Morgan County Inmate Population Snapshot
The Morgan County inmate population is centered on the Morgan County Adult Detention Center in Versailles. The Morgan County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Norman Dills, uses the Morgan County Detention Center and Adult Detention Center names for the same local jail. It is the public roster point for county arrests, local holds, and short-term detention. The jail also has a documented federal role. The official sheriff count posted on June 1, 2026 reported County: 96 and Federal: 24, for a total of 120 people in that count. The live current roster inspected on June 20, 2026 displayed Inmate Roster (98).
Those figures do not mean every person has the same legal status. Some are booked after a Morgan County arrest and wait for bond or court. Some may serve a short county sentence. Others may be held under a federal contract or immigration detention arrangement. Once a person is sentenced to a Missouri prison term, the lookup usually shifts from the county roster to the Missouri Department of Corrections. The count rises and falls with new arrests, bond decisions, court orders, releases, transfers, and holds from other agencies.
Morgan County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest local figures come from the sheriff's official roster and press releases. The county did not publish a rated jail capacity, annual booking total, or average length of stay in the research file, so those fields should not be guessed. The figures below use only sourced local data and clearly mark gaps where the official source did not provide a number.
| Measure | Figure | Source and Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current roster count | 98 current inmates | Official Morgan County roster title, inspected June 20, 2026 |
| County detainees | 96 | Morgan County Sheriff's Office inmate-count post, June 1, 2026 |
| Federal detainees | 24 | Morgan County Sheriff's Office inmate-count post, June 1, 2026 |
| Total in count post | 120 | County plus federal count in the June 1, 2026 post |
| Rated capacity | Not published in official county source | Sheriff and county pages checked during research |
Morgan County Inmate Population Trends
Research did not locate a multi-year Morgan County average daily population table from an official local source. The available timeline is still useful because it shows a current local count and the jail's federal detention history. ICE disclosure pages document inspections of Morgan County Adult Detention Center in 2011, 2018, and 2019. Those inspection entries are not population totals, but they support the local point that Morgan County jail data may include more than county-only custody.
| Date or Year | Population Measure | Note |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2026 | County 96, Federal 24, total 120 | Official sheriff inmate-count press release |
| June 20, 2026 | 98 current inmates | Official current roster page title at inspection |
| 2019 | ICE inspection disclosure | Federal oversight record, not a total jail population count |
| 2018 | ICE inspection disclosure | Federal oversight record, not a total jail population count |
| 2011 | ICE inspection disclosure | Federal oversight record, not a total jail population count |
Who Is in Morgan County Custody
The public roster gives person-level booking details, but it does not publish an aggregate race, age, sex, pretrial, sentenced, or charge-level breakdown in list view. The only official split found in local count data is county detainees and federal detainees. That split matters for search. A person in county custody may be found through the sheriff roster, while a sentenced state prisoner belongs in the Missouri Department of Corrections locator. A federal or immigration custody question may require a BOP or ICE search even when the physical jail is in Versailles.
- County custody - The June 1, 2026 sheriff post listed 96 county detainees.
- Federal custody - The same post listed 24 federal detainees.
- State prison custody - No MODOC adult institution was found in Morgan County.
- Demographic totals - Sex, age, race, and pretrial/sentenced splits were not published in the roster list.
Note: Treat calculated rates with care because the local total can include federal detainees housed in the county jail.
Morgan County Jail Capacity Facts
No current official rated capacity was located on the Morgan County sheriff or county government pages reviewed for this build. Older non-official directory figures were not used. The research also did not find a current county-published overcrowding report, new jail construction notice, DOJ consent decree, or official major jail litigation record. That leaves the dated sheriff count and the live roster as the reliable local population facts.
Capacity questions still come up because a roster count by itself does not say whether a jail is full. Morgan County's public material should be read narrowly: it shows who is listed, the current count at the time of inspection, the county/federal split in one press release, and the detention center's documented federal inspection history. It does not supply bed count, housing unit names, or an official average daily population table.
Laws for Morgan County Jail Records
Missouri public-record law is the route for Morgan County booking records that are not online. The official roster is the fastest public view, but written requests can be used for arrest reports, booking records, booking photos, and weekly report material held by the sheriff's office. Statutes also define the sheriff's jail role and the care duties that apply once a person is received into custody.
Key Statutes:
Missouri Sunshine Law - the Attorney General explains that requests go to the agency that created or keeps the record.
RSMo 610.100 - arrest and incident reports are open records, subject to closure and redaction rules.
RSMo 221.020 - sheriffs are jailers and custodians of county jails unless law provides otherwise.
Missouri DPS DCRA - DPS collects and reports deaths in custody in Missouri under the Death in Custody Reporting Act process.
Morgan County State Prison Search
Sentenced Missouri prison custody is not searched through the Morgan County roster. Use the Missouri Department of Corrections Offender Search for active offenders supervised by MODOC, including prison, probation, and parole categories shown by the portal. The research file found no adult state prison physically inside Morgan County. After sentencing or transfer, a person can disappear from the county jail list but remain active in MODOC records.
| System | Best Use | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Morgan County roster | Current county jail inmates and 48-hour releases | Does not cover discharged state prisoners |
| MODOC Offender Search | Active Missouri prison, probation, and parole records | CAPTCHA and some safety/confidentiality exclusions |
| VINELink | Victim notification and custody-status registration | Notification tool, not a full court record |
Search the Morgan County Jail Roster
The official county search starts at the Morgan County roster chooser. It links to Current Inmates and to a 48 Hour Release list for people released from the Morgan County Detention Center within the last two days. The official Adult Detention Center page supplies the local rules for mail, visitation, deposits, and ICE reporting. The current roster can be browsed, sorted, or searched by name, and it showed mugshots, names, booking numbers, booking dates, charges, bonds, pagination, and profile links during research.
Use the official sheriff channel before relying on third-party copies. If a person is not listed, the next step is the 24-hour sheriff and jail phone line. The person may still be in intake, may have bonded out quickly, may have been transferred, or may be held by another agency.
- Open the Morgan County roster chooser and select Current Inmates for people now in custody.
- Choose 48 Hour Release if the person may have bonded out, been released, or transferred recently.
- Use Search By Name, Show All, or the date and name sort controls.
- Review the list fields before relying on a profile page, since profile pages timed out during research.
- Call 573-378-5481 when the roster does not answer a current custody question.
Morgan County Inmate Lookup Fields
The roster controls are simple, but they answer different questions. Name search helps when spelling is known. Newest-to-oldest sorting helps with recent arrests. Released status helps when the person left custody within the release window. The visible roster count was split across several pages when inspected, so a blank first screen does not mean the person is absent if filters are still active.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search By Name | Text | Unspecified | No official wildcard or minimum-character rule was shown. |
| Current | Status link | No | Shows current inmates at the detention center. |
| Released | Status link | No | Used with the release list from the chooser. |
| Sort Newest to Oldest | Sort link | No | Useful for recent bookings. |
| Show All | Button or link | No | Clears the name search and returns the full list. |
The current inmate roster screenshot from the research set shows how booking photos, charges, bond amounts, and profile links appear together on the list view.
That list view is the main public screen for Morgan County current custody, but it should be checked against the jail when timing or release status matters.
Morgan County Released Inmate Records
The roster chooser gives a 48 Hour Release option for people released from the Morgan County Detention Center within the last two days. That is the only specific release-retention window located on the official roster channel. Older booking records, arrest reports, booking photos, or weekly report material may require a written Missouri Sunshine Law request to the Morgan County Sheriff's Office. The request should identify the person, booking number if known, date, record type, and preferred delivery method.
Past custody can also mean a transfer. If the person was sentenced to prison, check MODOC. If the person was federally sentenced, search the BOP Inmate Locator. If the question involves immigration detention, search ICE's Online Detainee Locator. Morgan County's local roster is not built to answer every past-custody scenario.
Morgan County Inmate Record Fields
The public list view contains enough detail to identify a booking and understand the custody entry, but it does not show every possible jail or court field. No date of birth, home address, housing unit, court date, warrant number, or arresting agency was visible in the inspected list view. Charge wording on the roster can also differ from the prosecutor's filed charge in court.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | A booking image beside many roster entries. |
| Name | Last name, first name, and middle name or initial in uppercase. |
| Booking Number | A numeric identifier, with visible examples in a year-plus-sequence format. |
| Booking Date | Date and time in month-day-year format with an am or pm time. |
| Charges | Plain-English charge descriptions, sometimes with multiple charge lines. |
| Bond | Total dollar amount shown in list view, without bond type details. |
Morgan County Jail vs State Prison
The most common search mistake is using the county roster for a person who has already moved into state custody. The county jail handles arrest intake, local detention, and short-term custody. MODOC handles sentenced state prisoners and people under state supervision. Federal and immigration custody can overlap physically with a local jail, but the search tool may still be federal.
| County Jail | State Prison or Supervision | |
|---|---|---|
| Run By | Morgan County Sheriff's Office | Missouri Department of Corrections |
| Typical Status | Pretrial, local sentence, local hold, federal hold | Sentenced prison, probation, parole |
| Search Tool | Roster chooser, current roster, 48 Hour Release | MODOC Offender Search |
| Key Limit | Profile pages may not always load and older records may require a request | Does not show discharged offenders and requires CAPTCHA |
Federal and ICE Inmate Search
Morgan County Adult Detention Center has official ICE inspection history and the sheriff's jail page includes ICE detainee reporting contacts. The June 1, 2026 count also separated federal detainees from county detainees. For sentenced federal prisoners, use BOP. For adults in ICE custody or CBP custody for more than 48 hours, use ICE's locator by A-number and country of birth, or by name, country of birth, and date of birth. VINELink is also available for custody notifications.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that can affect release.
- Federal hold
- A custody interest by a federal authority such as USMS or ICE.
- 48-hour release
- Morgan County's list of people released from the detention center within the last two days.
- DOC
- The Missouri Department of Corrections, which runs state prison and supervision records.
Morgan County Detention Facilities
The facility map for this project lists one local detention facility. No separate state prison, BOP prison, or dedicated ICE-owned facility was verified inside Morgan County. The single facility page should be read as the local jail page, with added context for federal and immigration custody because official records document that role.
- Morgan County Adult Detention Center - county jail in Versailles for local detainees, county sentenced detainees, and federal or ICE detainees when housed there.
Morgan County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Morgan County inmate population?
The official current roster displayed 98 current inmates when inspected on June 20, 2026. A sheriff inmate-count post dated June 1, 2026 listed County: 96 and Federal: 24, for 120 total people in that count. Those are dated snapshots, not a capacity statement.
Where does a Morgan County inmate search start?
Start with the Morgan County roster chooser, then choose Current Inmates or 48 Hour Release. Use the search field, date sort, and Show All option. If the person is not listed, call the jail line because intake, release, transfer, or a federal hold can change the route.
Does Morgan County have a sheriff mobile app?
No current official Morgan County, Missouri sheriff app-store listing was located during research. Use the sheriff website's roster, alerts, crime-tip, most-wanted, and press-release tools as the official online channels unless a verified app is later published.