This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, pull official booking records, change a court date, or remove a public record. Use the official contact routes below for those requests.
Official Adams County Contacts
For same-day custody questions, start with the office that runs or holds the record. The Adams County Jail publishes the adult Daily Population Sheet each morning around 6:00 a.m., but the county warns that it is not accurate for the whole day. The jail phone is the better route when a booking, release, or transfer may have happened after the morning update.
Adams County Jail
537 Vermont St
Quincy, IL 62301
Phone: 217-277-2202
Adams County Sheriff and Jail
535 Vermont St
Quincy, IL 62301
Sheriff Tony Grootens
Main phone: 217-277-2200
Fax: 217-277-2214
Administrative hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays
Sheriff's Records and Warrants
Police reports and sheriff records: 217-277-2200
Warrant section: 217-277-2209
Records may carry a nominal fee and may be withheld for privacy reasons or an active investigation.
Use these routes based on the type of record or custody question:
- For someone in the adult county jail, use jail inmate records and call Adams County Jail at 217-277-2202 for current status.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the county Daily Population Sheet if the person is currently listed.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Circuit Clerk route below.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Adams County Jail or Adams County Juvenile Detention Center facility page listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner or parolee, use the IDOC Individual in Custody Search.
- For federal custody, use the BOP inmate locator. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS.
Court and Juvenile Routes
Court records are not held by this site or by the jail roster. Adams County Circuit Clerk Lori Geschwandner handles public court-record access through the courthouse office and the Judici case-search route, subject to suppressed, impounded, confidential, and sealed record limits.
Adams County Circuit Clerk
521 Vermont St
Quincy, IL 62301
Phone: 217-277-2100
Email: circuitclerk@adamscountyil.gov
Court search: Judici Adams County case search
Adams County State's Attorney
Todd Eyler
521 Vermont St
Quincy, IL 62301
Phone: 217-277-2225
Email: statesattorney@adamscountyil.gov
Adams County Juvenile Detention Center
200 N 52nd St
Quincy, IL 62305
Phone: 217-277-2233
Email: juvenilecenter@adamscountyil.gov
Juvenile custody records and rosters are not public like adult jail population sheets.
Victims and family members who need custody-change alerts may also use VINELink, when a covered custody record is available through that system.