Pike County Jail Inmate Lookup

Pike County Jail Overview

The Pike County Jail sits at 204 East Adams Street in Pittsfield and is operated by the Pike County Sheriff's Department under Sheriff David E. Greenwood, with Daniel Brennecke as jail superintendent. It is a local county jail, not a state prison, and it holds people arrested by the Pike County Sheriff, the Pittsfield Police Department, and other agencies. The population is mainly pretrial detainees and short-sentence inmates, plus federal and work-release inmates and detainees held for other jurisdictions.

The page below is the sheriff's jail information page, which carries the bond, commissary, visitation, and attorney-visit sections for the facility.

The Pike County Sheriff's jail information page is the official source for the facility's rules and services.

It also separates visitation into county, federal, and female categories, a sign the jail serves more than one custody type.

Pike County Jail Capacity and Population

The dated capacity and population figures come from the annual IDOC compliance inspections. The 2024 inspection listed a rated capacity of 60 beds, with 55 male and 5 female, and recorded 48 people on the inspection day. Earlier inspections recorded a 62-bed capacity, with 41 held in 2023 and 62 in 2022. The sheriff's history page lists 63 beds, so the dated IDOC figure is used here for capacity.

The cell layout in 2024 was 8 single cells, 19 double cells, one 10-bed dorm, and one 4-bed cell, which sums to the 60-bed total. The drop from 62 to 60 came from counting one fewer double cell.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Pike County Jail

Because the Pike County Jail is a county facility, the right tool is the sheriff's weekly arrest report, not the state locator. The report lists people confined and released during a weekly date range, with no search box, so it is scanned by name. For a current booking, a phone call to the jail is the surest confirmation.

1. Open the sheriff's Weekly Arrests page and check the date range.
2. Scan by name and read the person line for dates and charges.
3. Call the jail at 217-285-5011 to confirm a current booking.
4. For sentenced prisoners, switch to the IDOC inmate locator after transfer.

The full roster walkthrough and field tables are on the jail inmate records page.

Pike County Jail Address and Contact

The jail and sheriff's department share the downtown Pittsfield address. The main line reaches both the sheriff and the jail, and a separate corrections line handles attorney and client visits.

For records and FOIA requests, the records and civil office can be reached at 217-285-7000 ext. 101.

Visiting Someone at Pike County Jail

Visits are in person and no-contact, with a one-hour limit and a maximum of two visits per week, and the visiting week begins Sunday. A photo ID is required, and first-time visitors register with full name, address, and date of birth. New inmates cannot visit until a judge has seen them, and work-release inmates do not receive visits while incarcerated. Visitation is grouped by category, as shown below.

Dress to cover shoulders to knees, with no tank tops, and do not arrive under the influence. Visits can be denied for rule violations, gang colors, or false information.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Pike County Jail

Vendor information differs between official sources, so confirm the current provider before sending money or funding a call account. The public jail page links Securus for phone services, while the 2024 IDOC inspection names TurnKey Corrections for phone, video kiosks, and commissary. Commissary is generally passed weekly, and the public deposit route is a money order placed in the lobby box at the sheriff's department.

No Pike-specific mailing format was published, so verify mail rules with corrections staff before sending letters.

Booking and Intake at the Pike County Jail

Intake at the Pike County Jail follows the steps the IDOC inspection checklist expects. After an arrest or warrant pickup, the person is brought to the jail, where receiving officers confirm the legal authority to confine them and verify identity. A pat-down search is done at intake, detainees are fingerprinted and photographed in accordance with current law, and anyone seriously ill or injured is seen by medical staff before being detained.

Classification and housing assignment follow. The 2024 inspection flagged one housing issue, where four women were placed in a room designed for two because another female room was out of service, a reminder that a small jail has limited room to separate categories. A booking then appears on the sheriff's weekly arrest report for its date range, though the page is not a real-time feed.

Getting to the Pike County Jail Downtown

The jail is in the heart of downtown Pittsfield, near the historic Pike County courthouse square, at the corner area of East Adams Street and North Monroe Street. The Circuit Clerk and courthouse sit a short walk away at 100 East Washington Street, so visitors handling jail, court, and prosecutor business stay within a few blocks. From the IL-106 and Washington Street corridor or the US-54 approach, head toward the courthouse square and then to the sheriff complex.

Free parking is noted around the courthouse grounds, but that note is for the courthouse rather than the jail, so confirm visitor parking with the sheriff's department first. No official transit route to the jail was found, and rural visitors from Barry, Griggsville, Pleasant Hill, Hull, Nebo, and similar communities route into Pittsfield before reaching the downtown complex. Bring a valid photo ID for any visit.

Medical, PREA, and Jail Conditions

Medical and mental-health care is contracted with ACH, with a nurse about 10 hours a week, a doctor every other week, and mental-health service every two weeks or as needed. Meals are prepared on site by a county employee, and a Pike County Health Department food inspection on October 9, 2024, noted no violations. Library access, including Illinois Compiled Statutes, is provided by tablet through TurnKey Corrections.

The jail follows a Prison Rape Elimination Act zero-tolerance policy. Detainees may report sexual abuse to staff, a supervisor, healthcare or a medical form, a grievance form, the sheriff's office, the free #885 crisis helpline, or The Women's Center crisis line at 800-334-2094. The 2024 inspection flagged staffing, female cell assignment, supervision-check timeliness at 65 percent, and missing commissary-audit documentation as items to improve.

About the Pike County Jail Building

The jail has a layered history in downtown Pittsfield. The sheriff's history page says the jail was built on its present site at the northeast corner of North Monroe Street and East Adams Street in 1861, with the current addition added in 1984, and that the original jail is still used as administrative offices. IDOC inspection forms list a construction date of 1986, which likely reflects the newer addition. The history page is shown below.

The sheriff's jail history page describes the 1861 jail, the 1984 addition, and the original jail's current use.

The jail sits near the historic county courthouse square, so visitors moving between the jail, court, and prosecutor offices stay within a few downtown blocks.

The sheriff's department homepage carries the mission statement and department navigation for the office that runs the jail.

From that office, the sheriff also covers patrol across roughly 837 square miles and the communities served around Pittsfield.