The Bureau County Jail is located in Princeton, Illinois. The Bureau County Jail is operated and managed by the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office.

The Bureau County Jail is one of the three jails under the operation of the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office. The Main Jail was built back in 1989. With all three facilities, they can hold over 2,400 inmates. OVer 350 correctional officers man the jail on a day-to-day basis

The Bureau County Jail mission is to provide a safe and secure facility for both inmates and the staff. The facility is a medium security correctional facility.

Majority of the inmates that are already sentenced have sentences less than two years. The Bureau County Jail accepts inmates from surrounding municipalities and towns when there are no rooms in city jails.

While inmates are serving their time out in the Bureau County Jail, they can work throughout the jail such as laundry personnel or a kitchen staff member. In return for their hard work, they can shave off a few days from their overall sentence.

All violent and out of control inmates will be separated from the general population inmates to keep the peace inside the facility at all times.

Bureau County Sheriff's Office

Inmate Mailing Address

Inmate Name, ID, Housing #
Bureau County Jail
22 Park Avenue West, Princeton, IL, 61356

Bureau County Jail Prison Information