Please read this first. We are a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether a person is in custody, release anyone, post bond, or pull official booking records. For any of those needs, you have to contact the correct government office yourself. The contact details below point you to the office that can actually help.
Looking for an Inmate or a Jackson County Record?
The office that handles jail custody, booking records, and public-records requests for the county is the Jackson County Sheriff's Office in Murphysboro. There is no public online jail roster for Jackson County, so the Sheriff's Office is your first stop for confirming whether someone is held locally. Use the contact card below to reach them by phone or by mail.
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
1001 Mulberry Street
Murphysboro, IL 62966
Sheriff's Office main phone: 618-684-2177
Jail phone (custody and booking questions): 618-687-2292
FOIA / public-records officer: Lt. Shauna Taylor
Records hours: Monday through Friday, 8 am to 4 pm (closed noon to 1 pm)
If you are not sure which resource fits your situation, the list below sorts the most common requests and points each one to the right place.
- Someone booked into the county jail: start with jail inmate records
- A booking photo: see jail roster mugshots
- The charges filed after an arrest: see court records after a jail arrest
- A specific lockup: open the detention facility pages listed in the footer
- A sentenced state prisoner: search the statewide Illinois Department of Corrections inmate locator
- A federal or immigration detainee: use the federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE detainee locator