Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site on September 23, 2026.
Pemiscot County, Missouri, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pemiscot County is held at the county jail, run by the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Pemiscot County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pemiscot County is held at the county jail, run by the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office at pemiscotcounty.org/sheriff.php (page title: Pemiscot County Government | Caruthersville, MO), phone (573) 333-4101, 800 Ward Avenue Caruthersville, MO 63830, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (573) 333-4101.
The Pemiscot County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 69 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 124 beds, and it ran at 56 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pemiscot County has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 48 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pemiscot County Jail
The Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Caruthersville, Hayti, Steele and Cooter make the arrests that end in a booking in Pemiscot County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Caruthersville's 431 for 2025, Hayti's 221 for 2020 and the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office's 50 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Pemiscot County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 521 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Pemiscot County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Missouri Department of Corrections lists its inmates at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Pemiscot County?
Ask the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office at (573) 333-4101; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pemiscotcounty.org/sheriff.php.
How many people are in the Pemiscot County jail?
About 69 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 124 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pemiscot County jail?
(573) 333-4101, the number on the page of the Pemiscot County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pemiscot County go?
To a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Is this the official Pemiscot County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.