Peoria County Sheriff’s Office: Jail and Inmate Info

Should a family member or friend be incarcerated at the Peoria County Jail, the following information may assist you:

Visiting
Visiting is held three times per week, with each inmate eligible for one (1) visit of twenty minute duration per week. Inmates need to be in jail for one week before they are allowed to have a visit. The visiting week starts on Tuesday. Up to three adults can visit at the same time, children 6 and under are only allowed on Saturday mornings. All visitors are subject to search.

The visiting schedule is as follows:

Tuesday and Sunday night - Sign up begins at 4:00 pm, sign up over at 6:30 pm

Saturday morning - Sign up begins at 7:30 am, sign up over at 9:00 am

Commissary
Commissary is held once per week, on Wednesday. Should you wish to drop off money for an inmate to use for commissary, you need to do so prior to midnight on the Sunday before the next Wednesday commissary. Money orders or Cashiers Checks (made out to the inmates name) may be mailed to the Department (the address is on our Homepage) for the inmates use. Do not mail cash.

Bond Money
Bond money, in the form of cash, money order, or cashiers check, is accepted 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. In addition to the bond, a bonding fee is assessed to process the paperwork.

Mail
To send mail to an Inmate, address it in the following manner

(Inmate's Name)
c/o Peoria County Jail
301 N. Maxwell Road
Peoria, IL 61604

Please note that all incoming Inmate mail will be opened and inspected for contraband, but not read.