The Detention Center
None in county — detainees held at Pulaski County Jail
- Operated byPulaski County Sheriff (by contract)
- Where prisoners goPulaski County Jail, 20 Justice Dr, Ullin, IL 62992 (Pulaski County)
- ArrangementIDOC 2025 Pulaski report: facility houses 'Alexander County (contracted)'
- Pulaski rated capacity (IDOC 2025)205
Source: IDOC 2025 jail inspection report (Pulaski County) · checked 2026-09-20
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The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot applicable — no county jail found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsNot applicable
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Timothy Brown
- Runs the jailSheriff is warden by statute; the county has no 2025 IDOC-inspected jail of its own (see notes)
- How the office is filledElected, four-year term
- Office address2000 Washington Avenue, Cairo, IL 62914
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Alexander County — Sheriff Timothy Brown · checked 2026-09-20
The Judges
Illinois circuit judges are elected on a partisan ballot and then stand for retention every six years (60% yes needed); associate judges are appointed by the circuit judges. They are state judicial officers, not county officials. Since 18 September 2023 Illinois has no cash bail — judges decide pretrial release or detention at a hearing.
Alexander County Circuit Court
- Not found
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-20
The County Board
They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.
- What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
- What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and is the warden of the jail by state law (55 ILCS 5/3-15003).
- NoteCounty Board page links minutes for 2023-2024; latest listed was 7 May 2024. Chairman Joe Griggs.
- The boardAlexander County Board →
- Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →
Notes on the record
- No 2025 (or 2024) IDOC inspection report exists for Alexander County at the standard URL (404).
- The IDOC 2025 report for Pulaski County says that jail houses Alexander County detainees under contract; the Illinois Sheriffs' Association page also lists Pulaski County Detention Center.
- The county's own site (alexandercounty.illinois.gov) names the sheriff but publishes nothing about jail, roster, bond, budget or fees.
- County Board minutes online stop at 7 May 2024.
- Not scored: the county runs no jail of its own, so the ten jail-disclosure questions do not apply.
- State inspection/oversight: No 2025 IDOC Jail and Detention Standards Unit report for Alexander County; detainees are held under contract at Pulaski County Jail (Ullin), inspected 30 Sep 2025, rated capacity 205.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Alexander County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the county board members who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-09-20 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered