Pulaski Detention Release Routes
Pulaski County Detention Center is the documented physical jail for many Alexander County detainees. The 2024 IDOC jail inspection says it contract-houses people for Alexander County, Union County, and the U.S. Marshals. That mix makes the recorded destination as important as the exit time. A bond, dismissal, time-served entry, or court-ordered release may end in the community. A transfer to IDOC, USMS, another county, a hospital, or another lawful custodian ends only the Pulaski episode.
For an Alexander case, Pulaski holds the booking, movement, and physical release entry, while the Alexander Circuit Court record explains the judicial authority. A transfer entry should be followed into the named receiving system. If IDOC is named, use the statewide offender search. If the person was held for USMS, use the federal docket and agency route. The Alexander County released-inmate search paths explain how these sources fit together.
Confirm a Pulaski Release
A reliable check begins with identity and jurisdiction. Names alone can match the wrong person, so use a date of birth, booking number, or Alexander case number when the agency accepts it. The current roster, when available, answers present display status. It does not serve as an archive of completed releases, and no official rolling Pulaski 24-hour or 72-hour release feed was verified in the research.
- Check the physical custodian and note when the person was last displayed.
- Ask Pulaski for the booking sheet, movement history, and accomplished release or transfer entry.
- Read the Alexander court case for the order, bond, dismissal, sentence, or other authority.
- If the entry names IDOC, USMS, BOP, or another county, continue with that system.
- Use Illinois VINE as corroboration, while allowing for interface lag and source-agency limits.
The best evidence of a community release is a Pulaski entry with an accomplished date and time plus a non-transfer disposition, paired with the Alexander court order that authorized it. When timestamps differ, keep both. A judge may act before jail staff finish identity checks, hold review, property return, or the other steps needed for physical discharge.
Pulaski Release Record Fields
The IDOC inspection gives unusually specific support for records made when a person leaves. It addresses positive identification, the date and time, release authority, a physical check, property inventory, and the return or authorized third-party transfer of belongings. It also addresses case disposition, judge and court, medical status at release, and mail handling when a forwarding address is known. Public access still depends on Illinois law and applicable exemptions.
| Record element | What it can establish |
|---|---|
| Booking number and admission | The specific custody episode and booked identity |
| Movement history | Housing changes, transfer steps, and the final recorded destination |
| Release date and time | When staff completed the physical exit entry |
| Authority or reason | Bond, court order, time served, transfer, or another recorded basis |
| Property receipt | What was returned or released with written authorization |
These are request targets, not a promise that every field will be disclosed. Health, security, juvenile, investigatory, and private data may be withheld or redacted. Ask for reasonably segregable portions and the statutory basis for each deletion.
Pulaski Detention Records Contact
Send a request to the office that created the physical jail record. Pulaski’s published instructions accept focused requests for existing records and do not require staff to create a new conclusion about who is now free. Include the full name, approximate dates, and a booking or case number if known. Ask for electronic delivery and a fee estimate before chargeable copying because no verified local release-record or photograph fee was found.
Pulaski County Detention Center FOIA Officer20 Justice Drive
Ullin, IL 62992
Email: gjones@pulaskicountyil.gov
Fax: 618-845-3533
Official facility page
Illinois FOIA generally provides five business days for a public body to respond to a noncommercial request, subject to a permitted extension and exemptions. That period is not a guarantee that the requested material will be produced within five days. Before visiting, confirm the current records-counter hours and mailing instructions.
Alexander Court Release Authority
The Alexander Sheriff and Circuit Court are in Cairo, while the detention record is in Ullin. That geographic split is a core part of this release search. The jail can document the exit, but the court docket often supplies the bond order, dismissal, sentence credit, commitment order, or other legal reason. Calling only the court can miss the physical completion time. Calling only the jail can leave the legal basis unclear.
The Alexander Circuit Clerk page offers case-search and records-request routes. Ask the court for the specific order or docket entry and ask Pulaski for the movement and release screens. A court order and jail discharge may occur at different times without either record being wrong. Record each timestamp with its source.
When no record appears, retry with an alternate spelling and identifiers. Also test whether the case moved into IDOC or federal custody. Sealing, expungement, juvenile confidentiality, interface delay, or a different custodian can also explain a missing public result.
Pulaski Federal Release Split
The same building houses people for the U.S. Marshals, but USMS does not provide a public person locator. A federal pretrial defendant may leave by federal court order, move to another contract facility, or be delivered to BOP after sentencing. Pulaski can document its physical movement. The federal docket explains the court action, and BOP becomes the correct public route only after a sentenced person enters that system.
- County community release
- A local jail exit under a county court or other lawful local authority.
- Transfer
- Movement to another custodian, not freedom from confinement.
- Federal pretrial release
- An exit governed by a federal detention or release order.
- State commitment
- Transfer into IDOC custody after a state judgment.
A BOP result marked RELEASED with a past date supports only that the person left BOP custody. It does not establish that all supervision or other custody ended. Likewise, a future date, IN TRANSIT, UNKNOWN, or community corrections location needs its own careful reading.
Historical Pulaski ICE Custody
Pulaski, historically called Tri-County, once had an ICE intergovernmental agreement. That archived agreement is not proof of a current immigration detention contract. Illinois later enacted TRUST Act section 15(g), which required covered civil immigration detention agreements to end by 2022. A disappearance from the Pulaski roster must never be labeled an ICE transfer without independent evidence.
If facts separately point to immigration custody, search ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System using an A-number and country of birth, or exact biographical details. ODLS has limited coverage and may include some adults released during the prior 60 days. No result is not proof of release. A released indication means the person left ICE custody, but it does not by itself reveal whether the outcome was return to the community, removal, voluntary departure, or another disposition.
Pulaski Facility Operations
The official facility page states a capacity of 240 beds. Capacity is not current occupancy or annual release volume. The 2024 inspection describes 32 double rooms, dormitories, special-purpose rooms, on-site meals, medical and mental-health providers, and tablet or kiosk services. Those details identify the operating facility, but none establishes a public release-feed schedule.
The contracting authorities are Alexander County, Union County, and USMS. Their presence in one building is why the jurisdiction must be checked before a release claim is made. Facility operations may also add time between a court order and the door exit through identification, holds review, property return, and required release processing.
Where Pulaski Releases Go
A release to the community may leave the person in Ullin, away from the Alexander courthouse and home communities around Cairo. Regional transportation exists, but the published Shawnee Community College schedule is not a promised jail discharge service. Anyone planning pickup or travel should confirm the actual exit point, eligibility, stop, and current schedule directly. Do not infer a release hour from a court hearing or online docket update.
Transfers require a different plan. IDOC movement continues incarceration and should be checked in the state search after enough processing time. A USMS movement remains federal custody unless the federal record shows release. Another county destination means that county becomes the current physical custodian. The narrow event shown in the Pulaski record should control the wording.
Note: A verified Pulaski exit date is only one link in the record chain; destination and legal authority determine what happened next.