Mason County Released Inmates is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, free anyone, post bond, or retrieve an official booking record. Contact the government office responsible for the record or person.
Official Record Contacts
The correct office depends on the last custody system and the fact that needs confirmation. No Mason sheriff-specific public hours, online FOIA form, or local fee schedule was found, so confirm before visiting and ask about charges before ordering copies.
Mason County Sheriff and Jail102 W. Market Street
Havana, IL 62644
Phone: 309-543-2231
Fax: 309-543-3564
Use: current custody, discharge or transfer verification, and booking, release, or photo requests. Mason Circuit Clerk
125 N. Plum
Havana, IL 62644-0077
Phone: 309-543-6619 option 2
Courthouse hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Use: public criminal dockets, dispositions, sentences, probation orders, revocations, and court copies. Mason Probation
125 N. Plum, Havana, IL 62644
Phone: 309-543-3293 option 5
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
Use: operational probation matters. Public verification goes to the Circuit Clerk because probation files are nonpublic. IDOC Constituent Services
1000 E. Converse Avenue
P.O. Box 19277
Springfield, IL 62794-9277
Phone: 217-558-2200
Hours: weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Use: state-prison locator and status questions. The office asks users to allow 48 business hours for a response. Illinois Prisoner Review Board
1001 N. Walnut Street
Springfield, IL 62702
Phone: 217-782-7273
Email: PRB.Operations@illinois.gov or PRB.FOIA@illinois.gov
Use: hearing operations and results, revocation, final discharge, and PRB records.
Other statewide lines serve narrower needs: IDOC Parole at 800-666-6744 for an agent or supervision issue after checking the locator; Illinois VINE at 866-566-8439, TTY 866-847-1298, for custody or case alerts; and ICE DRIL at 888-351-4024 when the ICE locator is inconclusive. SHOW BUS at 1-800-525-2454 supports advance transportation planning but is not a jail shuttle.
Choose the route that fits the request:
- For a named person's Mason release record, the home page covers sheriff, court, and destination-agency verification.
- For supervision after release, use Parole / Probation.
- For a timestamp-bounded local list, see Released Last 24 Hours; Mason does not publish an official online feed in the reviewed channels.
- For an expected state date or notification, use Inmate Release Date and VINELink Release Check.
- For this county facility, use the Mason County Jail record route.
- For a sentenced Illinois prisoner, search IDOC. Federal prison records belong in BOP, while a supported immigration case belongs in ICE channels.