This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, post bond, release a person, or pull an official booking or court record.
Official Records and Custody Contacts
Start with the office that owns the type of information sought. Gallatin County does not have a verified county jail, so arrest-report questions and physical-custody questions may go to different offices.
Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office
484 North Lincoln Blvd. EastP.O. Box 340
Shawneetown, IL 62984
Phone: 618-269-3137
Fax: 618-269-3806
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Ask the Sheriff’s Office for the current FOIA or records route when seeking a Gallatin arrest report. No separate records line or records email was verified.
Saline County Sheriff
1 N. Main StreetHarrisburg, IL 62946
Phone: 618-252-8661
Availability published as 24/7
The Saline County facility is the documented contract-housing path for Gallatin detainees. Use the official Saline Sheriff page and its current FOIA button for a physical-custody, jail-held booking, or booking-photo question. The contract does not prove that a particular person is there.
- For an arrest report or agency record, contact the Gallatin Sheriff or the municipal police department that made the arrest.
- For present physical custody or a jail-held photo, check with Saline County when that contracted path applies.
- For filed charges and outcomes, use the Gallatin Circuit Clerk or the official-linked Judici court portal.
- For state prison or parole records, use the Illinois Department of Corrections offender search.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the separate BOP or ICE locator.