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Pulaski Detention Jail Overview

Pulaski County Detention Center is operated by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office and Pulaski County Detention Center as a regional county jail. For Alexander County records, the key point is that official directory and county sources route local detention to Ullin rather than to a standalone Alexander County jail in Cairo. The Illinois Sheriffs' Association Alexander County profile lists Sheriff Timothy Brown and gives the county jail address as Pulaski County Detention Center. Pulaski County's own detention page says the jail houses Pulaski County, Alexander County, and United States Marshals Service prisoners.

That mix makes the facility more than a routine county lockup. It handles local pretrial detainees and short local custody, while also serving people held for federal court through USMS. ICE inspection records add immigration-detention context, but Pulaski County Detention Center is not an Illinois Department of Corrections prison and is not a separate ICE-only facility. A person sentenced to state prison from an Alexander County case should be searched through IDOC after transfer. A federal sentenced prisoner should be searched through the BOP locator once in BOP custody. The Alexander County inmate population hub gives the broader facility map, while Alexander County jail inmate records separates local jail, state prison, federal, ICE, and VINELink search channels.

The Pulaski County official detention page is the local source that states the facility houses Alexander County and USMS prisoners.

The official page is useful for facility-level routing, commissary and bond links, and the Pulaski County Detention Center notices that affect Alexander County detainees.

Pulaski Jail Capacity Facts

The public capacity numbers do not all use the same reporting frame, so the Pulaski County Detention Center capacity should be described with source labels. Pulaski County's public detention page calls the facility a 240-bed detention center. The Illinois Sheriffs' Association Pulaski County directory also lists 240 jail beds. The 2024 IDOC Office of Jail and Detention Standards inspection listed total capacity as 226 and recorded 131 people in custody on the inspection date, with 127 male detainees and 4 female detainees.

The 2021 ICE Office of Detention Oversight inspection gave an ICE detainee bed capacity of 122. That number should not be treated as the whole jail capacity. It reflects the ICE inspection setting and immigration-detention bed context. The 2024 IDOC inspection also recorded a 1998 construction date, no last renovation in the inspection header, 32 double detention rooms, one 22-bed dorm, one 40-bed dorm, and two 50-bed dorms.

Pulaski Detention Inmate Lookup

No official Alexander County online jail roster was located, and no public Pulaski County Detention Center roster or search form was found on the official detention page. That means the practical Pulaski County Detention Center inmate lookup is a channel check, not a single web search. Start with the custody type. Local Alexander County jail housing routes to the Pulaski facility. Sentenced Illinois prison custody routes to the IDOC Individual in Custody Search. Federal sentenced custody routes to the BOP Inmate Locator. Immigration custody routes to the ICE Online Detainee Locator.

Phone and records requests matter here because the local roster gap is real. For a recent Alexander County arrest, the Alexander County Sheriff's Office can help with local arrest routing, while the Pulaski County Detention Center can address facility custody, visitation, attorney scheduling, and jail-record questions. For records that are not confirmed by phone, the Pulaski jail FOIA officer accepts requests by mail, hand delivery, email, or fax. Illinois FOIA Section 3 generally gives a public body five business days to comply with or deny a written request unless a proper extension applies.

1. Call Pulaski County Detention Center at 618-845-3512 for local facility custody, visit, and attorney scheduling questions.
2. Use a FOIA request when a detention record is not available through a public roster or phone confirmation.
3. Search IDOC by last name, IDOC number, or birthdate after a person has been sentenced and transferred to state prison.
4. Use BOP for federal sentenced prisoners, but remember that a USMS pretrial prisoner may be housed locally before BOP custody begins.
5. Use ICE for civil immigration detention, suspected ICE custody, or an immigration transfer.

Pulaski Jail Address

Pulaski County Detention Center is located in Ullin, Illinois. The facility address and facility phone are the key contact points for Alexander County detainees held there. The Pulaski County Sheriff's Office is listed separately in Mound City, and the Alexander County Sheriff's Office remains the local Alexander County law-enforcement contact for arrest routing. For jail housing, visits, mail-money questions, and detention records, use the Pulaski facility contact first.

The Illinois Sheriffs' Association Pulaski County directory gives the detention center address, jail bed count, and a local direction note from Interstate 57.

From I-57, the directory route is Exit 181, west about one-quarter mile, then left into the Pulaski County Detention Center entrance.

Pulaski Jail Visitation Rules

Friends and family visits at Pulaski County Detention Center are social, non-contact visits. The official visitation PDF says detainees are allotted 30 minutes, and visitors must arrive 45 minutes before the scheduled visit so staff can process them through security. Adults need valid, verifiable government-issued identification. Minors must be with an adult guardian and cannot be left unattended in the waiting room, visiting room, or any other part of the facility.

Visitor screening is strict. Visitors may be subject to a pat-down search, belongings inspection, and metal-scan search. Weapons are barred. Intoxicated visitors, or visitors who appear intoxicated, will not be admitted. Visitors may not pass items to detainees, carry items into visitation, or bring electronic devices into secure areas. Refusing a reasonable search means no admission.

Clergy visits may occur at any time but require prior arrangements with the chaplain's office. The visitation material also lists an ICE Supervisory Deportation Officer number for consular arrangements when a detained national is involved.

Pulaski Jail Money Options

Pulaski County's official detention page documents limited money and commissary details. It says JPay was down and that money may be sent by mail through a U.S. Postal Money Order only, addressed to Pulaski County Detention Center at 20 Justice Drive in Ullin. The same notice says the JPay issue does not affect bonding by credit card. The local page also links JailATM for inmate commissary and includes a "Post Bond (County Only)" option.

No official local fee table was found for JailATM, money orders, or bond processing. Fees should not be guessed. Before sending funds, confirm the person's custody status, correct name format, and any hold or transfer issue with the facility. Bond can also depend on whether the case is county-only, whether the court has entered release conditions, and whether another agency has a detainer. A detainer is a notice from another agency asking the jail to hold or notify that agency before release.

Pulaski Jail FOIA Requests

Because no public Pulaski County Detention Center roster was located, FOIA is an important fallback for jail records. The detention center's FOIA instructions say requests may be sent by mail, hand delivery, email, or fax to the FOIA officer. Requests should include a mailing address and/or email address. The research notes that responses are typically issued by email or, if requested, by mail, and that charges can be assessed for FOIA information requested.

For Alexander County inmate records, a FOIA request should be narrow. Include the person's full name, date of birth if known, approximate booking or custody dates, and the kind of record sought. Arrest-report access in Illinois is also shaped by FOIA Section 2.15, which addresses specified arrest information and a photograph when available, subject to listed safety, investigation, and security limits. Court records are separate from jail records, so filed charges should be checked through the Alexander County court path rather than treated as a jail file.

1. Identify the person and the date range as clearly as possible.
2. State whether the request is for custody status, booking records, release details, or another jail record.
3. Send the request to the FOIA officer by mail, hand delivery, email, or fax.
4. Include a mailing address or email address for the response.

Pulaski Custody Lookup Paths

Pulaski County Detention Center can hold more than one custody type, so the same building can still point to different search systems. Local pretrial and short-sentence jail custody remains a Pulaski facility question. A sentenced Illinois prisoner moves into the Illinois Department of Corrections system after transfer, and IDOC receiving and classification determine the permanent facility assignment. The IDOC locator is the right search after that transfer, not a local jail phone call alone.

Federal custody is different. Pulaski County's official page says the facility houses United States Marshals Service prisoners, and the U.S. Marshals Southern District of Illinois covers Alexander and Pulaski Counties. A federal pretrial detainee may be in local jail space under USMS control before appearing in the BOP locator. The BOP locator is most useful after BOP custody begins or for federal inmates from 1982 forward. ICE custody is also distinct because civil immigration detention may not appear in Judici, IDOC, or BOP records.

IDOC

Illinois Department of Corrections, used after a person is sentenced and admitted to state prison.

USMS

United States Marshals Service, which can place federal pretrial prisoners in local jail beds.

ICE

Immigration and Customs Enforcement, used for civil immigration detention and transfer status.

VINELink

A custody notification system for Illinois when participating agency data is available.

The Illinois VINELink portal can help with custody notification where data is available, but it is not a replacement for the jail, IDOC, BOP, or ICE record system.

Pulaski Jail Booking Intake

Booking at a county or regional jail is the intake process that follows arrest or transfer into the facility. The 2024 IDOC inspection framework is useful because it shows the kinds of standards reviewed at Pulaski County Jail. The inspection checklist covers booking and personal records, admission procedures, mental-health screening, shower and hygiene items, bedding and clothing, property accountability, classification criteria, and medical or mental-health services. Classification means the jail's process for deciding housing and supervision needs.

The inspection also asks whether monthly jail population reports are sent to IDOC Jail and Detention Standards and whether unusual occurrences are reported. Those checks help explain why one-day jail counts, public bed counts, and monthly population reports are separate record concepts. The 131-person figure from the 2024 inspection is an inspection-date population, not an annual average daily population and not an Alexander-only count.

Pulaski Facility Records Context

Pulaski County Detention Center's official page links a PREA section and a 2025 annual report. The IDOC inspection provides the clearest public detail about facility conditions categories, including administration, personnel, records, classification, medical care, food service, sanitation, discipline, mail, and recreation standards. Official public program material is thin. A past COVID-19 jail-administration notice identified suspended social activities, visitation, and outside-volunteer jail programs, but it did not publish a current program catalog.

The facility also has federal and immigration context because Pulaski houses USMS prisoners and has an ICE inspection history. That does not turn the local jail roster question into one federal search. It means each custody type must be verified through the correct source. Local jail questions still route through Pulaski County Detention Center, state prison questions through IDOC, federal sentenced-prisoner searches through BOP, immigration custody through ICE, and notification through VINELink when available.