Randolph County
Its jail, located in Chester, has a capacity of 44.
Randolph County has a population of 29,903 and is classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as “Nonmetro - Urban population of 5,000 to 20,000, adjacent to a metro area”.
Annual inspections
Between 2017 and 2025, the Randolph County jail has failed eight of nine Illinois Department of Corrections inspections.
Inspectors cited violations to “Supervision” regulations most often, bringing it up in five of those failed inspections.
| Year | Result | Violations cited |
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| 2025 | Noncompliant |
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| 2024 | Compliant | — |
| 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
No incident reports were located for the Randolph County jail.
Deaths in custody
Between 2019 and 2025, 1 person died in custody of the Randolph County sheriff. It appears in state oversight data.
Each death in the Randolph County jail
Counted by the state Additional details
No deaths in custody were identified at the Randolph County jail.
Illinois Answers withheld the names of some of the deceased at the request of their families.
Data compiled 2026-09-15. Methodology.