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.
Shannon County, Missouri, has about 7,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shannon County is held at the county jail, run by the Shannon 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.
Related guides: Shannon County public records, Shannon County arrest records, Shannon County warrants, Shannon County criminal records, Shannon County court records, Missouri arrest records and Missouri inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Shannon County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Shannon County is held at the county jail, run by the Shannon County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Shannon County Sheriff's Office at shannoncounty.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Shannon County, MO), phone (573) 226-3615, 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) 226-3615.
The Shannon County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 12 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 14 beds, and it ran at 86 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Shannon County has about 7,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Shannon County Jail
The Shannon County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Winona, Birch Tree and Eminence make the arrests that end in a booking in Shannon County.
The Summersville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Shannon County, so its arrests are not broken out for Shannon County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Shannon County Sheriff's Office's 107 for 2020, Winona's 17 for 2025 and Birch Tree's 6 for 2020.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Shannon 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 Shannon 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 Shannon County?
Ask the Shannon County Sheriff's Office at (573) 226-3615; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at shannoncounty.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Shannon County jail?
About 12 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 14 beds.
What is the phone number for the Shannon County jail?
(573) 226-3615, the number on the page of the Shannon County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Shannon 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 Shannon 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.