Massac County
Its jail, located in Metropolis, has a capacity of 40.
Massac County has a population of 13,627 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 Massac County jail has failed nine of nine Illinois Department of Corrections inspections.
Inspectors cited violations to “Security” and “Supervision” regulations most often, bringing it up , each in nine 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 | Noncompliant |
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| 2021 | Noncompliant |
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| 2020 | Noncompliant |
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| 2019 | Noncompliant |
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| 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
Massac County reported 1 extraordinary or unusual incidents at its jail between 2019 and 2025 — 0.7 per 10,000 residents, the 85th highest rate of the 92 Illinois counties with a jail.
Among the 36 metropolitan counties it is 32nd; those counties report a median of 8.3. The median for every county with a jail is 7.
A county reporting less could indicate lower incident rates or lower reporting rates.
Incidents per 10,000 residents
Massac CountyMetropolitan counties Every other county with a jail
Most frequent categories
A single report can fall into more than one category.
Reported incidents by year
Deaths in custody
Between 2019 and 2025, 2 people died in custody of the Massac County sheriff. Of those, 1 was not counted in state oversight data.
Each death in the Massac County jail
Counted by the state Uncounted
No deaths in custody were identified at the Massac County jail.
Illinois Answers withheld the names of some of the deceased at the request of their families.
Data compiled 2026-09-15. Methodology.