Audrain County Jail Inmate Search

Audrain County Jail Overview

Audrain County Jail is operated by the Audrain County Sheriff's Office and is co-located with the sheriff's office at 1100 Littleby Road, Mexico, MO 65265. The county government page identifies the location as the County Sheriff's Office and Jail, and the sheriff contact page maps the same Littleby Road facility. Sheriff Matt Oller is the elected sheriff. The Jail Division contact listed in the research is Captain Tim Tanner at 573-473-5801 ext. 1528.

This is a county adult jail, not a state prison. It handles local arrests, pretrial detention, short county commitments, work-release classifications, holds, and people waiting for court, bond, release, transfer, or sentence. The official county and sheriff sources reviewed did not publish a current rated bed capacity, construction year, or formal security classification. The local visitation schedule does, however, identify housing groups such as A-Pod through F-Pod, Holding, and male and female work release.

The Audrain Sheriff's Jail Division page is the official source for the local booking and daily-population figures used here.

That division page is useful because it connects the facility's day-to-day operation to Missouri jail authority and gives local numbers rather than statewide estimates. It also explains that jail staff include civilians and state-certified sheriff's deputies.

Audrain County Jail Capacity and Population

The best current local figures located in official sources are the Sheriff's Jail Division statements that the jail books about 1,500 people in an average year and houses about 70 inmates per day. A current rated capacity was not located in the official county or sheriff sources reviewed on June 19, 2026. The Prison Gerrymandering Project/Prison Policy correctional population list shows 86 local prisoners for Audrain County Jail on December 31, 2013, but that is a historical count and should not be treated as the jail's present capacity.

Those figures describe the county-jail population, not the number of people from Audrain County who may later be held by the Missouri Department of Corrections. The research found no official Audrain demographic dashboard, capacity-utilization report, average length-of-stay table, or pod-by-pod count. For that reason, this page does not assign a capacity percentage or claim a current male/female breakdown beyond the housing categories visible in the visitation schedule.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Audrain County Jail

Audrain County's official current-inmate path is the sheriff's inmate lookup page, which directs the public to MobilePatrol through Appriss Safety rather than a traditional browser roster. Use the Audrain Sheriff's inmate lookup page for the official starting point. If the app does not answer the question, use the jail phone, records request form, Missouri Case.net, VINELink, or DOC search according to the person's custody stage.

1. Open the sheriff's inmate lookup page and follow the MobilePatrol instructions for current Audrain County Jail information.
2. Install or open MobilePatrol, then search for Audrain County, Mexico, or the 65265 area where the app provides agency selection.
3. Search by the name fields or app controls available in the current MobilePatrol version, without assuming browser-only field labels that the sheriff page does not publish.
4. Confirm the person is currently held at Audrain County Jail, not merely shown in an older booking, warrant, or court record.
5. If the result is missing or unclear, call 573-473-5800, use the sheriff's records request form, or check Case.net/DOC if the person may have moved out of county custody.

MobilePatrol is the county-jail lookup path. It is not the right tool for sentenced state-prison custody. After sentencing to Missouri DOC, use the Missouri DOC Offender Web Search. For formal charges, hearings, bond orders, and dispositions, use Missouri Case.net or the Audrain County Circuit Clerk rather than relying only on the jail feed.

Audrain County Jail Address and Contact

The main jail and sheriff phone, 573-473-5800, is listed as answered 24 hours. Use that number for immediate current-custody questions, recent arrests, common-name problems, or possible release and transfer status. Captain Tim Tanner is the Jail Division contact at 573-473-5801 ext. 1528 for division-specific jail questions that are not emergency calls.

The official records-request channel is the Sheriff's Records Request Form. The research notes that the form cites Missouri Chapter 610, requires requester and incident information, and says the office will respond no later than the end of the third business day after receipt, excluding weekends and holidays. Fees, if any, must be paid before records are released.

Visiting Someone at Audrain County Jail

The sheriff's visitation page organizes visits by pod or work-release category. Visits are 10 to 30 minutes per inmate. Only people listed on the inmate's visitation form may visit, except attorneys and clergy, and the research states one visitor per visitation day is permitted. Because the source page also carried an older broad cancellation notice above the schedule, confirm the current visiting status with the jail before traveling.

The Audrain Sheriff's visiting-hours page is the source for the pod-by-pod schedule below.

Ask the inmate which pod or work-release category applies before planning a visit. The jail's schedule is tied to housing assignment, so the correct day and time can change if the person is reclassified or moved inside the facility.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Audrain County Jail

Audrain County Jail changed its non-legal personal mail process effective June 1, 2026. Friends and family should not send regular personal letters to the jail's physical Littleby Road address. The jail's Phoenix, Maryland mail-processing address must include the inmate's full name and inmate ID, must name Audrain County Jail and Missouri, and should not use abbreviations. Incomplete envelopes are rejected or discarded. Legal mail, money orders, personal checks, gift cards, and cash sent to the Phoenix address are returned to sender.

The Audrain Sheriff's postal mail policy page documents the June 1, 2026 digital mail rule and the Phoenix address format.

Commissary and deposits are routed through Inmate Canteen from the sheriff website navigation. The local research did not locate an official county fee table for deposit fees or canteen limits, so this page does not state those amounts. The detainee handbook does document medical charges that may be applied to commissary accounts.

Booking and Intake at Audrain County Jail

Local booking begins when a sheriff's deputy, Mexico Public Safety officer, Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper, municipal officer, or other authorized agency brings a person to the jail or commits that person by court order. The sheriff is the Missouri county jailer under Section 221.020, and the research notes that the Sheriff's Jail Division page quotes the statutory custody language. Intake typically includes identity collection, record creation, property handling, search, booking photo and fingerprints, health screening, and housing classification.

The detainee handbook provides the strongest local detail on jail conditions. Medical attention begins with a Medical Sick Call Form submitted through the inmate kiosk or a paper form, and the inmate must state the medical problem. The handbook also describes a no-smoking facility and pod-specific laundry, uniform, bedding, and personal-item exchange schedules. Those operational details support the pod structure seen in the visiting schedule, but the sheriff pages reviewed do not publish the internal classification criteria used to assign A-Pod through F-Pod, Holding, or work release.

A roster appearance is not the same as a filed criminal case. The MobilePatrol feed is for current jail information; formal charges and court dates move through the Audrain County Prosecuting Attorney, the 12th Judicial Circuit, Missouri Case.net, and the Circuit Clerk after filing. If the jail says the person was transferred to Missouri DOC, switch to DOC Offender Web Search.

About Audrain County Jail

Audrain County Jail is the facility most relevant to local inmate-population searches because it is where new Audrain County bookings, short county sentences, local holds, work release, and pretrial detainees are handled. It is distinct from Women's Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center in Vandalia, which is a Missouri DOC state facility for sentenced female offenders and diagnostic or reception populations.

Use the sheriff's site for current jail operations, MobilePatrol for current county-jail lookup, the records request form for jail record copies, Missouri Case.net for filed court matters, and DOC search only after a person moves into state custody. The research did not locate an official current jail capacity figure, detailed public demographic report, or online browser roster separate from MobilePatrol.