Terms & Conditions

By accessing or using Edwards County Released Inmates, you agree to these Terms & Conditions. If you do not accept every term, do not use the website. These terms apply to the site’s public reference material, links, and third-party search features.

Edwards County Released Inmates is privately owned and has no affiliation with any government body, sheriff, jail, court, or corrections department. It is not a private investigation firm or a consumer reporting agency. Neither the site nor its advertising partners offers services covered by the Fair Credit Reporting Act for credit, employment, insurance, or tenant screening. The site helps visitors locate Edwards County and Illinois custody and release-record resources.


Nature of the Website

This is a private reference website with no governmental authority. It does not store official records, confirm custody, release a person, post bond, or file documents with a court or agency.

Its content points visitors toward Edwards County release sources, the sheriff and contracted jail, Illinois corrections resources, courts, and independent research tools. An official answer must come from the office that owns the record.


Acceptable Use Rules

Use of the website must remain lawful and must not interfere with other visitors or the site’s operation.

  • Do not violate any local, state, federal, or other applicable law.
  • Do not use information to stalk, harass, threaten, or harm anyone.
  • Do not use site content for hiring, housing, lending, insurance, or another eligibility decision.
  • Do not seek access to accounts, servers, systems, or data without authorization.
  • Do not deploy bots, scrapers, or automated collection tools against the website.
  • Do not disrupt, overload, damage, or impair service for another user.

No Consumer Reports

Edwards County Released Inmates is not a consumer reporting agency under the Fair Credit Reporting Act. It does not supply credit reports, background checks, consumer reports, or screening services. Its advertising and search partners do not provide such services through this site. You agree not to use information obtained here for an FCRA-covered purpose.

  • Making a hiring, retention, promotion, or firing decision
  • Choosing a tenant or deciding access to housing
  • Evaluating creditworthiness, lending terms, or insurance premiums
  • Determining eligibility for a license, permit, or government program
  • Any other decision governed by the FCRA

Websites Outside Our Control

Links may lead to sheriff and corrections pages, release records, government portals, legal-information sources, and independent search services. Edwards County Released Inmates does not operate those sites and does not endorse every item they publish. It is not responsible for their content, privacy practices, data handling, prices, or availability. Review the terms and policies of an outside service before using it.


Service Without Warranties

The website and all content are supplied “as is” and “as available.” To the fullest extent allowed by law, no express or implied warranty is made.

  • Accuracy, completeness, or present currency is not guaranteed.
  • Continuous or uninterrupted availability is not promised.
  • The service may contain errors, bugs, or security weaknesses.
  • Results from an outside search provider may be incomplete or unsuitable.

Custody data, court entries, contacts, and public records can change at any time. Nothing published here is an official statement from a sheriff, jail, court, corrections department, or other government agency.


Limits of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Edwards County Released Inmates and its owners, operators, partners, and contributors are not liable for direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or other damages arising from access to, use of, inability to use, or reliance on the website or linked services.


Your Duty to Indemnify

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Edwards County Released Inmates, its owners, operators, partners, and contributors from claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and reasonable legal fees arising from your use of the website or your breach of these terms.


Ownership of Site Materials

Unless a different owner is identified, the site’s original text, graphics, logos, design elements, and code belong to Edwards County Released Inmates or its content partners. You may not copy, republish, distribute, modify, or create derivative materials from them without prior written permission, except where law expressly allows.


Revisions to These Terms

These terms may be changed at any time. A revised version becomes effective when it is posted on the website. Continued use after posting means you accept the updated terms.


Suspension of Access

Access to all or part of the website may be restricted, suspended, or terminated at any time, for any reason, and without advance notice.


Illinois Law and Venue

Illinois law governs these terms without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute must be filed in a court with proper jurisdiction located in Illinois.


Severability of Terms

If a court finds any provision invalid or unenforceable, that provision will be narrowed or adjusted only as much as needed. Every remaining provision will continue in effect.


Terms Questions

Questions about these terms may be sent through the Contact Us page.