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Dent County Sheriff'S Department

County jailOvercrowded (219%)ModerateHigh
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Dent County Sheriff'S Department is a county jail located in Dent County, Missouri. Rated capacity: 21. Reported population: 46. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

21

Current population

46

Occupancy

219%

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

—

Region

Missouri

Security level

—

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

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

112 East 5Th Street, Salem 65560
(573) 729-3241
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Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

30/100
Moderate concern30/100
Overcrowding
30/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
0/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Extreme overcrowding at 219% of capacity

This facility scores 30. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 28 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Conditions risk scorethis: 30/100 · peers avg: 2/100 (+1201%)

Higher risk than 99% of peer facilities in United States.

Occupancythis: 219% · peers avg: 93% (+136%)
Capacity (beds)this: 21 · peers avg: 547 (96%)

Data completeness

66%

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@misc{worldprisons-dent-county-sheriff-s-depar,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Dent County Sheriff'S Department},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/dent-county-sheriff-s-department},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}