This is a private reference website, not a Henderson County or Illinois government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking or court record. Direct those requests to the office responsible for the record.
Official Contacts for Custody and Records
The Henderson County Sheriff's Office is the starting point for current county-jail status, the correct receiving address, and the sheriff's records or FOIA process. Research found conflicting official address references, so call before mailing a request or traveling.
Henderson County Sheriff's Office and Jail
Phone: (309) 867-4291
Jail listed by the Illinois Sheriffs' Association: 113 N. 4th Street, Oquawka, IL 61469
Mailing address: P.O. Box 228, Oquawka, IL 61469
No verified public hours or dedicated records line was located. An Illinois Department of Corrections inspection used 248 Warren Street, so confirm the destination and availability by phone.
Henderson County Circuit Clerk
Henderson County Courthouse
307 Warren Street, Oquawka, IL 61469
Phone: (309) 867-3121
Use the clerk for case numbers, filings, dockets, dispositions, and certified court-record procedures. A court docket is not a live jail roster.
Choose the Office That Holds the Answer
- For a county booking record or photograph, begin with the home-page records guide and ask the sheriff for its current FOIA method.
- For a same-day check, use Arrests Last 24 Hours; for a date range, use the Police Blotter.
- For custody alerts, use the VINELink Custody Check or call Illinois VINE at (866) 566-8439.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Illinois Department of Corrections search or call IDOC at (217) 558-2200. IDOC is not the county booking source.
- For federal custody, use the Bureau of Prisons locator; for immigration detention, use the ICE locator. Neither is a Henderson County arrest feed.
Municipal Police Starting Points
Oquawka Village Hall, 507 Schuyler Street, can be reached at (309) 867-3481 for its municipal police contact. Stronghurst directs normal-hours police contact through Village Hall at (309) 924-1525 and identifies the sheriff as its after-hours route. A current direct Lomax Police telephone number was not verified; its documented mailing address is P.O. Box 21, Lomax, IL 61454. Do not use the training board's number as Lomax dispatch. Call 911 for an emergency.