Webster County Jail Overview
Webster County Jail, also described by the sheriff as the Webster County Detention facility, is operated by the Webster County Sheriff's Office. The jail address is 221 N. Crittenden, Marshfield, MO 65706, and the jail information line is (417) 859-2247, press 2. Missouri law places county jail custody, rule, keeping, and charge under the sheriff unless another law provides otherwise, and the Webster County research identifies Sheriff Roye H. Cole as the current sheriff named on the official sheriff history page.
The jail is the booking and incarceration point for people arrested in Webster County or in municipalities inside the county. The sheriff's jail page describes an adult facility for male and female inmates. It holds pretrial detainees, local post-conviction inmates, and inmates waiting for transport to the Missouri Department of Corrections. That last group is important for inmate search: a person can be in Webster County Jail after sentencing for a short time, then move into MODOC custody and disappear from the local roster.
Webster County Jail Capacity and Population
The controlling current capacity figure in the research is the sheriff jail page's 116-bed number, accessed in June 2026. A construction-history source for the Webster County Justice Center described a 110-bed jail, but the official sheriff source controls for present jail content. The facility uses separate housing areas for low and medium security risk males, high security risk males, and female inmates, so the jail's population is not one undifferentiated group.
Current roster population was not captured during research because the current-inmates page body did not return usable HTML. The older benchmark located in the research is the Prison Gerrymandering Project table, which reported a Webster County Sheriff's Office local jail average daily population of 31 from the 2013 Census of Jail Facilities. Treat that as historical context, not a live population count. For current custody, use the roster if it loads, then call the jail if the roster is unavailable or a recent booking is missing.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Webster County Jail
Start with the Webster County Current Inmates roster. Research found the official roster URL, but the page body was not inspectable through the available fetchers, so search fields, profile fields, refresh timing, and release-retention rules were not confirmed. If the page displays a list instead of a search form, scan by name. If it does not load, if the arrest is very recent, or if the person may have been transferred, use the jail phone line.
- Open the current-inmates roster and look for the person by full legal name.
- Use date of birth, approximate arrest date, and arresting agency to distinguish similar names if the page provides details.
- Confirm that the custody facility is Webster County Jail rather than a state prison or federal agency.
- Call (417) 859-2247 and press 2 if the roster is down, incomplete, or does not show a newly booked person.
- Check Missouri DOC Offender Web Search when the person has been sentenced, transferred, placed on probation, or placed on parole.
Use Missouri VINELink for custody notifications. VINE is useful when a family member or victim needs release and transfer alerts instead of a one-time roster check. For filed charges and hearings, use Missouri Case.net; it is a court-record system, not a live custody system.
Webster County Jail Address and Contact
Use the jail address for custody, visitation, mail, and inmate-property questions. The sheriff's administrative office is a separate address at 101 South Crittenden, Marshfield, MO 65706, with administrative hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The jail phone is the better channel for current custody status, recent bookings, visit scheduling, property release, and transport questions.
Webster County Jail
221 N. Crittenden
Marshfield, MO 65706
(417) 859-2247, press 2
Jail information line; sheriff main phone is marked 24 hours.
Visiting Someone at Webster County Jail
Webster County Jail visitation is local jail visitation, not Missouri DOC prison visitation. The sheriff's jail information says visits are on Fridays unless otherwise stated, and appointments are made by calling the jail on Thursday between 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Slots are first come, first served. Each inmate may have three visitors total, and visits last 25 minutes. Visitors must be adults with valid ID, may not have been incarcerated in the last 90 days, and must arrive no earlier than five minutes before the scheduled visit.
Only ID and keys are allowed during the visit, and key rings should have keys only. The dress-code restrictions listed in the research include revealing shorts, halter tops, bathing suits, see-through garments, crop tops, low-cut tops or dresses, leotards, spandex, miniskirts, backless tops, sleeveless garments, short skirts, and high-split dresses or skirts. Visits are monitored and recorded; inappropriate behavior can end the visit and lead to lost privileges or charges.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday | 9:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Call to schedule Friday visit |
| Friday | Scheduled 25-minute slot | In-person jail visit unless changed by facility |
| Saturday | Not listed in official jail details | Call before relying on any alternate schedule |
| Sunday | Not listed in official jail details | Call before relying on any alternate schedule |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Webster County Jail
Legal and governmental mail is accepted. When clearly marked as legal or governmental, it is opened and checked for contraband in the inmate's presence and is not read by detention staff. Non-legal and nongovernmental mail is accepted as postcards. The research says the hard copy of postcards from friends or family is no longer given to inmates until release, and postcards can be returned for stickers, adhesive labels, watermarks, stains, lipstick, pictures, alterations, foreign substances, scents, powder, or liquid. Blank 3x5 pre-stamped postcards are accepted, and postcard writing should be in blue or black ink.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Webster County Sheriff's Office, C/O inmate first and last name, 221 N. Crittenden, Marshfield, MO 65706 |
| Commissary Orders | Inmates order from a kiosk in their housing unit. |
| Money Deposit | Use inmatecanteen.com or the lobby kiosk. The kiosk accepts cash and credit or debit cards. |
| Property Intake | Only approved prescription medication, eyeglasses, or medical equipment. |
| Property Release | Requires an inmate property-release form and picture ID from the pickup person. |
Records Requests and Custody Fallbacks
No Webster-specific Sunshine Law request form was located in the reviewed sheriff pages. For copies of an arrest report, booking record, jail log entry, booking photo, incident report, or property-release paperwork, send a written request to the Webster County Sheriff's Office and identify the person by full name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, and record type. Missouri's law-enforcement records statute, RSMo 610.100, makes arrest and incident reports open records subject to exceptions. RSMo 610.026 supplies the fee and response framework for public-records requests.
Written records requests are not the best tool for urgent custody status. Call the jail at (417) 859-2247, press 2, for a recent arrest, possible release, transfer, bond question, medical property approval, or visit confirmation. Use Case.net when the question is about filed charges, court dates, bond orders, attorneys, amended charges, dismissals, pleas, sentencing, or disposition. Use MODOC when the person is no longer in county jail because state supervision has begun.
Booking and Intake at Webster County Jail
The sheriff's jail page gives the local intake rule: people arrested in Webster County or its municipalities are transported to Webster County Jail for booking and incarceration. A typical local sequence is arrest by a deputy, city officer, state patrol trooper, or warrant authority; transport to the jail; intake; medical and security screening; property inventory; booking record creation; fingerprint and photo steps when applicable; classification; and housing assignment. The jail's low and medium risk male, high risk male, and female housing areas mean classification affects where a person is housed.
Missouri law also affects intake. Under RSMo 221.040, a sheriff or jailer is not required to receive or detain a prisoner until medical examination by a physician or competent medical personnel if the person appears unconscious, seriously ill, seriously injured, or seriously impaired. Court timing is separate from jail intake. The Webster County court-date page lists in-custody criminal cases at 9:30 a.m. on the first Tuesday of the first full week of the month, but that schedule should not be treated as a guarantee for every first appearance.
State, Federal, and ICE Searches After Webster County Jail
Webster County Jail is not the right search system for every custody status. Missouri DOC Offender Web Search covers active offenders supervised by MODOC, including probationers and parolees, and does not provide discharged-offender information. The DOC page also warns that some offenders may be unavailable for safety, security, or confidentiality reasons. If a Webster County defendant is sentenced and moved to prison, or placed under DOC supervision, check the DOC locator instead of the county roster.
No federal Bureau of Prisons facility or ICE detention facility was located in Webster County. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the BOP Inmate Locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. Federal pretrial detainees may be under the U.S. Marshals Service and may not appear in BOP until sentenced or committed. Immigration detainees should be searched through ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Neither BOP nor ICE replaces the county jail roster for ordinary Webster County pretrial custody.
About Webster County Jail
The jail operates as a detention function of the Webster County Sheriff's Office. Research identifies Captain Tina Gann as jail administrator, with responsibilities for planning, organizing, implementing corrections operations and programs, directing subordinates, enforcing policies and rules, and reporting directly to the sheriff. Sergeant Shawn Hughes is described as responsible for two squads and daily operations, including hiring, equipment, scheduling, training, discipline, paperwork, report review, and the transport division. Transport staff handle court, extradition, and DOC transfers.
The Webster County Justice Center construction source describes a 56,100-square-foot detention facility with sheriff offices, courtroom, and support functions. That source is useful for building history, but the sheriff's current jail page controls the capacity and operating details. Visitors should use the jail address on North Crittenden, not the sheriff administrative address, and should confirm visits, property rules, and custody status before traveling.
Note: Call the jail before traveling for a visit, pickup, deposit question, or custody check because roster and schedule details can change.