Clark County Jail Overview
Clark County Jail is operated by the Clark County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's official pages identify the jail and sheriff's office at 518 N Lincoln St in Kahoka, with the same main phone and fax on both the sheriff site and county government sheriff page. The jail appears to operate from the sheriff's office building rather than from a separately named detention center.
Who is held here is a narrow local group: pretrial detainees, people booked after local arrests, short-sentence county inmates, and holds that the sheriff accepts. The jail is not a Missouri DOC prison and is not a federal or immigration detention center. When a Clark County defendant is sentenced to state custody, the search moves from this jail page to the Missouri DOC locator.
Clark County Jail Capacity
No current county-published capacity page or daily jail population dashboard was located during research. Historical Vera / BJS county trend data lists a rated capacity of 28 in populated years through 2019. Prisoners of the Census reports 14 local jail prisoners for Clark County Jail from the 2013 BJS Census of Jail Facilities. Those are historical context points, not a current operating count.
Vera's county trend data listed the total jail population as 30 in 2018, 19 in 2019, 6.375 in 2020, and 15 in 2021. The research did not locate a Clark County overcrowding order, jail construction project, consent decree, or official litigation update tied to those figures.
| Measure | Figure | Use Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 28 | Historical Vera / BJS capacity field through 2019 |
| Local jail prisoners | 14 | 2013 BJS-derived facility count cited by Prisoners of the Census |
| Current count | Not published | Use JailTracker or call the sheriff for current custody |
Look Up Clark County Jail Inmates
The correct public lookup path for this facility is the sheriff-linked JailTracker roster. The Clark County inmate lookup page frames the Public Safety Cloud JailTracker app for Clark County, Missouri. It is the local roster for current county-jail custody, not a statewide prison search.
The sheriff page below is the official local route into JailTracker. It is useful when a search result needs to be tied back to a county source.
If the roster shell loads slowly or a person booked very recently does not appear, use the phone fallback rather than assuming the person is not in custody.
- Open the sheriff's inmate lookup page and wait for JailTracker to load.
- Search by last name, then add a first name to narrow results.
- Open the offender detail and check custody status, booking fields, charges, bond data, holds, and any image shown.
- For a released person, check the weekly arrest-report archive or make a Sunshine Law request to the sheriff.
- For a sentenced state offender, use Missouri DOC Offender Search instead of the Clark County Jail roster.
Clark County Jail Address
The jail information line is the main sheriff's office number. Research did not locate a separate booking desk line, records-unit phone, public lobby schedule, or online open-records form for the sheriff's office. Use the listed phone, email, fax, or mailing address when the online roster does not answer the custody question.
Clark County Jail
518 N Lincoln St
Kahoka, MO 63445
660-727-2911
Fax: 660-727-2445
Email: clarksheriff@clarkmosheriff.com
Clark County Jail Video Visitation
The official Clark County jail visiting page says visitation is video visitation through CIDNET only. It lists daily availability from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. and directs CIDNET questions to the CIDNET support site. The same page states that the sheriff's office and any staff member may refuse visitation to anyone.
The sheriff visitation page is shown below. It is the controlling local source found for visit type and hours.
Because in-person visits were not posted as available, do not travel to the jail for a visit without confirming current rules.
| Facility | Schedule | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Clark County Jail | Daily, 7:00 a.m.-11:00 p.m. | CIDNET video visitation only |
| In-person visits | Not published as available | Confirm with sheriff |
| Attorney or professional visits | Not published | Call 660-727-2911 |
Money and Mail at Clark County Jail
The official inmate services page says money can be added through Access Corrections online or by phone, and the offender's inmate number is required. The sheriff did not publish a local fee schedule, deposit limit, lobby kiosk instruction, commissary order day, mail-format rule, legal-mail procedure, phone vendor, or tablet program in the pages located.
The screenshot below is from the sheriff's inmate services page. It confirms Access Corrections as the money channel and shows why the inmate number matters before a deposit is attempted.
Confirm custody and the inmate number first. Deposits to the wrong person or to a released person can be hard to correct.
| Service | Provider / Detail | Fee |
|---|---|---|
| Online deposit | Access Corrections, inmate number required | Local sheriff fee not published |
| Phone deposit | Access Corrections, 866-345-1884, inmate number required | Local sheriff fee not published |
| Mail rules | Not published in the official pages reviewed | Call the jail before sending items |
| Phone calls | Provider and rates not located | Confirm with sheriff |
Booking at Clark County Jail
Clark County does not publish a local booking-process walkthrough. A typical local path begins with an arrest by a deputy, city officer, state trooper, or another authorized agency, followed by transport to the sheriff-operated jail. Intake can include identity checks, property inventory, booking photo and fingerprints when required, medical or security screening, and entry into JailTracker if the sheriff publishes the booking.
The sheriff's weekly arrest reports and JailTracker roster are the public windows into that process. Arrest reports are date-based PDFs and are useful for past activity. JailTracker is the current custody path. Once the prosecutor files formal charges, Missouri Case.net becomes the court-record path for hearings, filed charges, and case status.
Note: Clark County does not publish a roster refresh schedule, so call the jail if a recent booking is missing.
Clark County Jail Records Requests
If a booking, photo, older arrest report, or custody detail is not online, the public-records fallback is a request to the sheriff's office. Missouri's RSMo 610.100 treats arrest and incident reports as open records, while investigative records and protected details may be withheld or redacted. RSMo 610.011 states the general Sunshine Law policy favoring public access unless another law applies.
A request should include the person's full name, approximate arrest or booking date, the record sought, and the requester's contact information. Juvenile matters, sealed cases, expunged records, active investigations, and safety or security exclusions may limit what the sheriff can release.
Clark County Jail Transfers
The Clark County Jail roster covers the county-jail stage. After sentencing or transfer, the same person may need a different locator. Missouri DOC Offender Search covers active state offenders, probationers, and parolees. BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. ICE ODLS covers immigration detention. VINELink can provide custody-status notification where participating data are available.
| Situation | Search Path | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Still in Clark County Jail | JailTracker through the sheriff site | County roster is the local custody source |
| Sentenced to Missouri prison | Missouri DOC Offender Search | State custody is outside the county jail roster |
| Federal sentence or BOP custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal records use a separate locator |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ICE custody is not searched through JailTracker |
About Clark County Jail
The sheriff homepage says the office mission includes protecting lives, property, and rights, maintaining order, enforcing Clark County and Missouri law, providing professional care and custody for people confined in the jail, securing the courts, and investigating crimes. The site navigation also reflects the jail's public-facing functions: Jail Visiting Hours, Inmate Services, Inmate Lookup, Arrest Reports, Contact Us, and Links.
No county page located during research published a construction year, housing-unit breakdown, accreditation status, current rated capacity, visitor parking rules, mail rules, or detailed program list. The known operational details are narrower: JailTracker lookup, weekly arrest reports, CIDNET video visitation, Access Corrections deposits, and the sheriff's main contact channel.