Scotland County Jail Overview
Scotland County Jail is operated by the Scotland County Sheriff's Office. The official county elected-officials page lists Sheriff Brian Whitney at 117 South Market Street, Suite 3, Memphis, Missouri, with phone 660-465-2106 and fax 660-465-7005. The jail is best described as a courthouse-based county jail. It serves local arrest and detention needs rather than state-prison, federal-prison, or immigration-detention functions.
Who is held at Scotland County Jail? The research supports adults arrested in Scotland County, people awaiting first appearance, bond, trial, transfer, warrant review, or short local sentences. Sentenced felony prisoners move to Missouri DOC custody and should be searched through DOC instead of the county jail. No state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or separate municipal jail was found inside Scotland County.
Scotland County Jail Capacity
Historical population data shows a very small jail. Vera/Incarceration Trends reports Scotland County Jail rated capacity as 8 beds in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019, and 6 beds in 2018. The same dataset lists total jail population as 3 in 2015, 4 in 2016, 4 in 2017, 3 in 2018, and 4 in 2019. The Prison Policy Initiative correctional-population table lists Scotland County Jail with 4 local prisoners on December 31, 2013.
Those are historical figures. No current county jail dashboard or current capacity statement was located on an official Scotland County jail page. A live count, available bed status, housing status, or current capacity question should be confirmed with the sheriff before it is treated as current.
How to Search Scotland County Jail
No official Scotland County Jail online roster was located. Current custody should be confirmed by calling the sheriff's office, visiting or writing the sheriff, and then checking Case.net or other custody locators if the person is not held locally. The local jail search is different from Missouri DOC Offender Search because DOC covers sentenced and supervised state offenders, not new county jail bookings.
- Call the Scotland County Sheriff's Office at 660-465-2106 and ask whether the person is currently held at Scotland County Jail.
- Provide full name, date of birth or age, arrest date, warrant information, and any case number if known.
- Ask about bond status, court date, release, transfer, or any hold from another agency.
- Search Missouri Case.net once formal court charges may have been filed.
- Use Missouri DOC Offender Search, VINELink/MOVANS, BOP, or ICE when the custody type points outside the jail.
Scotland County Jail Address
The sheriff, jail contact point, circuit clerk, prosecutor, and other county offices are tied to the Market Street courthouse area. That helps when a person needs more than one record. Jail custody questions go to the sheriff. Court-case copies go to the circuit clerk. Filing decisions and victim-services routing go to the prosecutor or victim advocate.
Scotland County Jail
117 South Market Street, Suite 3
Memphis, MO 63555
660-465-2106
Fax: 660-465-7005
Call before visiting, sending funds, mailing property, or requesting records.
The Scotland County contact page gives courthouse location context for the local address.
This source fits the facility page because the jail is tied to the county courthouse address rather than to a separate public detention-center website.
Visiting Scotland County Jail
No official Scotland County Jail visitation schedule, lobby hour page, video-visit vendor, visitor-entrance map, or dress-code page was found. Call the sheriff before travel. Ask whether the person is still held locally, whether visits are available, what ID is required, what items are banned, and whether attorney or clergy visits follow a different process.
| Topic | Published Local Detail | Action Before Travel |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No official schedule located. | Call 660-465-2106. |
| Video visits | No vendor or URL located. | Ask whether remote visits exist. |
| Visitor ID | No local rule posted. | Bring government photo ID and confirm rules. |
| Dress code | No local rule posted. | Avoid revealing, gang-related, or contraband-associated clothing. |
| Visitor entry | No jail-lobby map located. | Confirm the correct courthouse entrance before arrival. |
Mail, Phone, and Money
Scotland County did not publish a local jail mail format, commissary vendor, deposit kiosk, fee schedule, property-release rule, or jail phone vendor. Do not copy rules from another Missouri county jail. Ask the sheriff whether mail requires a booking number, whether money is accepted, how property is returned, and whether calls are collect, prepaid, or vendor-based.
| Service | Scotland County Jail Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | No official jail mail format located; confirm before sending mail. |
| Phone Calls | No local phone vendor posted; ask whether calls are collect, prepaid, or restricted. |
| Money Deposit | No kiosk, online vendor, or fee schedule located; call before sending funds. |
| Commissary | Missouri law allows county jail canteen operations, but no Scotland County vendor was found. |
| Property Release | No local rule posted; ask the sheriff what ID or release form is required. |
Booking at Scotland County Jail
A local booking can follow an arrest, warrant service, court remand, or transfer. Intake normally includes identity confirmation, search for weapons or contraband, property inventory, medical or mental-health screening, fingerprints, booking photo, and entry of charge and arrest data. Scotland County does not post booking records online, so current status must be confirmed with the sheriff.
After intake, the person may be released, post bond, wait for first appearance, remain on a warrant, be held for another agency, be moved for court or space reasons, or later transfer to Missouri DOC if sentenced. RSMo 221.020 identifies the sheriff as the jailer with custody, rule, keeping, and charge of the jail and prisoners.
Bond and Court Routing
Bond is a court decision, not a website result. Call the sheriff to ask whether bond has been set and whether any hold remains. Then check Case.net or contact the circuit clerk once a court case exists. The official county page lists the Scotland County Circuit Clerk at 117 South Market Street, Suite 200, phone 660-465-8605. The prosecutor is listed at Suite 205, phone 660-465-2010, and Missouri DPS lists victim-services contact resources for Scotland County.
| Question | Best Local Office |
|---|---|
| Is the person in jail now? | Scotland County Sheriff |
| Has bond been set? | Sheriff first, then Case.net or circuit clerk for the court order. |
| What formal charges were filed? | Case.net, circuit clerk, or prosecutor context. |
| Where are certified case copies? | Scotland County Circuit Clerk. |
| Has the person moved to state prison? | Missouri DOC Offender Search. |
About Scotland County Jail
Scotland County Jail serves a rural northeast Missouri county with Memphis as the county seat. Research found no official local jail program page, jail accreditation page, grievance policy, work-release page, medical-services page, or recent jail-specific construction or litigation notice. Do not infer large-jail features such as pods, towers, tablet programs, or online booking galleries without a verified Scotland County source.
Statewide DOC programs and rules apply only after a person moves into Missouri DOC custody. DOC visiting, JPay money transfer, Securus phone service, institutional programs, and DOC Sunshine Law offender-data requests are useful after sentencing or transfer, but they are not Scotland County Jail rules unless the sheriff confirms local adoption.
Note: Confirm custody, visiting rules, mailing rules, and payment options with Scotland County Jail before travel or sending anything.