The Cook County Jail & Detention Center is in Chicago, Illinois. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office is the law enforcement agency in charge of the day to day operation of the Cook County Jail & Detention Center.

The Cook County Jail & Detention Center is a medium-security detention center. The facility operates on a 24-hour basis. The Cook County Jail & Detention Center will only house adult male and adult female inmates. This facility will not house any juvenile inmates are housed in a different facility within the county.

The Cook County Jail & Detention Center is made up of mainly of inmates who are currently waiting for their trial to start, inmates who are going through their trial, and inmates who are waiting to be sentenced. There are a number of inmates who are currently serving out their sentence in the facility as well. The Cook County Jail & Detention Center will house inmates who have a sentence of two years or less. If an inmate is sentenced to more than two years, they will be transferred out to state prison within Illinois.

The Cook County Jail & Detention Center has its current inmate roster available on the web for the community to search. The current inmate roster will only display inmates who are currently in the custody of Cook County Jail & Detention Center.

Cook County Sheriff's Office

Inmate Mailing Address

Inmate Name, ID, Housing #
Cook County Jail - Juvenile Detention Center
1100 South Hamilton Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60612

Cook County Jail – Juvenile Detention Center Prison Information

Nearby Jail/Prison