This is a private reference site, not a Clay County government office. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visits, pull booking records, correct a jail file, or speak for any sheriff, court, jail, corrections department, federal agency, or notification service.
Where to Ask
Official Clay County jail and sheriff questions should start with the agency that operates the jail. The research file identifies the main sheriff and jail phone as (618) 665-3316. The formal jail address is 300 E. Broadway St, Louisville, IL 62858, and mail references also use PO Box 267, Louisville, IL 62858. The sheriff's contact materials list sheriff@claycounty.illinois.gov, while IDOC inspection materials also identify adminccso@claycounty.illinois.gov for the administrative assistant and jail contact. County courthouse offices generally publish Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. hours, but the research did not find separate public counter hours for jail records or intake.
Clay County Sheriff's Office and Jail
300 E. Broadway St
Louisville, IL 62858
Mail may use PO Box 267, Louisville, IL 62858.
Phone: (618) 665-3316
Email references: sheriff@claycounty.illinois.gov and adminccso@claycounty.illinois.gov
Jail records hours: not separately published in the reviewed sheriff materials.
Use the route that matches the record or urgent need:
- For someone held in the county jail, use the Clay County sheriff app inmate search and the jail inmate records page, then call the sheriff or jail for custody confirmation.
- For booking photos, start with jail roster mugshots; the inspected Clay County feed used placeholder images, so a sheriff FOIA request may be needed.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Judici, or the Clay County Circuit Clerk at (618) 665-3523.
- For the local facility, use the Clay County Jail page listed in the footer for address, phone, mail, visitation, and commissary details.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Illinois Department of Corrections Individual in Custody Search.
- For a federal sentenced prisoner, use the BOP Inmate Locator; for immigration custody, use ICE ODLS.
- For custody or release alerts, use VINELink when available for the person or agency.
- For an emergency, a crime in progress, or an immediate safety threat, call 911. The sheriff app's tip and information tools are not emergency channels.