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Boone County Jail
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Boone County Jail is a county jail located in Boone County, Missouri. Rated capacity: 210. Reported population: 230. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Boone County Jail is a historic jail building at Central Ave. and Willow St. in Harrison, Arkansas. It is a two-story red brick building, built in 1914. Its design has been attributed to prominent Arkansas architect Charles L. Thompson.
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Capacity
210
Current population
230
Occupancy
110%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Missouri
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
A former inmate described the Boone County Jail in Columbia, Missouri as "decent" and rated it three stars, contrasting it with other facilities that received lower ratings.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 110% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Beaufort County Detention CenterWashingtonMaximumCounty jail222% occupancy
- Abbeville County Detention CenterAbbevilleMaximumCounty jail200% occupancy
- Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - TazewellTazewellMaximumCounty jail330% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
- Spartanburg County Main JailSpartanburgMaximumCounty jail152% occupancy
- Anderson County Detention CenterAndersonMaximumCounty jail183% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersReports
- marshall-project8 Sept 2015
when they’re incarcerated, they complain about everything,” he says. “So I took the time, now that I’m not in jail, I feel like my voice can make a difference.” Alexander said the Boone County Jail in Columbia, Missouri was “decent” — 3-stars — but called out the Western Illinois Correctional Center — 1 star : “The prison guards are racist and they treat you like little kids. (If you let them).”
Data completeness
84%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q4943617)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Boone County Jail. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/boone-county-jail
"Boone County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/boone-county-jail.
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