Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center Lookup

Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center Overview

The Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center is operated by the Ste. Genevieve County Sheriff's Office at 5 Basler Drive in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. Official county materials describe the building as a modern detention center serving local law enforcement and other agencies. The facility holds adult male and female detainees and can include county pretrial detainees, short-sentence county detainees, civil detainees, local and state agency detainees, federal or USMS-related detainees, and ICE civil immigration detainees housed under the same facility listing.

Jail Administrator Lt. Andrew Johnson is the county contact named on the detention page. The Sheriff's administration page also names Sheriff Gary Stolzer, Chief Deputy Jason Schott, Detective Lt. Lance White, and Road Commander Lt. Jeff Dorenkamp. Because the same building is listed by ICE, the facility should be understood as one detention center with multiple custody populations rather than a separate county jail and separate ICE jail.

Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center Capacity and Population

The available numbers do not all use the same label, so they should be read with their source attached. The county detention page says the center is capable of housing approximately 300 detainees daily. The 2023 PREA final audit gives deeper figures: designed capacity 420, current population 375, 12-month average daily population 380, adult age range 18 to 99, both females and males, 18 housing units, maximum custody, and 81 staff with inmate contact. A later audit field lists audited facility capacity as 350 and ADP as 384. The audit says the facility was not over capacity during the prior 12 months.

Those figures also mean a rough county-resident rate can be misleading. The detention center houses more than Ste. Genevieve County residents because local, state, federal, USMS-related, and civil immigration detainees may be held there. Population totals should not be treated as a county-only pretrial count.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center

The county detention page links inmate information to VINELink, which is the public custody-search and notification route found in the official county materials. If VINELink does not confirm custody, use the jail phone line or the appropriate statewide or federal locator based on the custody type. Do not use the Missouri DOC search for someone newly booked into the county jail unless the person has already been sentenced or placed under MODOC supervision.

1. Start with VINELink and select Missouri for a current county jail custody search.
2. Search by the name or ID options available in the live VINELink workflow.
3. Confirm that any matching result is tied to Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center rather than another Missouri agency.
4. If no county result appears, call 573-883-5820 or check the correct alternate locator for MODOC, BOP, or ICE custody.

Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center Address and Contact

The detention center is reached through the Sheriff's Office main number. ICE's facility listing also points to the same phone number for housed detainee information, with information hours shown as 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Sheriff's FAQ lists normal business-hour contact as 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Central Dispatch as a 24-hour non-emergency routing line.

Driving directions in the detention FAQ are specific: take I-55 to exit 150, take Highway 32 east about five miles to Casey's Gas Station, turn right onto Basler Drive just past Casey's, and the Sheriff's Office is about one-quarter mile down Basler Drive on the right. Official visitor parking and ADA entrance details were not located, so call ahead for accessibility or arrival questions.

Visiting Someone at Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center

In-facility visitation is split by population. Civil detainees visit on Saturday, and general population detainees visit on Sunday. Visits are first come, first served in 30-minute blocks. The FAQ says general population's last seated session is 3:30 p.m.; the visitation policy says visitors must sign in no later than 3:15 p.m. Arrive early for paperwork and security screening.

Visitors age 16 or older must present a federal or state photo ID and complete the visitor questionnaire. Minors must be accompanied and supervised by a responsible parent or guardian. Only car keys and ID may enter visitation. The rules prohibit purses, cell phones, food or drinks, bags, electronics, cameras, recording devices, diaper bags, packages, and paperwork. Visits are no-contact. Shoes and shirts are required, and form-fitting, suggestive, or revealing clothing is barred.

Several local rules can stop a visit. Visitors on parole or probation are not allowed, whether supervised or unsupervised. Active warrants disqualify visitors, and extraditable warrants may lead to custody. Detainees on disciplinary, compliance, or medical lockdown cannot visit. A released detainee cannot visit or send mail to anyone in the facility for 60 days after release.

Mail, Documents, Deposits, and City Tele Coin

Money and prescription medications are the only items the county FAQ says may be brought in. Prescription medications are given to medical staff for assessment and clearance. City Tele Coin handles detainee deposits through the lobby kiosk, website, and mobile app. Funds must be applied before 8:00 p.m. Monday to be available for commissary that week. The exact fee schedule was not located in official sources.

The county links an official mail-policy PDF, and the FAQ says paperwork and mail cannot be passed during visits. Documents must be mailed under facility guidelines. For notarization, the document must be mailed to the detainee, the detainee must submit an inmate request, staff notarizes upon request, and the detainee mails the document back.

Letters of incarceration follow a special records process. A former detainee must mail a written request with a self-addressed stamped envelope to the custodian of records, and the request must come from the person who was incarcerated. Current detainees must submit an internal General Request or Letter of Incarceration Request. The facility will provide the letter to the detainee, but the detainee is responsible for mailing it. The county states it will not fax or email those letters and does not provide them to USMS detainees under USMS policy.

Booking and Intake at Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center

Official sources do not publish a step-by-step booking manual, but local records identify the main intake functions. A person may arrive after arrest by a city police department, county deputy, Missouri agency, federal agency, or ICE. Staff confirm identity and legal authority for custody, handle search and property restrictions, route medication to medical staff, enter custody information, classify housing, and handle transport to and from court. The PREA audit lists adult male and female detainees, maximum custody, 18 housing units, and no youthful inmates in one audit field.

The public roster timing is not published. If VINELink does not show a person immediately after arrest, check again later and call the facility if the custody question is urgent. Release can depend on cash-only bond, cash-or-surety bond, a clerk-only bond, court order, another agency hold, extradition, probation or parole action, ICE custody, or transfer to the Missouri Department of Corrections after sentencing.

ICE, Federal, and State-Custody Distinctions

The Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center is ICE-listed, but ICE detention is not the same as a Missouri criminal case and not the same as BOP sentenced custody. For ICE civil detainees, use ICE ODLS or call the facility number listed for detainee information. For sentenced federal prisoners, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For federal pretrial or USMS-related custody, public information may route through the U.S. Marshals Service or the court, and the county FAQ states letters of incarceration are not provided to USMS detainees.

For state-prison custody after a Missouri sentence, use the Missouri Department of Corrections Offender Search. MODOC covers active offenders, including some probationers and parolees, and it does not provide discharged-offender information. No Missouri DOC adult institution, BOP federal prison, or separate city jail was located inside Ste. Genevieve County in the research.

PREA, Medical Care, and Conditions Reporting

The detention center publishes PREA information and has a zero-tolerance policy for sexual abuse and sexual harassment. Third-party PREA reports may be directed to Jail Administrator Lt. Andrew Johnson or info@sgcso.com according to the county materials. The research notes that alleged offender-on-offender sexual abuse investigations are led by the Detective Bureau, while alleged staff-on-offender sexual abuse asks the Missouri State Highway Patrol Division of Drug and Crime Control to lead.

The 2023 PREA final audit was submitted November 20, 2023, and reported 45 standards met and zero not met. The county detention page also posts annual PREA public report tables for 2023, 2024, and 2025. For medical issues, the county FAQ says prescription medication brought to the facility goes to medical staff for assessment and clearance, and the PREA audit identifies an on-site health service administrator.

Media reports in 2026 described congressional oversight and family concerns about ICE detainee conditions at the facility. Those reports are allegations and oversight accounts, not official county findings. The official sources to confirm facility policy and reporting are the county detention page, PREA audit, annual PREA tables, and the appropriate agency contact.