Find St. Louis City Inmates

St. Louis City Inmate Locator

The City of St. Louis Division of Corrections runs the local custody system. The official corrections landing page points users to inmate lookup, bond, visitation, commissary, population data, and other jail services. The City Justice Center is the facility named in the research for local detainees, and it is separate from Missouri Department of Corrections state prison records and federal inmate records.

The city service page for locating an inmate sends users to the official locator. The locator accepts last name and first name, includes active inmate and recent release filters, and says a blank name search can produce a list of all inmates. Its disclaimer warns that jail information changes quickly and that an arrest does not mean conviction or guilt.

The official corrections source is the starting point for St. Louis City inmate records.

That corrections page is useful because it links custody search with bond, visitation, money, and records services in one city department.

Use the St. Louis City Jail Roster

The direct search tool is the official St. Louis City inmate locator. It is the web roster confirmed in the research. No official law-enforcement mobile app with an app-only inmate lookup was confirmed, so the web locator and CJC phone channels are the supported path.

1. Open the official St. Louis City inmate locator.
2. Enter last name and first name if known, or run a broader search when names are unknown.
3. Select Active Inmates for current custody or Released in the past 72 hours for recent releases.
4. Review the result carefully and match name, status, and any visible booking details.
5. If the person is not listed, call CJC, press 1 for the operator, and ask for inmate information.
6. Check Missouri DOC or federal custody only when the person is not a current St. Louis City detainee.

The locator source shows the actual St. Louis City inmate search interface.

The search screen confirms that active and recent-release filters are part of the local roster workflow.

St. Louis City Inmate Search Fields

The St. Louis City inmate locator is simple, but the fields matter. A broad blank search can list all inmates, while name fields narrow the result set. The recent-release filter is limited to the past 72 hours, so a person released before that window may no longer be visible through the same roster path.

St. Louis City Inmate Profile Fields

The research did not open a live inmate profile because that would require querying a person or browsing all current inmates. Public locator fields were confirmed at the search level, and profile details should be described with care. Treat a profile as a custody snapshot, not a court judgment.

For court-file detail after booking, the related charge and case history belongs in St. Louis City arrest records and court charges.

St. Louis City Jail Facility

St. Louis City local custody is centered on the City Justice Center. The research identifies it as a six-story facility opened in 2002 with capacity for 860 inmates. The corrections population snippet showed 801 people confined across facilities on June 21, 2026, but current population should be verified through the city because jail counts change.

For specific departments, call the main CJC number and use direct extensions when possible: general information ext. 2000, shift commander ext. 1024 or 1025, visiting ext. 1042, admissions/intake ext. 2247, property ext. 2233 or 2270, inmate commissary/funds ext. 1065 or 1064, inmate telephone ext. 1062, and letters of incarceration ext. 1097 or 1033.

St. Louis City Inmate Bond

Bond and release questions should be routed by charge type. The research says city charge bond amounts use 314-622-3231, while state charge bond amounts use 314-641-8214. Callers should have the person's first name, last name, and date of birth. SLMPD prisoner processing for police custody is 314-241-8339.

Bond windows can depend on time in custody. A person in police custody under 24 hours may be handled on the first floor of CJC. A person in CJC custody under 24 hours may use Carnahan Courthouse Room 108 during weekday business hours or the CJC second-floor window during evening, weekend, and holiday periods. A person held more than 24 hours may be routed to the Municipal Courthouse window during weekday hours.

Note: St. Louis City inmate release data can lag behind bond action, so keep receipts and confirm with CJC or the court.

St. Louis City Inmate Visitation

The CJC visiting information page says social visits are limited to pre-approved adults and children who are with a pre-approved adult. The process is inmate-initiated. Each inmate receives five Visitor Request Forms during orientation and mails them to chosen family or friends. The visitor completes the form and mails it to CJC, where staff run a criminal-history check.

Approved visitors should arrive 15 minutes early to register. Visitors cannot bring items for an inmate. Clothing rules include no tank tops, hoodies, or jackets in visiting areas, dresses at or below the knees, religious headgear only, and closed-toe shoes.

The official visitation source explains the approval path and daily schedule.

The image source supports the key local rule: family and friends cannot self-register from scratch without the inmate-mailed form.

St. Louis City Inmate Money

The inmate money page lists online, phone, and lobby kiosk deposit paths. Online deposits use CSGPay. Phone deposits use 1-877-618-3516. The CJC lobby has separate kiosks for commissary and telephone accounts. The required inmate ID is the Inmate Master Number, or IMN; if unknown, call 314-621-5848, press 1, and provide the inmate's name.

The official money source shows the city deposit vendor and IMN requirement.

That source is important because deposits require the IMN rather than just a name.

St. Louis City Inmate Records Requests

Attorney visits use a professional visit process rather than the social visitation approval route. The city says non-contact professional visits are available daily from 8:00 AM to 7:00 PM without advance notice. Contact visits during that same window require one hour of advance notice, and non-contact visits from 7:00 PM to 8:00 AM also require one hour of advance notice. The form asks for client first and last name, client birth year, proposed date and time, attorney name, email, phone, and bar number if applicable.

Medical records use a different custody records path. The medical records request page identifies a mail or drop-off route to the CJC custodian and references fees under RSMo 191.227. Letters of incarceration for released inmates use CJC extensions 1097 or 1033. Property questions use the property unit extensions. City agency or SLMPD records may require the city GOV/QA public-record request system rather than the inmate locator.

The city medical records source is separate from the roster and should be used for health-record requests.

That separation helps avoid sending private medical-record requests through general inmate search or visitation channels.

Other St. Louis City Custody Searches

The St. Louis City inmate locator is for local detainees and recent releases. It is not a Missouri prison database, sex offender registry, federal prison locator, or court conviction record. Use the Missouri DOC offender search for sentenced state offenders or people supervised by DOC. Use the Missouri State Highway Patrol sex offender registry for registered sex offender records, which are separate from jail custody. Use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator for federal prisoners.

The city locate-a-person source points back to the official roster rather than a third-party jail listing.

That source confirms the local route before a search branches to state DOC or federal custody systems.

Note: St. Louis City and St. Louis County are different jurisdictions, so a Clayton jail or court search does not replace the city locator.