Stark County
The Stark County jail has closed. Its last state inspection was in 2023. The records below cover the years it was open.
Stark County has a population of 5,272 and is classified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture as “Metro - Counties in metro areas of 250,000 to 1 million population”.
Annual inspections
Between 2017 and 2023, the Stark County jail has failed seven of seven Illinois Department of Corrections inspections.
Inspectors cited violations to “Supervision” regulations most often, bringing it up in seven of those failed inspections.
| Year | Result | Violations cited |
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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
Stark County reported 1 extraordinary or unusual incidents at its jail between 2019 and 2025 — 1.9 per 10,000 residents, the 72nd highest rate of the 92 Illinois counties with a jail.
Among the 36 metropolitan counties it is 29th; 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
Stark CountyMetropolitan counties Every other county with a jail
Most frequent categories
- Suicide1
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 Stark County sheriff. All of them appear in state oversight data.
Each death in the Stark County jail
Counted by the state
No deaths in custody were identified at the Stark County jail.
Illinois Answers withheld the names of some of the deceased at the request of their families.
Data compiled 2026-09-15. Methodology.