The Franklin County Adult Detention Facility is a maximum-security facility that is operated under the protection of 29 full-time commissioned deputies and 2 civilian detention officers and 11 support staff. Aside from facility security, the commissioned deputies are responsible for transporting inmates to and from court, along with in and out of Missouri extraditions. Inmates in custody at the Franklin County Adult Detention Facility range from civil detainees to dangerous felons.
Support staff administers such responsibilities as janitorial duties for all areas of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office and Adult Detention Facility. Thousands of nutritional meals are prepared by kitchen personnel each year, along with medical services personnel providing care for inmates.
During 2020 there were 3,654 inmates that passed through the Franklin County Adult Detention Facility. Inmates consisted of first time arrestees, besides people serving court ordered sentences, and those waiting for their judicial actions to transpire. Additionally, the Franklin County Adult Detention Facility houses inmates for municipalities within Franklin County. The daily average of inmates housed by Franklin County for 2020 was 104, with the highest number for any one day of 192 inmates.