Champaign Inmate Population Records

Champaign inmate population records are kept by the Champaign County Sheriff's Office in Urbana. The county jail processed 4,193 intakes during 2024, with an average daily population of about 235 inmates. People arrested in Champaign get booked at the Champaign County Jail on South Lierman Avenue. You can search for who is in custody right now through the county's jail search portal online. This page covers search tools, jail details, visitation rules, and records access for the Champaign inmate population.

Champaign Inmate Population Search

The Champaign County Sheriff runs an online jail search portal where you can look up current inmates. The tool is hosted at portal-ilchampaign.tylertech.cloud/JailSearch/ and is free to use. Search by name and the system returns anyone currently in Champaign County custody. Results include the person's charges, booking date, and bond information.

The portal runs on the Tyler Technologies platform. It updates as inmates are processed through the jail. Someone who was just arrested in Champaign may not show up for a few hours while they go through booking. Once in the system, their record stays visible until they are released or transferred. This tool covers all of Champaign County, so inmates from Champaign, Urbana, Rantoul, and other towns in the county all appear in the same database.

The image above shows the Champaign County jail search portal. You can type in a name and pull up current inmates held at the county jail. No account or login is required to run a search.

Champaign County Jail Details

The Champaign County Jail is at 502 S Lierman Avenue in Urbana, IL 61802. The sheriff's main office sits at 204 E Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801. Call the sheriff at 217-384-1204. The jail line is 217-384-1243. Sheriff Dustin D. Heuerman leads the office.

The facility processed 4,193 intakes in 2024. On an average day, about 235 people sit in the jail. That number shifts based on court schedules, new arrests, and releases. The Champaign inmate population includes pre-trial detainees waiting for hearings and people serving short county sentences. Anyone with a sentence over one year gets transferred to the Illinois Department of Corrections. Fax for the sheriff's office is 217-384-1219, and the email is sheriff@co.champaign.il.us.

Note: The Champaign County Jail and the sheriff's office are in Urbana, not the city of Champaign, even though the county carries the Champaign name.

Visiting Champaign Area Inmates

The Champaign County Jail uses CTEL/Inmate Sales for visitation scheduling. On-site visits are free. You can visit during three daily time blocks: 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM, and 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM. Each inmate gets one 20-minute visit per day. You need to schedule at least 24 hours ahead through inmatesales.com.

Before your first visit, the inmate has to put you on their approved list. Bring a valid photo ID when you show up. Video terminals at the jail handle all visits. Walk-in visits are not available. If you cannot make it to the facility, ask about remote visit options through the CTEL/Inmate Sales platform. This system covers everyone in the Champaign inmate population regardless of which city in the county the arrest happened in.

Champaign Inmate Records Access

You can request Champaign inmate population records through a FOIA submission. Under 5 ILCS 140, all records held by public agencies in Illinois are presumed open unless a specific exemption applies. Send your FOIA request to the Champaign County Sheriff at 204 E Main Street, Urbana, IL 61801, or by email at sheriff@co.champaign.il.us. The office has five business days to respond. The first 50 pages cost nothing.

Common requests include daily jail population counts, booking records, and arrest logs. Under 730 ILCS 5/3-5-1, inmate master record files are confidential and need a court order. That covers medical records, mental health evaluations, and internal discipline. Public records like charges, bond amounts, and release dates are accessible through FOIA or the online portal. If you need conviction records for someone from the Champaign area, the Uniform Conviction Information Act at 20 ILCS 2635 governs what the state can release.

Champaign Court and Legal Info

The Champaign County Circuit Clerk is at 101 East Main Street in Urbana. Call (217) 384-3725 for case look-ups, hearing dates, or court documents. The State's Attorney is on the 2nd floor of the same building at 217-384-3733. Both offices handle all criminal cases from the Champaign area.

For state prison inmates, use the IDOC search at idoc.illinois.gov. That tool covers people who have been sentenced and transferred out of county custody. Anyone still in the Champaign County Jail shows up on the county's jail search portal instead. The two systems do not overlap. If someone from Champaign gets sentenced to state prison, they leave the county roster and enter the IDOC database. Under 5 ILCS 140/2.15, arrest reports must include the person's name, age, and charges. That information is public for anyone booked into the Champaign County system.

Champaign County Inmate Population

The Champaign County Sheriff handles all jail and detention records for the Champaign area. For the full county page with additional resources and contact information, visit the link below.

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