McLean County IL Detention Center

McLean County IL Detention Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 309-888-5065

This facility is for adult inmates.

The McLean County IL Detention Center is a medium-security detention center located at 104 W Front St in Bloomington, IL. This county jail is operated locally by the McLean County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. McLean County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Bloomington Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

There are new detainees delivered to the jail daily, you can see arrest records here. Some are released after putting up bail, are released to a pretrial services caseload, are placed under supervision by a probation agency, or are released on their own recognizance with an agreement to appear in court. If there is no release, the inmate must wait here at the jail for their court appearance as a guest of the County, getting a bed and three square meals.

Trustees are inmates who work in the jail as cooks, as orderlies for the staff, in the laundry or in the commissary. The trustees are paid a very small amount for their time and some jail gives the trustees a few days off their sentence in exchange for their work.

When an inmate arrives in jail they are put together in a large holding cell with other inmates in the intake. While in intake they are under heightened observation. Violent and out of control inmates are segregated.

Can I Get Work Release?

Work release is when you are released from jail during the day so that you can go to work. At the end of the day, you return to jail for the night. There are a number of requirements to be able to get into the work-release program. Most programs require your employer to fill out some paperwork. If you want to get into the work release program then apply prior to being sentenced to jail. This will minimize the amount of time you spend in jail waiting to get into the program.

Can I call my family in Jail?

McLean County IL Detention Center has a phone program where inmates make outbound calls only, you cannot call into jail. Since you are paying for those calls don't make it a habit of accepting collect-calls, they are over $15 each. The alternative is to set up an account through their third-party phone company which charges steep fees for each minute used. You are paying for them to call you. Click here if you are going to speak a lot and need a discount on the calls.

Remember – These phone calls are recorded and conversations can be used against you or the inmate so do not discuss your case over these phone lines.

McLean County Detention Center – Inmate Handbook

visitation Info

McLean County Detention Facility – Visitation

Visiting Hours – The visiting hours for the facility are based upon the housing location of the inmate within the facility itself. The older section, or linear section of the facility, will have different visiting hours for the female and male population. The direct supervision section maintains the same visiting hours for both male and female inmates.

Frequency of Visits – For the initial opening of the new video visiting, all inmates will be allowed three 30 minute visits per week.  This will change in the future for those inmates not housed in a direct supervision or dormitory housing unit.

Please note: Visiting will not be conducted between the following hours seven days a week: 11:00 am – 12:00 noon, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, and 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm.

If an inmate has been transferred from the McLean County Adult Detention Facility into the custody of the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, you will find contact information and locations of the Federal Facilities on the following links. McLean County inmates are mainly transferred to the Jefferson County Jail.