Livingston County Illinois Inmate Jail Records

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NameAddressCityStateZip CodePhone Number
(2641)Livingston County Inmate & Jail Records Offices
Livingston County Jail844 West Lincoln StreetPontiacIL61764815-844-5774
Livingston County Inmate & Jail Records Offices
Livingston County Sheriffs Department / Livingston County Jail844 West Lincoln StreetPontiacIL61764815-844-2774
Pontiac Medium Security Unit700 West Lincoln StreetPontiacIL61764815-842-2816
Livingston County Inmate & Jail Records Databases
Livingston County Jail Records
Livingston County Sheriff's Office Website
Statistics
Jail Population Held for State Prison2
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Prison
Jail Population Held for State Jail70
Jail Population Held for Out-of-State Jail1
Jail Population Held for Federal Agencies2
Jail Population Held for ICE
Pretrial Jail Population130
Female Pretrial Jail Population4
Male Pretrial Jail Population26
Total Jail Admissions2,378
Total Jail Population113
Female Jail Population4
Male Jail Population126
Asian Jail Population
Black Jail Population71
Latino Jail Population9
Native Jail Population
White Jail Population50

Jail Records Search

If you are interested in the public records of a person, whether it is for background check purposes or even to check out your family tree, then you may be interested in learning more about jail records in Livingston County, Illinois. You would be surprised at how much information you can find out by using the Freedom of Information Act. It is important to know that the government protects all types of records, including those that are considered to be public records. This means that if you have any type of criminal background, arrest records or anything else of value then you can obtain these types of information.

Although you may think that you can not obtain the information you are looking for without paying a fee, there are many websites that allow you to search for these records without having to pay for them. There are a lot of reasons why someone may want to obtain public records on someone else; maybe they are trying to locate someone they used to work with and no longer have any contact with. Another reason may be to find out more information about someone who has moved into the area and wants to know more about their neighbors or people around them. Searching this information can turn out to be a very useful tool.

One of the main reasons why people get jail records is to check up on the background of an employee or potential employee. In many jobs there will be a background check before you are ever hired. If you are checking up on the background of someone to hire, then you need to find out where they are being held when in jail. You can even do the searches online yourself. Just type in the person’s name and in just a few seconds you will be able to see if they have any public jail records online or not.

If you are trying to buy or sell a home in Illinois, then you will want to know the public records about that property. These jail records can give you some interesting information about the home including things like when it was built, who built it, if it is a maintenance home or an apartment building, who lives there, how much it costs monthly, etc. The search is pretty simple too, because all you have to do is type in the person’s name and current address and then some other little information and you will be able to get a fairly good idea of what the home is worth.

Jail records can be interesting to read through. It will let you know exactly what happened during the time that they were incarcerated. It will also give you information on other people that were in the same general area at the time as the inmate. For instance, if there is a woman who was staying with the same guy that you are investigating, it will show where he stayed and how long he was staying.

In some instances, the jail records are simply the final resting place for someone who has been arrested and spent some time in jail. This could be a parent or guardian looking to hire a child care worker, or a teacher who has taught a class that was in jail. Whatever the case, it can be a very interesting piece of information to have available to you. There are a number of different websites that allow you to do a free search online or perform a less invasive search by going to the local courthouse and paying a small fee. Either way, you should not have to pay a dime unless you are absolutely stumped.