Gallatin County Jail Roster Status
No official Gallatin County online jail roster was located. That finding matches the Illinois Sheriffs' Association Gallatin County directory, which lists the county jail address as "No Jail." Gallatin County's sheriff page lists Sheriff Shannon Bradley, deputies, office address, phone, fax, and public office hours, but it does not publish a detention division page, inmate roster, visitation page, commissary page, or jail-specific phone line.
The jail record path points to Saline County Detention Center because the IDOC 2024 Saline inspection says the facility houses Gallatin and Pope County detainees by contract, Hardin County if needed, and U.S. Marshals detainees by contract. A person arrested in Gallatin County can be housed in Harrisburg while the court case remains in Gallatin County Circuit Court. For search purposes, that means the arrest record, jail custody record, and court record may sit with different offices.
Search Gallatin County Jail Records
Because no official roster is available, use a staged workflow. It reduces false negatives, which happen when a searcher checks only Gallatin County and stops there. A recent arrest may still be moving through intake, a jail officer may need a full legal name, or the person may have moved from local custody into IDOC or federal custody.
- Call Gallatin County Sheriff's Office at 618-269-3137 for arrest, incident, or transport information tied to a local Gallatin arrest.
- Call Saline County Detention Center at 618-252-8661 to ask whether the person is physically housed at the Harrisburg jail.
- Search Illinois VINELink for custody or case notifications, especially when release alerts matter.
- Use IDOC Individual in Custody Search for sentenced state prisoners, parolees, or absconders.
- Use BOP Inmate Locator for sentenced federal inmates and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
- Check Judici Gallatin County or re:SearchIL for formal charges and docket events after filing.
Gallatin Inmate Record Contacts
Use the office that holds the specific record. Gallatin County is the starting point for local law-enforcement records. Saline County is the detention operator for current jail housing. Gallatin County Circuit Clerk keeps the formal criminal case once charges are filed. Calling the wrong office can still help, but it often adds a transfer or delay.
Gallatin County Sheriff's Office
484 North Lincoln Blvd. East
Shawneetown, IL 62984
618-269-3137
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Saline County Detention Center
1 N. Main St.
Harrisburg, IL 62946
618-252-8661
Jail and sheriff line available 24/7
Gallatin County Circuit Clerk
484 North Lincoln Blvd. East, PO Box 249
Shawneetown, IL 62984
618-269-3140
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Gallatin County Roster Fields
No Gallatin or Saline public roster search-field table was captured because no official public roster was found. The closest official lookup table is the IDOC search form, which covers sentenced state custody and parole, not pretrial Gallatin County jail custody. Use it only after the person has moved into the state prison system or state supervision.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Optional if using IDOC number or birthdate | Partial last names can return matches, such as Smith or Smit. |
| IDOC Number | Text | Optional if using name or birthdate | Examples use one letter plus digits, such as K01234. |
| Birthdate | Date / text | Optional if using name or IDOC number | Legacy examples use formats like 04-01-1965. |
| Search | Button | Not applicable | Submits the query to IDOC. |
The IDOC no-result guidance is useful for Gallatin searches. It notes that a person may be incarcerated under another name, discharged, in a county jail awaiting trial or sentencing, in another state prison, or otherwise outside IDOC. For a new Gallatin arrest, that county-jail awaiting-trial category is the important one.
Gallatin County Jail Record Contents
No official Saline County Illinois public inmate profile was available for inspection. Illinois jail standards and the Saline inspection still show what internal jail records can contain. These fields may be available through the record holder, subject to FOIA, privacy, security, medical, juvenile, sealed-record, and pending-investigation limits.
| Field or Record | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking and personal record | A jail file is established for each detainee at admission. |
| Legal authority for confinement | Receiving officers determine whether the hold is legally authorized. |
| Fingerprints and photographs | Admission standards require fingerprinting and photographing according to law. |
| Property receipt | Cash, valuables, medications, and other property are inventoried and signed for. |
| Medical and mental-health screening | Intake notes health issues, medications, suicide risk, developmental disability, and pregnancy screening for female detainees. |
| Visitor log | The jail keeps visitor names and dates of visits. |
| Cash and valuables account | Funds, expenditures, receipts, and valuables are itemized while the person is held. |
| Release or transfer record | Date, time, authority, positive identification, property return, and medication release are documented. |
Gallatin Booking and Intake
A Gallatin County arrest may begin with the Gallatin County Sheriff's Office, a local municipal officer, Illinois State Police, or another agency. If the person remains in custody, transport and intake may occur at Saline County Detention Center. The receiving jail checks legal authority and identity, conducts the required search, documents property, completes medical and mental-health screening, and assigns classification and housing.
The Saline inspection states that telephone services are provided by Securus Technologies and that an orientation manual is provided by physical copy. It also identifies Advanced Correctional Healthcare for medical, mental-health, and dental triage screenings, with additional mental-health and dental support from named local providers. No official source published how quickly a Gallatin detainee appears in any public listing, so direct phone confirmation remains the practical route.
- Booking
- Administrative intake after arrest, including identity, records, property, fingerprints, and photo.
- Classification
- A jail assessment used for housing, separation, safety, medical, and security decisions.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency, such as another county, IDOC, U.S. Marshals, or ICE.
- Mittimus
- A court commitment order that sends a person to custody.
County, State, and Federal Inmates
The same name can appear in different systems at different points. A jail record is not a prison record. A court docket is not a custody roster. A federal hold may use the same physical building while the legal authority is federal. That is why a complete Gallatin County inmate records search checks the custody type before choosing the lookup channel.
| Custody or Record Type | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Pretrial Gallatin custody | Gallatin Sheriff and Saline County Detention Center | Recent arrest, current housing, visits, phone, property |
| Formal Gallatin charges | Gallatin Circuit Clerk, Judici, re:SearchIL | Filed charges, hearings, dispositions, warrants |
| Sentenced Illinois prison custody | Illinois Department of Corrections | State prison location, status, parole, sentence fields |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal Bureau of Prisons | Federal inmates from 1982 to present |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | A-number or biographical immigration detention search |
Gallatin County Inmate Visits
The only confirmed local visiting details come from the 2024 IDOC Saline inspection. It says visits are face to face on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday. It does not publish hours, visit length by day, visitor limits, a visitor entrance, locker rules, dress rules, or a public video-visit schedule. Illinois jail standards add that visiting procedures must exist, at least two visiting days per week are required, one must be during the weekend, visitors must identify and sign in, and children may visit when accompanied by an adult.
| Day | Published Local Detail | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | Face-to-face visits confirmed | Hours, visitor count, ID, entrance, property rules |
| Thursday | Face-to-face visits confirmed | Hours, visitor count, ID, entrance, property rules |
| Saturday | Face-to-face visits confirmed | Hours, visitor count, ID, entrance, property rules |
| Other days | No public local family schedule located | Professional visits, special visits, remote options |
Note: Call 618-252-8661 before travel because the public sources do not list visit hours or the visitor entrance.
Mail, Phone, and Money
Saline's inspection identifies Securus Technologies as the telephone provider and Keefe Commissary Network as the commissary provider. It does not publish deposit fees, kiosk availability, online deposit links, refund rules, product prices, personal mail format, or mail-scanning rules. Before sending money or mail, ask the jail for the detainee's full name format, any jail number used locally, the correct mailing address, accepted funds, and the deadline for commissary orders.
| Service | Confirmed Detail | Limit in Public Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | Securus Technologies, LLC | No public rate table or account instructions located |
| Commissary | Keefe Commissary Network, LLC | No public deposit fee or order cutoff located |
| Illinois jail standards allow letters subject to contraband screening | No Saline personal mail format located | |
| Religious access | Phone, video, and face-to-face volunteer services upon request | Scheduling details not published |
State Lookup Images
The IDOC Individual in Custody Search is relevant when a Gallatin case has moved from local jail custody to a state sentence.
The IDOC screen is not a Gallatin jail roster. It is the state prison and supervision locator for sentenced custody.
The Illinois VINELink page can help with custody and case notifications when a public county roster is missing or incomplete.
VINE should be treated as a notification channel, not as a replacement for calling the jail or checking the court docket.