Crawford County Inmate Population
The Crawford County inmate population is split between two official systems. The Crawford County Jail is the local booking facility for people arrested by the sheriff's office and other local agencies. It holds pretrial detainees, local sentenced detainees, and people booked into the county jail system. Robinson Correctional Center is different. It is an Illinois Department of Corrections prison in Crawford County for sentenced adult male individuals in custody, so its residents are searched through the statewide IDOC locator rather than the county jail roster.
That distinction matters because the word "Robinson" can point to two different custody paths. A person newly arrested in Crawford County should be checked on the sheriff-linked Online Inmate System. A person serving a state sentence at Robinson Correctional Center should be checked through IDOC's Individual in Custody Search. No official source identified a Bureau of Prisons, ICE, or separate city jail physically in Crawford County, so federal and immigration checks use statewide or national locators.
Crawford County Jail Population Statistics
The strongest jail-specific population source located for Crawford County is the 2020 Illinois county jail inspection document page. That inspection reports the Crawford County Jail's rated capacity and the headcount observed on February 14, 2020. It does not supply a current average daily population, annual booking count, average length of stay, or a public multi-year local jail dashboard. The page should therefore use the official snapshot and avoid filling gaps with estimates.
Robinson Correctional Center has a more current state-prison count. The official IDOC Robinson Correctional Center page lists operational capacity and population as of June 30, 2024. Those figures are not county jail numbers. They belong to the state prison population physically located in Crawford County.
| Measure | Figure | Source and Date |
|---|---|---|
| Crawford County Jail rated capacity | 46 total beds | Illinois county jail inspection, Feb. 14, 2020 |
| Male capacity | 30 beds | Illinois county jail inspection, Feb. 14, 2020 |
| Female capacity | 14 beds | Illinois county jail inspection, Feb. 14, 2020 |
| Juvenile capacity | 2 beds | Illinois county jail inspection, Feb. 14, 2020 |
| Inspection-date jail population | 27 people | Illinois county jail inspection, Feb. 14, 2020 |
| Robinson Correctional Center capacity | 1,202 | IDOC facility page, June 30, 2024 |
| Robinson Correctional Center population | 1,133 | IDOC facility page, June 30, 2024 |
Crawford County Inmate Population Trends
Crawford County does not appear to publish a recent county jail trend table on the official pages reviewed. IDOC's Jail and Detention Standards Unit collects monthly detainee population statistics from county jails, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics collects national jail data, but an accessible Crawford-specific average daily population series was not located in the research set. The available trend evidence is a snapshot, not a full line chart.
The statewide change most likely to affect the Crawford County inmate population is Illinois pretrial reform. Illinois eliminated routine monetary cash bail on September 18, 2023. Since then, release after arrest is framed around court-ordered conditions or statutory detention, not a routine cash payment at the jail. The roster may still show a Bond column, but that field should be read with court records and current Illinois pretrial law in mind.
| Year or Date | Jail ADP or Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 14, 2020 | 27 | Inspection-date count for a 46-bed county jail. |
| 2021-2024 | Not located | No official local ADP table was found in the inspected sources. |
| June 30, 2024 | 1,133 | State-prison population at Robinson Correctional Center, not the county jail. |
Crawford County Inmate Population Makeup
The 2020 inspection gives a narrow but useful demographic view of the Crawford County Jail on the inspection date. It counted 23 males, 4 females, and no juveniles in custody. It also listed the facility's capacity by male, female, juvenile male, and juvenile female beds. The public roster shows age and race/sex on individual roster cards, but no official aggregate dashboard for race, age bands, charge level, pretrial status, or average length of stay was located.
- Local jail custody: Crawford County Jail holds pretrial detainees, local sentenced detainees, and people booked by local law-enforcement agencies.
- State prison custody: Robinson Correctional Center holds sentenced adult male IDOC individuals in custody.
- Federal custody: No BOP facility was identified in Crawford County, so federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the BOP locator.
- Immigration custody: No ICE detention facility was identified in Crawford County, so ICE checks use ODLS and official ICE resources.
Laws Governing Crawford County Jail Data
Illinois law shapes what the public can see about the Crawford County inmate population. The Illinois Freedom of Information Act presumes public records are open unless an exemption applies. The arrest-record provision requires law-enforcement agencies to provide core arrest information within 72 hours after arrest, including a photograph when available. Jail standards also matter because IDOC has statutory authority to set county jail standards and inspect local jails.
Key statutes and rules:
Illinois FOIA, 5 ILCS 140 presumes public records are open unless a listed exemption applies.
5 ILCS 140/2.15 covers arrest-report access within 72 hours and includes photographs when available.
730 ILCS 5/3-15-2 gives IDOC authority to establish jail standards and inspect county jails.
Illinois Reporting of Deaths in Custody Act creates a statewide process for reporting custodial deaths.
Search Crawford County Inmate Population
The official current jail roster is the Crawford County Online Inmate System, linked from the sheriff's department page. It is free and no login was observed. It does not use a typical typed search box. Instead, the user clicks the first letter of the inmate's last name, then opens the name link for the detail record. This makes spelling and last-name order important.
- Open the official Crawford County jail roster and choose the first letter of the person's last name.
- Review the roster cards under that letter for name, age, class, race/sex, visit note, and intake date.
- Click the person's name to open the public detail page when a match appears.
- Read the charge table for the TCA Description, Bond field, and Court Date value.
- If the person is not listed, call the jail, submit a FOIA request, check IDOC, or use federal and ICE locators as the custody path requires.
The Crawford County Sheriff's Department page also links VINELink, JailATM, CourtMoney, PREA information, Cidnet messaging, and the jail inspection report. That page is the strongest official local hub when the roster alone does not answer the question.
Crawford County Roster Fields
The roster's public interface is simple but locally distinctive. A-Z letter links are the only observed roster filter. The public record card can show a booking photo and several custody fields. The detail popup adds a charge table, but it does not show every field people often expect, such as booking number, housing unit, release date, warrant number, or arresting agency.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-Z letter links | Link/filter | Required to browse | Each URL uses index.aspx?id= followed by the last-name first letter. |
| Inmate name link | Clickable result | Optional after results appear | Opens the details.aspx popup with a record id and signature. |
| View Records Policy | Sidebar link | Optional | Text appeared in the roster sidebar, but no populated href was captured. |
| Back to top | Page link | No | Appears on roster cards. |
The screenshot from the official Crawford County jail roster home shows the A-Z layout and roster cards used for current jail detainees.
The image reinforces that Crawford County uses browse links and roster cards, not a modern multi-field county search form.
Crawford County Inmate Record Details
A Crawford County inmate record should be read as a custody snapshot. The roster card can confirm that a person is currently listed, show the intake date and time, and display a booking photo. The detail record can show booking charge text and court date status. It is not the same thing as a final court case record, and it does not prove conviction.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot / booking photo | Public front-facing booking photo beside the roster entry and detail view. |
| Name | Clickable public name link that opens the detail popup. |
| Age | Age in years. |
| Class | Custody, classification, or status label entered by the jail. |
| Race/Sex | Abbreviated race and sex field. |
| Visit | Visit instruction. The observed sample said to call the facility for time. |
| Intake Date | Date and time booked into the facility. |
| TCA Description | Charge description in the detail page table. |
| Bond | System bond value. Illinois pretrial rules mean this should not be treated as a payment instruction. |
| Court Date | Court date if set. The observed sample showed Not Set. |
Crawford County Jail vs Prison
The Crawford County Jail and Robinson Correctional Center serve different legal roles. The jail is tied to arrest, booking, court appearance, local detention, and short local custody. The prison is an IDOC institution for sentenced adult male prisoners. Searching the wrong system is a common reason a person appears to be missing.
| Question | Crawford County Jail | Robinson Correctional Center |
|---|---|---|
| Operator | Crawford County Sheriff's Office | Illinois Department of Corrections |
| Custody type | Pretrial, booking, and local sentenced custody | Sentenced state-prison custody |
| Lookup tool | County Online Inmate System | IDOC Individual in Custody Search |
| Public photo source | County roster booking photo when available | IDOC profile photo if displayed by IDOC |
| Best fallback | Call jail or file sheriff FOIA request | Use IDOC locator, VINE, and IDOC facility contact |
Crawford County State Federal ICE Search
State, federal, and immigration custody checks should be handled separately from the Crawford County jail roster. Search IDOC by last name, IDOC number, or birthdate for sentenced Illinois prisoners. Use the BOP inmate locator for federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present. Use ICE ODLS for people currently in ICE custody or in CBP custody more than 48 hours.
VINELink is another useful channel. The Illinois Attorney General describes VINE as a free and confidential notification service tied to county jail booking systems, IDOC, Illinois DHS, and circuit clerks. Crawford County's sheriff page links to Illinois VINELink person search, which can help with custody or court notifications when a roster check is not enough.
Crawford County Detention Facilities
The facility map for Crawford County includes one local jail and one state prison. The local jail is the first stop for current Crawford County arrests. The state prison is physically in the county, but it is run by IDOC and searched through the state locator.
- Crawford County Jail holds Crawford County pretrial detainees, local sentenced detainees, and people booked by local law-enforcement agencies.
- Robinson Correctional Center is a minimum-security adult male IDOC prison for sentenced Illinois individuals in custody.
Crawford County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Crawford County Jail population? The official source located is a February 14, 2020 inspection snapshot showing 27 people in a 46-bed jail. No current official local ADP table was found.
How do I search current Crawford County inmates? Use the Online Inmate System, click the first letter of the last name, then open the name link for details.
Why is Robinson Correctional Center separate? It is an IDOC state prison, not the sheriff's county jail, so sentenced prisoners there appear in the IDOC locator.
Can I find released inmates online? The roster retention period was not published. Use jail phone contact, court records, VINELink, or a sheriff FOIA request for older booking records.