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Adams County Jail Overview

Adams County Jail is operated by the Adams County Sheriff's Office and serves the adult jail population for Quincy and the rest of Adams County. The county jail page describes a facility that opened in 2020, with eight housing pods, a separate work-release section, a booking area that includes a negative-pressure room, and a nursing station. Jail Administrator Brian Curran is listed for daily jail operations, while the sheriff's office retains overall authority for the jail.

The Adams County Jail population includes adult pretrial detainees, people serving county sentences, work-release or Electronic Home Detention eligible defendants, parole or agency holds, and some people held for other authorities. The county page gives a special limit for U.S. Marshals detainees: Adams County Jail says it cannot confirm U.S. Marshals inmate information and directs those inquiries to 217-429-4227. That is a key exception to ordinary same-day jail confirmation.

Adams County Jail Capacity

Two official sources give slightly different capacity figures. The Adams County Jail page describes the jail as a 192-bed facility. The 2025 Illinois Department of Corrections inspection listed 194 total beds, with 146 male beds and 48 female beds. That same inspection recorded 106 people in custody on May 15, 2025, including 87 male detainees and 19 female detainees. The inspection figure is a dated snapshot, not an average daily population.

The adult jail inspection also listed no juvenile capacity and no juvenile population for the Adams County Jail. Youth detention is handled separately through the Adams County Juvenile Detention Center. For adult population questions, the strongest local current source is the Daily Population Sheet, but that PDF does not publish a total count in the visible extracted header and should not be treated as a full statistical report.

Adams County Jail Lookup

The official adult lookup channel is the Adams County Daily Population Sheet, linked from the jail page under the inmate list. Adams County does not publish an interactive jail roster search in the inspected official materials. The roster is a static PDF that is updated around 6:00 a.m., and the county warns that it is not accurate throughout the day. For more detail on current adult jail records, the broader Adams County inmate records page explains the county, state, federal, and ICE lookup chain.

If the Daily Population Sheet does not answer a records question, the Sheriff's Records Division is the local fallback at 217-277-2200. That route is for police reports or booking-related records that are not fully available in the public PDF, subject to privacy, active-investigation, juvenile, and other release limits.

1. Open the Adams County Jail page and choose the Daily Population Sheet link.
2. Check the printed date before relying on a row, since the PDF is a morning snapshot.
3. Use the browser or PDF find command for a last name, first name, AC number, charge, or court date.
4. Read the full row for charge text, bond, court date, time, and courtroom, since long charges may wrap.
5. Call Adams County Jail at 217-277-2202 for same-day custody confirmation when the PDF may be stale.

Adams County Jail Visits

Video visiting for Adams County Jail uses CTEL/CPC through InmateSales, with customer service at 1-877-998-5678. Visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance through a public visitation room terminal, inmatesales.com, or the phone service. On-site visitors use the Jail Visitation lobby off Vermont Street, arrive 10 minutes early, and adult visitors need photo ID. Children may not be left unattended, and visitors must remain properly dressed.

Both on-site and remote visits are blocked during the listed meal periods. People on probation, people with pending felony or misdemeanor cases, victims in the person's current pending case, and people with a current order of protection against the inmate are not allowed to visit under the county rules. Attorney and clergy communications need facility clearance and InmateSales coordination for different handling.

Adams County Jail Mail

Non-legal mail for Adams County Jail is routed to a scanning address in Kentucky, not to the Vermont Street jail address. The envelope should use the inmate name and inmate ID, followed by Adams County Jail, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. Legal mail and lawyer correspondence use Adams County Jail, 537 Vermont Street, Quincy, IL 62301. The rules page also notes that legal mail not sent to the Vermont Street address may be returned.

JailATM handles commissary funds and family care packs. The east Jail Visitation entrance kiosk is available 24 hours and accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash, but it does not accept dollar bills. Care packs arrive weekly with commissary orders, and commissary orders are due by Monday at 10:00 p.m. Phone and chirper funds are separate from commissary funds and can be added through the kiosk, inmatesales.com, or 1-877-998-5678. JailATM online account help is listed at 1-870-627-5476.

Adams County Jail Intake

Booking at Adams County Jail creates the local custody record that may later appear on the Daily Population Sheet. The 2025 IDOC inspection checklist supports the main intake steps: staff verify identity and legal authority for confinement, conduct a pat-down search, inventory property, take fingerprints and photographs, screen for medical and mental-health concerns, and create booking and personal records. The public PDF does not show every item in the jail file.

After booking is complete, county jail rules say each inmate may make a telephone call for bond if requested. Inmates arriving with cash deposit it through the booking kiosk to the commissary account. Property is secured and returned on release, but official pages conflict on inmate property pickup hours. The practical rule is to call the jail before pickup because the jail rules page and sheriff FAQ list different pickup windows.

Classification

Housing and security placement based on charge, behavior, medical needs, and separation rules.

Detainer

A hold or custody request from another agency that can delay release.

EHD

Electronic Home Detention, a GPS-supervised alternative that requires approval from the State's Attorney, defendant, and judge.

Adams County Jail Programs

Adams County publishes unusually specific Electronic Home Detention terms. EHD is a sheriff-administered custody alternative, not a separate jail building. It costs $15 per day, is billed weekly at $105, and requires an initial $105 payment on installation day. Payment is debit or credit only, with no cash accepted. EHD requires agreement from the State's Attorney, the defendant, and the judge, so it is not available merely by request.

Inside the jail, section kiosks let inmates access email, the law book, nurse requests, haircut requests, grievances, commissary, and phone account tools. The county jail page links PREA annual reports and an audit, and the county PREA language describes protections against offender-on-offender sexual abuse, staff sexual misconduct, and sexual harassment. Those PREA links are official compliance sources, but the page should not be read as a substitute for the reports themselves.

Daily cost

$15 per day, billed weekly at $105.

Installation payment

$105 due on installation day by debit or credit card only.

Approval rule

State's Attorney, defendant, and judicial approval are required before EHD begins.