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About This Site

Finding a released Washington County inmate requires knowing which office recorded the next step after jail custody. A county release entry, a court order, an Illinois Department of Corrections status, or a supervision record may each describe a different event. This private reference site organizes those official paths in one place. It explains where release records are kept, how custody systems differ, and which public tools may help confirm a documented movement.

Why This Resource Exists

Illinois provides public access to many court and corrections records, subject to legal limits. Access is still fragmented. The Washington County Sheriff records releases and transfers from Washington County Jail, while the Circuit Clerk keeps the orders and case history that can explain why custody changed. The Illinois Department of Corrections operates a separate offender search for state prisoners and people on parole. Local probation, IDOC parole, and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board cover different forms of supervision after release. Federal sentenced-custody history belongs in the Bureau of Prisons system.

This site brings those release-record sources, search routes, supervision distinctions, and request steps together. It also emphasizes a key Washington County fact: the sheriff does not publish an official current roster or recent-release feed. A missing online name cannot prove release. The local release or transfer entry and the relevant court or receiving-agency record provide the sounder path.

Information Organized Here

The pages are arranged by the question a reader needs to resolve and by the agency that owns the answer.

  • The home page provides the full Washington County released-inmate search and explains the sheriff release record, court corroboration, VINE monitoring, and state or federal follow-up.
  • Release Date Lookup, VINE Inmate Check, and Post-Release Supervision address projected dates, notifications, parole, mandatory supervised release, and probation.
  • The Washington County Jail page presents the facility address, phone, locally documented release procedure, and the routes for community discharge or agency transfer.
  • Recent-release pages explain how to request exact 24-hour and 72-hour intervals because Washington County publishes no online release feed.
  • Records guidance identifies useful fields such as booking number, release or transfer date and time, authority, destination, and case number, while noting that lawful redactions and restrictions may apply.

Limits of This Site

Washington County Released Inmates is privately operated. It has no affiliation with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Washington County Jail, Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Prisoner Review Board, any court, or any local, state, or federal government agency. It does not hold jail, court, corrections, or supervision records.

  • We cannot release, detain, transfer, or confirm the current custody of any person.
  • We cannot post bond, arrange a jail visit, deposit funds, or act for a person in custody.
  • We cannot give legal advice or interpret an order for an individual case.
  • We cannot promise that an address, phone number, schedule, fee, status, or third-party result remains current.

Only the office that created or maintains a custody record can officially confirm charges, present status, release, transfer, or discharge. This site points to sources but cannot make that determination.

Search Partners

Some pages contain search tools supplied by independent third-party providers. Those companies set their own prices, terms, coverage, and result formats. If a search tool leads to a paid registration or purchase, this site may receive a referral fee. That support helps keep the reference pages available without charge. The site does not set partner pricing and cannot control, alter, or guarantee a partner’s results.