Find Union County Released Inmates

Union County Released Inmate Records

“Released” names an event, not one universal status. A Union County detainee may leave secure custody under a pretrial order, complete a local jail term, enter probation, transfer to IDOC, move to another county, or remain in federal custody after leaving the serving jail. The record must identify which event occurred. A person who vanishes from a live list may still be held elsewhere.

Union County's custody geography makes this distinction essential. The sheriff and criminal case remain in Jonesboro, but official inspection evidence places contract detainees at Pulaski County Detention Center in Ullin. Union may hold the arrest and transport record. Pulaski may hold the physical booking and departure transaction. The Circuit Clerk holds the order or disposition, while IDOC, USMS, BOP, or ICE becomes relevant only after a documented transfer.

Release

Departure from secure custody under lawful authority, sometimes with conditions.

Transfer

Movement to another custodian, not freedom.

Probation

A court-supervised sentence or disposition.

Parole or MSR

Community supervision following an IDOC prison term.

Discharge

The end of the relevant sentence or supervision.

Union County Release Types

Current Illinois pretrial practice is governed by court detention and release orders. Older “bond out” language should not be applied mechanically. Read the judge's order and the jail disposition together, then check for another warrant or hold before describing the outcome.

Union County Release Record Fields

A strong Union County release record ties the person to one booking and states the disposition. Ask for exact labels instead of a broad file. That focus helps separate a true community release from a transport entry and lets the custodian redact exempt details without withholding unrelated, nonexempt fields.

The Union court file answers a different question. It can show a release or detention order, dismissal, sentence, probation, jail credit, or mittimus. A court order does not prove the exact moment Pulaski finished identity checks, property return, and physical departure.

Request Union County Release Records

The Union County FOIA page accepts the county form or another written request. Ordinary noncommercial requests are described as receiving a response within five business days, subject to lawful extension, fees, redaction, or a reasoned denial. The first 50 black-and-white printed pages are free, then pages cost $0.15 each.

1. Identify the person, approximate dates, case number, and booking number if known.
2. Ask Union for arrest, transport, receiving-agency, and Union-created custody records.
3. Ask Pulaski separately for its booking and release sheet, actual departure time, disposition, photograph, and property receipt when relevant.
4. Request electronic delivery and all reasonably segregable nonexempt material.
5. Ask for notice before fees and request the legal basis for each withheld part.

Do not assume one county holds records created by the other. Pulaski's detention FOIA email is gjones@pulaskicountyil.gov. A narrow request to both custodians is often the shortest path to the complete event chain.

Union Pretrial Release Is Free

The Office of Statewide Pretrial Services Union page states that its supervision and GPS services are free. That local fact helps distinguish a lawful court-ordered release plan from a demand for money from someone claiming to arrange special monitoring or faster release.

Verify the order with the Circuit Clerk and the supervision terms with OSPS. The listed Union contact is Michele Opp at 217-801-0391 and mopp@ilosps.gov; the statewide number is 217-280-5873. Pretrial supervision is not probation, parole, sentence completion, or proof that every hold has cleared.

The successful manifest image from the official OSPS source shows the local contact and no-fee warning.

The screenshot supports official verification. It should not be used to infer any named person's release status.

Union Release Property Receipts

IDOC's Pulaski inspection evaluates a release process that returns inventoried property, retains the signed itemized receipt permanently, and documents released medication. A former detainee disputing property can ask Pulaski for that receipt. Union Sheriff should be asked which agency retained any arrest or transport property.

The inspection is evidence of the required record path, not proof that each checklist item was completed in a particular case. State the person's name, booking date, booking number, and approximate release date. Ask for the signed receipt and all nonexempt inventory entries rather than a vague request for “everything.”

Union County Release Record Law

Illinois FOIA, 5 ILCS 140, governs executive-agency records unless an exemption, another law, or a court order applies. Section 2.15 addresses public arrest information, including identity, charges, arrest time and place, arresting agency, and custody status where applicable. It does not require Union or Pulaski to operate a searchable release website.

Court files are judiciary records and follow court access rules rather than ordinary county executive FOIA. Local records schedules govern retention. No source states how long a Union or Pulaski release entry remains online because neither office publishes the relevant roster or archive.

A denial should identify the claimed legal basis, and an agency should produce reasonably segregable nonexempt portions when required. Union County identifies the Illinois Attorney General Public Access Counselor and judicial review as appeal routes. A request for an older record can also ask which approved retention schedule governs booking, release, transport, and photograph files. That is more reliable than assuming a missing file was destroyed or never existed.

Sealed Union Release Search Results

Illinois provides statewide expungement and sealing forms, but eligibility depends on the outcome, offense, sentence, waiting period, and exclusions in 20 ILCS 2630/5.2. Expungement and sealing do not mean the same thing. Sealing restricts ordinary public access while preserving authorized access; expungement directs treatment of qualifying official records as the statute provides.

A sealed or expunged case may disappear from an ordinary public search. That absence does not prove no arrest or custody event once existed. It also cannot guarantee deletion of every copy previously published elsewhere. Use the current court forms and the Union Circuit Clerk process for the specific case.

Search Union County Released Inmates

The correct search follows custody rather than one assumed jail name. Start with Union because it anchors the arrest and case. Move to Pulaski for physical detention. Switch systems only when the record names a new custodian.

1. Call Union Sheriff at 618-833-5500 to identify the receiving custodian.
2. Check Pulaski County Detention Center and distinguish community release from transfer.
3. Search the Union court case for the legal order or disposition.
4. Use IDOC only after an Illinois prison commitment, and read status with release fields.
5. Use Illinois VINE as a custody-event alert, then verify with the reporting agency.
6. Check probation, parole, USMS, BOP, or ICE only when that branch applies.
7. Request the release and transport records when no online source resolves the event.

The Released Last 24 Hours page explains same-day date-window requests. A future or past estimate belongs on the Inmate Release Date path and never replaces current status.

IDOC Union Release Search

The IDOC Individual in Custody Search covers people committed to Illinois state prison, not every Union County detainee. Search using the most distinctive available input, then match the result by date of birth, descriptors, and sentencing county.

1. Enter Last Name, IDOC Number, or Birthdate. Prefer the IDOC number when it is known.
2. Open the likely profile and compare identity details and sentencing county before accepting the match.
3. Read current Offender Status first, then compare Admission Date and the parole or discharge fields.

Read Offender Status first. “IN CUSTODY” or “RECEPTION” is not release. “PAROLE” means community placement under IDOC supervision. Projected Parole Date and Projected Discharge Date are estimates; Last Paroled Date is historical and can be followed by revocation. A sentence row marked “Sentence Discharged? YES” does not cancel another active sentence.

The official search landing page is preserved in a successful manifest capture.

The image confirms the public inputs. It does not provide a complete archive of local Pulaski releases.

Union Court Release Search

Union criminal cases stay in the First Judicial Circuit at Jonesboro even when Pulaski holds the person. The Union Judici endpoint accepts a name or case number. Review entries for release or detention orders, conditions, dismissal, plea, sentence, probation, jail credit, mittimus, amendments, and closure.

The docket remains useful after a live jail entry is gone. It supplies legal authority but not the exact physical departure time. Official directories have conflicted on the clerk's displayed name or room, while 618-833-5913 remains the stable listed phone. Call before an in-person visit.

Union County Recent Release Search

Union Sheriff publishes no verified recent-release list, 24-hour view, 72-hour view, booking-photo gallery, mobile app, cadence, or retention statement. Pulaski's official detention page also exposes no named-person roster or release feed. Do not use another state's Union County page or the similarly named Pulaski County, Kentucky JailTracker site.

For a date window, define the start and end in local time and request name, booking number, booking time, actual release time, release disposition, and receiving agency. Ask for electronic CSV or PDF if maintained that way. An “out” status without a disposition cannot separate community release from transfer.

Weekend and holiday activity cannot be reconstructed from an absent public feed. The court order may be dated before the facility transaction, and the jail event may fall after midnight. Preserve both timestamps and their labels. A same-day phone check can establish a current lead, but the written release sheet remains the better retrospective record when exact timing or destination matters.

Union Release Search Crosses Counties

The statewide sheriff directory says Union's county-jail address is “N/A.” IDOC's newer 2024 Pulaski inspection expressly says the Ullin jail houses Union prisoners under contract. Those dated sources explain why a conventional Jonesboro jail search would fail. They also prevent an unsupported claim that the sheriff office is a public release counter.

Ask Union for the arrest and transport chain. Ask Pulaski for admission, actual departure, disposition, property, and receiving authority. If agencies disagree, preserve each date and label. A court order date, Pulaski release time, VINE alert time, and IDOC Admission Date can differ because each marks a separate step.

Union Release Supervision Search

Pretrial supervision follows release while a case is pending. Union probation is a First Judicial Circuit service tied to a judicial sentence or order. Parole and mandatory supervised release follow an IDOC prison term. These systems are distinct, and physical release does not mean all legal supervision ended.

Use the Union case and local probation office for probation. Use IDOC current status and the Parole Division for parole or MSR. “ABSCONDER” is not a clean discharge; verify current official status and any court or warrant entry without speculation. Successful completion or a later discharge order ends supervision according to the controlling system.

Union Probation is listed at 309 W. Market Street with phone 618-833-7913, though two official directories disagree on the room number. Call first. An IDOC profile showing “PAROLE” is the public lead for state supervision. The Prisoner Review Board calendar is a hearing schedule, not a list of every released Union County resident, and it should not be used as one.

Union Release Alerts and Federal Search

Illinois VINELink searches one person and can register available phone, text, or email alerts. Match the reporting agency and identifiers. A released or not-in-custody event is a lead, not proof that every agency released the person. Confirm it with Pulaski, Union, the court, or IDOC.

For BOP custody, the BOP locator can show “Released” or “Not in BOP Custody.” That means exit from BOP, not all custody or supervision. ICE ODLS applies only when a record names immigration custody. No local source supports claiming Pulaski has an ICE contract.

Pulaski USMS Release Records

Pulaski's inspected population includes USMS detainees along with Union and Alexander contract prisoners. Leaving the Ullin building can therefore be a federal movement, county transfer, or community release. Ask for the custodial authority and receiving agency on the departure record.

A federal pretrial detainee may not appear in BOP's locator. Use PACER or the federal clerk for the detention or release order and ask the holding facility about current custody. Do not turn absence from BOP into proof of freedom.

Union Release Status Sources

Each system answers a limited question. Positive, matched evidence is stronger than absence from a database that may not cover the custody type.

Absence has a different meaning in each row. No Union result reflects the lack of a public roster. No IDOC result may mean there was no state-prison commitment. No BOP result may point to USMS custody. A sealed court case or input error can also hide an expected match. Move to the next official source and seek a positive disposition rather than treating silence as release.

Union County Release Facilities

Pulaski County Detention Center is the operating regional jail documented as holding Union prisoners under contract. A departure can lead to the community, IDOC, another county, or USMS custody. Its release transaction is the primary physical-event record.

Union County Sheriff's Office is the local arrest, warrant, court-security, transport, and records function. Authoritative sources do not establish an operating county jail at its Jonesboro office. Ask it to identify the custodian and transport chain, then obtain the physical release record from the agency that held the person.