1. Go to VINELink and type the full name.
2. Use VINELink, or the VINELink app for iPhone or the VINELink app for Android.
3. Still nothing? Call the sheriff's office at 217-253-2913.

Youth stay off the roster (705 ILCS 405/1-7). A judge locally picks the juvenile detention center for detained youth. Call 217-253-2913 to learn about a detained child's hearing.

Illinois treats adult booking photos as public (5 ILCS 140/2.15). Send an Illinois Freedom of Information Act request to the Douglas County Sheriff's Office (217-253-2913). Juvenile photos are not released. Most U.S. Marshals Service photos stay private too, under 5 U.S.C. 552. ICE records for someone held by the Sheriff's Office go through the ICE FOIA request page and name this county.

Prison-bound inmates here go to Illinois Department of Corrections intake. Each transfer is on the Illinois Department of Corrections inmate search; our Illinois state prisons guide explains it.

There's no cash bail in Douglas County: the Pretrial Fairness Act ended it in 2023. Within 48 hours, a judge rules on release (725 ILCS 5/109-1). More on our pretrial release guide.

The U.S. Marshals Service may hold federal defendants in county jails in this county. The Central District of Illinois hears it at U.S. Courthouse, 600 E. Monroe Street, Springfield, IL 62701 (217-492-4020). Use VINELink before sentencing; the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator after.

• Phone calls: Local inmate phone guide.
• Deposits: our money guide.
• Commissary: Local commissary guide.
• Visits: Local visitation rules.
• Mail: Local inmate mail rules.
• Messages: Local inmate email.

1. ICE may send the jail a Form I-247A detainer.
2. The Illinois TRUST Act (5 ILCS 805/15) stops the county from honoring the 48-hour hold.
3. Agents may wait outside the County Jail.
4. After an ICE arrest, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System with the A-number of the detainee.

Search empty? Call each county jail next door:

• Champaign County Jail, Urbana: 217-384-1240
• Coles County Jail, Charleston: 217-348-7332
• Edgar County Jail, Paris: 217-465-4166
• Moultrie County Jail, Sullivan: 217-728-4386
• Piatt County Jail, Monticello: 217-762-3766
• Vermilion County Jail, Danville: 217-444-0100

For state prisons, use the Illinois Department of Corrections inmate search. For federal holds, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

This county has about 19,880 residents (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate, released 2026). Tuscola, IL is the county seat.

If an officer from Tuscola or another town made the arrest, call:

• Tuscola Police: 217-253-2351
• Arcola, Villa Grove, Arthur: no listed number here yet; the sheriff's office, 217-253-2913, can direct you