Macon County Sheriff's Office and Jail Overview
Macon County Sheriff's Office and Jail is operated by the Macon County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Kevin Shoemaker. The official county sheriff page describes the office and jail as serving the citizens of Macon County and lists the public jail contact at 101 E. Washington St., Macon, MO 63552. The facility is a county jail and local detention facility, not a state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. It is used for people awaiting court, people serving local jail sentences, arrests from Macon County agencies, and people held for transfer or other authority.
The Macon County jail has an added regional role. The Linn County Sheriff's Office states that Linn County no longer has a jail and houses inmates at Macon County Jail. That does not make the facility a separate regional jail district, but it does mean a person arrested in Linn County may still have visitation, commissary, and custody questions routed to the Macon County jail phone line. Sentenced Missouri prison inmates from Macon County are searched through the statewide MODOC Offender Search after transfer.
The official sheriff and jail page is shown in this screenshot from the Macon County Sheriff's Office source.
The county source is the lead contact reference because it names Sheriff Kevin Shoemaker and publishes the jail address, phone, email, emergency direction, and civil-process role.
Macon County Jail Capacity and Population
Vera's jail-construction dataset lists a Macon County new jail project in 2014 with a passed status, a $9,000,000 project amount, and 45 beds after construction. Vera county data lists a reported rated capacity of 46 in 2019. The official Macon County sheriff page does not restate a current bed count, so the sourced public figures should be read as historical and project data rather than a live capacity feed. No real-time county population dashboard was located.
The 2019 Vera row also lists 25 male inmates, 8 female inmates, 33 pretrial inmates, and 14 inmates held from another jail. That last figure fits the official Linn County statement that Linn County houses inmates at Macon County Jail. The county news release about courthouse and jail refinancing ties the modern jail to the Series 2015 jail and courthouse project, funded through voter-approved sales taxes.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| New jail project capacity | 45 beds | Vera jail construction dataset, 2014 project |
| Reported rated capacity | 46 | Vera county CSV, 2019 |
| Reported jail population | 33 | Vera county CSV, 2019 |
| Held from other jail | 14 | Vera county CSV, 2019 |
Lookup Macon County Jail Inmates
No official Macon County online jail roster or sheriff-hosted current-inmate search page was located on the county website. That means Macon County Sheriff's Office and Jail lookup should begin with direct jail contact, then move to records requests, VINELink, the sheriff app, Case.net, and MODOC depending on the type of custody question. The county jail is the right starting point for local pretrial custody and short local sentences. It is not the right locator for sentenced state prisoners after DOC transfer.
- Call Macon County Sheriff's Office and Jail at 660-385-2062 and ask for current custody status, booking date, bond, and whether the person is held for Macon County or another agency.
- Have the person's full name, date of birth if known, arresting agency, approximate arrest date, and whether the arrest may involve Linn County.
- Check VINELink for custody-status notifications where Missouri jail data is connected, and check the Macon County Sheriff's Office app if installed.
- Search Case.net when the question is what charges were filed in court after booking.
- Search the Missouri DOC Offender Search if the person was sentenced to state custody, probation, or parole.
The Macon County Sheriff's Office app is listed in the Google Play store and the Apple App Store. The store text advertises tips, crime reporting, interactive features, and public-safety news. Reviews mention inmate information, but the official store listing did not confirm a public roster field list, so app-based inmate data should be treated as useful but not independently verified from the research file.
Macon County Jail Address and Contact
The current official county source lists the sheriff and jail at the downtown county government address. Older or association-style listings may show a P.O. Box or a Sheridan Street mailing reference, but the build should lead with the current county page and tell users to confirm mailing rules before sending documents or inmate mail. The same phone number is used in the county directory for Sheriff/Jail contact.
Macon County Sheriff's Office and Jail
101 E. Washington St.
Macon, MO 63552
660-385-2062
Email: mcso@cvalley.net
Emergency: 911
The sheriff's page also lists civil process duties, including criminal subpoenas, civil summons, landlord and tenant process, child-support enforcement process, and wage garnishments within Macon County. Those duties are separate from inmate lookup, but they confirm that the sheriff's office is the local custody and process office tied to the jail.
Visit Macon County Jail Inmates
Macon County's official sheriff page did not publish a jail visitation schedule, video-visitation vendor, visitor ID policy, dress code, child-visitor rule, or prohibited-items list. Linn County's inmate page tells users to contact Macon County Jail for visiting, commissary, and related inmate information because Linn County houses its inmates there. The practical rule is simple: confirm the visit by phone before traveling.
| Topic | Macon County Detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not published in official sources located | Call 660-385-2062 |
| Video visitation | Vendor and hours not published | Ask jail staff before scheduling |
| Visitor ID | Not published | Confirm current ID rule |
| Dress code / prohibited items | Not published | Ask before arrival |
| Attorney visits | Not published | Contact the jail or court office |
Directions should use 101 E. Washington St. in Macon. Visitors coming from U.S. 63 or U.S. 36 should proceed toward the downtown courthouse and county government area, then use Washington Street. No official visitor-parking map, ADA entry note, locker policy, or waiting-room instruction was located, so mobility access and entry rules should be checked with jail staff before arrival.
Mail and Money at Macon County Jail
Official Macon County sources did not publish inmate-mail formatting, phone vendor, tablet or email vendor, commissary provider, money-deposit vendor, kiosk location, online deposit link, or fee schedule. Unofficial jail-info sites should not be used to fill those gaps. Use the jail phone line before mailing anything, sending money, or buying commissary because the jail can reject mail or deposits that do not follow its current format.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Inmate mail | Confirm name, booking number, and mailing format with the jail before sending. |
| Phone / video | Provider not located in official Macon County sources. |
| Commissary | Contact Macon County Jail; Linn County routes commissary questions there. |
| Money deposits | Vendor, deposit methods, and fees were not located in official sources. |
| Tablets / email | No official source located. |
The Linn County housing notice is shown in this official screenshot from the Linn County Sheriff's Office source.
The screenshot is relevant because it confirms that some inmate-family questions from Linn County are directed to Macon County Jail for visits, commissary, and custody information.
Booking at Macon County Jail
After a local arrest, the arresting officer normally takes the person to Macon County Sheriff's Office and Jail unless medical care or another custody path is required. Jail staff confirm identity, paperwork, warrant or capias status, charge authority, and any court order. Staff also screen for medical or mental-health needs, log property and money, take fingerprints and booking photos, enter booking data, and assign housing based on classification, sex, risk, medical needs, separation needs, and bed availability.
RSMo 221.040 allows the sheriff or jailer to require a medical exam before accepting someone who appears unconscious, seriously ill, seriously injured, or seriously impaired by alcohol or drugs. That rule explains why intake timing can vary. A jail booking record may exist before Case.net shows filed charges, and a fast release can occur before any public web roster would have shown the person.
Macon County Jail Bond and Court
Bond after booking is tied to both the jail and the court. Call the jail for current custody and bond confirmation, then check with the Macon County Circuit Clerk for court schedule, case payment, and bond paperwork questions. Missouri bond can involve cash bond, surety bond, personal recognizance, or a no-bond hold. A local bond may not release a person if another hold exists from probation or parole, another county, DOC, a federal agency, or ICE.
Formal charges after booking are searched through Case.net and the Macon County Circuit Court record, not through a jail roster. The Macon County court records after jail arrest page covers filed charges, court dates, warrants, and record closure in more detail.
About Macon County Sheriff's Office and Jail
The modern Macon County jail is tied to a local capital project rather than an old courthouse lockup. A county news release dated July 9, 2020 describes lease refunding certificates for courthouse and jail refinancing. It states the remaining Series 2015 certificates were tied to the new jail and extensive courthouse remodeling, and it reports net interest savings of $1,075,842. The same release says voters approved a one-half-cent capital improvement sales tax and a one-quarter-cent law enforcement sales tax at the April 8, 2014 election.
The county news release is shown in this screenshot from the Macon County news source.
The refinancing source gives local context for the jail's mid-2010s construction history and explains why capacity figures in public datasets changed during that period.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, mail format, and commissary rules with Macon County Jail before traveling or sending money.