Gentry County Inmate Population
Gentry County does not publish a standalone county jail roster or a local daily population dashboard on the county site. The practical jail population source is Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail, a regional jail in Pattonsburg that handles custody for participating jurisdictions. Gentry County's official site lists Sheriff Nicholas J. Tompkins and other county officers, but it does not provide a separate detention division page, booking line, or local inmate search. As a result, the Gentry County inmate population is checked through DDCRJ for current regional jail custody.
That custody lane is separate from court records and prison records. A person arrested in Gentry County may be booked into the regional jail while the Gentry County Prosecuting Attorney reviews the case. Filed charges and court dates are checked in Missouri Case.net or with the circuit clerk, not with the jail. Once a defendant is sentenced to Missouri prison or DOC supervision, the public lookup moves to the Missouri Department of Corrections Offender Web Search. Federal and immigration cases use still different systems.
DDCRJ's own pages describe a local and regional population, not a Gentry-only count. The jail houses sentenced and non-sentenced detainees and rents bed space to other agencies. That means one facility may contain people from several counties and municipalities at the same time. Gentry County users should ask a narrower question first: is the person in current regional jail custody, in a court case after an arrest, in state prison custody, or in a federal or immigration system?
Gentry County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest published figure is capacity, not current population. DDCRJ's home and corrections pages list a 160-prisoner or 160-detainee design capacity, while a Daviess County Sheriff's Office jail page says the regional jail houses up to 200 inmates. The research did not find an official current average daily population, annual Gentry booking count, or demographic dashboard for the regional jail. Those missing figures should not be guessed because regional jail data can mix several local sources.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| DDCRJ design capacity | 160 detainees or prisoners | DDCRJ home and corrections pages, inspected June 2026 |
| Alternate DDCRJ capacity statement | Up to 200 inmates | Daviess County Sheriff's Office jail page, inspected June 2026 |
| DDCRJ custody staff | 31 custody staff | DDCRJ corrections page |
| Gentry County current jail ADP | Not published in located official sources | Official DDCRJ and Gentry County review |
| Gentry County 2020 population | 6,162 | Census-derived public county data in research |
The DDCRJ home page is the official local source for the facility's published capacity and address.
The screenshot supports the regional jail capacity used when describing the Gentry County inmate population.
Gentry County Prison Trends
Recent official jail trend fields for Gentry County were not located in the inspected sources, and Vera's county jail fields for recent years were blank in rows reviewed. Vera did provide a state-prison population variable tied to Gentry County residents or commitments. Those figures are not DDCRJ headcounts. They help show how many people from Gentry County entered the state prison side of the custody map after sentencing, which is a different lane from the regional jail roster.
| Year | Vera total_prison_pop | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 9 | County prison-population variable, jail fields blank |
| 2016 | 21 | Increase from 2015 |
| 2017 | 16 | Lower than 2016 |
| 2018 | 14 | Lower than 2017 |
| 2019 | 19 | Latest inspected row in the 2010-2019 filter |
Gentry County Jail Capacity
The Gentry County inmate population cannot be measured by looking only inside county borders because the primary jail is regional and located in Daviess County. DDCRJ's corrections page says the Corrections Division is responsible for humane treatment, due-process rights, and firm but fair care, custody, and control. It also lists the 160-bed design capacity and a 31-person custody staff. No official source in the research identified an overcrowding order, consent decree, or new Gentry-specific jail construction project for 2024 through 2026.
The regional structure also explains why capacity and current headcount do not answer the same question. Capacity describes how many detainees the facility is designed to hold. A current Gentry County inmate count would require a jurisdiction-specific slice of the regional jail population, and that slice was not published in the sources reviewed. For a live custody question, use the DDCRJ detainee search or call the jail rather than relying on an old population table.
Gentry County Jail Records Laws
Missouri Sunshine Law controls many public-record questions tied to the Gentry County inmate population. It does not make every jail document public, but it does create a written-request process and treats arrest and incident reports as generally open subject to statutory closure rules. Investigative reports may be closed while active, juvenile records may have separate limits, and security or confidentiality can affect what a jail or corrections agency releases.
Key Statutes:
RSMo 610.010 defines public records and public governmental bodies under Missouri Sunshine Law.
RSMo 610.023 requires a custodian and generally calls for an initial response within three business days.
RSMo 610.100 governs arrest and incident records, with active-investigation limits.
RSMo 544.170 sets Missouri's 24-hour rule after a warrantless arrest unless a formal sworn charge or warrant supports continued custody.
RSMo 217.412 addresses DOC death and autopsy records for certain offender deaths in custody.
Search Gentry County Inmates
The official current-custody path starts with DDCRJ's resources page and its detainee search link. The Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker app uses the Daviess_DeKalb_MO agency path. If the roster loads poorly, shows an app error, or does not show a recent booking, call DDCRJ at 660-367-2200. If the question is about the arrest report, incident report, or probable-cause paperwork rather than current housing, contact the Gentry County Sheriff's Office at 660-726-3721.
- Use the DDCRJ resources page and select the detainee search for current regional jail custody.
- Search by last name and first name when possible.
- Read the profile as a custody record, not a final court judgment.
- Call DDCRJ if the app fails or the booking is too new to appear.
- Use Missouri Case.net for filed charges, dates, and dispositions after arrest.
- Use MODOC Offender Web Search for active state-prison, probation, or parole records.
Gentry County Roster Fields
The DDCRJ roster is a Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker app. The research captured the official link and inspected client field names, but a full rendered record was not captured. That means the following table should be read as a search-field inventory for the platform and agency path, not as a promise that every field appears on every public profile.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AgencyName | Path or system value | Yes | Daviess_DeKalb_MO identifies the roster |
| Last Name | Text | Unspecified | Likely primary name-search field |
| First Name | Text | Unspecified | Narrows name matches |
| Search Type | Option | Unspecified | Visible options were not captured |
| Released Since | Filter | Unspecified | May support released-inmate filtering if enabled |
| Captcha | Challenge | If prompted | Client includes captcha validation fields |
Gentry County Inmate Record Details
A DDCRJ record should be treated as a jail custody snapshot. It may show name, booking date, local identifiers, charge text, bond information, hold details, arresting agency, and release information if enabled. The charge listed on a roster can differ from the charge later filed by the prosecutor, amended in court, dismissed, or resolved by plea or trial. For court records after a jail arrest, Case.net and the Gentry County Circuit Clerk are the better sources.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, including identity checks and custody processing.
- Bond
- Money or court conditions tied to release while a case is pending.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency that may block release.
- Remand
- Court-ordered custody.
- DOC
- Missouri Department of Corrections, the state system for prison and supervision records.
Gentry County Jail vs Prison
Gentry County jail custody and Missouri prison custody use different tools. The regional jail roster is for people housed at DDCRJ. The Missouri DOC locator is for active offenders under state corrections custody or supervision, including probationers and parolees. BOP and ICE locators are separate again. A person may disappear from one system because they were released, transferred, sentenced, or moved to another agency's hold.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Regional jail | DDCRJ detainee search | Current local or regional jail custody |
| State prison or supervision | Missouri DOC Offender Web Search | Active DOC offenders, probationers, and parolees |
| Federal custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Detainees searched by A-number or biographical details |
The Missouri DOC system is broader than a prison-name search. MODOC's offender search states that it covers active offenders, including probationers and parolees, and that it may exclude some offenders for safety, security, or confidentiality reasons. It does not provide discharged-offender information. For Gentry County residents, that means an old jail booking may not appear in DDCRJ, while a later sentence, parole term, or probation term may appear in the state locator. Nearby DOC presence also includes the District 1S Maryville probation and parole office and adult institutions outside Gentry County, but no Missouri adult prison was identified inside Gentry County.
Gentry County Detention Facility
Only one operating detention facility was resolved from the facility map for Gentry County users. Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail is outside Gentry County, but it is the primary jail custody source identified in the research. No Missouri DOC prison, BOP institution, or ICE detention facility was identified inside Gentry County in official facility lists.
- Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail holds sentenced and non-sentenced regional jail detainees, including people arrested through Gentry County cases when routed there.
DDCRJ is not a routine single-county jail page. Its history page says the district grew from regional jail discussions, a jail-district sales tax, and the purchase of the former Midwest Security Housing property in Pattonsburg. The facility opened as Daviess-DeKalb Regional Jail in 2006 and later rented bed space to outside agencies. That history is why a Gentry County inmate lookup often crosses county lines even when the arrest or court case began in Albany, Stanberry, King City, or another Gentry County community.
Gentry County Inmate FAQ
How big is the Gentry County inmate population? A current Gentry-only jail count was not published in located official sources. DDCRJ publishes a 160-detainee design capacity, and a separate Daviess County sheriff page says up to 200 inmates.
Where should a current inmate search begin? Start with the DDCRJ detainee search linked from the jail resources page. If the app fails, call DDCRJ at 660-367-2200.
Who gives court dates? DDCRJ's FAQ says jail staff do not give court dates. Use Case.net, the Gentry County Circuit Clerk, or the county court office tied to the case.
Does Gentry County have a sheriff app? No official Gentry County Sheriff's Office, DDCRJ, Albany Police, Stanberry Police, or King City Police app was documented in the research.
Can a past Gentry County inmate be found online? Sometimes, but not through one archive. DDCRJ may expose released-inmate filtering if the portal setting is enabled, Case.net can show filed court cases, and Missouri Sunshine Law requests can be used for older sheriff or jail records.
Are federal or immigration detainees listed in the Gentry County inmate population? Not in the DDCRJ roster unless a local or regional hold exists there. Federal custody should be checked in the BOP locator, and immigration custody should be checked in the ICE detainee locator.
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