Mount Prospect Jail Roster
The Mount Prospect jail roster covers people arrested and booked into custody in this northwest Cook County village. Mount Prospect does not have its own jail facility. Arrests made by Mount Prospect police are processed at the local station and then transferred to Cook County Jail in Chicago. The Cook County Sheriff offers an online inmate locator that includes Mount Prospect bookings and the rest of the county. You can search it at any time for free. This page shows where to look up Mount Prospect jail roster records and what the process involves.
Mount Prospect Jail Roster Quick Facts
Search Mount Prospect Jail Roster
The Cook County inmate locator covers Mount Prospect. You can search at iictest.ccsheriff.org by entering the person's first and last name. The system pulls up all current matches from the Cook County jail roster. Each result shows the person's name, date of birth, charges, booking date, bond amount, and housing location in the jail. The tool is free and updates through the day.
The Cook County government website also links to the inmate locator. That page gives background on how Cook County Jail works. People there are either awaiting trial or serving a sentence under one year. If someone arrested in Mount Prospect has a felony sentence over one year, they go to an IDOC state prison. They will not show up on the county jail roster after that transfer happens.
The search portal below is used for all Mount Prospect jail roster lookups through Cook County.
Cook County Jail sits at 2700 S. California Avenue in Chicago. It holds about 5,750 people at any given time and another 1,527 on electronic monitoring. That makes it the largest single-site jail in the country. All Mount Prospect bookings end up in this same facility and this same database.
Mount Prospect Police Department
The Mount Prospect Police Department is at 112 E. Northwest Highway, Mount Prospect, IL 60056. The phone number is (847) 870-5656. Officers patrol the village, respond to calls, and make arrests. Initial processing happens at the Mount Prospect station. Then the person is moved to Cook County Jail.
Mount Prospect police handle the arrest. Cook County handles the jail. These are two different agencies. If you call Mount Prospect PD, they can confirm an arrest happened and share the charges. But once the person leaves the local station, all custody questions go through Cook County. Call Cook County Jail at (773) 674-7100 for real-time information about the jail roster. Staff can confirm custody status, bond amount, and the next court date for any person booked after a Mount Prospect arrest.
Mount Prospect Jail Roster Records
Records from the jail roster are public in Illinois. Under 5 ILCS 140, Section 2.15, arrest reports must include the person's name, age, address, charges, time and place of arrest, and the arresting agency. For people held in jail, the report must also show when they were received, discharged, or transferred. All of this must be provided within 72 hours of the arrest.
The online jail roster gives you the basics. For deeper records, file a FOIA request. Send it to the Mount Prospect Police Department for arrest-specific data. Send it to the Cook County Sheriff for jail custody records. Section 7 of the FOIA does list some exemptions. Safety-related records and security plans can be withheld. But the core Mount Prospect jail roster data, including names, charges, and booking dates, remains available to anyone who asks.
Note: The Mount Prospect Police Department processes FOIA requests separately from the Cook County Sheriff, so you may need to file with both agencies depending on what records you need.
What the Jail Roster Includes
The Cook County jail roster for Mount Prospect arrests includes the same data fields as any other booking in the county. Here is what you can expect to find:
- Full name of the person
- Date of birth
- Charges filed
- Booking date and time
- Bond amount if set
Some records also show the arresting agency and the next court date. If the person was arrested by Mount Prospect police, the arresting agency field should reflect that. Records only show people currently in custody. Past bookings do not appear on the online jail roster. If you need historical data, a FOIA request to the Cook County Sheriff is the way to go.
Mount Prospect Jail Roster vs IDOC
The county jail and the state prison system are separate in Illinois. Cook County Jail holds people on local charges or sentences under one year. IDOC holds people with felony terms over one year. The two do not share a database. If someone from Mount Prospect got transferred to state prison, they will not appear on the Cook County jail roster.
Check the IDOC offender search for state prison records. Results show the person's name, IDOC number, date of birth, current facility, and projected discharge date. You can call IDOC at 217-558-2200 for assistance. Under 730 ILCS 5, the Unified Code of Corrections covers how state inmate records are maintained. The Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority also publishes broader criminal justice data if you need more than a single inmate lookup from the Mount Prospect area.
Visiting from Mount Prospect
If someone from Mount Prospect is at Cook County Jail, visits happen at the jail in Chicago. The jail address is 2700 S. California Avenue, Chicago, IL 60608. You need to submit a visitor application through the Cook County Sheriff's office before your first visit. Once approved, schedule in-person visits. Attorney virtual visitation is also available.
Bring valid ID. Follow the rules about clothing and items. Cook County Jail has multiple divisions spread across a 96-acre campus. Call (773) 674-7100 to confirm custody status and find out which division the person is in. The drive from Mount Prospect to Cook County Jail takes about 45 minutes in normal traffic, so always call ahead before making the trip.
Cook County Jail Roster
Mount Prospect falls within Cook County. All local arrests are processed through Cook County Jail. Visit the full county page for sheriff's office details, inmate search tools, and visiting info that applies to Mount Prospect arrests.
Nearby Illinois Cities
Other northwest suburban cities near Mount Prospect also route arrests through county jail systems. Check these nearby cities for jail roster details.