Macon County Inmate Search

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Macon County, IL Jail Inmate Search

MACON COUNTY is located in Illinois with an average daily population of 269. The county has approximately 259 confined in facilities with 223 male and 36 female prisoners. That means that 86% of the confined population are male, and 14% are female.

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How Does Macon County Inmate Search Work?

Inmate records for Macon County are freely accessible. All detention facilities in Macon County are governed by the Freedom of Information Act which provides publicly available information about inmates in the county.

Macon County Parole and Probation

Macon County Parole

If a prisoner has adhered to the regulations while serving their term, they may be granted parole and be released early. Who is granted parole and who is not is decided by a parole board. You may learn a lot about a parolee by looking through the Macon County parole records. There may be information regarding their sentence and offences in the Macon County parole files. You could also get to look through information regarding their detention location and parole conditions.

Macon County Probation

You should also be able to access Macon County probation records, which list men and women who were placed on probation rather than being imprisoned, in addition to those parolees who have already been freed. There are regulations that come with being on probation. In addition to adhering to other conditions, probationers are required to meet their probation officer once per week. Typically, Macon County criminal records will list the inmate's offences, probationary term, and the specifics of the justice department that sentenced them. You may also be able to view photographs, fingerprints, the probationer's physical characteristics, and other information in addition to these facts.

Macon County Booking

When researching statistics on whether or not a stranger has been arrested, Macon County bookings can help. A perpetrator's Macon County booking record is basically created when an officer arrests them, fills out the necessary papers, and places them in an imprisonment cell. It could also contain information such as fingerprints, photographs, physical characteristics, their name and address, the officer in charge, the specifics of the crime, the scene, and any trucks that were involved. The general public can access the copies of a person's Macon County booking records without requiring any kind of authorization.

Macon County Confined Population Statistics

In the past 6 years, the confined population in MACON COUNTY has dropped by 7.50% from 280 each year to 259 inmates. Men are still confined about 223 per 100,000 U.S. residents annually in MACON COUNTY, despite the fact that women are the group confined at the fastest rate of growth.

Inmate Population in Macon County, IL

MACON COUNTY has only 259 of the 259 inmates are actually put in jail; the other 0 are under supervision; they are not currently confined.

Macon County Jail Inmate Population, Jail Pretrial Population and Confined Population, for 2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Total Population 280 325 271 n/a 292 259
Confined Population 280 325 271 n/a 292 259
Non Confined Population 0 0 0 n/a 0 0

Macon County Confined Population by Gender

In MACON COUNTY, there are 223 confined male inmates for every 100,000 male U.S. residents, and 36 confined female inmates for every 100,000 female U.S. citizens. The confined population of male prisoners dropped by 9.35% between 2016 and 2021, while the confined population of female increased by 5.88%.

Macon County Female Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Adult Females 34 46 28 33 23 36
Females Under 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Female ADP 38 34 22 n/a 21 35

Macon County Male Confined Population for
2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Adult Males 246 279 243 263 269 223
Males Under 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Male ADP 268 247 240 n/a 254 234

Breaking Down Macon County Inmates By Race

In MACON COUNTY, the average confined population for White inmates is 114 per 100,000 white citizens, which is 12.35% lower than the confined population for Black or African American inmates. The number of Black or African American inmates who were confined went from 157 to 129 for every 100,000 black population of the United States between 2016 and 2021. The average Hispanic or Latino confined population in MACON COUNTY is 11 per 100,000 Hispanic Americans, while the average Asian confined population is 2 per 100,000 Asian Americans, accounting American Indian/Alaska Natives for just 0 residents of the county's confined population.

Macon County Confined Population by Race, for 2016-2021 years

2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
White Inmates - Confined 114 119 98 n/a 123 114
Black or African American Inmates - Confined 157 196 170 n/a 165 129
Hispanic or Latino Inmates - Confined 8 8 1 n/a 3 11
American Indian/Alaska Natives Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 1 0
Asian Inmates - Confined 1 2 2 n/a 0 2
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 0
Two or more Races Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 0
Not Known (Race) Inmates - Confined 0 0 0 n/a 0 3

Macon County Prisons and Jails

Federal Jails


Mt. Zion Jail

Address: 400 West Main Street, Mt. Zion, IL, 62549

Phone: 217-864-4012, 217-864-5424

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Macon County Jail

Address: 333 South Franklin Street, Decatur, IL, 62523

Phone: 217-424-1341

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Decatur Correctional Center

Address: 2310 East Mound Road PO Box 3066, Decatur, IL, 62524

Phone: 217-877-0353

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Decatur Jail

Address: 1 Gary K. Anderson Plaza, Decatur, IL, 62523

Phone: 217-424-2711

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Decatur Adult Transition Center – CLOSED

Address: 2175 East Pershing Road, Decatur, IL, 62526

Phone: 217-429-9198

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