This privately run reference is not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the government office that holds the record or controls the custody decision.
Official Contacts by Need
For a present custody question, start with the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office at 301 S. County Road, Hardin, IL 62047, or call 618-576-2417. The county page lists the office as open 24 hours. No separate booking-photo or records line is published. Ask which facility received the person, since detainees may be housed outside Calhoun County. The county website lists P.O. Box 225, the FOIA table lists P.O. Box 645, and the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association lists P.O. Box 635. Confirm the correct mailing box before sending anything.
A formal request goes to Lucas J. Fanning, Calhoun County FOIA Officer, 101 N. County Road, P.O. Box 501, Hardin, IL 62047; 618-576-9013; Lucas.Fanning@calhouncountyil.gov. Illinois FOIA requests must be written and may be mailed, emailed, faxed, or delivered. Use these routes for the following needs:
- For a booking record or photograph, follow the county hub’s Sheriff and FOIA path, then contact a named receiving jail if it holds the admission file.
- For a warrant or post-release court issue, use the Calhoun Circuit Clerk or Judici and confirm current matters with the Sheriff.
- For a fresh arrest, call the Sheriff first; the Daily Arrest Report explains why no county feed was verified.
- For release or transfer alerts, search Illinois VINE and register only after confirming a matching person.
- For a receiving facility, ask the Sheriff which county or agency accepted the person before using that facility’s official contact.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Illinois Department of Corrections Individual in Custody Search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal Bureau of Prisons or ICE locator, since county and VINE searches do not cover every federal system.