The Detention Center
Clark County Jail
- Operated byClark County Sheriff's Office
- Jail address207 N. 5th St, Marshall, IL 62441
- Rated capacity (IDOC 2025)50 (40 male, 10 female)
- Population on inspection day (IDOC 2025)13
- Year built (IDOC 2025)1981 & 2010
- Name sourceFacility name from the IDOC 2025 report; the county page says only "the county jail"
- Jail AdministratorJay Sharp — Jail Administrator, named in IDOC 2025 inspection report only
Source: IDOC 2025 jail inspection report · checked 2026-09-20
Transparency rating
0/10Closed- ✗The jail is named — not published
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✗Beds and daily population — not published
- ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✗PREA audits — not published
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
- ✗How to post bond — not published
- ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year built1981 & 2010 (IDOC 2025 report)
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds50 rated (IDOC 2025)
Since then
- IDOC 2025 report lists build years 1981 & 2010; details not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff William D. Brown
- Runs the jailYes — county page: "County Sheriff's Deputies also operate the county jail and work with local courts"
- How the office is filledElected, four-year term
- Also known asBill Brown (IDOC 2025 report)
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Clark County, IL — Sheriff · 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.
Clark 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).
- NoteNo board page could be opened; the county home page gives no governing-body name.
- The boardNot found
- Where the jail money is decidedNot found
Notes on the record
- The county's sheriff page gives the sheriff's name and the jail's street address but refers only to "the county jail"; no facility name.
- The page says visitors may view a list of recent offenders processed into the jail, but no working link to a county roster was found; it links only to the state VINELink service.
- Fees listed on the sheriff page are civil-process fees (report copy $5, service $25), not jail phone, visit or commissary fees.
- No board, minutes or budget page could be opened on clarkcountyil.org.
- State inspection/oversight: IDOC Jail and Detention Standards Unit, inspected 18 November 2025: rated capacity 50, population 13 that day; noncompliances: staffing (701.20, 701.130) — facility relies on part-time officers and non-correctional staff; 30-minute observation checks (701.130) — 1,549 of 1,594 checks timely (97%).
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Clark 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