Union County Jail Roster Status
No official Union County online jail roster, booking report, current-inmate search, or mugshot gallery was located in the official-source review. That is the central fact for Union County inmate records. The Illinois Sheriffs' Association Union County directory verifies the sheriff, office address, phone number, and jail administrator, but it does not provide an inmate search link, jail-bed count, public roster, or jail directions. The Union County government site provides county context and FOIA materials, but no jail roster page was found there.
A missing public roster does not mean there are no custody records. It means Union County jail records are reached through the sheriff phone line, the public counter when available, the county FOIA process, court records after charges are filed, and state or federal custody systems when the person has moved out of local jail control. Search results for "Union County jail roster" can also point to other states or private jail sites. For Illinois custody questions, use Union County, Illinois sources and confirm the person's location before acting on an unofficial result.
Local lookup point: Union County records show past references to prisoners taken to or billed through Jackson County, so always ask whether the person is held locally or at another facility for Union County.
Search Union County Jail Records
The most reliable Union County inmate records search starts with identity details, then moves through the access chain in order. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth or approximate age, arrest date, arresting agency, city of arrest, and any case, ticket, or warrant number. If the arrest was made by Anna, Jonesboro, Cobden, Dongola, Alto Pass, Illinois State Police, or another local agency, the jail question may still route through the sheriff or a facility used by the county.
- Call the Union County Sheriff's Office at 618-833-5500 and ask whether the person is currently in Union County custody, booked through the office, or housed somewhere else for Union County.
- If the arrest is recent, ask whether intake is complete, whether release or transfer has occurred, and whether any public booking details must be requested through FOIA.
- For an in-person records or jail-counter question, go to the sheriff's Jonesboro address only after calling first, because public hours and entry rules were not published.
- When online case lookup is needed after filing, search Judici's Union County case search by defendant name or case number.
- Use Illinois VINE for custody or case notifications where the person or case is covered, then verify urgent facts with the source agency.
- If the person has been sentenced to state prison, use the IDOC Individual in Custody Search instead of the county jail path.
- For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator for sentenced federal inmates and the U.S. Marshals Southern District of Illinois path for federal pretrial custody.
- For immigration detention, search the ICE Online Detainee Locator by A-number or exact biographical data.
FOIA is useful for non-urgent records, not for a same-day release or transport question. If the issue is bond, court time, visitor approval, medication, or pickup after release, call the sheriff or court first.
Union County Roster Fields
The official Union County jail roster search-field table is empty because no county-run search form was located. This is different from IDOC, BOP, and ICE, which each publish search fields in their own systems. For Union County jail custody, a caller or requester supplies identifying facts to the sheriff or FOIA officer instead of typing them into a county roster portal.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No official roster field located | No county form located | No county form located | No official Union County online jail roster, current-inmate form, booking report, or public profile screen was located. |
The practical substitute is a short call or records request with the person's full name, date of birth, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and any case or warrant number. That detail helps distinguish one defendant from another and helps staff determine whether the question belongs to sheriff custody, the court file, IDOC, a federal agency, or ICE.
Union County Inmate Record Fields
Because no official Union County inmate profile was found online, do not assume that a public county page shows a booking number, booking date, mugshot, height, weight, bond, housing unit, release date, or detainer flag. Illinois FOIA and the county FOIA form are the better local frame. Arrest-report information may include identifying details, charges, arrest time and place, the arresting or investigating agency, and custody received, discharged, or transferred dates when the person is incarcerated, subject to lawful redaction.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Identifies the arrested person if releasable and not redacted. |
| Age, address, photograph | Illinois arrest-report law includes identifying information such as name, age, address, and photograph when and if available. |
| Charges | Arrest-related charges may be requested, but prosecutor-filed court charges can differ after review. |
| Time and location of arrest | Shows when and where the arrest occurred if the information is releasable. |
| Arresting or investigating agency | Names the agency tied to the arrest or investigation. |
| Custody received, discharge, or transfer | Shows custody timing if the person was received into, discharged from, or transferred from agency custody. |
| Redactions | FOIA exemptions may protect active investigations, safety, correctional security, juveniles, or other restricted information. |
The Illinois FOIA arrest-report statute supports access to certain arrest information, but it does not force Union County to post a live jail roster online. For court-filed charges, use Judici or the Circuit Clerk. For a certified court copy, the Circuit Clerk is the better source than any web summary.
Union County Jail Contact
The local contact point for Union County jail records is the sheriff's office and jail function in Jonesboro. The same phone line is the first official source for current custody, housing location, transfer status, and whether public booking information must be requested through the county's FOIA route. Call before visiting in person because public counter hours, visitor entry rules, and jail-specific lobby procedures were not located in the official sources reviewed.
Union County Jail
Union County Sheriff's Office
309 West Market Street
Jonesboro, IL 62952
618-833-5500
Sheriff David Wilkins
Jail Administrator Anthony Pena
The Illinois Sheriffs' Association page is the strongest public directory for the office. The source image below comes from the Union County sheriff directory entry, which names the sheriff and jail administrator but leaves jail-bed and roster fields unpublished.
That directory supports the phone-first route for Union County inmate records because it confirms the local office without supplying a public roster portal.
Union County FOIA Records
For non-emergency jail inmate records that are not available by routine phone or counter request, use the official Union County FOIA form. The form asks for the request date, requester name and address, optional phone and email, records requested, commercial-purpose status, and whether a fee waiver is requested. Be specific. A request for "all records" can slow processing, while a request for a named person, date range, arresting agency, booking sheet, arrest report, custody transfer dates, and photograph when available is easier to route.
The located form lists Rollie Hawk, Public Information Officer, Union County State's Attorney's Office, 309 West Market Room 239, Jonesboro, IL 62952, rhawk@unioncountyil.gov, 618-833-8248. It also lists Tyler E. Tripp, Union County State's Attorney, at the same room, ucsainfo@unioncountyil.gov, 618-833-7216. The Illinois FOIA fee rule provides the general first-50-pages and copy-fee framework for black-and-white letter or legal copies unless another statute fixes a fee.
Use FOIA for records access, not for legal advice or emergency jail action. A request may produce redacted records if exemptions apply. Juvenile records, active investigative material, safety-sensitive details, and correctional security information may be withheld or limited.
Union County Jail Visitation
No official Union County Jail visitation page, appointment system, visitor-list rule, video-visit vendor, dress code, or public visiting schedule was located. That makes the call-first rule important. Before going to Jonesboro, ask whether the person is physically held at Union County Jail or at another county facility, what ID is required, whether visits must be scheduled, and which facility controls mail, phone, and money rules.
| Facility | Day | Hours | Type | Source Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union County Jail | Not published | Not published | Not published | No official Union County schedule located; call 618-833-5500. |
Mail and commissary details have the same gap. No official Union County inmate-mail format, phone vendor, video vendor, online deposit vendor, kiosk rule, money-order rule, deposit fee schedule, or commissary limit was located. Do not mail money or schedule travel from an unofficial jail page without confirming custody and facility rules with the sheriff.
Union County Custody Systems
Union County inmate records can shift from one system to another as a case moves forward. A person may begin with a municipal arrest, be booked through the sheriff or held elsewhere for Union County, appear later in a First Judicial Circuit court record, and then move to IDOC after a state-prison sentence. Federal and immigration custody are separate tracks. BOP and ICE searches do not replace the sheriff's office for a fresh local booking.
| Custody Type | Best First Channel | What It Can Show |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or short local sentence | Union County Sheriff's Office | Current custody, housing or transfer status, booking-route questions. |
| Filed Union County court case | Judici or Circuit Clerk | Case number, formal charges, court dates, dispositions, certified-copy routing. |
| Sentenced Illinois prison custody | IDOC Individual in Custody Search | IDOC number, parent institution, status, location, admission and sentence fields. |
| Sentenced federal custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal custody location and release information for BOP records from 1982 to present. |
| Federal pretrial custody | U.S. Marshals Southern District or federal court | Pretrial holding or transport questions that may not appear in BOP. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Current immigration detention search by A-number or exact biographical data. |
The IDOC locator screenshot from the Illinois Department of Corrections search page shows why state custody should be treated as a separate record system from the Union County jail.
IDOC records use prison identifiers and institution fields. Those are not the same as a Union County booking number or jail housing assignment.
Union County VINE And Apps
Illinois VINE is a statewide notification channel, not a complete Union County jail roster. Use it for custody or case alerts where the person or case is covered, then verify urgent details with the sheriff, court, IDOC, BOP, or ICE. VINE can help when a release, transfer, or case event matters, but it should not be treated as the only official record.
No official Union County Sheriff's Office mobile app was confirmed from official app-store URLs during research. A social-media lead suggested a Union County Circuit Clerk app may exist, but verified store links, publisher name, exact app name, and app features were not confirmed. No app-only jail roster, warrant search, most-wanted list, or records-request portal was confirmed for Union County inmate records.
The source image below comes from Illinois VINE, the statewide custody and case notification portal available for Illinois searches.
VINE works best as an alert system in the Union County lookup chain, especially when no county roster screen is available.
Union County Record Terms
Several record terms overlap in Union County inmate searches. Knowing the difference helps route the question to the right office and avoids treating a court summary as a live jail record.
- Booking
- Administrative processing after an arrest, often including identity checks, property, fingerprints, photograph, charges, and custody status.
- Roster
- A public list of current jail detainees. No official Union County online roster was located in the reviewed sources.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another agency that may affect release or transfer.
- Pretrial release
- Release before trial under court-set conditions. Illinois no longer follows the old cash-bail model for new cases in the same way.
- Mittimus
- A court commitment or sentencing document that appears in IDOC-style prison records after state sentencing.
For current custody, call the sheriff. For filed charges and certified court copies, use the Circuit Clerk. For state prison custody, use IDOC. For federal and immigration detention, use the federal locator tied to that custody type.
Search Public Records
Union County inmate records may not appear in one public screen, so a broader public-record search can be useful after the official custody chain has been checked. Use the person's full name, age or date of birth, and local case details to reduce false matches.