Worth County Inmate Population Overview
Official research found one local detention facility tied to Worth County: the Worth County Jail, operated by the Worth County Sheriff's Office in Grant City. Missouri's law-enforcement directory identifies Scott Sherer as the sheriff's office chief executive. The Missouri State Parks courthouse history page says the Worth County Courthouse houses the sheriff's office and county jail, while the Missouri Association of Counties Worth County directory lists the sheriff, circuit clerk, prosecutor, and other county offices at the county-seat level. That local setup matters because the Worth County inmate population is not split among multiple county jails, regional jails, state prisons, or federal institutions inside the county.
The Worth County inmate population should be read as a local custody count when someone is booked, held before trial, held on a warrant, serving a short local sentence, or awaiting transfer. Once a person is sentenced to Missouri prison, the record leaves the county-jail channel and moves to the Missouri Department of Corrections Offender Web Search. Federal pretrial custody runs through the U.S. Marshals, federal sentenced custody runs through the BOP inmate locator, and immigration custody is checked through ICE ODLS.
Worth County Inmate Population Statistics
No official source located during research published a Worth County Jail bed count, current jail population, annual booking total, average daily population, or average length of stay. That is the key data point for this county. The most reliable numbers available are county resident-population figures from official population sources, which explain the small rural context in which the jail operates. The U.S. Census QuickFacts table reported a July 1, 2025 Worth County estimate of 1,914 residents. A jail count of only a few people can therefore move the local custody picture in a visible way.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Worth County population estimate | 1,914 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 |
| Worth County 2024 estimate | 1,872 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2024 |
| 2020 Census population | 1,973 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, April 1, 2020 |
| Jail rated capacity | Not published in official sources | Official county and state source review |
| Current jail population | Not published in official sources | Official county and state source review |
| Annual bookings | Not published in official sources | Official county and state source review |
The Missouri Association of Counties directory is the strongest current county-office snapshot for the public counter. It lists courthouse office hours as 8-4:30 Monday-Friday, closed legal holidays, but it does not publish a jail roster, jail census, or booking dashboard. The Missouri law-enforcement directory also lists the sheriff's office contact data, but the captured CSV source did not produce a public image in the manifest.
The Missouri Association of Counties directory shows Worth County's sheriff and courthouse office setting.
That directory supports the local-office route for jail and custody questions when no online Worth County inmate roster is available.
Worth County Inmate Population Trends
The official research did not find a year-by-year Worth County Jail population trend. It did find a county resident-population trend from FRED's Census-derived Worth County population series. This does not show jail bookings. It does show the scale of the county that the jail serves. In a county with fewer than two thousand residents, ordinary arrest patterns, warrant pickups, short jail stays, and transfers can make the visible jail population rise or fall without a public dashboard.
| Year | Resident Population Estimate | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1.970 thousand | FRED / Census annual estimate |
| 2022 | 1.940 thousand | FRED / Census annual estimate |
| 2023 | 1.919 thousand | FRED / Census annual estimate |
| 2024 | 1.912 thousand | FRED / Census annual estimate |
| 2025 | 1.914 thousand | FRED / Census annual estimate |
The FRED chart gives a local population frame for the Worth County inmate population, but it should not be treated as a jail census.
For a current custody count, the sheriff's office remains the local channel because the trend chart is not a booking or jail-roster source.
Who Makes Up Worth County Inmates
Official sources did not publish a Worth County inmate population breakdown by sex, age, race, offense level, legal status, or hold type. The safe way to describe the local jail population is by custody role. Worth County Jail may hold local arrestees, pretrial detainees, people held on warrants, short local-sentence inmates, and people awaiting transfer when the sheriff accepts custody. It should not be described as a state prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, or large regional jail.
- Pretrial detainees are people booked after arrest while the prosecutor and court process the case.
- Warrant holds can keep a person in jail even when a new local charge is not the only issue.
- Short local sentences may remain in county custody when the sheriff accepts the sentence locally.
- State-prison sentences move to MODOC, so the county jail is no longer the main lookup point.
- Federal or immigration custody uses U.S. Marshals, BOP, or ICE systems rather than a Worth County roster.
Note: A booking record and a court case are different records, even when they refer to the same arrest.
Worth County Jail Capacity
Research did not locate an official Worth County Jail rated capacity, bed count, pod structure, housing-unit list, medical-unit description, work-release unit, or accreditation record. It also did not locate a current overcrowding order, construction project, closure notice, consent decree, or recent official jail-conditions lawsuit for 2024-2026. Because third-party jail directory numbers conflict and are not official, they should not be used as substitutes.
The strongest building source is the Worth County Courthouse history page, which identifies the courthouse as the building that houses the sheriff's office and county jail. That supports a courthouse-based jail description, not a large standalone detention campus. It also explains why visitors should confirm entrance, parking, ID rules, and visitation availability before travel.
Laws for Worth County Jail Records
Missouri law supplies the public-record framework for jail, arrest, incident, and custody records that are not placed online. The Missouri Attorney General Sunshine Law overview explains the open-records system at a high level. For Worth County inmate population questions, the practical route is usually a request to the sheriff's office because that agency created or retained the booking, arrest, or jail record.
Key Statutes:
RSMo 610.023 requires a public governmental body to act on a records request as soon as possible and no later than the third business day, unless more time is explained.
RSMo 610.026 allows copying and staff-time fees within state limits and allows payment to be requested before production.
RSMo 610.100 treats incident reports and arrest reports as open records, subject to listed closure and redaction rules.
RSMo 221.120 requires necessary medical, dental, or medicine attention for sick county-jail prisoners when needed.
RSMo 58.451 requires coroner notification for certain deaths involving custody or public institutions.
Missouri DPS also handles death-in-custody reporting to the federal government under the state's DCRA process. That reporting does not create a daily public inmate roster, but it is part of the legal environment around jail custody.
Worth County State Prison Custody
No Missouri DOC prison is located in Worth County. The Missouri DOC facilities list and DOC facility map show institutions elsewhere in Missouri, not in Grant City or Worth County. When a Worth County defendant is sentenced to state prison, the custody record shifts to MODOC. That is why a person may disappear from the local jail channel but appear in the state offender search as an active offender, probationer, or parolee.
The MODOC Offender Web Search starts with a captcha and states that it covers active offenders. It does not provide discharged offender information, and it may exclude some offenders for safety, security, or confidentiality reasons. Family contact, visiting, mail, money, email, and phone rules then follow DOC statewide rules and the specific state facility, not Worth County Jail rules.
Search Worth County Inmate Population
No official Worth County, Missouri online jail roster was located in the research. That means a current Worth County inmate population search starts with direct local confirmation, not a web form. The sheriff's office is the local source for current custody, release, transfer, and warrant-hold questions. Case.net is the court-record source after charges are filed. MODOC, BOP, ICE, and VINELink each cover a different custody slice.
- Call the Worth County Sheriff's Office at 660-564-2222 and ask whether the person is in Worth County Jail, released, transferred, or held on another agency's warrant.
- Use the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, and any case or warrant number.
- Visit the sheriff/courthouse office at 11 West 4th Street in Grant City during public office hours if an in-person records request is needed.
- Search Missouri Case.net manually for filed charges, bond orders, warrants, court dates, and dispositions.
- Search MODOC for sentenced state offenders, BOP for federal sentenced prisoners, ICE ODLS for immigration custody, and VINELink for custody notifications where available.
Worth County Inmate Lookup Fields
Because no official Worth County roster form was located, there are no verified local search fields to document. The most accurate table for the local jail is a negative one: the county jail search form was not available in official Missouri Worth County sources. State and federal locators do have documented search routes, but they should not be mistaken for a county jail roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worth County jail roster field | Not available | Not available | No official Worth County, Missouri roster or search form was located. |
| MODOC captcha | Text | Yes | Required before the Missouri offender search opens. |
| MODOC first and last name | Text | Search fields after captcha | The public welcome page says the application searches first and last name, including aliases. |
| BOP last name | Text | Primary | Federal name search includes first, middle, last, race, sex, and age fields. |
| ICE A-number or biographical search | Identifier or name/date fields | Required by search path | ICE requires country of birth and either A-number or biographical details. |
The Missouri DOC offender search screen is a state channel, not a Worth County Jail roster.
Use MODOC after a state sentence or for active state supervision, while current local custody still starts with the Worth County Sheriff's Office.
Past Worth County Inmate Records
Released or older Worth County jail records are not handled through an official archive found online in this research. A request for a past booking record, arrest report, incident report, booking photo, release date, or transfer note should be directed to the sheriff's office as the record custodian. Be specific. Include the full name, date of arrest or incident, type of record, case or incident number if known, and preferred format.
If charges were filed, the court record may outlast the jail record in public search practice. Case.net can show case number, charge list, bond entries, docket activity, hearings, warrants, amended charges, dismissals, pleas, judgments, probation, and sentence. It cannot prove current jail custody by itself. The court record is strongest after filing, while the sheriff's office is strongest for custody status and booking details.
Worth County Inmate Record Contents
No official Worth County public inmate profile could be inspected. For that reason, the page should not claim that local profiles show mugshots, housing units, booking numbers, bond amounts, charges, release dates, or court dates. A requester can still ask for the core fields that often exist in a booking or arrest record, with the understanding that Missouri closure and redaction rules may apply.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Request by full legal name because no public profile format was located. |
| Booking date/time | Not published online in official sources; request from the sheriff if needed. |
| Charges | Booking allegations may be in a sheriff record; formal filed charges are in Case.net. |
| Bond | Ask the jail or check court bond entries after a judge or warrant sets conditions. |
| Mugshot | No official Worth County, Missouri mugshot gallery was located. |
| Release status | Ask the sheriff or check court and DOC channels for later custody transitions. |
Worth County Jail vs Prison
The most common lookup mistake is searching the wrong system. Worth County Jail is for local custody. Missouri DOC is for sentenced state custody and state supervision. BOP is for federal sentenced custody, while U.S. Marshals handle federal pretrial custody. ICE ODLS is for immigration detention. VINELink is a notification channel, not a county-operated jail roster.
| Worth County Jail | Missouri DOC | Federal / ICE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run By | Worth County Sheriff's Office | Missouri Department of Corrections | BOP, U.S. Marshals, or ICE |
| Who Is Covered | Local arrestees, pretrial detainees, warrants, short local sentences | Sentenced state prisoners, probationers, parolees, active offenders | Federal sentenced prisoners or immigration detainees |
| Best First Step | Call 660-564-2222 | Use MODOC Offender Web Search | Use BOP locator or ICE ODLS |
| Not Covered | Discharged state offenders, federal prison records, ICE detention | Current local jail booking status | Local Worth County booking details |
State Federal ICE Search
A sentenced state offender from Worth County should be searched through MODOC. The state locator reports active offenders and warns that some records may be excluded. A federal sentenced prisoner should be searched through the BOP locator, which covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present and supports name and number searches. A federal pretrial defendant may be in U.S. Marshals custody and housed outside the county under a contract arrangement. An immigration detainee should be searched through ICE ODLS using A-number plus country of birth, or biographical fields plus country of birth and date of birth.
VINELink and Missouri victim-notification resources can help with custody alerts where available. No Worth County-specific VINE page was found in official county sources, so the tool should be described as a statewide or general notification route rather than a county sheriff app. No official Worth County sheriff mobile app was found.
Worth County Detention Facilities
The facility map resolved one local detention facility for the site. No official state prison, BOP institution, ICE detention facility, regional jail, separate work-release center, or city jail was located inside Worth County. This makes the local facility list simple, but the lookup path still branches after transfer, sentencing, federal involvement, or immigration custody.
- Worth County Jail - courthouse-based county jail operated by the Worth County Sheriff's Office for local arrestees, pretrial detainees, warrant holds, short local sentences, and accepted holds pending transfer.
Worth County Custody Terms
Several record terms appear across jail, court, and corrections channels. They are short terms, but they change which office has the record.
- Booking
- Administrative intake into jail after arrest, usually including identity check, property inventory, and a jail record.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency or jurisdiction that may prevent release even after local bond is posted.
- Disposition
- The court outcome, such as dismissal, plea, conviction, sentence, or acquittal.
- DOC
- Missouri Department of Corrections, the state system for sentenced prisoners and state supervision.
Worth County Inmate Population FAQ
Is there a Worth County online jail roster?
No official Worth County, Missouri online jail roster was located. Current custody questions should start with the Worth County Sheriff's Office. Case.net, MODOC, BOP, ICE, and VINELink are fallback channels for court cases, state custody, federal custody, immigration custody, and notifications.
How large is the Worth County inmate population?
Official sources did not publish a jail population count or capacity. The county itself is very small, with Census QuickFacts reporting a July 1, 2025 resident estimate of 1,914. Do not use third-party jail bed numbers as official Worth County data.
Where are court records after a booking?
Once charges are filed, search Missouri Case.net for the Worth County court record. A booking charge can differ from the prosecutor's filed charge, and the court docket can show bond, warrants, hearings, amended charges, disposition, and sentence.
Does Worth County have a sheriff app?
No official Worth County, Missouri sheriff or police mobile app was located. VINELink has mobile listings and can be used as a general custody-notification tool, but it is not a Worth County sheriff app.