Henderson County Jail

Important Jail Policies and Procedures

Each inmate is allowed a limited number of visitation per week. Inmates have to submit the names of their visitors in advance. The jail administration needs this information to schedule each visitation. When you are entering the facility, you must wear appropriate clothes. You have to go through a formal search procedure to make sure you are not a threat to the facility. You must also submit a valid government-issued photo ID as a proof of documentation.

You can communicate with a prisoner if you send a mail or a letter via the U.S. Postal Service. When you are writing inmate mail, you should include the following mailing address:

Name of the Inmate

Henderson County Jail

P.O. Box 228

Oquawka, IL 61469

Note that the jail authority reserves the right to check all incoming mail for contraband.

If you wish to make the lives of your loved one comfortable, then you can deposit money into an inmate’s commissary account. Therefore, you can use postal money orders or cashier’s check to send commissary fund to the facility. For more information, please call at (309) 867-4291.

Sex Offender Search and Lookup

Each registered sex offender’s information is recorded on either national or state based sex offender database. All these sex offenders have been charged with either a sex-related crime or a kidnapping crime. According to the law, a sex offender is someone who has committed a sex-related crime including rape, statutory rape, and molestation, and sexual assault, sexual abuse of a minor, child pornography, and incest. A sex-related crime is an illegal act that refers to forced sexual conduct from one person to another. You can locate any sex offender at Henderson County Jail by going through the following link:

Keep in mind the search result will display the primary addresses or block of the sex offenders where they are currently living on. You have to accept a disclosure to access information from the database.

Bail and Bondsman

You can bail someone out of Henderson County Jail if you post the bail money to the court. The bail money is a form of property, which can be cash or collateral. This money is set according to the bail schedule of the court. The court will review the criminal offense and decide how much one you should pay for the committed offense. If you cannot afford to pay the bail money by yourself, you can obtain the services of a bail and bondsman. A bail and bondsman would post the bail money for you and charge at least $100 as their premium.