This privately run reference site is not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or pull an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for those services.
Official Contacts by Need
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office administrative address is 3026 S. California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608. Its general directory is 312-603-6444. The Cook County Department of Corrections main line is 773-674-1945, and automated jail information is available at 773-674-5245. For a booking ID or Records question, the CCSO Corrections Records Office lists 773-674-6321. The published corrections hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week. Verify the hours and phone menu on the official site before calling or traveling because those details can change.
- For a booking photo, booking record, roster entry, warrant check, or correction path, begin with the Cook County arrest-record hub.
- For someone arrested within the same-day window, use 24 Hour Arrests; for a wider blotter window, use the Arrest Log.
- For release or transfer alerts after a county booking, use the VINELink Check.
- For a person sentenced to state prison, consult the Illinois Department of Corrections inmate search.
- For federal custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator; for immigration detention, use the ICE locator.
- For a court date or final case outcome, contact the Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court rather than the jail.