Menard County 24 Hour Booking

Menard County 24 hour booking records are managed by the Menard County Sheriff's Office in Petersburg, Illinois. Sheriff Mark Oller and Chief Deputy Ben Hollis oversee law enforcement for this county of about 12,095 people in central Illinois. The Menard County Detention Facility has been open since 1984 and is staffed around the clock. The sheriff recently launched a public web portal where you can view the current inmate roster, check on bookings, and look at registered sex offenders. You can also call the jail at (217) 632-2273 or the process service line at (217) 632-4458 for information about who has been booked.

Menard County Sheriff Booking Records

The Menard County Sheriff's Office provides 24-hour, seven-day-a-week law enforcement for the 314 square miles of city and rural area in the county. The sheriff's office handles patrol, criminal investigations, civil process, and the detention facility. When someone is arrested in Menard County, they are brought to the detention facility on South Sixth Street in Petersburg for booking.

The Menard County Sheriff's page on the county website has details about the department and its services.

This page lists phone numbers, staff, and links to the public web portal for inmate lookups.

The Menard County Detention Facility opened in 1984. It sits along Illinois Route 97 at 315 South Sixth Street in Petersburg. The facility houses locally arrested individuals, sentenced inmates, and people held for prosecution by the federal justice system. It is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week by corrections officers. You can email the jail at mcjail@co.menard.il.us for general questions about bookings.

Search Menard County Booking Data

Menard County has a public web portal at menard-911-il.zuercherportal.com for looking up current inmates. The sheriff's office launched this portal to give the public easier access to booking information. Through the portal, you can view a current roster of inmates at the Menard County Jail, check registered sex offenders, and even submit tips or request extra patrols. This is a solid online tool for a county this size.

The Zuercher portal gives direct access to the current inmate list at the Menard County Detention Facility.

You can also check the county government portal for links and contact information.

The county site ties together all the offices and resources available in Menard County.

If the online tools do not show what you need, call the jail at (217) 632-2273. Staff can check on a specific person and tell you if they are booked in. For state prison inmates, the Illinois DOC Inmate Search covers people transferred from Menard County to state facilities. The VINE Link system sends free alerts when someone's custody status changes.

Menard County Jail Booking Details

Visitation at the Menard County Detention Facility is scheduled twice a week. Inmates get one 20-minute visit per visitation day. Visitors must sign in a half hour before the visit starts. Visiting hours are Sunday from 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM and Wednesday from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM. These times can change based on what the facility and staff need, so call ahead to confirm.

Inmate phone calls run through NCIC Inmate Communications. The Menard County Detention Facility uses Advanced Correction Healthcare of Peoria for inmate health care. Commissary is provided by Stellar Services. For online bonding or adding money to an inmate's commissary account, you can use JailATM remotely. This makes it easier to support someone who has been booked in Menard County without going to the jail in person.

Under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), booking records from Menard County are public. The Criminal Identification Act (20 ILCS 2630) requires felony and major misdemeanor arrests to be reported to the Illinois State Police. The Uniform Conviction Information Act (20 ILCS 2635) governs what conviction data is public at the state level. For your own record, use the ISP Bureau of Identification.

Note: Process service fees in Menard County are $60 for a summons and $50 per hour for evictions, plus $1 per mile from Petersburg.

Cities in Menard County

Menard County includes Petersburg, Athens, and Tallula among other small communities. None of these cities are large enough for their own page. All arrests in Menard County are processed through the sheriff's office and the detention facility in Petersburg.

Nearby Counties

These counties border Menard County. If an arrest happened near a county line, check the arresting agency to see which county has the booking record.