Henry County Jail Inmate Lookup

Henry County Jail Overview

The Henry County Jail is operated by the Henry County Sheriff's Office at 311 West Center Street in Cambridge, the county seat. Its Corrections Division is responsible for the secure custody of criminal suspects and people convicted of Henry County crimes who receive jail sentences. The same division also supervises inmates held for outside agencies on a temporary basis, and the 2024 state inspection specifically identifies U.S. Marshals Service detainees among the people housed there. Correctional officers work under a Jail Administrator appointed by the sheriff, with an assistant administrator and corporals.

The facility carries a rated capacity of 132 beds, divided into 116 male and 16 female beds, with no juvenile beds. It has 18 single and 57 double detention rooms arranged in clusters labeled A through J, plus temporary detention, attorney visitation, observation, segregation, and a pre-booking holding area. Meals are prepared on-site by county employees, and Advanced Correctional Healthcare provides medical and mental-health services.

Who the Henry County Jail Holds

The jail is primarily a local facility, but its population is not only local arrests. The county Corrections page describes the people held in broad terms: criminal suspects and people convicted of Henry County crimes who receive jail sentences. The same page notes the jail also supervises inmates from other agencies on a temporary basis, and the county says this outside-inmate housing has become a significant source of revenue. The 2024 state inspection specifically names U.S. Marshals Service detainees among those held.

The jail is not a juvenile facility. The 2024 inspection lists juvenile capacity and juvenile population as zero, so young people in custody follow separate arrangements not handled here. Inside the facility, housing is organized into clusters labeled A through E on the east side and F through J on the west, alongside temporary detention, attorney visitation, observation, segregation, and a pre-booking holding area. The county uses the term detention rooms rather than cells.

Henry County Jail Capacity and Population

The most recent Illinois Department of Corrections inspection, dated September 25, 2024, recorded 66 people in the Henry County Jail against the 132-bed rated capacity, which is exactly half full. The count broke down as 56 men and 10 women, with no juveniles. Earlier inspections found 90 people in June 2022 and 86 in June 2023, so the short trend points downward while the rated capacity has stayed at 132 throughout. These are single-day inspection snapshots, not a year-round average.

The two sides of the jail filled unevenly. The 10 women held filled about 63 percent of the 16 female beds, while the 56 men held filled roughly 48 percent of the 116 male beds. Both shares are derived from the inspection counts, and capacity by gender stayed constant across the 2022, 2023, and 2024 inspections.

How to Look Up an Inmate at the Henry County Jail

Because no public roster was located, a Henry County Jail inmate lookup runs through the jail information line and the county's records and court channels. The jail line confirms current custody, and the court index covers charges and hearings. The fuller set of channels is on the jail inmate records page.

1. Call Corrections and Jail Information at 309-937-3940 to confirm whether the person is held.
2. Give the full legal name, plus a date of birth, arrest date, or arresting agency if known.
3. Search the court case by name through the Circuit Clerk's Judici link for charges and hearings.
4. Register with Illinois VINE to receive custody and court-status alerts.

If the person has been sentenced and transferred to state prison, the county jail path ends and the Illinois Department of Corrections locator takes over, for example after a move to the Kewanee Life Skills Re-Entry Center.

Henry County Jail Address and Contact

The jail and the sheriff's office share the Cambridge courthouse complex. The Corrections and Jail Information line is the number to call for custody and visitation questions, while the Records unit handles archived reports.

The county staff directory lists Sheriff Joshua Verscheure and Jail Administrator Charles Smith, along with the unit phone numbers.

The official Henry County Sheriff's Office staff directory shows the sheriff, the jail administrator, hours, and unit lines.

That directory is the official source for the jail's leadership and the phone lines used throughout this page.

Visiting Someone at the Henry County Jail

The jail uses video visitation through Combined Public Communications, with off-site and on-site options. Off-site video runs all week, while on-site visits happen on three days and are limited to one per inmate each week. Each visit lasts 20 minutes, no more than two visitors are scheduled per visit, and visitors must be on the inmate's approved list and booked in advance. A valid government photo ID is required, and all visits are recorded and monitored.

Inmates on work detail are not pulled off the detail for a friend or family visit, and unscheduled visitors can be turned away. For scheduling questions, the county lists 877-998-5678.

Mail, Phone, and Money at the Henry County Jail

Mail goes to an off-site processing address rather than the jail's street address, and money is added online or at a lobby kiosk. The phone system is outgoing only, on a collect basis, with no incoming calls or messages accepted. Prescription medication is accepted only in the first 72 hours of incarceration if it is current and in its original container.

The 2024 state inspection lists Turnkey Corrections as the commissary provider, while the county rules page directs deposits to Inmate Canteen, so both names appear in official sources.

Booking and Intake at the Henry County Jail

The county does not publish a detailed booking page, but the jail rules and the state jail-standards inspection describe the intake framework. After an arrest, staff verify identity and the legal authority to hold the person, log property on a receipt, and conduct searches, fingerprinting, and a photograph in line with current law. Medical and mental-health screening follows, and new inmates receive the jail's rules and regulations. A person may be allowed an outgoing call at admission. The county does not publish how long booking takes or when a record would appear online, so the jail information line is the way to confirm current status.

Medical care at intake and during custody comes from Advanced Correctional Healthcare, which the 2024 inspection lists with about 40 hours of on-site licensed practical nurse time each week. Meals are prepared on-site by county employees. New inmates receive the jail's written rules and regulations and are responsible for following them, and discipline can follow a violation. The jail does not discuss a person's care, housing, or commissary with friends or family, so specific questions about those matters are not answered on request.

About the Henry County Jail

The jail has a deep local history. The first county jail was built in 1854 next to the courthouse, replaced in 1868, and replaced again in 1928 with construction funded by Prohibition fines. The current facility dates to 1976, and a major 1999 Jail and Court Services addition, costing $8.7 million, brought a state-of-the-art jail together with offices for the sheriff, circuit clerk, state's attorney, and court services under one roof. County history notes the 1999 project was financed almost entirely by court fees and fines rather than tax money.

The 2024 inspection documented both improvements and one compliance issue. Improvements included a new iris scanner, an updated commissary, reopened outdoor recreation, new locks and handles, and fresh paint. The inspection also flagged that documentation of the required 30-minute observation checks appeared complete only about 91 percent of the time, and the state directed the jail to strengthen supervision. The county's history page records this building story in detail.

The Henry County history page traces the old jails and the 1999 courthouse and jail addition.

That history explains why the jail, courts, and sheriff sit together on one Cambridge campus today.