This privately operated site is not a government office. We cannot confirm a person's custody or release status, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the agency that holds the record for an authoritative response.
Official Contacts and Records
For current county custody, call the Kankakee County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division at 815-802-7200. Jerome Combs Detention Center is at 3050 S. Justice Way, Kankakee, IL 60901. The Sheriff's main office number is 815-802-7100, and its listed after-hours non-emergency number is 815-933-3324. The research does not identify separate public counter hours for JCDC, so confirm access before traveling.
For a booking, jail, incident, or available-photo request, use the Sheriff's current FOIA instructions. Electronic requests go in the email body to foiacso@kankakeecountyil.gov, without attachments or embedded links. Mail or in-person requests go to the Freedom of Information Officer, 3000 S. Justice Way, Kankakee, IL 60901. The current contact page also identifies Becky Powell at bpowell@kankakeecountyil.gov, so verify the intended mailbox before sending.
Choose the path that matches the question:
- Use the home page for the full official path to a county booking record or available booking photograph.
- Check the Kankakee County Circuit Clerk's public court portal for case events and dispositions after booking.
- Use the Sheriff's Tyler inmate inquiry for a recent booking or present JCDC custody.
- Use VINELink for a supported custody check or release alert, then verify urgent details with Corrections.
- Search the Illinois Department of Corrections for a person currently imprisoned or on parole under IDOC.
- Use the federal BOP or ICE locator only for the separate federal custody system each one covers.