This is a private reference site, not a Jefferson County or Illinois government office. We cannot verify custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking file. Contact the office that owns the record for those services.
Official Offices by Request
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office and its records unit are at 911 E. Casey Ave., Mount Vernon, IL 62864. Call 618-244-8004 or email rrowland@jeffil.us for records. The jail information line is 618-244-8015, and the jail administrator’s email is jailadministrator@jeffersoncounty.illinois.gov. Public counter hours were not posted in the reviewed Sheriff contacts, so call before making an in-person records visit.
For court records, contact the Jefferson County Circuit Clerk at 100 S. 10th St., Mt. Vernon, IL 62864, 618-244-8008. Posted hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Jefferson County probation is at 911 Casey Ave., 618-244-8018. IDOC public information help is 217-558-2200; written records requests go to DOC.FOIARequest@illinois.gov or the FOIA Officer, 1301 Concordia Court, PO Box 19277, Springfield, IL 62794-9277.
Choose the route that matches the custody or record question:
- For a released person or discharge file, begin with the full Jefferson County search and records path.
- For state MSR or local court supervision, use Parole / Probation.
- For a same-day county inquiry, see Released Last 24 Hours; Jefferson has no verified public release feed.
- For timing or alerts, compare the Inmate Release Date and VINELink Release Check routes.
- For a named jail, prison, municipal, federal, or immigration path, use the facility pages listed below.
- For a sentenced Illinois prisoner, use the IDOC current and former offender search or IDOC records office.
- For federal or immigration custody, use BOP for sentenced federal records, the federal court or USMS for pretrial custody, and ICE only after a confirmed immigration transfer.