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Lawrence County Release Meanings

A Lawrence County release is a change in one agency's control over a person. It does not always mean the person returned to the community. The county jail may release someone under a court's pretrial order, after time served, or after a case is dismissed. It may instead transfer that person to the Illinois Department of Corrections, another county, or an agency acting on a hold. Lawrence Correctional Center can release a person to mandatory supervised release, commonly called MSR, or record a final discharge after all custody and supervision end.

The source must fit the event. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office holds jail booking and movement records. IDOC holds state-prison records. The Circuit Clerk preserves the court orders that authorized many custody changes. VINE can report an agency-fed event. Reading those sources together prevents a transfer from being mistaken for freedom. It also explains why Lawrence County released inmates often vanish from a live roster even though a durable agency record still exists.

Time served

The custodial term credited by the court has ended.

MSR

Release from prison with conditions and IDOC supervision.

Discharge

The sentence and its supervision obligation have ended.

Detainer

A request or authority that may cause another agency to take custody.

Lawrence County Release Types

The event label matters more than roster absence. A court dismissal can support release, but another warrant may keep the person confined. A bond entry applies only when a controlling order permits monetary bond. Likewise, a prison parole date concerns departure from confinement to supervision, while a projected discharge date concerns the expected end of the full sentence.

Posting Lawrence County Release Bond

The official Sheriff and Jail page gives unusually specific instructions for orders in which monetary bond remains applicable. Once the court has set such a bond, the corrections department says it may be posted day or night. It lists cash, certified check, and credit or debit card, rejects personal checks, and warns that corrections cannot make change. A certified check is payable to the Lawrence County Circuit Clerk.

These posted methods do not mean every detainee can pay for release. Illinois pretrial law changed, and the court's current order controls. Ask the Circuit Clerk or jail which order applies before bringing funds. After payment or a release order, processing still must be completed and other holds checked. The jail record supplies the actual exit time.

Lawrence County Release Record Fields

A focused release record connects the person, booking, authority, and custody event. The live Lawrence County roster has shown a photograph plus name, age, gender, arresting agency, booking time, charges, bond, days in custody, and a release-date position. A blank release date on a current record is not a projection. The retained release sheet or movement entry is the better source after the card leaves the screen.

Not every field is public. Personal, medical, juvenile, investigative, sealed, or security-related material may be withheld or redacted. Ask for the public portions of an existing record instead of asking the Sheriff to decide whether someone is free.

Request Lawrence County Release Records

Illinois FOIA provides the formal route when the record is no longer online. A narrow request is easier to identify and less likely to produce a fee or scope dispute. The request should seek an electronic booking sheet, release sheet, or movement entry, not every document about a common name.

1. Give the full legal name, birth date if known, booking or case number, and approximate custody dates.
2. Ask for the actual release date and time, type, releasing authority, and destination or transfer agency where disclosable.
3. Request the booking photograph separately if it is needed.
4. Prefer an electronic copy and ask for segregable public portions if any field is withheld.
5. Keep the response and correspondence so actual and projected dates remain distinct.

Under 5 ILCS 140, a noncommercial request generally receives a response within five business days. A lawful written extension can add five business days. The first 50 letter- or legal-size black-and-white pages are generally free, with up to 15 cents per added page. Electronic reproduction costs may apply. Verify the current law and local practice when filing.

Which Lawrence County Office?

The Sheriff's Office and jail do not share one address. The jail is at 1306 Lexington Avenue in Lawrenceville and uses (618) 943-1693. The Sheriff's Office is at 11020 State Route 250 and uses (618) 943-6080. A person seeking the jail release or movement record should call first, name the exact record, and confirm where a request or visit belongs. This avoids arriving at the sheriff-sale and office location when the jail contact is needed.

Lawrence County Release Record Law

Illinois FOIA begins with access but contains exemptions. More specifically, 5 ILCS 140/2.15 addresses chronologically maintained arrest information. Subject to the statute, that can include identity, arrest facts, a photograph when available, and the time and date a person was received into, discharged from, or transferred from custody. Asking for the discharge-or-transfer timestamp tracks an existing public field.

Online display is not retention. Lawrence County publishes no fixed period for keeping a released card on the web. Illinois public records cannot be destroyed without records-commission authority, but no precise local retention term was verified for this jail record. Ask whether the booking file, jail register, release entry, property receipt, and photograph still exist. Sealing or expungement changes legal access; it does not prove a release date or guarantee that every separate agency copy vanishes.

Find Lawrence County Released Inmates

Start with the last known custodian. Lawrence County has both a county jail and a state prison, so a name and place alone are not enough. The county roster cannot confirm an IDOC release, and the statewide prison search does not replace a county jail movement record.

1. Check the official current-inmate list. Presence supports current county custody; absence only begins the inquiry.
2. Call the jail and ask whether the person was released or transferred, then request the movement record for durable proof.
3. Check Illinois VINE and read the reported event literally. Do not convert “transfer” into “release.”
4. Use the Lawrence County Judici search for the court order or disposition.
5. For a state sentence, use IDOC. For federal or immigration custody, use the correct federal system.

The 24-Hour Release List page explains the same-day fallback because Lawrence County has no verified recent-release feed. The Projected Release Date page addresses future estimates, which must not be treated as completed events.

IDOC Search for Lawrence Releases

The IDOC Individual in Custody Search is the statewide route for Lawrence Correctional Center and all other Illinois prisons. Search by IDOC number when possible. A name result should be matched with birth information, physical descriptors, sentence county, and sentence entries. The profile can show a photo, current status or location, admission data, and projected parole or discharge information.

IDOC states that its public search shows people who are incarcerated or on parole. After final sentence completion, the profile is no longer displayed even though archived information remains. Use the IDOC Contact Us “Record Search” route or FOIA for archived public fields. The IDOC FAQ explains this limit.

The official IDOC search screen shows where the statewide lookup begins. View the source page for the current fields before relying on the captured layout.

This image identifies the state system; it is not proof of any named person's release.

Lawrence Release Records In Person

Online dockets may show an index or chronological entries without the full order. Lawrence County is in the Second Judicial Circuit, and the official courthouse directory confirms a public-access terminal, printer, and scanner at the Circuit Clerk counter. The courthouse is at 1100 State Street, Lawrenceville, and the listed hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The clerk's number is (618) 943-2815.

Search by case number when possible. Review pretrial conditions, bond orders, dismissal, sentencing, mittimus, jail credit, probation, revocation, and termination entries. The docket tells what the judge ordered. The jail record tells when the physical movement occurred. Obtain a certified copy from the clerk when formal court proof is needed.

Lawrence County Recent Releases

Lawrence County, Illinois, has no verified official 24-hour or 72-hour released-inmate view. The Sheriff-linked page is a current-only roster. Similar search results can lead to Lawrence County, Missouri, which is the wrong jurisdiction. No official refresh interval or post-release web-retention promise is published.

The best fallback is the current roster, jail telephone, Illinois VINE, county court docket, and focused FOIA request. The county also promotes a Sheriff app for inmate or jail information, contacts, and related features, but the available evidence does not establish a rolling recent-release archive. App functions should be checked in the live listing before use.

Lawrence County Release Supervision

Parole and mandatory supervised release follow an IDOC prison term. The Illinois Prisoner Review Board sets conditions and handles specified hearings, while the IDOC Parole Division supervises people in the community. Probation is different. It is ordered and managed through the court, with Lawrence County cases tied to the Second Judicial Circuit.

An active IDOC profile may show parole status. No result does not prove there is no supervision because the spelling may differ, the person may be on county probation, or the state sentence may be fully discharged. Use the docket and relevant office while respecting confidential supervision details. More routes appear on Parole & Probation.

Lawrence Release Alerts and Locators

Illinois VINE through VINELink receives events from participating county booking systems, IDOC, human-services systems, and circuit clerks. Search a person, match the agency and identifiers, and read the custody event exactly. VINE can send phone, text, email, or mobile notifications when offered. It is useful for future changes but is not a certified release sheet or permanent archive.

Federal systems remain separate. The BOP inmate locator covers federal prison records and can display a past release date. “Released” from BOP does not rule out supervision or custody elsewhere. ICE's locator covers immigration detention and a limited period after release; USMS has no general public detainee locator. Use these paths only when the person's case actually involves that authority.

Two Lawrence Release Systems

Lawrence Correctional Center is a maximum-security IDOC prison that opened in November 2001. It is separate from Lawrence County Jail even though both names start with “Lawrence.” People at the prison may have convictions from any Illinois county. Their release, parole, transfer, and final-discharge records belong to IDOC, VINE, and sometimes the Prisoner Review Board.

County jail releases belong to the Sheriff and local court path. A transfer from the jail to Lawrence Correctional Center or another IDOC site is not a community release. Likewise, departure from the Sumner prison for another IDOC facility is continued state custody unless the status says otherwise. Always identify the facility before choosing a search.

Where Lawrence Release Records Appear

Each lookup has a defined role. Using several sources is not duplication when each answers a different question.

Lawrence County Release Facilities

Lawrence County Jail handles local arrests, court detention, and county sentences. Confirm a community exit or transfer through the jail record, VINE, and Lawrence County docket. Lawrence Correctional Center is an IDOC state prison in Sumner. Confirm its releases through the statewide IDOC profile, VINE, PRB material when applicable, or an archived IDOC request after final discharge.

No official source reviewed identified a federal prison, ICE detention center, regional jail, or municipal long-term detention facility in Lawrence County. Temporary police holding does not justify another facility page. The two documented facilities use different agencies, records, and release paths.