (HEAD-tested 2026-05-12)

Each source below was verified reachable with current-year content (last checked 2026-05-12). These feed the Live feeds page and the court-opinions mirror — 219 feeds across 11 categories.

CourtListener — Indiana Supreme Court (RSS)

Atom feed of every Indiana Supreme Court opinion. Newest entry 2026-04-24 at audit time. Mirrored into civic.db nightly via TCG-IndianaJustice-Deep-Daily.

CourtListener — Indiana Court of Appeals (RSS)

2026 opinions live; civic.db top entry 2026-05-11. Backs the “Latest 2026 opinions” panel on /feeds.

CourtListener — 7th Circuit (covers IN/IL/WI federal appeals)

Federal appellate decisions affecting Indiana. Top civic.db entry 2026-05-07.

CourtListener — U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana

SDIN federal trial-court opinions. Covers Indianapolis & southern-Indiana federal cases.

CourtListener — U.S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana

NDIN federal trial-court opinions.

CourtListener — Ohio Supreme Court

Neighbor-state high-court decisions; cross-reference for Ohio-River-metro cases.

CourtListener — Kentucky Supreme Court

Neighbor-state. Important for Clark/Floyd Louisville-metro context.

CourtListener — Illinois Supreme Court

Neighbor-state & 7th-Circuit feeder.

CourtListener — Ohio Court of Appeals

Intermediate appellate; 2026 content live.

Illinois Supreme Court — 2026 opinions index

Official source for Illinois Supreme Court 2026 opinions, cross-check with CourtListener mirror.

Indiana Courts Online — public docket search

Official state docket search (formerly mycase.in.gov). Use for case-specific lookups on opinions surfaced in the feeds.

Indiana mycase.in.gov — civil & criminal docket portal

Per-county case access; required for any docket follow-up.

DOJ — All News (Atom)

Federal DOJ press releases including USAO-SDIN/NDIN. Already in registry.

FBI — National Press Releases

FBI press releases nationwide; filter by Indianapolis Field Office tag for local matches.

Indiana General Assembly — 2026 bills index

Per-session bill list (HTML). Used to seed the legislature feed.

Indiana Supreme Court — official site

Justice biographies, oral-argument calendar, administrative orders.

Indiana Courts — landing

Top-level entry; Court of Appeals link tree (deep links retired in 2025, navigate from here).

Indiana Attorney General — press releases

RSS retired 2025; HTML press section still live. Manual cross-check.

Indiana Criminal Justice Institute

News + UCR releases. RSS retired 2025; news posted on landing.

IDOC — News, Media & Publications

DOC press releases & annual reports landing.

Police Scorecard — Indiana

2013–2023 arrest baselines (also referenced under Arrests & LE below).

Audit method: curl -sS -L -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" with 10s timeout. Dropped from this list because they returned 404 on 2026-05-12: justice.gov/usao-sdin/news/feed, justice.gov/news/press-releases/rss.xml, fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/indianapolis/news/feed, oig.justice.gov/news/rss.xml, bja.ojp.gov/rss/news.xml, nij.ojp.gov/rss/news.xml, deadiversion.usdoj.gov/news.rss, in.gov/idoc/news/rss.xml, in.gov/attorneygeneral/rss/news.xml, in.gov/cji/feed. Re-audit cadence: weekly via TCG fabric source-registry sweep.

Demographics & population

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts — County profiles

Population estimates per county per year. Fills population_estimate.

STATS Indiana — County profiles

Indiana-specific population, demographics, and labor data. Fills population_estimate, region.

Indiana DOC (state prisons & releases)

IDOC Annual Reports (yearly PDFs)

Facility population, programs, incidents, releases. Fills Schema 6 (Facility×Year) population/program/incident columns.

IDOC — Adult Releases tables (annual)

Releases by county of admission. Fills Schema 2 idoc_releases_from_county.

IDOC — Total Population Summary Reports

Statewide DOC operational and contracted population. ~25,500–26,000 in 2025.

Arrests & law enforcement

Police Scorecard — Indiana county pages

Arrest counts, low-level/drug/violent breakdown 2013–2023. Fills Schema 3 (Arrest types).

Indiana Criminal Justice Institute (ICJI)

State-level UCR-style reporting and grant-funded program tracking.

County jails & sheriff data

Jackson County, IN — Sheriff inmate roster & 48-hour release page

Daily roster + booking/release counts. Aggregate by year for Schema 2 jail columns.

Scott County, IN — Jail page & 2022 jail study

85% substance-use prevalence; 58% mental-health prevalence; recidivism context. Fills Schema 6 prevalence columns and serves as proxy anchor for surrounding rural jails.

IDOC — County-jail population statistics

Where IDOC reports jail-of-admission data alongside facility data.

Each southern-Indiana county sheriff has a similar inmate-roster URL pattern (e.g., jenningscountysheriffin.gov, browncountysheriffin.org). Replicate the Jackson approach across all counties.