Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bond County, Illinois, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bond County is held at the county jail, run by the Bond County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
Related guides: Bond County public records, Bond County arrest records, Bond County warrants, Bond County criminal records, Bond County court records, Illinois arrest records and Illinois inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Bond County
The county jail, run by the Bond County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bond County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bond County Sheriff's Office at bondcountyil.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Bond County, Illinois), phone (618) 664-2151, 200 West College Ave Greenville, IL 62246, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (618) 664-2151.
The Bond County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 21 people, down from about 22 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 22 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bond County has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bond County Jail
The Bond County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Greenville, Pocahontas, Pierron and Sorento make the arrests that end in a booking in Bond County.
The Donnellson Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Bond County, so its arrests are not broken out for Bond County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Pocahontas's 1,152 for 2025, Sorento's 1,152 for 2025 and Greenville's 29 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Bond County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,356 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Bond County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Illinois Department of Corrections lists its inmates at idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bond County?
Ask the Bond County Sheriff's Office at (618) 664-2151; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at bondcountyil.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Bond County jail?
About 21 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 22 beds.
What is the phone number for the Bond County jail?
(618) 664-2151, the number on the page of the Bond County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bond County go?
To a facility of the Illinois Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at idoc.illinois.gov/offender/inmatesearch.html.
Is this the official Bond County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.