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Bloomington Jail Inmate Search and Prison Information

Updated on: March 6, 2024
309-434-2700
305 South East Street, Bloomington, IL, 61701

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When it comes to the Bloomington Jail in Bloomington, Illinois, you will find that the facility is utterly small facility.

The Bloomington Jail is often confused with the bigger McLean County Jail. The McLean County Jail is the long-term holding facility, while the Bloomington Jail is pretty much short-term holding.

The Bloomington Jail will typically ONLY house an inmate up to 72 hours (3 days). It takes the Bloomington Jail approximately 24 hours to fully book them into the facility and the next 48 hours will either consist of them getting released or sent off to the McLean County Jail.

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Bloomington Jail Prison Information

Jail Name Bloomington Jail
Jail Type City Jail
Location 305 South East Street, Bloomington, IL, 61701
Contact Numbers 309-434-2700
City Bloomington
Postal Code 61701
State Illinois
County McLean County
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Of course, you may or may not be looking for your loved one. You may think that the Bloomington Jail has their records and mugshots online. Unfortunately, with how fast the booking and releasing process is done in the facility, the city of Bloomington jail does not have this information out for the general public.

If your loved one has not come home in a few days and you expect them to be in the Bloomington Jail, you can contact the jail directly.

Sending a Mail

With the Bloomington Jail being strictly a short-term facility, inmates in the Bloomington Jail will not receive this privilege.

Sending a letter or a care package to an inmate is strictly for facilities that keep their inmates longer than 72 hours (3 days).

If you send an inmate in the Bloomington Jail a letter or a package, the letter or package will either be disposed of, refused, or sent directly back to you.

Please do not send anything to the Bloomington Jail. By the time it gets there the inmate would have either been released or the inmate would have been transferred off to the McLean County Jail.

Sending Money

Again, same with sending money to the Bloomington Jail. The Bloomington Jail is a short-term facility. Inmates in the Bloomington Jail do not have the privilege of getting or needing money while they are here.

Please do not mail any cash, money orders, or cashier’s check to the Bloomington Jail. Please do not come down to the Bloomington Jail with any cash, money orders, or cashier’s checks. These will be refused.

It is best to wait for the inmate to get transferred out to the McLean County Jail or another facility on that level where they will need funds. They will not need any funds while in the Bloomington Jail.

Phone Calls

The one and only privilege inmates will have in the Bloomington Jail will be access to a telephone in their jail cell.

Every cell in the Bloomington Jail has a telephone in it. Inmates will be permitted to use that telephone at their direction.

Inmates will only be able to make collect calls. So, if you and your family does not have access to a landline, or the inmate does not know the landline number, you will never receive the calls. Collect calls do not work on a cell phone, unfortunately.

Visiting Rules

With the Bloomington Jail being strictly a short-term facility, inmates in the Bloomington Jail will not receive this privilege.

Inmates can receive visits from their legal counsel though. Inmates are not permitted to receive visits from their friends and family.

Visitation Hours

Sunday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Monday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Tuesday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Wednesday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Thursday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Friday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM
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Directions

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