This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, approve a visit, or pull official booking, jail, court, or mugshot records. Use the official office that maintains the record.
Official Franklin County Contacts
For current county jail custody or visitation questions, the local starting point is the Franklin County Sheriff's Office & Jail Facility in Benton. Sheriff Kyle Bacon's office operates the county jail and directs jail visitation questions to the main jail phone line. For written jail record requests, Franklin County lists Dava Vice as the sheriff FOIA officer on the county transparency page. Court charges and case filings after an arrest are handled through the Circuit Clerk and the Judici court portal, not through this site.
Franklin County Sheriff's Office & Jail Facility
403 East Main Street
Benton, IL 62812
Phone: 618-438-4841
Official page: Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff FOIA Officer
Dava Vice
Franklin County Jail
403 E. Main
Benton, IL 62812
FOIA page: Franklin County transparency and FOIA
Franklin County Circuit Clerk
Jim Muir, Circuit Clerk
Franklin County Courthouse
100 Public Square
Benton, IL 62812
Phone: 618-435-9800
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Court records: Circuit Clerk and Franklin County Judici
Use the source that matches the question:
- For someone currently in the county jail, start with jail inmate records, the Franklin County Sheriff IL app, or the jail phone line.
- For booking photographs, use the jail roster mugshots page and, when needed, the sheriff FOIA channel under 5 ILCS 140.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Judici, or the Circuit Clerk.
- For facility details, use the Franklin County Sheriff's Office & Jail Facility page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Illinois prisoner, use the IDOC Individual in Custody Search.
- For federal or immigration detention, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE ODLS. Illinois custody notifications may be available through VINELink.