This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, deposit funds, or pull an official booking record. Use the official contacts below for those actions.
Official Contacts for Custody and Records
St. Louis City does not use a sheriff-run jail for these records. The local jail is the City Justice Center, operated by the City of St. Louis Department of Public Safety, Division of Corrections.
City Justice Center and Division of Corrections
City Justice Center
200 South Tucker Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63102
Phone: (314) 621-5848
Email: dps-justice-center@stlouis-mo.gov
Hours: 24 hours
Division of Corrections
200 South Tucker Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63102
Phone: (314) 621-5848
Email: commissionerofcorrections@stlouis-mo.gov
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- CJC general information: (314) 621-5848 ext. 2000.
- Admissions/Inmate Intake: (314) 621-5848 ext. 2247.
- Shift Commander: ext. 1024 or ext. 1025.
- Visiting: ext. 1042.
- Property Unit: ext. 2233 or ext. 2270.
- Bond information shown in the St. Louis locator: Municipal (314) 622-3231 and State (314) 641-8214.
Police Custody and New Arrests
If a recent arrestee does not appear in the St. Louis City inmate locator, the City says the person may still be in police custody, on the first floor, or at a police substation awaiting transport. For that stage, call SLMPD Prisoner Processing at 314-241-8339.
Sunshine Law and GOV/QA Requests
Office of the City Counselor
1200 Market, City Hall, Room 314
St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone: (314) 622-3361
Sunshine request phone: (314) 657-1326
Email: law-department@stlouis-mo.gov
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Use the City GOV/QA Sunshine portal for non-online booking records, older records, or specific public-record requests. Missouri Sunshine Law, including RSMo 610.011 and 610.023, governs inspection and copying of public records unless another law closes the record.
Courts and Prosecutor Contacts
St. Louis City Municipal Court
Municipal Court handles traffic, minor criminal, housing, truancy, and other municipal matters. For municipal case search help or older case questions, use Case.net or call (314) 622-3231.
Office of the Circuit Attorney
1114 Market, Room 401
St. Louis, MO 63101
Phone: (314) 622-4941
Fax: (314) 622-3369
Email: info@circuitattorney.org
State, Federal, Immigration, and Notification Systems
- For a current City Justice Center custody search, start with jail inmate records and the exact-name St. Louis City locator.
- For booking photos or photo access questions, use jail roster mugshots and the GOV/QA Sunshine request path when needed.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Missouri Case.net, Municipal Court, and Circuit Court channels.
- For facility details, use the City Justice Center and Transition Center of St. Louis links in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, probationer, parolee, or Transition Center resident, use the Missouri DOC Offender Web Search at web.mo.gov/doc/offSearchWeb/.
- For federal custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator at bop.gov/inmate_locator.
- For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS at locator.ice.gov.
- For custody notification, use VINELink at vinelink.com.