Daviess/Dekalb County Regional Jail

Daviess/Dekalb County Regional Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 660-367-2200

Daviess/Dekalb County Regional Jail is a regional jail facility that handles the intake from the Daviess | DeKalb County Sheriff's arrests but also from several surrounding counties located at 102 N Meadows Ln Pattonsburg, MO. This cooperative prison is funded by all of the counties that hold their detainees and sentenced inmates.

Daviess/Dekalb Regional Jail provides a complete range of services for detainees. The jail operates a corrections division that is responsible for the care, custody and control of sentenced and non-sentenced inmates. The Jail has the capacity to hold 200 prisoners. Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail’s court security division offers controlled courthouse access solutions. The officers also conduct a variety of security checks and searches throughout the Courthouse to include but not limited to handbags and purses, as well as bathrooms, closets and common areas. Additionally, the Jail is equipped with Kiosks where inmates may purchase food and hygiene items, communicate with the Administration and request services such as medical.

Inmates may buy calling cards from the commissary.

• All prisoners have access to a phone. Prisoners are only allowed to make outgoing collect calls unless they purchase a calling card from the commissary. Phone time may also be purchased by their friends or family through inmatecanteen.com

Money can be brought to the jail or mailed into the facility. Be sure to include the name and date of birth of the prisoner to avoid any confusion with prisoners with the same name. The Jail is not equipped to have money wired to the Jail. All money sent in should be in the form of a money order. Two-party checks will not be accepted. Money can also be put on a prisoner’s account with a credit card at the Jail or by going to inmatecanteen.com .

Is the Jail equipped with medical services?
The Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail is supplied with Nursing Staff (L.P.N.s) 7 days a week. A facility doctor comes in once a week, and an on-call doctor is utilized 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The jail has a pharmacy that sends medication in by the bubble pack and utilizes a local pharmacy to access medication when the need arises. Self-pay dental services are available for emergency extractions when required.

What items can be mailed into the facility?
Allowable items are;
Photos 4×6 maximum size, Maximum of 10 (no nudity, alcohol or gang signs)
Plain Wedding band (no stones)
Money (money order only, no Cash)
Prescription glasses
Any extra property will be placed in the prisoner’s property.
2 soft-backed books mailed directly from the publisher.
1 soft-back Bible.

Medications can be sent in or dropped off at the facility as long as the prescription is unopened (seal has not been broken or tampered with), is current and valid to that particular prisoner. The facility physician must approve all narcotic prescriptions.

The Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail does offer meal substitutions for those with food allergies. However, all allergies have to be documented by a physician. Once documented, the Jail will make arrangements for substitutions.

Court dates and times will not be given out by the Jail. The Jail will direct the caller to contact the county of interest for dates and times.

Will letters and packages sent in to the Jail be forwarded or returned to sender?
All letters and packages sent to a prisoner not at Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail will be returned to sender.

The Jail has a fully functional commissary department that the prisoners can utilize that is considered a “want” not a “need”.

All prisoners being released from the facility will receive phone calls to make arrangements for pickup or when possible they will be given rides by staff to the nearest destination of their next pickup.

http://www.ddcrj.com/linked/faqs.pdf

• Daviess/DeKalb Regional Jail staff does not pass information to the prisoners. However, we do understand that unforeseen circumstances do arise that may prompt a special interest. These situations may include, but not limited to, emergency family issues, legal issues, or personal issues. These issues must be verified. Information and a call back number will be taken from the caller. Once verified the prisoner will receive the number for call back purposes.