Macoupin County Busted Mugshots is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm custody, confirm a release, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. For a current answer or a copy of a record, contact the government agency that holds it.
Where Macoupin Records Are Held
For county custody or a sheriff-held arrest or booking record, start with the Macoupin County Sheriff's Office. The office is at 215 South East Street, Carlinville, IL 62626, and its main number is 217-854-3135. The county's general office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Those are general county hours, not a promise that a records employee or jail service is available at every moment. Call before visiting or sending a request to confirm records availability, the current FOIA officer, fees, and holiday changes.
The county FOIA guide is dated and should be treated as a routing aid, not a guarantee that its named officers, email addresses, or fees remain current. The county’s transparency page is the better current starting point. If the two sources differ, call 217-854-3135 and confirm where a sheriff-records request should go.
Different custodians answer different record questions:
- Sheriff and county jail: Use the sheriff’s office for county custody questions and county-held arrest or booking records. The official Apple and Google Play listings describe the Macoupin County Sheriff IL app as an inmate-search and jail-information route, but the listing does not guarantee a booking photo or complete coverage.
- City police and city FOIA: A Carlinville arrest record belongs first to the arresting city department, while Staunton and Gillespie have official public-safety or police and FOIA routes without a public daily arrest log located in the research review. Use the Carlinville public-safety page, Staunton FOIA page, or Gillespie FOIA page as applicable.
- Circuit Clerk and Judici: The Macoupin County Circuit Clerk and Judici cover filed cases, hearings, and dispositions. They are not a live jail roster and may not show a same-day booking or current custody.
- Illinois DOC: For someone in state corrections custody, use the Illinois Department of Corrections Individual in Custody Search. It is not a Macoupin County Jail search, and the standard public search does not confirm a booking photograph.
- Federal custody: The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator covers federal inmates, not county bookings, and does not publish mugshots.
- Immigration custody: The ICE Online Detainee Locator addresses current or recent ICE custody when its limits allow a match. It is a status tool, not a Macoupin booking-photo source.