Madison County Arrest History
Madison County Sheriff deputies, Illinois State Police troopers, and city agencies in Alton, Granite City, Edwardsville, Collinsville, Glen Carbon, Wood River, and Bethalto can create arrest records. SIUE Police keep campus reports. The agency named on the citation, booking entry, or court docket is the best clue to the correct report custodian.
One arrest can yield four distinct records: the officer's incident or arrest report, the jail booking file, a fingerprint-linked ISP event, and a Circuit Court case if charges are filed. They update on different schedules. The booking charge states the suspected offense at intake, not a final court result.
Four Madison County Arrest Records
A city report gives the officer narrative, while 405 Randle Street holds county booking and custody facts. The State's Attorney may decline, amend, add, or reduce a charge. Only the Circuit Clerk file shows the filed counts and later disposition. A statewide public UCIA response is narrower still because it reports conviction information, not a complete public rap sheet.
| Record | Custodian | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Arrest report | Arresting agency | Event and probable-cause narrative |
| Booking file | Madison County Jail | Intake, holds, and release or transfer |
| Court case | Circuit Clerk | Filed charges and disposition |
| Repository event | Illinois State Police | Fingerprint-linked state record review |
Looking Up Madison County Arrests
No reliable official live county inmate roster was found during the research review. Do not substitute an unofficial mugshot gallery. Use a full legal name, birth date for disambiguation, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and booking or report number when known.
- For possible current custody, contact Madison County Jail at 405 Randle Street with the name and date of birth.
- Ask the arresting agency for its arrest or incident report by number, date, time, and location.
- Search the Circuit Clerk gateway after prosecutors have had time to file a case.
- For statewide self-review, use ISP fingerprint Access and Review. Public UCIA output is conviction-only.
- Submit a focused Illinois FOIA request to the actual agency when no online record answers the question.
Madison County Sheriff and Jail
405 Randle Street
Edwardsville, IL 62025
618-296-6200
Use the county number to confirm the current records or jail contact and public-lobby hours.
The 405 Randle Booking Trail
At custodial intake, jail staff verify identity, inventory property, screen health and safety needs, take a photograph and fingerprints, and assign a booking number. Electronic prints carry a transaction control number to ISP. Court orders then affect detention, conditional release, transfer, and final release.
Detailed housing, medical, mental-health, and protective-custody information should not be expected in a public response. Ask instead for current custody status, booking date, arresting agency, charge or hold references, court case number, and public release or transfer data. Illinois's current pretrial system uses release conditions and detention hearings, so old cash-bond tables can misstate a new booking.
Inside a Madison County Arrest Record
Agency and custody files can carry different fields. Match the booking number and agency case number to the court case when possible. Victim, witness, juvenile, medical, and safety information may be removed. A booking photograph is not guaranteed to be online or releasable in every case.
| Booking Number | County jail intake identifier used to distinguish custody events. |
|---|---|
| Booking Date & Time | When intake was recorded, which may follow the street arrest. |
| Arresting Agency | Identifies the office that owns the arrest narrative. |
| Charges | Allegations or holds at booking, subject to later filing changes. |
| Pretrial Status | Release conditions or detention status under current Illinois procedure. |
| Booking Photo | Requested from the custodian and reviewed under applicable disclosure limits. |
| Release Status | Release, transfer, or continued custody where publicly available. |
Madison Arrests Reach ISP
Fingerprint submissions connect an arrest cycle to the Illinois State Police Bureau of Identification. Later, justice agencies and clerks report qualifying dispositions under the Criminal Identification Act. A rejected print, identifier mismatch, non-fingerprint event, or late disposition can leave gaps.
The ISP criminal-justice statutes resource explains the repository's reporting framework.
This state record is built from agency submissions and should be checked against the certified Madison County disposition when a result seems incomplete.
Booking Logs and Recent Arrests
Madison County did not expose a stable official public booking log during research. For a fresh arrest, contact the jail or arresting agency, then check the Circuit Clerk after the next court business cycle. Very recent events may not yet have a case number. A noncustodial citation can also create a court file without a jail booking.
Current-custody data is only a snapshot. A person may leave county results after release or transfer to the IDOC Individuals in Custody Search. VINELink can provide supplementary custody notifications. Absence from either channel does not prove that no earlier arrest occurred.
Madison County FOIA Fallback
A written Illinois Freedom of Information Act request should name the exact custodian and describe the record, incident date, time, location, report or booking number, and desired format. The Madison County Sheriff does not automatically own a report written by Alton, Granite City, Edwardsville, or another city officer.
The ISP FOIA record-types page explains which state-police records may be requested and when an online channel controls.
For a trooper arrest, that ISP route is appropriate. For city or sheriff events, send the request to the local agency that created the record.
Under 5 ILCS 140, a noncommercial request generally receives a response within five business days, subject to a written statutory extension. Pending investigations, personal privacy, confidential sources, juveniles, victims, and safety interests can support redaction or withholding. A denial should state its basis.
Correcting Your Illinois Arrest Record
Repeated name searches are not the right fix for a suspected state-record error. ISP Access and Review uses fingerprints to return one's own Illinois transcript and offers a Record Challenge process. Bring the certified Madison County disposition when the arrest cycle lacks its final result.
The official Access and Review instructions describe fingerprint submission and challenge steps.
ISP charges no state fee for this self-review process, though a fingerprint vendor may charge for its service.
Arrests Are Not Convictions
An arrest records probable cause and custody. A conviction follows a guilty plea or finding in court. The State's Attorney can decline or alter charges, and the court may dismiss, acquit, or order supervision. Even then, the booking or agency report may remain until lawful expungement or sealing relief applies.
| Arrest Record | Conviction Record |
|---|---|
| Created by the arresting agency and jail. | Created through the Circuit Court judgment. |
| Shows an arrest or booking occurred. | Shows a guilty plea or finding. |
| Held by police, sheriff, or booking custodian. | Held by the Circuit Clerk and reported to ISP. |
| May be followed by release, no filing, or dismissal. | May be followed by sentence, appeal, sealing, or other relief. |
Note: An arrest is not proof of guilt; verify the count-level Madison County court disposition before drawing any conclusion.
The ISP UCIA explanation confirms that the public state product concerns conviction information.
That product cannot replace the agency report, booking file, or full fingerprint-based review of one's own record.
Public Conviction Checks After Arrest
A UCIA conviction-information inquiry is not an arrest lookup. ISP posts a $10 electronic inquiry fee and a $16 manual or paper fee. CHIRP itself is restricted to Illinois law-enforcement agencies and entities with an ISP User's Agreement, Digital ID, and encrypted authentication.
The CHIRP portal displays those access limits.
Members of the public should follow ISP's UCIA inquiry instructions rather than expecting open CHIRP account access.
ISP's current fee schedule separates electronic and paper routes.
Vendor fingerprint charges can be separate, so confirm the total before submitting an inquiry.