This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Contact the responsible office directly.
Official Randolph County Contacts
The Sheriff's Office is the direct contact for current Randolph County Jail questions. The county FOIA office accepts written requests for a specific available booking record or photograph.
Randolph County Sheriff's Office and Jail
200 W Buena Vista Street
Chester, IL 62233
(618) 826-5000 ext. 501
(618) 826-5484
(618) 826-4732
Email: rcso@randolphcountyil.gov
Randolph County FOIA Office
#1 Taylor Street, Room 206, Attn: Carol
Chester, IL 62233
Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(618) 826-5000 ext. 141
Fax: (618) 826-3363
foia79@randolphcountyil.gov
Choose the source by the kind of status or record needed.
- For a booking record, photograph, roster explanation, or warrant-verification path, begin with the county-wide arrest resource and then contact the Sheriff or FOIA office.
- For a recent custody check, use the Current Inmate Listing or VINELink and call the Sheriff when timing matters.
- For charges, hearings, or final disposition, contact the Randolph County Circuit Clerk in the 24th Judicial Circuit.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Illinois Department of Corrections Individual in Custody Search.
- For federal prison custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator; immigration detention uses the separate ICE locator.