Illinois County Jail Inmate Search


Illinois County Jail records can be useful when searching for inmates and prison records usually contain inmate information and are sometimes available online.

Jail records usually can be found directly from prisons and jail houses or from law enforcement agencies special the sheriff's offices usually hold detailed information about prisoners, those who have just been arrested or are waiting to be transported to jails or those who are already in the prison system and even parolees.

For jail inmate searches it is always best to start at the sheriff's office. There is usually a sheriff's office for each county and jurisdiction who can guide you for finding inmates and finding rules about jail visitation or communication with prisoners. The hours of operation for each jail and rules are useful to know if you need to visit any inmates. Sheriff's offices also hold information about most wanted cirminals as well as sex offenders.

If you need to find out if someone has a criminal record or has been in jail then you can run a background check or get a criminal history report otherwise if you need to just find out if someone is in jail or which jail they are imprisoned in then contacting the sheriff's department from below county list should get you stared on your jail inmate search.



Counties in Illinois



  • Adams County
  • Alexander County
    Sheriff's Office
    2000 Washington Ave Cairo, Illinois 62914 (618)734-2141
  • Bond County
    403 S Second St Greenville, Illinois 62246 (618)664-2151
  • Boone County
  • Brown County
    Courthouse Mount Sterling, Illinois 62353 (217)773-2011
  • Bureau County
  • Calhoun County
    Sheriff's Office
    North County Road
    Hardin, IL 62047
    (618) 576-2417
  • Carroll County
  • Cass County
    Sheriff's Office
    101 North Front Street
    Virginia, IL 62691-1365
    (217) 452-7718
  • Champaign County
  • Christian County
    Sheriff's Office
    301 West Franklin Street
    Taylorville, IL 62568-2116
    (217) 824-4961
  • Clark County
  • Clay County
  • Clinton County
  • Coles County
  • Cook County
  • Crawford County
  • Cumberland County
    Sheriff's Office
    166 Courthouse Sq
    Toledo, IL 62468
    (217) 849-2571
  • De Witt County
  • DeKalb County
  • Douglas County
  • DuPage County
  • Edgar County
  • Edwards County
    Sheriff's Office
    50 East Main Street
    Albion, IL 62806-1262
    (618) 445-2721
  • Effingham County
  • Fayette County
    Sheriff's Office
    221 South 7th Street
    Vandalia, IL 62471-2755
    (618) 283-2141
  • Ford County
  • Franklin County
    Sheriff's Office
    403 East Main Street
    Benton, IL 62812-2155
    (618) 438-7731
  • Fulton County
  • Gallatin County
    Sheriff's Office
    484 N Lincoln Blvd
    Shawneetown, IL 62984
    (618) 269-3137
  • Greene County
    Sheriff's Office
    403 7th Street Carrollton, IL 62016-1204 - (217) 942-6901
  • Grundy County
  • Hamilton County
    Sheriff's Office
    100 South Jackson Street, McLeansboro, IL 62859-1462
    (618) 643-2511 ‎
  • Hancock County
    Sheriff's Office
    701 7th Street
    Charleston, IL 61920-2100
    (618) 382-5321
  • Hardin County
    Sheriff's Office
    210 Main Street
    Elizabethtown, IL 62931
    (618) 287-2053
  • Henderson County
    113 North 4th Street Oquawka, Illinois 61469 Phone: (309)867-4291 Toll Free: 1-888-867-1101
  • Henry County
  • Iroquois County
    Sheriff's Office
    550 South 10th Street
    Watseka, IL 60970-1810
    (815) 432-4918
  • Jackson County
  • Jasper County
    Sheriff's Office
    106 E Morgan Newton, Illinois 62448 (618)783-3057
  • Jefferson County
    Sheriff's Office
    911 Casey Avenue
    Mount Vernon, IL 62864
    (618) 244-8010
  • Jersey County
    Sheriff's Office
    114 North Washington Street
    Jerseyville, IL 62052-1603
    (618) 498-6881
  • Jo Daviess County
  • Johnson County
    Sheriff's Office
    412 Court Street Vienna, IL 62995 - (618) 658-3381
  • Kane County
  • Kankakee County
  • Kendall County
  • Knox County
  • La Salle County
  • Lake County
  • Lawrence County
    Sheriff's Office
    1306 Lexington Ave
    Lawrenceville, IL 62439-2419
    (618) 943-5766
  • Lee County
    Sheriff's Office
    306 South Hennepin Avenue
    Dixon, IL 61021-3020
    (815) 284-6631
  • Livingston County
  • Logan County
  • Macon County
  • Macoupin County
  • Madison County
  • Marion County
  • Marshall County
  • Mason County
  • Massac County
  • McDonough County
  • McHenry County
  • McLean County
  • Menard County
  • Mercer County
  • Monroe County
  • Montgomery County
  • Morgan County
  • Moultrie County
  • Ogle County
  • Peoria County
  • Perry County
  • Piatt County
    Sheriff's Office
    13 Raymond Road
    Monticello, IL 61856
    (217) 762-5761
  • Pike County
  • Pope County
  • Pulaski County
  • Putnam County
  • Randolph County
  • Richland County
  • Rock Island County
  • Saline County
  • Sangamon County
  • Schuyler County
  • Scott County
  • Shelby County
  • St. Clair County
  • Stark County
  • Stephenson County
  • Tazewell County
  • Union County
  • Vermilion County
  • Wabash County
  • Warren County
  • Washington County
  • Wayne County
  • White County
  • Whiteside County
  • Will County
  • Williamson County
  • Winnebago County
  • Woodford County