Search Shelby County, IL Inmate Records

Shelby County, IL jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Shelby County holds 1 jails with a total of 13,566 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Shelby County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Shelby County Quick Facts

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Shelby County Population Total
6,957 / 29 / 2
Female Population, Rate & Count
7,041 / 256 / 18
Male Population, Rate & Count
$47,188
Median Income
116.4
Local Jail Rate
16
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
16
Population Total Confined
15
Pretrial Rate
6,604
Admit Rate
908
Admit Count
13,566
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

201020112012201320142015
Violent Crime Total12167757
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000000
Revised Rape000000
Legacy Rape000000
Robbery000000
Aggravated Assault12167757
Property Crime Total66104116725768
Burglary284435241913
Larceny Theft386073483850
Motor Vehicle Theft008005
Arson011310

Shelby County Jail Demographics

The county has 21,801 people confined with a jail population density of 18 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 6,686 women and 6,880 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 22,445
2006 22,379
2007 22,314
2008 22,398
2009 22,386
2010 22,344
2011 22,290
2012 22,233
2013 22,164
2014 22,048
2015 21,801

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 7,041 6,957
2006 7,073 6,976
2007 7,044 6,954
2008 7,058 6,958
2009 7,076 6,971
2010 7,118 6,925
2011 7,102 6,947
2012 7,011 6,867
2013 6,928 6,822
2014 6,859 6,784
2015 6,880 6,686

A Timeline of Shelby County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 256 29
2006 226 27
2007 199 25
2008 170 23
2009 141 22
2010 112 20
2011 84 18
2012 57 16
2013 29 15
2014 29 15
2015 29 15

Shelby County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

60.30 %
White
0.33 %
Black
0.63 %
Latino
0.11 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has a local jail rate of 116 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 15 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 6,604, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 13,038 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

6,604
Admit Rate
116
Local Jail Rate
15
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Shelby is 16 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 26 imprisonments a day.

Shelby County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 186
2006 176
2007 168
2008 159
2009 150
2010 141
2011 132
2012 124
2013 116
2014 116
2015 116

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 13,038 100
2006 12,174 89
2007 11,400 79
2008 10,567 68
2009 9,728 57
2010 8,915 46
2011 8,095 36
2012 7,369 25
2013 6,604 15
2014 6,604 15
2015 6,604 15

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 26
2006 25
2007 24
2008 22
2009 21
2010 20
2011 19
2012 17
2013 16
2014 16
2015 16