Find Massac County Jail Releases

Massac Jail Release Destinations

A departure from Massac County Jail can follow a judge's pretrial-release order, completion of a county sentence, dismissal, or another lawful order. It can also be a transfer. The receiving agency may be the Illinois Department of Corrections, another county, a federal authority, or immigration custody. Only the sheriff's release or transfer entry identifies which event occurred. A court docket can show the legal order, but it may not show the precise door-exit time.

The 2024 state inspection reports that Massac County also contract-houses people for Johnson and Pope Counties. Their controlling case may be outside Massac County even while they are physically held here. Ask which county or agency owns the case. If the record says transfer, continue with that agency rather than describing the event as release to the community.

Confirm Massac Jail Releases

The sheriff's Inmate Listing page sends users to the official mobile app. The sheriff describes it as “Current Inmate Information,” not a released-person archive. Check it with the exact name and note when it was checked. An absent name may reflect release, transfer, spelling, booking delay, or app lag.

1. Check the official app for present Massac County custody.
2. Call the sheriff at 618-524-2912 and ask whether the booking ended by release or transfer, including the recorded date and time.
3. Review the Massac County case through Judici or ask the Circuit Clerk for the latest detention, disposition, and sentence entries.
4. Request the sheriff's booking sheet and chronological custody entries when verbal confirmation is not enough.
5. Follow any named receiving agency in its own system.

Massac Jail Release Records

Illinois has no single Massac County FOIA officer. Each officeholder responds for records created by that office, so sheriff custody records should go to the Sheriff. A focused request should give the full name, date of birth or booking number if known, and a narrow date range. Ask for the booking sheet and entries showing when the person was received, discharged, or transferred. Also request the release reason or code, destination or receiving agency, and booking photograph when available.

Illinois FOIA ordinarily gives a public body five business days to answer a noncommercial request, subject to a written statutory extension. A response may provide records, seek clarification, redact exempt material, or deny a portion with a cited basis. The sheriff's jail page publishes jkonemann@massacsheriffsdept.com for the jail administrator, but confirm the current designated FOIA recipient before sending a request.

Massac County Jail Facts

The Massac County Sheriff's Office operates this local jail. Official sources use two names: the 2024 IDOC inspection says “Massac County Jail,” while sheriff service pages say “Massac County Detention Center.” They refer to one operation at the same location. It holds people awaiting court action, serving eligible local sentences, or awaiting transfer. A municipal arrest in Metropolis may lead here, but the research found no basis for treating a police-station cell as a separate long-term jail.

These figures come from the June 18, 2024 IDOC inspection. They are dated facility facts, not an annual release count and not proof about any person's custody.

Massac Jail Release History

The latest official inspection describes a small jail built in 1990, with 34 rated male beds and 8 rated female beds. Earlier inspection sheets report capacity differently, so the year must stay attached to any number. The scale helps explain why the county relies on an app, telephone contact, court records, and direct records requests instead of a large public release database. It does not establish how often releases occur or when people leave.

The inspection also notes substance-use counseling and release referrals through local and regional providers. Those references are leads, not promises of placement or eligibility. Confirm current services with the jail or provider before making plans. No official fixed release hour, exit door, family waiting area, or property-return timetable was found.

Massac Pretrial Release Orders

The sheriff's jail page still says bond may be posted around the clock and mentions cash or credit. That wording is dated. Illinois abolished cash bail effective September 18, 2023, so the current judge's pretrial-release or detention order and Article 110 govern. An old bond amount is not a universal path out of Massac County Jail.

The Illinois Courts pretrial materials explain the statewide change. Pretrial release means community release before the criminal case is resolved, under conditions set by the court. It is not probation after sentence and not IDOC parole or mandatory supervised release.

The official source image below documents the current Illinois pretrial framework. It supports reading the court's present order rather than relying on stale bond language.

Use the image as a route to the official guidance, then obtain the case-specific order from the clerk.

Massac Release Travel Planning

No official source gives a set daily release time or confirms a transit stop at the jail. Shawnee Mass Transit District serves Metropolis. Regular service asks riders to reserve in advance, while its Shawnee Express describes same-day pickup within its Metropolis service area during limited weekday hours. Coordinate with both the jail and transit provider because the custody event may occur outside transit hours or may be a transfer.

Property, medication, supervision instructions, and court papers should be checked before departure. A person released on court conditions should keep the written order. Someone transferred to IDOC or another county will follow the receiving agency's property and contact process instead.