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Jasper County Detention Center Overview

The Jasper County Detention Center is operated by the Jasper County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Randee Kaiser. It is the main adult detention facility for county arrests and county court commitments. The jail sits in Carthage near the county courthouse area and the sheriff's main office, which makes it the central custody point for many Jasper County criminal cases.

The jail houses adult pretrial detainees, people sentenced to local jail time, court-order holds, probation and parole holds, warrants, and people held for other local jurisdictions when space is available. It is separate from the Joplin City Jail, which handles municipal custody, and separate from the Sen. Ron Richard Juvenile Center, which is a juvenile-court facility. Sentenced state prisoners move to Missouri Department of Corrections custody and are searched through the state locator after transfer.

The sheriff's detention page says the current facility was completed in 1993 and was built for 165 inmates in six pods. The public visitation schedule now references many housing groups, including A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, Holdovers, T-4, and T-5.

Jasper County Jail Population

Official population figures show that Jasper County Detention Center runs above its original design capacity. The sheriff's detention page describes a 165-bed design. The 2025 year-end report lists 3,600 new inmates booked in 2025, compared with 3,611 in 2024. It also reports a 2025 annual average monthly population of 228, with November 2025 reaching a monthly average of 249.

Those figures mean the 2025 average was about 138 percent of the original design capacity. The roster captured during research showed 259 people, which is about 157 percent of the 165-bed design. Those percentages are calculations from official capacity and population numbers, not separate statements from the sheriff.

Jasper County Detention Center Lookup

The official county lookup route is the sheriff's Inmate Roster PDF linked from the detention page. It is not a form search. It is a current list that can be searched with the browser or PDF find tool. The captured roster showed names, agency and charge text, warrant or case numbers, bond, arrest date and time, release date where present, work-release or weekender categories, holds, and sent-DOC notes. The PDF did not show mugshots, demographics, or housing unit.

1. Open the Jasper County Sheriff's Detention/Jail page.
2. Use the Inmate Roster PDF link and search the document for the person's last name.
3. Read every row tied to that person because one detainee may have several charges, warrants, holds, or bond lines.
4. Copy the case or warrant number and use Missouri Case.net for filed court charges.
5. If the person is not listed, call the jail, check Joplin City Jail for city arrests, or use the state and federal locators for transfer cases.

For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Missouri DOC Offender Search. For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. VINELink can also provide custody notifications where the agency participates.

The official detention page is the source for the jail roster link and facility rules.

The detention page is the best starting point because it connects the roster with visitation, commissary, phone, and mail rules.

Jasper County Detention Center Contact

Use the jail phone line for current custody, bond, release, and visit-confirmation questions. Use the sheriff's records contacts for report requests. The resources page names Capt. Becky Stevens for jail-report requests and Sgt. Angela Baumann for patrol-report requests.

Jasper County Jail Visitation

Jasper County Detention Center visitation is video only. The sheriff states that all visits are by video, not in person. On-site video visitation is free to the public and the inmate. Visitors may be subject to background checks, may be asked for photo identification, and must wear proper clothing. Inmates receive one 15-minute visit on their assigned visitation day, and up to three visitors may participate as one party.

Remote video visits are provided through CIDnet. Remote hours are listed as daily from 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM, subject to availability. Remote visits also have a 15-minute limit and require an email address and a camera-capable device.

Jasper County Mail and Money

Mail, phone, video, email, texting, and commissary all have separate rules. Inmates may receive postcards only. Postcards must include a return name and address and may be no larger than 5x7. Sexual or violent materials are not permitted. Legal mail is opened only in the inmate's presence and is not read by staff. The jail no longer accepts delivered books for residents as of May 8, 2024.

Pictures sent through the electronic system must be approved before viewing. Approval may take 48 to 72 hours, and denied pictures can still be charged to the account.

Jasper County Booking and Intake

The sheriff's official materials do not publish one single booking script, but the roster, handbook, and year-end report show the path. Arresting agencies bring a person to the jail, property is inventoried, money is deposited to commissary, and the warrants division maintains entry and exit counts in the jail-management system. The 2025 report says detention staff booked 3,600 new inmates during the year.

At housing assignment, the inmate handbook says a person receives an intake kit with soap, toilet paper, mat, toothbrush, toothpaste, laundry bag, deodorant, shampoo, blanket, comb, and towel. Outside items are not accepted except medication. Trial court clothes are accepted only by court order. Phone calls, correspondence, and video visits are monitored, and detention staff do not provide legal advice or discuss case disposition.

Jasper County Jail Programs

The 2025 report gives local detail on the Jasper County Jail Treatment Program. It reported 37 successful treatment graduates in the 2025 treatment year, including 10 females and 27 males. Seven were court-sentenced participants and the rest were volunteers. Four participants earned HiSET or GED credentials while in the program.

The report also describes community and skill-building work. Participants completed 4,403 work hours caring for 56 animals for the Humane Society, produced 64 donated items such as outfits, toys, purses, blankets, scarves, hats, and headbands, and helped with community projects including resetting headstones at Purcell Friends Cemetery. The jail kitchen prepares more than a quarter-million meals each year and reported a 2025 average meal cost of $1.31.