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 between September 23, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Ripley County, Missouri, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ripley County is held at the county jail, run by the Ripley 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 Ripley County
The county jail, run by the Ripley County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Ripley County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Ripley County Sheriff's Office at mosheriffs.com/venue/ripley-county-sheriffs-office (page title: Ripley County Sheriff’s Office | Missouri Sheriffs' Association), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Ripley County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2017 the jail held about 15 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Ripley County has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 14 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Ripley County Jail
The Ripley County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Doniphan make the arrests that end in a booking in Ripley County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Ripley County Sheriff's Office's 71 for 2025 and Doniphan's 30 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Ripley County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 101 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 Ripley County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Ripley County serves the sentence in a facility of the Missouri Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Ripley County?
Ask the Ripley County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at mosheriffs.com.
How many people are in the Ripley County jail?
About 15 on an average day in 2017, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Ripley 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 Ripley 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.