This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the responsible office directly.
Choose the Right Office
The home page covers released-person searches and record requests. Use Probation & Parole for supervision routes; the recent-release and projected-release pages cover their named time questions. Facility pages in the footer separate the county jail from Sheridan. A sentenced state prisoner belongs in IDOC's statewide locator. Federal and immigration custody require the BOP or ICE locator.
Jail and Sheriff Contacts
LaSalle County Jail: 707 E Etna Road, Ottawa, IL 61350; 815-434-8383; fax 815-431-4962. Use it for recent county-release routing and facility questions.
Jail FOIA: jailfoia@lasallecountyil.gov, at the same address and fax. Ask here for booking and release records or an available booking photograph.
Sheriff Records: 815-434-8379. Incident records route to records@lasallecountyil.gov. Do not send a jail-record request to an unrelated sheriff unit.
Court and Probation Contacts
Traffic/Criminal Division: 707 E Etna Road, Room 141, Ottawa, IL 61350; 815-434-8271; fax 815-434-8299. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Use this office for case, disposition, and release-order records.
LaSalle Court Services/Probation: 119 W Madison Street, Room 404, Ottawa, IL; 815-434-0736. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. It administers county probation, not IDOC parole.
IDOC and PRB Contacts
IDOC: 1301 Concordia Court, P.O. Box 19277, Springfield, IL 62794-9277; 217-558-2200. IDOC FOIA uses DOC.FOIARequest@illinois.gov, fax 217-558-5612, and phone extension 4166 for state admission, release, and discharge records.
Illinois Prisoner Review Board: operations questions use 217-782-7273 or prb.operations@illinois.gov. Records requests use PRB.FOIA@Illinois.gov, 1001 N Walnut Street, Springfield, IL 62702. PRB handles relevant hearing, revocation, and final-discharge records.
Sheridan Correctional Center: 4017 E 2603 Road, Sheridan, IL 60551; 815-496-2181. Use the facility for routing, not for the county jail's release feed.
Hours and Fees
The published county-complex office hours are not jail release-processing hours. No special local FOIA fee schedule was found. The responding office applies the Illinois statutory framework or its published agency schedule and should explain any charge before producing records.