Locate Tamms Recent Arrests

Tamms Arrests and Agency Roles

Tamms ranks as the second-largest incorporated place in Alexander County. The Southern Five profile puts its population at 430 for 2020. The village has its own police department, listed in Illinois public-safety records. When a Tamms officer makes an arrest, that department keeps the incident report. It describes what happened. Custody works differently. Alexander County houses contract inmates at the Pulaski County Detention Center in Ullin. So one arrest can create a village report. A separate county booking record follows. Ask each office only for the document it actually holds. That saves time and avoids a stalled response.

Where Tamms Arrests Appear

Tamms Police publish no website, daily arrest log, booking feed, or photo page. No public records phone is listed. Alexander County offers no confirmed 24-hour arrest feed either. One caution: the Pulaski jail roster page links to a vendor address labeled Pulaski County, Kentucky, which is not an Illinois list and should be avoided.

No aggregator carries a Tamms-specific arrest section. RecentlyBooked's Illinois index skips Alexander County entirely. Other services mix it up with counties in other states. Start with official records.

Find a Tamms Arrest Record

Start with details that narrow the search. A name alone can pull the wrong county. Add "Tamms, Alexander County, Illinois," an approximate date, and the arresting agency if known.

1. Confirm whether Tamms Police, Alexander County Sheriff, or Illinois State Police handled the event.
2. Ask the arresting agency for its incident or arrest report.
3. Call the Alexander Sheriff at 618-734-2141 for county records guidance.
4. Call Pulaski Detention Center at 618-845-3512 for urgent current-custody confirmation.
5. Send a written request for a past intake record or booking photo.

The Alexander County recent-arrests resource maps out county roster and court channels. For a multi-day view across the area, turn to the Police Blotter page, keeping in mind that no complete official weekly log exists.

Tamms Police Records Requests

The Village of Tamms Police Department sits at 425 Front Street, Tamms, Illinois 62988. An Illinois Commerce Commission 911 document gives that address. The Illinois Police Training and Standards Board also recognizes the agency. Neither source gives a records-unit phone. No online request form or fee schedule appears either. Confirm current contact details through the village before dialing any directory number.

A good records request names the person, the date, and the agency. Say exactly what you want. Options include the police report, the jail intake record, or the booking photograph. Ask the current fee up front. Request a written reason for anything withheld or redacted. Illinois FOIA sets the framework. It does not put every part of an arrest file under one roof.

Pulaski Booking for Tamms Arrests

The official Pulaski detention page lists the facility at 20 Justice Drive in Ullin. It also confirms the facility houses Alexander County inmates. That intergovernmental arrangement explains the odd paper trail. A Tamms arrest can produce a detention record outside Alexander County. It is also why searching for a "Tamms jail" goes nowhere.

For written detention records, the Pulaski FOIA instructions give the facility address. They also list the email gjones@pulaskicountyil.net.gov and fax 618-845-3533. Describe the record precisely. Do not assume a booking photo is posted online or carries a set fee. Alexander County publishes no photo policy or charge schedule.

No fixed posting interval exists. Arrest, transport, intake, and court appearance are separate events at separate times. A missing web result never rules out custody.

Former Tamms Prison Is Not Jail

The old Tamms Correctional Center causes plenty of search confusion. Its history in the village does not mean new arrestees are held there. Current Alexander County bookings all route through the Pulaski County Detention Center. Old prison mentions belong to another era of corrections.

A county booking means local pretrial custody or a short hold. State prison means a sentence has been served by the courts. The Illinois Department of Corrections handles those searches. The two systems do not mix. IDOC's offender search matters only after sentencing, and it cannot serve as a same-day Tamms booking feed.

Arrest report

The arresting agency’s account of the event.

Booking record

The detention intake record.

Disposition

The later court outcome.

State custody

Custody administered by IDOC, not the village.

Tamms Arrest News Gaps

No newsroom in the region prints every Tamms arrest. WQRL and KFVS cover southern Illinois bookings only when an incident draws attention. Ordinary arrests can slip past them entirely. Timing depends on the event, not the jail roster. A police photo attached to a story also tells you little. It is not an official mugshot archive.

Mugshots.com keeps an unofficial Alexander County history page, yet the site lists no page dedicated to the village of Tamms. Illinois Arrests and similar indexes offer no current village coverage either. A third-party entry, if one turns up, deserves a hard look at its state, date, agency of origin, and court status. Its absence proves nothing about whether a booking happened.

News claims and aggregator entries both answer to one place. That is the Alexander County Circuit Clerk's disposition.

Federal Custody and Old Names

Dig far enough into Pulaski County records and you may hit an old name: the "Tri-County Justice & Detention Center." That was the earlier title for the Pulaski County Detention Center. Some historical files describe federal detainees at the facility. Immigration populations appear there too. None of that tells you a Tamms arrest today involves federal authorities. Always confirm who actually holds the person. Go through ICE, the Bureau of Prisons, or U.S. Marshals channels only when an official source confirms a federal transfer. A routine village arrest points elsewhere. It involves Tamms Police, the Alexander Sheriff, and Pulaski detention records. Get the names and the Illinois geography straight. That keeps an outdated facility reference from derailing the whole search.

After a Tamms Arrest

A booking entry is just the first page of the story. The Alexander County Circuit Clerk's file carries the docket and the final outcome. Dismissals, amended charges, and pleas rarely show up on a jail roster. A news page rarely carries them either. For anything definitive, the court record is the place to look. Separate the questions and the answers get easier. Call the detention center to check current custody. Ask the arresting police agency for the incident narrative. Then send a written request for any older booking record. Let the court speak to the result.