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Find Someone in the Will County Jail Roster
If you are trying to find someone arrested in Will County, Illinois, the correct starting point is the Will County Sheriff’s Office inmate inquiry. The system covers people booked into the Will County Adult Detention Facility in Joliet and lets you search using a name, subject number, booking number, custody status, booking-date range, and housing facility.
| Facility | Will County Adult Detention Facility |
|---|---|
| Physical address | 95 S. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60436 |
| Jail information | 815-740-1250 — listed by the Sheriff’s Office as available 24 hours, 7 days a week |
| Operator | Will County Sheriff’s Office |
| Official roster | Will County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Inquiry |
| Video visitation | 20 S. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60436 — 815-774-7950 |
| Records | 815-727-4738, Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. |
This is the county-level search to use when a person has been transferred into Will County jail custody after an arrest in Joliet or another Will County community such as Bolingbrook, Plainfield, Romeoville, Lockport, New Lenox, Homer Glen, Frankfort, Mokena, Shorewood, Peotone, Wilmington, or nearby areas within the county.
Important: a booking, charge, arrest record, or jail listing does not mean the person was convicted. The jail roster describes custody and booking information; the criminal court case is maintained separately by the Will County Circuit Clerk.
How to Use the Official Will County Jail Inmate Search
You do not need to pay a people-search website to check the Will County roster. Before opening the live system, collect the person’s correct legal name and, if available, their booking number or subject number. Then follow these steps.
- Choose the best search identifier. Start with the person’s legal name. A booking number or subject number is usually more precise when you already have one.
- Decide whether you need current custody or booking history. The public inquiry includes an In Custody field. Use it when your main question is whether the person is being held now.
- Use booking dates when the name is common. The portal provides Booking From Date and Booking To Date fields, which can help separate multiple people or multiple bookings.
- Review the result carefully. Compare the full name and available identifying information rather than assuming the first name match is the correct person.
- Open the matching record. Review the available booking, custody, charge, bond or court-related fields associated with that booking.
- Record the booking number. You may need it later for mail, inmate services, custody questions, or communication with the detention facility.
Open Official Will County Inmate Search
The live inmate inquiry is maintained for the Will County Sheriff’s Office. Jail data can change after a release, transfer, court order, or new booking, so use the live record for a person’s current status.
What the Will County Inmate Roster Can Tell You
The search screen currently includes fields for Name, Subject Number, Booking Number, In Custody, Booking From Date, Booking To Date, and Housing Facility. The roster results can also display identifying information that helps distinguish people with similar names.
| Field | How to use it |
|---|---|
| Name | Best starting point when you do not know a jail identifier. Use the legal spelling when possible. |
| Subject Number | Useful for narrowing the search to a specific person in the Sheriff’s records system. |
| Booking Number | Identifies a particular jail booking and is helpful for inmate-related services. |
| In Custody | Use this to distinguish someone currently detained from a booking that is not presently in custody. |
| Booking date range | Helpful when researching a known arrest period or separating multiple bookings. |
| Housing Facility | Helps narrow the record to the relevant detention location when available. |
Depending on the record, the detailed booking page may contain custody, charge, booking, court, or release-related information. Treat the roster as a jail record rather than a complete criminal-history report.
If the Person Does Not Appear in the Will County Jail Search
A blank search does not automatically mean the person was never arrested. Work through these possibilities before using an unofficial database.
| Possible reason | Best next step |
|---|---|
| The arrest happened very recently | Booking, identification and intake may still be underway. Search again later or call the Adult Detention Facility at 815-740-1250. |
| Name spelling does not match | Retry the legal surname, hyphenated name, suffix, alternate spelling, or booking number if available. |
| The person was released | Change the custody filter where appropriate and search the relevant booking dates. Use the court case lookup for the related criminal proceeding. |
| The person was transferred | Check Illinois Department of Corrections if a state-prison transfer is possible. |
| The arrest occurred in another county | Search the jail for the county that actually accepted the person into custody. |
| The person is still with an arresting agency | A very recent detainee may not yet have completed transfer into the county detention facility. |
| You need an old jail record | Use the Sheriff’s Records Division or submit a written FOIA request instead of relying only on the live roster. |
How to Check Charges, Court Dates and the Criminal Case
The jail roster and court docket answer different questions. Use the jail search to determine custody and booking information. Use the Will County Circuit Clerk when you need the criminal case, docket activity, court schedule, case status, or other court information.
- Find the correct person in the jail roster and write down the name, booking information, charge description, and docket or case number if displayed.
- Open the Will County Circuit Clerk’s Public Access page.
- Read and accept the public-access terms.
- Open Court Case Lookup and search using the information available for the defendant or case.
- Compare the defendant and case carefully before relying on the result.
The Circuit Clerk explains that its online public-access information is a limited version of the case data and is not the official court record. More complete access, including document images when available, may require an onsite public-access terminal.
Will County Adult Detention Facility Contact Details
| Need | Contact |
|---|---|
| Adult Detention Facility | 95 S. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60436 815-740-1250 |
| Video Visitation Center | 20 S. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60436 815-774-7950 |
| Mail regulation questions | 815-740-5531 |
| Sheriff Records Division | 815-727-4738 Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. |
| Warrant Division | 815-740-5552 Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. |
| Sheriff non-emergency | 815-727-8575 |
The Adult Detention Facility is a county detention facility used for people awaiting court proceedings and for qualifying local sentences. It is different from an Illinois Department of Corrections state prison.
Will County Jail Video Visitation
Family and friends use the Video Visitation Center at 20 S. Chicago Street in Joliet. Visitors check in there and communicate with the person in custody through a video screen and telephone connection.
Before you travel
- Call 815-774-7950 to schedule the visit.
- The Sheriff’s visitation instructions say appointments should be scheduled 24 to 48 hours in advance.
- Appointments are first-come, first-served and depend on booth availability.
- Do not schedule more than 48 hours in advance under the published rules.
- Visitors must be at least 17 or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.
- A maximum of two people may visit an inmate at one time under the posted rules.
- Bring recognized government photo identification showing your date of birth.
- Arrive about 15 minutes before the scheduled visit.
- The Sheriff’s page states that an inmate cannot receive a visit until after the first court appearance.
- A visitor who was incarcerated at the facility within the previous 30 days is not eligible under the published rules.
The official visitation page currently lists visitation periods every day from 9:15 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.. The page also still contains an older temporary-guideline notice, so calling the visitation center before leaving home is the safest way to confirm the current schedule and requirements.
Commissary Deposits, Money and Release Information
Putting money on an inmate account
The Sheriff’s current corrections pages direct online commissary deposits through JailATM. The Sheriff’s friends-and-family instructions also describe approved in-person and money-order options.
- For an online deposit, use the JailATM link provided through the Sheriff’s corrections page.
- Use the inmate’s correct name and booking information before submitting money.
- The Sheriff’s family-information page lists cash deposits at the Video Visitation Center during designated hours and at the Bond Lobby, but confirm current availability before traveling.
- Do not guess an inmate identity from a common name. Confirm the booking record first.
Official Commissary Information
Do not assume an old “bond” amount can be paid
How to Send Mail, Books or Receive Inmate Calls
Personal mail
The Sheriff’s friends-and-family page currently directs personal inmate correspondence through Smart Communications using the following format:
Person’s Name and Booking Number
PO Box 9172
Seminole, FL 33775-9175
Find the booking number through the inmate search before addressing the envelope. Incoming mail is inspected for prohibited material.
Common mail restrictions
- Do not send cash.
- Do not send unused stamps or envelopes.
- No Polaroid photographs.
- No stickers, glued or taped items, glitter, perfume, lipstick marks, laminated items, hard plastic cards, pens, pencils, or markers.
- Photographs cannot contain nudity, guns, drugs, gang material, or criminal acts.
- Do not drop off ordinary letters at the jail reception desk; the Sheriff’s instructions require incoming correspondence to use the postal system.
Books and periodicals
Books and periodicals must come directly from a legitimate distributor, publisher, or subscription service. The Sheriff’s published rules accept softcover books and prohibit hardcover books. Material that creates a facility safety or security concern can also be rejected.
For an unusual item, call the mail-regulation line at 815-740-5531 before sending it.
Inmate phone calls
The Sheriff’s family-information page states that inmate calling services use Smart Communications. Friends and family should use the communication provider linked by the Sheriff’s Office when setting up an account rather than paying an unrelated third-party service.
Get Notified About a Release or Transfer
Will County participates in VINE, a free custody-notification service. The Sheriff’s VINE information explains that a user can locate a person using a name or booking number and register for notification when that person leaves Will County Adult Detention Facility custody.
For telephone notification, the Sheriff’s instructions describe creating a four-digit PIN. VINE can then call when the inmate is released or transferred. The Sheriff’s page says telephone registrations are anonymous and that the service is available in English and Spanish.
How to Request an Older Will County Inmate Record
A live jail search is not always enough when you need an older booking, incident record, or documentation for an official purpose. The Will County Sheriff’s Office lists inmate records among records that may be handled through its Freedom of Information Act process.
- Write down the person’s complete legal name.
- Add the approximate booking or arrest date.
- Include the booking number, incident number, or case number when known.
- Describe exactly which record you are requesting instead of asking for every record connected to a person.
- Submit the Sheriff’s FOIA form or a written request using the methods listed by the Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s FOIA page says requests must be in writing and should include sufficient contact information. It currently states that the first 50 black-and-white letter- or legal-size copies are provided without a copying charge, with additional copies listed at $0.15 per page. Certified records are listed at $1.00. Other formats can have different charges.
If the Person Is Not in Will County Jail
Illinois state prison
If a person was sentenced and transferred from the county jail into state custody, use the Illinois Department of Corrections Individual in Custody Search. A state-prison record and a Will County jail record are different systems.
Another Illinois county
Confirm where the arrest occurred and which agency accepted the person into custody. For nearby or other Illinois searches, these guides may help:
- Cook County CCDOC jail inmate search for Cook County custody.
- LaSalle County jail inmate search for LaSalle County custody and recent intake/release information.
- Macon County, IL jail inmate search for Decatur-area county custody.
- Madison County, IL jail inmate search for Edwardsville-area county custody.
If you are unsure whether the person was released, transferred, or moved to state custody, the fastest sequence is usually: Will County roster → Will County court case → Illinois DOC search → receiving county or agency if a transfer is documented.
Official Will County Resources
| Task | Official resource |
|---|---|
| Search jail custody or booking records | Will County Inmate Inquiry |
| Check detention facility information | Adult Detention Facility |
| Visit an inmate | Visitation Information |
| Mail, calls and family information | Friends and Family Information |
| Commissary or payment information | Bail & Commissary Information |
| Check criminal court case | Circuit Clerk Public Access |
| Request an older record | Sheriff FOIA Information |
Will County Jail Inmate Search FAQs
1. What is the official Will County jail inmate search?
The official public search is the Will County Sheriff’s Office Inmate Inquiry. It lets you search jail records by name, subject number, booking number, custody status, booking dates, and housing facility.
2. What information do I need to search for an inmate?
A correct legal name is usually enough to begin. A subject number or booking number makes the search more precise. If the name is common, use the booking-date and custody filters to narrow the results.
3. Why is a recently arrested person not showing in the roster?
The person may still be going through transport, identification, intake, or booking. Check the spelling, search again later, and call the Will County Adult Detention Facility at 815-740-1250 if you have reliable information that the person was taken into county custody.
4. Can I use the Will County roster to find someone who was released?
The public inquiry includes an In Custody filter and booking-date fields, so records beyond current custody may remain searchable. If an older booking is not available, use the related court case or request the appropriate record from the Sheriff’s Office.
5. How do I find an inmate’s Will County court date?
First review the jail record for any case or docket information, then use the Will County Circuit Clerk Public Access system. The jail roster is primarily a custody record, while the Circuit Clerk maintains the criminal court case.
6. What is the Will County Jail address and phone number?
The Will County Adult Detention Facility is at 95 S. Chicago Street, Joliet, Illinois 60436. The Sheriff’s Office lists 815-740-1250 for general detention-facility information.
7. How do I visit someone in Will County Jail?
Visits are conducted through the Video Visitation Center at 20 S. Chicago Street in Joliet. Call 815-774-7950 to schedule. The published instructions say appointments should generally be arranged 24 to 48 hours in advance and visitors must bring acceptable government photo identification.
8. How do I put money on a Will County inmate’s commissary account?
The Sheriff’s corrections page directs online commissary deposits through JailATM. Confirm the person’s exact name and booking information before sending money and use only payment methods linked or authorized by the Sheriff’s Office.
9. How do I mail a letter to a Will County inmate?
The Sheriff’s family-information page directs personal correspondence through Smart Communications at PO Box 9172, Seminole, FL 33775-9175, using the person’s name and booking number. Review the jail’s current mail restrictions before sending photographs, books, money orders, or other items.
10. What should I do if the inmate was transferred to an Illinois prison?
If the person is no longer in Will County custody and may have been transferred after sentencing, use the Illinois Department of Corrections Individual in Custody Search. The Will County jail roster and Illinois state-prison database are separate systems.