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Missouri Jails & Prisons
Every jail, prison and detention facility in Missouri — addresses, phone numbers, visiting rules, and the official inmate search for each one.
Missouri has 19 correctional institutions operated by Missouri Department of Corrections, plus 106 county and local jails. This directory lists 57 because it still carries institutions the agency is closing. How we count.
- ArrestedTaken to the county jail for the county where the arrest happened — not where they live.
- County jailHeld here while the case runs. 106 local jail facilities in Missouri. Bail is set and posted here.
- Court and sentencingMost people leave from here. Only a sentence to state time moves someone into the prison system.
- Released, fined, or a county sentence — the path ends here for most people
- Reception centreWeeks, not days. They are scored, assessed and assigned. Expect little contact during this stage — this is the part families are least warned about.
- InstitutionPlaced at one of 19 institutions, at a security level set by their score — not by the worst thing the prison is allowed to hold.
- Release and supervisionThey report to a parole or probation office, which is rarely the city they were held in.
Browse Missouri records by system.
Jails, state prisons, federal facilities, and ICE detention are run by different agencies under different rules. These groups are how we file the records — not official counts of what the state operates.
What do you need to do in Missouri?
Each link goes to the agency that actually handles it. Individual facilities can still add their own rules, so confirm with the one holding the person.
If someone was just arrested in Missouri
Finding someone
Missouri DOC offender web search
The Missouri Department of Corrections publishes a public offender search covering people under MDOC supervision, including those on probation and parole.
All Missouri facility records.
Open a group to see its records. Type in the box to narrow the list by facility, city, or county.
State prisons in Missouri57 records
Federal facilities in Missouri2 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Mcfp Springfield | Springfield | Greene |
| Rrm St. Louis | St. Louis | St.. Louis |
County and city jails in Missouri106 records
Juvenile facilities in Missouri23 records
Other facilities in Missouri8 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora City Jail | Aurora | Lawrence |
| Cape Girardeau Municipal Jail | Cape Girardeau | Cape Girardeau |
| Humansville Police Department | Humansville | Polk |
| Joplin City Jail | Joplin | Jasper |
| St.. Louis City Justice Center | St.. Louis | St.. Louis (CITY) |
| St.. Louis Medium Security Institution | St.. Louis | St.. Louis (CITY) |
| Thayer Police Department | Thayer | Oregon |
| Viburnum City Jail | Viburnum | Iron |
Where in Missouri?
Most people know the county or the city, not the name of the facility. Start there. Bail is set and posted at the county jail, so the county page is also where the sheriff, the custody search and the court contacts live.
104 counties in Missouri with facility records
- Callaway County 10
- St. Louis County 9
- Greene County 6
- Butler County 5
- St. Francois County 5
- Buchanan County 4
- Clay County 4
- Cole County 4
- Jackson County 4
- St. Louis (city) County 4
- Boone County 3
- Cape Girardeau County 3
- Jasper County 3
- Lawrence County 3
- Texas County 3
- Adair County 2
- Audrain County 2
- Bates County 2
- Christian County 2
- Cooper County 2
- Dekalb County 2
- Dunklin County 2
- Iron County 2
- Jefferson County 2
- Johnson County 2
- Lafayette County 2
- Lincoln County 2
- Marion County 2
- Mississippi County 2
- Moniteau County 2
- Montgomery County 2
- New Madrid County 2
- Nodaway County 2
- Oregon County 2
- Pettis County 2
- Pike County 2
- Polk County 2
- Randolph County 2
- Reynolds County 2
- St. Charles County 2
- Stoddard County 2
- Washington County 2
- Webster County 2
- Andrew County 1
- Atchison County 1
- Barry County 1
- Barton County 1
- Benton County 1
- Bollinger County 1
- Caldwell County 1
- Camden County 1
- Carroll County 1
- Cass County 1
- Cedar County 1
- Chariton County 1
- Clark County 1
- Clinton County 1
- Crawford County 1
- Dade County 1
- Dallas County 1
- Daviess County 1
- Dent County 1
- Douglas County 1
- Franklin County 1
- Grundy County 1
- Harrison County 1
- Henry County 1
- Hickory County 1
- Holt County 1
- Howard County 1
- Howell County 1
- Laclede County 1
- Lewis County 1
- Livingston County 1
- Macon County 1
- Madison County 1
- Maries County 1
- Mcdonald County 1
- Miller County 1
- Morgan County 1
- Newton County 1
- Osage County 1
- Ozark County 1
- Pemiscot County 1
- Perry County 1
- Phelps County 1
- Platte County 1
- Pulaski County 1
- Ray County 1
- Saline County 1
- Schuyler County 1
- Scotland County 1
- Scott County 1
- Shannon County 1
- Shelby County 1
- St. Clair County 1
- Ste. Genevieve County 1
- Stone County 1
- Sullivan County 1
- Taney County 1
- Vernon County 1
- Warren County 1
- Wayne County 1
- Wright County 1
128 cities in Missouri with facility records
- Saint Louis 12
- Fulton 10
- Springfield 6
- Jefferson City 5
- Poplar Bluff 5
- Farmington 4
- Kansas City 4
- St. Joseph 4
- Chillicothe 3
- Columbia 3
- Bethany 2
- Bloomfield 2
- Bolivar 2
- Boonville 2
- Bowling Green 2
- Cameron 2
- Cape Girardeau 2
- Charleston 2
- Forsyth 2
- Hillsboro 2
- Joplin 2
- Kennett 2
- Kirksville 2
- Liberty 2
- Maryville 2
- Mexico 2
- Montgomery City 2
- Mount Vernon 2
- New Madrid 2
- Sedalia 2
- St. Charles 2
- Troy 2
- Alton 1
- Aurora 1
- Ava 1
- Benton 1
- Black 1
- Bonne Terre 1
- Buffalo 1
- Butler 1
- Cabool 1
- California 1
- Camdenton 1
- Carrollton 1
- Carthage 1
- Caruthersville 1
- Cassville 1
- Centerview 1
- Centerville 1
- Clayton 1
- Clinton 1
- Eminence 1
- Fayette 1
- Fordland 1
- Fredericktown 1
- Gainesville 1
- Galena 1
- Greenfield 1
- Greenville 1
- Hannibal 1
- Harrisonville 1
- Hartville 1
- Henrietta 1
- Hermitage 1
- Houston 1
- Humansville 1
- Huntsville 1
- Ironton 1
- Jackson 1
- Kahoka 1
- Keytesville 1
- Kingston 1
- Lamar 1
- Lancaster 1
- Lawson 1
- Lebanon 1
- Lees Summit 1
- Lexington 1
- Licking 1
- Linn 1
- Macks Creek 1
- Macon 1
- Marble Hill 1
- Marshall 1
- Marshfield 1
- Memphis 1
- Milan 1
- Mineral Point 1
- Moberly 1
- Monticello 1
- Neosho 1
- Nevada 1
- Oregon 1
- Osceola 1
- Ozark 1
- Pacific 1
- Palmyra 1
- Pattonsburg 1
- Perryville 1
- Pineville 1
- Platte City 1
- Plattsburg 1
- Potosi 1
- Rich Hill 1
- Rock Port 1
- Rolla 1
- Salem 1
- Savannah 1
- Shelbyville 1
- Ste. Genevieve 1
- Steelville 1
- Stockton 1
- Thayer 1
- Tipton 1
- Trenton 1
- Tuscumbia 1
- Union 1
- Vandalia 1
- Versailles 1
- Viburnum 1
- Vienna 1
- Warrensburg 1
- Warrenton 1
- Warsaw 1
- Waverly 1
- Waynesville 1
- West Plains 1
- Wildwood 1
9 closed facilities in Missouri
These have shut. Nobody is held at any of them. They are listed because the names stay in people’s records, letters and memories long after the doors close, and because a directory that simply omits them looks broken to the person searching.
9 more, closing date not yet confirmed
- 30TH CIRCUIT YOUTH SERVICE CENTER Bolivar
- BRIDEWELL DETENTION FACILITY Bethany
- CENTRAL MISSOURI CORRECTIONAL CENTER Jefferson City
- GREEN GABLES LODGE Macks Creek
- LIVINGSTON COUNTY JAIL Chillicothe
- MISSOURI YOUTH SERVICES BABLER LODGE Wildwood
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY TREATMENT CENTER Mexico
- OLD CHILLICOTHE CORRECTIONAL CENTER Chillicothe
- ST LOUIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER Saint Louis
Parole and probation
Missouri parole offices — where someone reports after release, which is rarely the city they were held in.