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The correct Hardin County contact depends on whether the question concerns a physical jail release, a court order, community supervision, an IDOC sentence, or a VINE alert. Use the office that created the record. Calling first is especially useful because no current Hardin jail counter hours, release-desk schedule, named FOIA officer, or local copy-fee schedule was found in the official research.

Hardin County Released Inmates is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking or court record. Contact the responsible public office directly for those services.

Custody and Records Contacts

Start with the office closest to the event, then use another system only when the record shows that custody or supervision moved.

Hardin County Sheriff and Jail

104 E. Market St.
P.O. Box 246
Elizabethtown, IL 62931
Phone: 618-287-2271
Email listed in the 2022 inspection: sheriff@hardincountyil.gov

Ask the jail about current custody, a release or transfer time, the receiving agency, booking records, and the current FOIA contact. Public counter and release-desk hours were not found, so confirm them by phone.

Hardin Circuit Clerk

Nancy Pennell
102 Market St., P.O. Box 308
Elizabethtown, IL 62931
Phone: 618-287-2200 ext. 2
Fax: 618-287-2713
Courthouse hours: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
General courthouse phone: 618-287-2735

Use the clerk for court orders, docket documents, disposition, sentence, and certification or copy-fee questions.

Illinois Department of Corrections

Office of Constituent Services
1000 E. Converse Ave., P.O. Box 19277
Springfield, IL 62794-9277
Phone: 217-558-2200
Published hours: Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Use the IDOC public search for a person currently incarcerated or on parole. Use IDOC’s FOIA or archived-record route after the whole sentence has ended. For projected-date or earned-credit questions, IDOC lists DOC.EDSCInquiries@Illinois.gov and asks users to allow 48 business hours for a response.

Other common routes include:

  • For a named released person or release record, begin with the Home page search and records guide.
  • For probation, parole, or MSR, use Post-Release Supervision. Hardin probation officer Kallista Jones is listed at One N Main, Elizabethtown, 618-287-8891.
  • For recent jail movements, use the 24-Hour Releases request path.
  • For dates and notifications, use Release Date Lookup and the VINE Inmate Check. Illinois VINE support is 866-566-8439, available 24/7/365.
  • For a particular custodian, choose the matching facility page in the footer.
  • For a state prisoner, use IDOC; for federal or immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE system rather than the county jail.

Under 5 ILCS 140/6, the first 50 black-and-white letter or legal pages are generally free and additional pages may cost no more than 15 cents each unless another statute controls. Confirm court certification fees and all current agency charges before ordering.