This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record.
Official Hancock County Record Contacts
Choose the office that created the record. The research found no published hours for the Sheriff's Office or a dedicated Sheriff FOIA email, so call before visiting and send records requests in writing.
Hancock County Sheriff and Jail
Sheriff Travis Duffy
98 Buchanan Street
Carthage, IL 62321
Phone: 217-357-2115
Fax: 217-357-3035
Email: tduffy@hancockcounty-il.gov
For a booking or release record, address a written request to Sheriff FOIA Officer Maria Hopp at the same street address. Ask for the release date, time, authority, and receiving agency or destination for a defined booking.
Hancock County Circuit Clerk
Keara Weber
500 Main Street
Carthage, IL 62321
Phone: 217-357-2616
Email: kweber@9thjudicial.org
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Clerk provides court copies and dockets. A court order may explain legal authority for release, but the Sheriff's record supplies the actual jail exit event.
State Custody and Local Supervision
Hancock County Court Services and Probation: 500 Main Street, Suite 3A, Carthage, IL 62321; 217-357-2033; fax 217-357-2051.
IDOC public information: 217-558-2200. This is the public route for questions about current or former people in Illinois state custody when the web search is unclear or no longer shows a fully discharged person.
The right next step depends on the question:
- For a named person's county release and the written-record process, start with the home guide.
- For local probation or IDOC community supervision, use Probation & Parole.
- For same-day release activity, read Jail Releases: 24 Hours; Hancock has no official feed identified as of the research date.
- For a state prison estimate or alert, consult Projected Release or VINELink Inmate Search.
- For facility details, use the Hancock County Jail or IDOC page listed below.
- For federal sentenced custody, use the official BOP locator. For immigration custody, use the official ICE locator.