Tazewell County Jail Roster Lookup

The Tazewell County jail roster shows who is in custody at the Justice Center in Pekin, Illinois. You can search the roster online to find inmates by name and view their charges, booking dates, and arresting agencies. Tazewell County runs both an inmate lookup tool and a warrant search on the sheriff's website. This page covers how to access the Tazewell County jail roster, what records you can find, and how to reach the sheriff's office for more information about people held at the facility.

Search the Tazewell County Jail Roster Online

Tazewell County gives you two online search tools. The inmate lookup for custody shows everyone in the jail right now. The inmate lookup for warrants shows people with active warrants in Tazewell County. Both tools are on the sheriff's website and free to use.

The custody search shows a good amount of detail. Each record on the Tazewell County jail roster includes the booking date, an inmate ID number, the person's full name, their age, race, gender, the charge, and the arresting agency. Some records also show the sentence type. For example, a real listing might show a booking date, ID number, name, age 43, white male, with a hold status and a county jail sentence. Another could list an aggravated battery charge brought by the Tazewell County Sheriff's Office. You can see the full range of charges from misdemeanors up to serious felonies like first degree murder on the Tazewell County jail roster.

The Tazewell County inmate lookup page lets you search the current jail roster for people held at the Justice Center in Pekin.

This search tool shows charge details, booking dates, and arresting agencies for each inmate on the Tazewell County roster.

Note: The warrant lookup is a separate tool from the custody search, so check both if you are not sure of the person's status in Tazewell County.

Tazewell County Justice Center Jail Info

The Tazewell County Justice Center sits at 101 S. Capitol Street in Pekin, IL 61554. This is where all inmates on the Tazewell County jail roster are held. The jail information page on the sheriff's site covers rules for deposits, mail, phone calls, and visits.

Deposits for inmates can be made at the kiosk in the Justice Center lobby. You can use cash or a credit card at the kiosk. The Smart Deposit website and phone line also work for deposits. Call 1-866-394-0490 Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 8 PM Eastern Time. For phone calls, messages, and video visits with inmates, Tazewell County uses Cidnet. You can set those up at customer.cidnet.net. These third-party services handle most of the communication options for people on the Tazewell County jail roster.

The Tazewell County jail information page covers inmate deposits, mail rules, and visitation details at the Justice Center.

This page is a key resource for families and friends of inmates held at the Tazewell County Justice Center in Pekin.

Tazewell County Jail Roster Mail Rules

Tazewell County made a big change to its mail policy. As of June 23, 2025, the Justice Center uses digital mail delivery. The facility no longer handles postal mail at its physical address in Pekin. All mail for inmates must go to a processing center instead. The new mail address format is: inmate's full name, inmate ID, Tazewell County Justice Center, Illinois, P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131.

Books are no longer accepted at the Justice Center either. This is part of the new policy. Only medication that can be dropped off by family is insulin and inhalers. That rule went into effect on April 1, 2019. All other medications must go through the facility's medical staff. These rules apply to everyone on the Tazewell County jail roster. If you send mail the wrong way, it will not reach the inmate.

Tazewell County Sheriff's Office

The Tazewell County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and maintains the jail roster. Call 309-478-5651 to reach the office. The address is 101 S. Capitol Street, Pekin, IL 61554.

The sheriff's website is the main online hub for the Tazewell County jail roster, warrant searches, and general law enforcement info.

From the home page, you can reach both the custody lookup and the warrant search for Tazewell County.

If you need records beyond what the online roster shows, file a FOIA request with the sheriff's office. Under 5 ILCS 140, arrest reports must include the person's name, age, charges, and time of arrest. Reports have to come within 72 hours. Tazewell County follows this rule like all other counties in Illinois. Written requests can go by mail to the sheriff's office at the Capitol Street address.

Public Records and Tazewell County Jail Data

The Tazewell County jail roster is a public record under Illinois law. The Unified Code of Corrections at 730 ILCS 5 sets rules for how inmate records are kept at the state level. County jails follow a mix of state FOIA rules and their own local practices. The key point is that basic booking data on the Tazewell County jail roster, including names, charges, and dates, is available to the public.

Some records can be withheld. Section 7 of the FOIA covers these exemptions. Info that could endanger staff or help someone escape is not public. Victim details may be redacted. But for a standard jail roster search in Tazewell County, you should be able to get the data you need through the online lookup or a FOIA request to the sheriff's office in Pekin.

Note: For inmates transferred to state prison, check the IDOC inmate search since they will no longer appear on the Tazewell County jail roster.

Cities in Tazewell County

Pekin is the county seat of Tazewell County. Other towns in the county include East Peoria, Morton, and Washington. Arrests from any city or town in Tazewell County go through the Justice Center in Pekin. The jail roster covers all local bookings no matter which police department handled the arrest.

Nearby County Jail Rosters

These counties sit near Tazewell County. Each runs its own jail and maintains a separate jail roster with inmate search tools.