This privately owned site has no government, sheriff, jail, court, or corrections affiliation. Neither it nor its advertising partners offers FCRA-covered credit, employment, insurance, or tenant-screening services. The site is not a private investigation firm or consumer reporting agency.
Nature of the Service
Shelby County Released Inmates is a private reference site. It stores no official government records and cannot confirm custody, release a person, or file a document. It points to Shelby County and Illinois inmate, jail, court, and release-record resources and may connect visitors with outside research tools.
Acceptable Use Rules
Visitors must use the service lawfully and with respect for others.
- Do not break a law through use of the site.
- Do not stalk, harass, threaten, or harm a person.
- Do not make hiring, housing, lending, or insurance decisions from site content.
- Do not attempt access without authorization.
- Do not operate bots, scrapers, or bulk collection tools.
- Do not interfere with access by other users.
No Consumer Reports
We are not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act and do not provide background checks, credit reports, or consumer reports. The site and its advertising partners provide no screening service. Users agree not to apply any information to:
- hiring, firing, or another employment decision;
- tenant or housing screening;
- creditworthiness, lending, or insurance pricing;
- licenses, permits, or government-program eligibility;
- any other purpose regulated by the FCRA.
External Resources
Links may lead to sheriff, corrections, release-record, government, legal-aid, and outside search services. A link is not an endorsement. We are not responsible for another site's content, data practices, terms, security, or uptime.
Service Provided As Is
The site is provided “as is” and “as available.” We make no warranty that information is accurate, complete, current, uninterrupted, free of defects or security flaws, or that a partner search will be thorough. Custody status and public records change. Nothing here is an official statement from a sheriff or government agency.
Limits on Liability
To the fullest extent Illinois law permits, the site, its owners, and content partners are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from access, use, inability to use, or reliance on the site.
Your Duty to Indemnify
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold the site and its operators harmless from claims, losses, costs, and reasonable legal fees caused by your use of the service or violation of these terms.
Ownership of Site Content
Site text, graphics, logos, and code belong to Shelby County Released Inmates or its content partners. They may not be copied, distributed, republished, or modified without written permission, except as law expressly allows.
Changes and Access
These terms may be revised at any time and a revision takes effect when posted. Access may also be limited, suspended, or revoked at any time, for any reason, without prior notice.
Illinois Law Controls
Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute must be brought in a court with proper jurisdiction in Illinois.
If One Term Fails
If a court finds one provision invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay effective. The affected provision will be limited or adjusted only as much as needed.
Questions About These Terms
Questions may be sent through the Contact Us page.