Lawrence County MO Jail

Lawrence County MO Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 417-466-2131

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Lawrence County MO Jail is a medium-security detention center located at 240 N Main St
Suite 10 Mt. Vernon, MO which is operated locally by the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Lawrence County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Mt. Vernon Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

Lawrence County MO Jail – Inmate Handbook

The Jail Facility is a fifty-two-bed facility. It has been expanded over the years to its current capacity from a thirty-two bed facility. The breakdown of these beds is thirty-two general population, twelve female population, four protective custody, and four segregation.

All persons arrested in Lawrence County (with the exception of Aurora and Monett municipal charges) and taken into custody are transported to the Lawrence County Jail for book-in and incarceration. The Lawrence County Jail houses both adult male and female inmates for pre-trial and convicted inmates who are serving sentences or awaiting transport to the Missouri Department of Corrections.

The inmates have access to local television stations and are also able to correspond through the inmate phone system and sending and receiving postcards through the USPS. The Lawrence County Jail is contracted with an on-call doctor who also comes in to examine the inmates. During the normal business week, we also have a nurse who oversees all medical requests and works with the doctor to deal with the medical requests. Meals for inmates are prepared by the on-duty jailer. The basic jail menu for all inmates consists of oatmeal for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, and beans and cornbread for supper.

visitation Info

PRISON_NAME – Visitation at PRISON_ADDRESS, PRISON_CITY, PRISON_STATE_ABBR

• Monday 9am – 6pm
• Tuesday 9am – 6pm
• Wednesday 9am – 6pm
• Thursday 9am – 6pm
• Friday 9am – 6pm

All visits are non-contact and conducted through a glass partition. This facility may also have a video visitation option, please call PRISON_PHONE for more information and updates to the current rules and regulations.

Inmates are allowed 2 visitors per day