Polk County Jail Roster
The Polk County Sheriff's Office operates the local jail and publishes the public roster tools used for a Polk County inmate search. The roster choice page separates current inmates from 48-hour releases, while the roster list supports filters by name, date, current custody, and released status. The roster is a convenience record, not a certified court or criminal-history record.
The sheriff's office is located at 113 East Jefferson, Bolivar, Missouri 65613. Its phone line is 417-777-9020 and is listed as a 24-hour phone. Administrative office hours are Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Sheriff Morrison's homepage also links inmate roster, most wanted, sex offender registry, press releases, forms, and department pages, which makes the sheriff site the local hub for jail and custody records.
The roster choice page is the entry point for current inmates and recent releases, and this image comes from the official Detention Center roster choice page.
Use that choice page first when the question is whether a person is in the Polk County Jail now or was released recently.
Use the Polk County Inmate Roster
The roster is meant for quick custody checks. It can be searched by name or browsed through current and released lists. When the person is found, the result may include a mugshot, booking number, booking date and time, charges, bond amount, and a View Profile link. The roster disclaimer says the information is maintained for convenience and that Polk County Detention Center cannot certify accuracy or authenticity.
- Open the sheriff roster choice page and choose the current inmate roster or the 48-hour release option.
- Use the name search when a full name is known, or browse by date if the booking or release date is the best clue.
- Sort newest to oldest or oldest to newest when date order is more useful than name order.
- Open the profile link when available and compare booking number, booking date, charge text, and bond.
- Check Case.net separately when the question is the filed court charge, plea, disposition, sentence, or next hearing.
The current inmate list is the main roster view, and the image below comes from the official current inmate roster.
Roster charge text is a starting point for custody research, while the court file controls the formal case record.
Polk County Roster Search Fields
The roster controls are simple, which helps for quick lookups but also limits precision. The research found controls for list options, sort order, name search, search and show-all actions, and pagination. No official mobile app was found for Polk County Missouri sheriff jail searches; the regular sheriff website is the documented roster path.
| Field or Control | Type | Required | Options or Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Options | Links | No | Name, Date, Current, Released. |
| Sort | Links | No | Sort newest to oldest or oldest to newest. |
| Search By Name | Text | No | Free-text name search for roster filtering. |
| Search | Button or link | No | Runs the name filter. |
| Show All | Button or link | No | Clears the filter and restores the list. |
| Pagination | Links | No | Page numbers, next, and previous links. |
Polk County Inmate Profile Fields
A roster profile or entry can give enough facts to identify the correct person and custody event. It should not be used as a certified criminal-history report. Charge labels may be short, may include statute-style text, and may change after prosecutor review or court filing. The separate court record is where pleas, dispositions, sentencing, and future hearings belong.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | A booking image when displayed on the roster entry. |
| Full name | The listed person in custody or recently released. |
| Booking number | A jail booking identifier, with example format like 26-0320. |
| Booking date and time | When the person was booked into the Polk County Detention Center. |
| Charges | Booking charge text, sometimes plain English and sometimes code-style wording. |
| Bond amount | Bond listed on the roster when available. |
| View Profile | A link to more roster detail for that jail entry. |
Polk County Jail Facility
The Polk County Jail, also called the Polk County Detention Center in the roster materials, is operated by the Sheriff's Office at or through 113 East Jefferson in Bolivar. The Corrections Division history says the current jail was built in 1978, originally housed 16 prisoners, and is the fourth jail in the Sheriff's Office history. A 1996 expansion more than doubled capacity to 36 prisoners and added newer security technology.
Polk County Jail / Detention Center
113 East Jefferson
Bolivar, MO 65613
417-777-9020
Video visitation scheduled Sundays through CIDNET.
The Corrections Division page reports daily average population examples of 28.1 in 2009, 51 in 2019, and as high as 66 in 2019. When overcrowded, Polk County has housed inmates in other county jails at a cost to the county of $45 per inmate per day. Those capacity facts explain why current roster status can change and why staff contact may be needed for placement questions.
The jail operation details are shown on the official Corrections Division page, which is the source for this image.
That corrections source is also where local visitation, commissary, phone, program, and medical-care details were documented.
Polk County Booking and Charges
Booking is the jail intake record. A person arrested in Polk County may be booked, photographed, assigned a booking number, and listed with charge text and bond if public on the roster. Correctional officers handle the care, custody, and control of people arrested in the county. The facility gives inmates a handbook with jail rules, and trustee-status inmates may help with laundry, cleaning, meal preparation, and routine jail upkeep.
Booking charges should be matched against the court record. A booking entry may show a probation violation, court commit, or other charge label before a full court outcome is known. Case.net and the Circuit Clerk are the sources for filed charges, pleas, dispositions, sentences, and court dates. A person looking for arrest-to-charge history may need both the jail roster and the related court case.
Note: The roster identifies custody facts, while the court record controls filed charges and case outcomes.
Polk County Video Visitation
The Corrections Division page states that visitation is video only and is scheduled through CIDNET. The schedule listed in the research is Sundays. No property or money is received for inmates during visitation, and emergency visits may be authorized only by the Sheriff or Jail Administrator. The page contains an internal name inconsistency for jail-administrator approval, so current visitor approval details should be verified with the Sheriff's Office before planning a visit.
| Day | Schedule | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday | Scheduled through CIDNET | Video visitation | No property or money received during visitation. |
| Monday-Saturday | No official schedule found in source set | Not published | Call the Sheriff's Office before relying on any unofficial schedule. |
Remote pricing, holiday schedules, dress rules, attorney-video details, and mail rules were not found in the official materials reviewed. Do not bring money or property to a Sunday video visit, because the Corrections Division page expressly says those items are not received during visitation.
Polk County Inmate Calls
Phones are available in inmate day rooms. The Corrections Division page says calls are collect or through a pre-approved account, are limited to 15 minutes, and are recorded and subject to monitoring. That means routine family calls should be treated as nonprivate. Attorney communication rules were not published in the research set, so legal-call questions should be directed to counsel or jail staff.
The official source did not provide a full mail policy. If a family member needs current mail format, remote video pricing, deposit steps, or property rules, the safest path is to call 417-777-9020 before sending anything. Published local rules are better than third-party jail pages, especially when money or mail may be rejected.
Polk County Commissary
Family and friends may order commissary through Tiger Online, according to the Corrections Division page. The research did not find a local fee table, spending limit, delivery schedule, refund rule, or approved item list. Those details can change, so use the vendor and jail contact before placing an order.
Money should not be brought to Sunday video visitation because the jail page states no property or money is received for inmates during visitation. That rule is narrow but important. It does not explain every commissary funding method, so current deposit instructions should be confirmed through the Sheriff's Office or the Tiger commissary channel before funds are sent.
Polk County Jail Programs
The jail is described as a full-service facility. Meals are prepared onsite by trustee-status inmates. Medical care is contracted with a correctional medical firm, and a physician approves treatment and medications. Inmates may request to see a physician at their own cost at the next scheduled visit, based on the Corrections Division text.
Programs listed in the research include weekly Bible study, a Life after Meth support group offered by ex-addicted volunteers, and exercise yard use when weather and correctional staff discretion allow. These programs are jail services, not court outcomes. Court supervision, probation, parole, and prison placement should be checked through court or MODOC records instead of the county jail page.
MODOC State Offender Search
The county jail roster does not cover people in Missouri state prison, probation, or parole supervision unless they are also currently in the Polk County jail. For state custody or supervision, use the Missouri Department of Corrections offender search. That database is separate from the sheriff roster, and it is the better path when a person was sentenced to state prison or is supervised by MODOC.
The image below comes from the official MODOC offender search.
Use MODOC for state-level custody or supervision status, then return to Case.net for the court case history behind a sentence.
MSHP Registry Search
Sex-offender registration is another separate record path. The sheriff homepage links registry resources, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol sex offender registry search supports name, date of birth, address, and distance fields. The registry is not the same as an inmate roster and should not be used to infer current jail custody.
The registry search interface is shown in this image from the official MSHP registry search.
Use the registry for registration searches, the sheriff roster for local jail custody, and MODOC for state supervision or prison status.
Polk County Inmate Record Requests
Records not shown on the roster may require sheriff contact or a report request path. The sheriff FAQ says incident reports are usually ready within five business days, may require a written request, and may involve a report fee. Missouri public-record law makes many incident and arrest reports open, but active investigative reports can be closed or redacted.
For certified court records tied to a jail booking, use the Circuit Clerk or Case.net instead of the sheriff roster. For driver records, use Missouri DOR. For marriage records, use the Recorder of Deeds. For a public court charge after arrest, the court charge record is the better source than a roster entry.