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Clark County Inmate Population Overview

The Clark County inmate population is centered on one local detention facility, the Clark County Jail in Marshall. The facility is run by the Clark County Sheriff's Office and is used for adult local custody, including new bookings, people held before court action, short county sentences, and area-county detainees when needed. Official facility directories did not identify a separate jail annex, municipal jail page, state prison, Bureau of Prisons facility, or ICE detention center in Clark County.

The strongest population source is the Illinois Department of Corrections compliance monitoring report for the county jail. That report is an inspection-day snapshot, not a full annual average. It still gives the most precise public count in the research file because it lists the rated bed count, male and female capacity, juvenile capacity, housing layout, staff counts, and the number of people held on the inspection date.

Clark County Inmate Population Statistics

IDOC's 2024 inspection listed the Clark County Jail capacity as 50 total beds, split between 40 male beds and 10 female beds. No juvenile beds were rated. On the November 14, 2024 inspection date, the jail held 10 people, 9 male and 1 female. That made the inspection-day use rate 20 percent of rated capacity. Because official sources did not publish Clark County annual bookings, average daily population, or average length of stay, those fields should not be guessed.

Clark County Jail Population Trends

The inspection trend shows a small jail population in the public snapshots available from IDOC. Clark County Jail held 20 people on the 2019 inspection date and 10 people on the 2023 and 2024 inspection dates. The research file did not locate a public monthly data series for Clark County, even though IDOC collects monthly population reports from county jails. Treat the inspection values as point-in-time counts.

Inspection notes add context to the numbers. The 2019 report mentioned new jail management software, an upgraded phone system, an industrial washer and dryer, and added staff. The 2023 report noted Hour House substance-abuse education, a part-time correctional officer, and safety-cell approval. By the 2024 inspection, the safety cell had been completed, a commissary audit had been signed, and the only noncompliance listed was tied to personal observation checks.

Clark County Jail Capacity

The jail is configured as a small adult county facility. IDOC's 2024 report listed 10 single cells, 16 double cells, and one 8-bed dorm. It also identified one single holding cell, one single safety cell, and one double safety cell as special-purpose spaces that were not counted in the rated capacity. Those details matter because the official 50-bed number is not the same as a count of every secure room inside the building.

No official source in the research file reported current overcrowding, a consent decree, a new jail construction plan, or recent jail-capacity litigation for Clark County. The 2024 inspection-day population was well below rated capacity, but that does not prove an average daily population for the whole year. A single inspection snapshot can miss seasonal changes, court calendar effects, transfer delays, or short booking surges.

Clark County Jail Record Laws

Illinois public-record law shapes both the Clark County inmate population data and the booking information readers can request. Illinois FOIA starts from a presumption that public-body records are open unless an exemption applies. For arrest information, 5 ILCS 140/2.15 requires many arrest details to be furnished as soon as practical, generally within 72 hours, including a photograph when available.

Jail operations are also tied to state jail standards. 730 ILCS 5/3-15-2 gives IDOC authority over minimum county and municipal jail standards. IDOC's Jail and Detention Standards Unit monitors county jails and collects population statistics. Deaths in custody are covered by 730 ILCS 210, which requires investigation and reporting to ICJIA within statutory time limits.

Search Clark County Recent Offenders

The official Clark County Sheriff page does not publish a county-hosted jail roster form. Instead, it points users to Illinois VINELink / AVN for offender custody status, case status, notification registration, and a list of recent offenders processed into the jail. The sheriff page describes the service as free, available 24 hours a day and seven days a week, and able to send notifications by text, telephone, or email.

That distinction is important. A reader looking for a person booked into Clark County Jail should start with the official Clark County Sheriff page and the county-linked Illinois VINELink page. If the person does not appear, call the jail. A missing VINELink result may mean the person is still being processed, has been released, moved to state prison, held in another county, or is in a federal or immigration system.

1. Open the sheriff's official page and use its Illinois VINELink custody-status link.
2. Search for the person through VINELink or review recent offenders if the tool presents that option.
3. Register for custody or case notifications if the person appears and updates are needed.
4. Call Clark County Jail at 217-826-6393 if the search does not confirm current custody.
5. Use IDOC, BOP, or ICE if the person has moved out of the county jail system.

Clark County Inmate Search Fields

No stable Clark County roster form fields were captured because no county-hosted roster form was found on the official county pages reviewed. The research therefore should not be turned into claims about Clark County booking-number, housing-unit, or charge filters. The search fields that were verified are for other systems that may become relevant after release, sentencing, federal custody, or immigration detention.

Clark County Inmate Record Details

Clark County public roster fields could not be inventoried from a county-hosted record because no local roster was located. The sheriff's public claim is narrower: VINELink provides offender custody status, case status, notifications, and recent offenders processed into the jail. It is not safe to say that a Clark County public result always shows a mugshot, bond amount, housing unit, charge code, or court date unless a live official result confirms it.

For sentenced Illinois prisoners, IDOC records are more detailed. A public IDOC profile may include IDOC number, name, parent institution, status, location, photo links, VINE link, physical profile, marks or tattoos, admission date, projected parole date, projected discharge date, mittimus or case number, offense class, sentence, county, and sentence-discharge information. That is a prison record, not the same thing as a county booking record.

Clark County Jail vs Prison Lookup

County jail, state prison, federal prison, and immigration detention are separate custody systems. Clark County Jail is the local facility for pretrial detainees, new bookings, short county sentences, and some area-county housing. Once a person is sentenced to Illinois state prison, the search moves to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Federal prisoners are searched through BOP. Immigration custody is searched through ICE.

Clark County Booking and Court Flow

A local arrest can create more than one record. Jail booking creates a custody record, including intake, identity verification, property, medical screening, and a detainee record. A court case begins or continues through the Clark County Circuit Court and the Clark County State's Attorney. Formal filed charges, amended charges, dispositions, and hearing dates should be checked through Judici or the Circuit Clerk, not only through a custody listing.

Illinois also changed pretrial release statewide. The Pretrial Fairness Act ended cash bail as the ordinary pretrial-release condition effective September 18, 2023. For Clark County, that means release and detention questions often turn on court orders, hearing results, conditions, and holds. A person may remain in custody because of another county hold, state-prison transfer, federal matter, parole or probation issue, or detention order.

Arrest → Clark County Jail booking → pretrial release or detention hearing → prosecutor review → court record in the Fifth Judicial Circuit → jail release, transfer, sentence, or state/federal custody.

Clark County Jail Mugshot Access

Illinois FOIA includes a photograph in arrest information when a photograph is available, but Clark County official web sources did not confirm a public county mugshot gallery or inspectable booking-photo profile. The safer public route is to check the sheriff-linked VINELink path first, then call the jail or make a written FOIA request for a releasable booking photo if no photo appears online.

Booking-photo access can be limited. Illinois law allows withholding when disclosure would interfere with law-enforcement proceedings, endanger safety, or compromise correctional security. Juvenile law-enforcement records remain protected by juvenile confidentiality rules. Illinois also limits law-enforcement publication of booking photographs on social-networking sites for lower-level offenses unless a specific public-safety reason applies.

Clark County Detention Facilities

The Clark County facility map contains one local detention facility. The Clark County Jail is the primary county jail and the only facility page required for this build. No separate county annex, work-release center, IDOC prison, BOP prison, ICE detention facility, or municipal jail page was identified from the official directories and county sources reviewed.

• Clark County Jail holds adult local detainees, new bookings, short county sentences, and area-county detainees when needed.

Clark County Jail Programs

IDOC inspection comments give a rare view of daily jail services. Medical care was listed through Cork Medical Center, contractual RNs, EZ Clinic, and Paris Community Hospital unless the person has a local physician. Fourteen-day medical screenings were tied to the Clark County Health Department. Mental-health services were listed through Human Resources Center and Qun Wu MD with Horizon Health, and dental care through Paris Family Dental unless another local dentist is already established.

The 2024 inspection also listed GED materials from Lake Land College, physical law-library materials including the Illinois Compiled Statutes, religious services, Pay Tel phone service, Tigg's Canteen meal service, and commissary purchases through local stores or Keefe Group family/friend purchases delivered to the jail. The inspection noted mattresses, an expanded commissary list, a portable generator, and a Lexipol policy-manual contract as recent improvements.

Clark County Inmate Population FAQ

How large is the Clark County inmate population?

The 2024 IDOC inspection counted 10 people in Clark County Jail on November 14, 2024. The jail's rated capacity was 50 beds. That is the clearest local public count in the research file, but it is an inspection-day snapshot rather than an annual average daily population.

Does Clark County have an online jail roster?

No county-hosted Clark County jail roster form was located in the official county sources reviewed. The sheriff page links Illinois VINELink / AVN for custody status, case status, notifications, and recent offenders processed into the jail.

Who should be called if VINELink does not find someone?

Call Clark County Jail or the Sheriff's Office at 217-826-6393. Staff can confirm whether the person is booked, still being processed, released, transferred, or outside the county jail system.

Where are sentenced Clark County prisoners searched?

Sentenced Illinois prison custody is searched through IDOC, not the county jail. Federal prisoners use the BOP locator, and immigration detainees use the ICE Online Detainee Locator.