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Jail Division

Lt. David Carnagey
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The Lawrence County Jail is under the leadership and direction of Jail Administrator Lt. David Carnagey. In addition to Lt. Carnagey, the Jail Division is staffed by Sgt. Keith Williams, Sgt. Cynthia Printz, Sgt. Patrick Holtmann, Sgt. Thomas Taylor, Deputy Brian Mincey, Deputy Noah Morris, Deputy Gage Jeffrey and Deputy Justin Reed. The jail is also staffed by civilian jailers. Jailers, Rebecca Burton, Michelle Fobair, Laura Hostetter, Sabrina Hilton, Beau Wolfe, Jaret Bradley, Rebecka Reber, Cooper Blackburn, Zach Bell, Landen Hoag, Kailee Pruitt, Sarah Scott, Marc Stocker and Teressa Lincoln.

All persons arrested in Lawrence County (with the exception of Aurora and Monett municipal charges) and taken into custody are transported to the Lawrence County Jail for book-in and incarceration. The Lawrence County Jail houses both adult male and female inmates for pre-trial and convicted inmates who are serving sentences or awaiting transport to the Missouri Department of Corrections.

The inmates have access to local television stations, and are also able to correspond through the inmate phone system and sending and receiving postcards through the USPS. The Lawrence County Jail is contracted with an on call doctor who also comes in to examine the inmates. During the normal business week we also have a nurse who oversees all medical requests and work with the doctor to deal with the medical requests. Meals for inmates are prepared by the on duty jailer. The basic jail menu for all inmates consists of oatmeal for breakfast, sandwich for lunch, and beans and cornbread for supper.

The jail staff is responsible for receiving and intake process for all prisoners. This includes computer book-in, Live scan, Iris scan, DNA collection, photography, searching, monitoring all security video, observing inmate's activities, communicate with the inmates, incoming calls pertaining to the inmates and/or jail operations, and other assignments with in the jail facility.