This private reference site is not a Perry County government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible government office directly for those services.
Official Perry County Contacts
Use the jail for a current-custody question and the sheriff or county FOIA channel for a record. The county has not posted separate booking-record counter hours or a booking-photo fee, so ask the office to confirm availability and any cost before visiting or requesting copies.
Perry County Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Chad Howard
12 E. Water Street, P.O. Box 350
Pinckneyville, IL 62274
Phone: 618-357-5212
Fax: 618-357-3606
Perry County Jail
12 E. Water Street
Pinckneyville, IL 62274
Current custody and booking line: 618-357-6931
Written Records Requests
FOIA Officer Charles Genesio
Email: foia@perrycountyil.gov
Perry County FOIA instructions
The office needed depends on the question:
- For a booking record or releasable booking photo, follow the Perry County records and arrest guide, then direct a written request to the county FOIA officer.
- For current county-jail custody, use the official sheriff app and call Perry County Jail when the status is time-sensitive.
- For a same-day arrest lead, check Arrests Last 24 Hours; for issue-based local coverage, review the Police Blotter page.
- For a court filing, bond order, or final disposition, contact the Perry County Circuit Clerk at 618-357-6726, 1 Public Square, Pinckneyville, IL 62274.
- For a person sentenced to Illinois prison or on state parole, use the Illinois Department of Corrections inmate search rather than the county jail channel.
- For federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator; for immigration custody, use the separate ICE detainee locator.