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Missouri correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Adair County Jail 44 Local 12/31/2013
Algoa Correction Center 1,503 State 8501 No More Victims Road Jefferson City 65101 Cole 6/30/2012
Alpha House 55 Private 2300 E. Division Street Springfield 65803 Greene 6/30/2012
Andrew County Sheriffs office And Jail 27 Local 12/31/2013
Arnold Municipal City Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Atchison County Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Audrain County Jail 86 Local 12/31/2013
Aurora City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Barton County Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Bates County Sheriff & Jail 100 Local 12/31/2013
Belton City Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
Benton County Jail 27 Local 12/31/2013
Bollinger County Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Boone County Jail 196 Local 12/31/2013
Boonville Treatment Center 1,244 State 1216 E Morgan Street Boonville 65233 Cooper 6/30/2012
Buchanan County Law Enforcement Center 219 Local 12/31/2013
Caldwell County Jail 108 Local 12/31/2013
Callaway County Jail 85 Local 12/31/2013
Camden County Jail 109 Local 12/31/2013
Cape Girardeau County Jail 211 Local 12/31/2013
Carthage City Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Cass County Jail 101 Local 12/31/2013
Cedar County Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Chariton County Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Chillicothe Correctional Center 1,072 State 3151 Litton Road Chillicothe 64601 Livingston 6/30/2012
Christian County Jail 115 Local 12/31/2013
City of Jennings Dept. of Corrections 78 Local 12/31/2013
Clark County Jail 14 Local 12/31/2013
Clay County Detention Center 331 Local 12/31/2013
Clinton County Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Cole County Jail 136 Local 12/31/2013
Cooper County Detention Center 33 Local 12/31/2013
Crawford County Jail 87 Local 12/31/2013
Cremer Therapeutic Community Center 169 State 689 State Road O Fulton 65251 Callaway 6/30/2012
Crossroads Correctional Center 1,470 State 115 East Pence Road Cameron 64429 6/30/2012
Dade County Jail 10 Local 12/31/2013
Daviess-Dekalb Regional Jail 157 Local 12/31/2013
Dent County Jail 31 Local 12/31/2013
Dismas House of Saint Louis 175 Private 5025 Cote Brillainte Saint Louis 63113 St Louis City 6/30/2012
Doniphan City Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Douglas County Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
Dunklin County Jail 155 Local 12/31/2013
Eastern Reception Diagnostic & Corr Ctr 2,852 State 2727 Highway K Bonne Terre 63628 St Francois 6/30/2012
Farmington Correctional Center 2,595 State 1012 West Columbia Street Farmington 63640 St Francois 6/30/2012
Ferguson City Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Franklin County Jail 125 Local 12/31/2013
Fulton Reception & Diagnostic Center 1,553 State 12393 Highway O Fulton 65251 Callaway 6/30/2012
Grandview City Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Greene County Jail 566 Local 12/31/2013
Grundy County Detention Center 23 Local 12/31/2013
Harrison County Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Henry County Jail 81 Local 12/31/2013
Hickory County Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Holt County Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Howard County Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Howell County Detention Center 56 Local 12/31/2013
Iron County Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Jackson County Detention Center 703 Local 12/31/2013
Jasper County Jail 187 Local 12/31/2013
Jefferson City Correctional Center 1,969 State 8200 No More Victims Road Jefferson City 65101 Cole 6/30/2012
Jefferson County Jail 275 Local 12/31/2013
Johnson County Jail 179 Local 12/31/2013
Joplin City Jail 62 Local 12/31/2013
Laclede County Jail 127 Local 12/31/2013
Lafayette County Jail 108 Local 12/31/2013
Lawrence County Jail 41 Local 12/31/2013
Lewis County Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Lincoln County Jail 121 Local 12/31/2013
Macon County Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Marion County Jail 92 Local 12/31/2013
Maryville Treatment Center 518 State 30227 Us Highway 136 Maryville 64468 Nodaway 6/30/2012
Mcdonald County Jail 34 Local 12/31/2013
Mercer County Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Mers/Mo Goodwill 27 Private 1727 Locust St. St. Louis 63103 St Louis City 6/30/2012
Miller County Adult Detention Center 94 Local 12/31/2013
Mississippi County Detention Center 61 Local 12/31/2013
Missouri Eastern Correctional Center 1,087 State 18701 Us Highway 66 Pacific 63069 6/30/2012
Moberly Correctional Center 1,771 State 5201 South Morley Moberly 65270 Randolph 6/30/2012
Moniteau County Jail 31 Local 12/31/2013
Monroe County Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Montgomery County Jail 43 Local 12/31/2013
Morgan County Jail 90 Local 12/31/2013
New Madrid County Jail 34 Local 12/31/2013
Newton County Jail 85 Local 12/31/2013
Nodaway County Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Northeast Correctional Center 2,092 State 13698 Airport Road Bowling Green 63334 Pike 6/30/2012
Oregon County Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Osage County Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Ozark Correctional Center 645 State 929 Honor Camp Lane Fordland 65652 6/30/2012
Ozark County Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Pemiscot County Jail 83 Local 12/31/2013
Perry County Jail 26 Local 12/31/2013
Pettis County Jail 143 Local 12/31/2013
Phelps County Jail 143 Local 12/31/2013
Pike County Jail 47 Local 12/31/2013
Platte County Jail 131 Local 12/31/2013
Polk County Jail 37 Local 12/31/2013
Potosi Correctional Center 897 State 11593 State Highway O Mineral Point 63660 Washington 6/30/2012
Pulaski County Jail 52 Local 12/31/2013
Putnam County Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Randolph County Jail 87 Local 12/31/2013
Ray County Jail 60 Local 12/31/2013
Regional Correctional Center 149 Local 12/31/2013
Reynolds County Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Saline County Jail 84 Local 12/31/2013
Schuyler County Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Scotland County Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Scott City Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Scott County Jail 90 Local 12/31/2013
Shannon County Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Shelby County Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
South Central Correctional Center 1,600 State 255 West Highway 32 Licking 65542 Texas 6/30/2012
Southeast Correctional Center 1,625 State 300 East Pedro Simmons Charleston 63834 Mississippi 6/30/2012
Southeast Missouri Behavioral Health - Aquinas Center 70 Private 5536 E Highway 32 Farmington 23640 6/30/2012
Springfield Usmcfp 1,154 Federal 1900 W. Sunshine St Springfield 65807 Greene 6/30/2012
Springfield Usmcfp 978 Federal 1900 W. Sunshine St Springfield 65807 Greene 4/2/2020
St. Charles County Jail 382 Local 12/31/2013
St. Clair County Jail 145 Local 12/31/2013
St. Francois County Jail 219 Local 12/31/2013
St. Louis City Justice Center 697 Local 12/31/2013
St. Louis County - Department of Justice Services 1,331 Local 12/31/2013
St. Louis Medium Security Institution 1,033 Local 12/31/2013
Stone County Law Enforcement Center 41 Local 12/31/2013
Sullivan County Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Taney County Jail 177 Local 12/31/2013
Texas County Jail 51 Local 12/31/2013
Tipton Correctional Center 1,056 State 619 North Osage Avenue Tipton 65081 6/30/2012
Vernon County Jail 103 Local 12/31/2013
Warren County Jail 112 Local 12/31/2013
Washington County Jail 48 Local 12/31/2013
Wayne County Jail 60 Local 12/31/2013
Webster County Sheriff's office 31 Local 12/31/2013
West Plains City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Western Missouri Correctional Center 1,950 State 609 East Pence Road Cameron 64429 6/30/2012
Western Reception Diagnostic & Corr Ctr 2,056 State 3401 Faraon St Joseph 64506 Buchanan 6/30/2012
Women's Eastern Reception And Diagnostic Correctional Center 1,624 State 1101 E Hwy 54 Vandalia 63382 6/30/2012
Wright County Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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