Stark County Jail Overview
Stark County Jail is operated by the Stark County Sheriff's Office. It is the only detention facility listed in the Stark County facility map for this project, and no separate municipal jail, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, or work-release annex was located inside Stark County. The jail serves local arrestees, pretrial detainees, and county jail detainees unless a person is released, transferred, sentenced to IDOC, or moved into a federal or immigration system.
The official sheriff page places the Sheriff's Office and jail in Toulon and notes that the office has served Stark County since the first jail was built in 1849. The Illinois Sheriffs' Association Stark County page describes the jail as being on Route 17 in Toulon behind the courthouse. That local setting matters because jail, court, county clerk, and courthouse records all sit close together in the county seat, but they still maintain different records.
The Stark County Sheriff's Office page supplies the official local contact block for the jail and sheriff's office.
The screenshot reinforces that Stark County Jail lookup questions should start with the local sheriff when no public roster is posted.
Stark County Jail Capacity
The strongest facility numbers come from the Illinois Sheriffs' Association and the 2023 IDOC Stark County Jail inspection. The Sheriffs' Association lists 15 jail beds. The IDOC inspection, conducted June 1, 2023 and transmitted June 5, 2023, describes the physical layout as three two-occupant cells and one one-occupant temporary isolation room on the first floor, plus three two-occupant cells and one two-occupant detention room on the second floor. The same inspection states that Stark County Jail does not house detainees for other jurisdictions.
Small-county capacity should be read carefully. A change of one or two detainees can affect occupancy more than it would in a large urban jail. No official current average daily population dashboard was located for Stark County Jail in the reviewed sources, so current count questions should go to the sheriff or through a written records request.
Look Up Stark County Jail Custody
No official Stark County Jail online roster, booking list, recent booking report, mugshot gallery, warrant list, inmate-services page, or official sheriff app was located. The facility lookup route is therefore not a web roster. Current custody starts with the sheriff's phone or in-person office. Written booking records and older records can be requested through the county FOIA path, and court charges should be checked through the Circuit Clerk or Judici once a criminal case exists.
- Call Stark County Jail through the Sheriff's Office at (309) 286-2541 for current custody confirmation.
- Provide full name, date of birth if known, and an approximate arrest or booking date.
- If a record is not available by phone, use the County Clerk FOIA officer and identify the Sheriff's Office as record holder.
- Search Judici or contact the Circuit Clerk for formal charges, hearing dates, and case status.
- Use the IDOC Individual in Custody Search only for sentenced state-prison custody.
- Use BOP or ICE locators only if the custody is federal or immigration custody, not ordinary county jail custody.
Stark County Jail Contact
The sheriff page lists the office address, phone, fax, and weekday administrative hours. It also lists Charles Demetreon as sheriff, Matt Shipp as chief deputy, Joseph Charvat as ECC director, and Jessica Kraft as secretary. The Illinois Sheriffs' Association page identifies Matt Shipp as chief deputy and jail administrator. Administrative counter service and records questions should be handled during posted business hours unless the jail gives different instructions.
Stark County Jail
130 W Jefferson St
PO Box 610
Toulon, IL 61483-0610
(309) 286-2541
Fax: (309) 286-6091
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:00pm
Stark County FOIA Officer
County Clerk and Recorder
PO Box 97, 130 West Main Street
Toulon, IL 61483
(309) 286-5911
clerk@starkco.illinois.gov
Monday-Friday, 8:30am-4:30pm
Visit Stark County Jail
Stark County does not publish a full local visitation schedule in the sources reviewed. The 2023 IDOC inspection confirms one video visitation station in the jail. Illinois county jail standards reference at least two visiting days per week, at least one weekend visiting day, at least 15 minutes per visit, visitor identification and sign-in, children visiting with an adult, and professional or case-related visits. Those points should be treated as standards and inspection criteria, not posted local hours.
| Topic | Facility Detail | Before Travel |
|---|---|---|
| Posted local schedule | No schedule found on the sheriff page | Call the jail before leaving. |
| Video visitation | One video visitation station is located in the jail | Ask whether a visit is onsite video or another format. |
| Minimum standards | At least two visiting days, one weekend day, 15 minutes | Confirm the actual Stark County time slot. |
| Visitor ID | ID and sign-in are part of the standards checklist | Bring government identification. |
| Children | Standards refer to children with adult accompaniment | Ask about age, guardian, and document rules. |
| Professional visits | Professional and case-related visits receive separate treatment | Attorneys and providers should coordinate directly. |
Stark County Jail Mail
Mail, phone, and money rules at Stark County Jail differ from common assumptions about larger jails. The 2023 IDOC inspection states that telephone service is provided by Encartel, Inc. It also states that commissary is not provided at the jail and that postage is provided at no charge to detainees. No official Stark County phone-rate table, deposit vendor, commissary menu, remote-video vendor, or mail-address template was located.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Jail standards cover incoming, outgoing, privileged, package, and withheld-mail rules. | Confirm current address format before mailing. | |
| Phone | Encartel, Inc. provides telephone service. | Official local rates were not located. |
| Video visit | One video visitation station is located inside the jail. | No remote scheduling page was located. |
| Commissary | Commissary is not provided at Stark County Jail. | Do not assume a county jail deposit vendor exists. |
| Postage | The jail provides postage at no charge. | Ask whether any mail limits apply. |
| IDOC deposits | JPay, Western Union, MoneyGram, and lockbox options apply to IDOC prisoners. | Those are state-prison services, not Stark County Jail commissary. |
Note: Confirm custody and jail service rules before sending funds, mail, or visit requests because Stark County does not post a full inmate-services page.
Booking at Stark County Jail
Stark County Jail booking is not described in a local public manual, but the inspection checklist and Illinois jail standards document the required pieces. A typical local intake path includes arrest, transport, legal authority and identity review, pat-down or search, property receipt, fingerprints, photographs, health screening, mental-health screening, orientation, housing or classification, reasonable phone access, and later release or transfer documentation. No official local rule was found for how fast a new booking appears in any public source.
Booking charges are not always final court charges. After arrest, the State's Attorney may file, amend, reduce, dismiss, or replace charges, and the Circuit Clerk maintains the court record. A Stark County Jail booking record can help confirm custody, but Judici and the Circuit Clerk are the better sources for court dates, dispositions, sentences, case balances, and charge status. For more detail on the lookup chain, use the Stark County inmate records page.
Stark County Jail Services
The 2023 IDOC inspection gives concrete service details for Stark County Jail. Medical services are provided by a health department nurse for intake health screenings and general sick call. A local hospital is used for emergencies and medical needs outside the nurse's scope. Mental-health services are provided by North Central Mental Health. Meals are prepared onsite by jail staff who hold a current food service license.
The inspection also notes improvements and noncompliances. Improvements since the prior compliance monitoring included new uniforms, new mattresses, and upstairs jail cells painted. Noncompliance findings involved documentation for 30-minute observation checks, annual training documentation, and emergency response drill documentation. Those findings should be read as inspection documentation, not as a current population count or as a visitor rule.
Note: Call Stark County Jail before travel because custody, visits, release status, and service rules can change without a posted online update.
Beyond Stark County Jail
Stark County Jail is not an IDOC prison, a BOP facility, or an ICE detention center. IDOC is the correct path after a person has been sentenced to state prison or appears in state custody records. BOP is for federal prison custody, and ICE ODLS is for immigration detainee location searches. VINE can support custody and case notification, but it is not a replacement for the sheriff when the question is a current local booking.
The facility map did not locate any state, federal, ICE, regional, work-release, or separate municipal detention facility in Stark County. If a person arrested in Stark County cannot be confirmed at the jail, ask whether the person was released, moved to court, transferred to IDOC, picked up on another warrant, held in a federal matter, or connected to immigration custody. Each answer sends the search to a different record system.