Ford County
Its jail, located in Paxton, has a capacity of 61.
Ford County has a population of 13,451 and is classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as “Metro - Counties in metro areas of fewer than 250,000 population”.
Annual inspections
Between 2017 and 2025, the Ford County jail has failed five of nine Illinois Department of Corrections inspections.
Inspectors cited violations to “Commissary” regulations most often, bringing it up in three of those failed inspections.
| Year | Result | Violations cited |
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| 2025 | Noncompliant |
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| 2024 | Noncompliant |
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| 2023 | Noncompliant |
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| 2022 | Compliant | — |
| 2021 | Compliant | — |
| 2020 | Compliant | — |
| 2019 | Compliant | — |
| 2018 | Noncompliant |
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| 2017 | Noncompliant |
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Each violation links to the standard it cites in the Illinois County Jail Standards. Years link to the full inspection report for that year on the IDOC website.
Extraordinary or unusual incidents
No incident reports were located for the Ford County jail.
Deaths in custody
No deaths in custody were identified at the Ford County jail.
Illinois Answers withheld the names of some of the deceased at the request of their families.
Data compiled 2026-09-15. Methodology.