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Potosi Correctional Center Overview

Potosi Correctional Center, often shortened to PCC, is operated by the Missouri Department of Corrections. It is a state prison in Mineral Point within Washington County. DOC lists the facility as a male adult institution with Minimum, Medium, and Maximum security levels, and the DOC facility page names Heather Cofer as warden. PCC is part of Missouri's state correctional system, so its inmates are searched through DOC records rather than the Washington County Sheriff's Office jail channel led by Sheriff Dwayne S. Reed.

The DOC family page adds physical and historical details that help distinguish PCC from the downtown county jail. PCC sits on about 128 acres in Washington County, has 12 buildings, includes six housing units, and opened in January 1989 after construction began in January 1987. The same family page says the prison has ten different types of programming available to support residents, though the captured research did not list every program name.

People often confuse the systems because both facilities are connected to Potosi-area searches. Washington County Jail handles local arrests, warrants, pretrial custody, and short local sentences under the sheriff. Potosi Correctional Center handles sentenced Missouri DOC prisoners. Court records from the Washington County Circuit Clerk may explain the case path after a local arrest, but once custody moves to DOC, the MODOC Offender Search becomes the better lookup source.

Potosi Correctional Center Population

DOC's current facility page did not publish a live population count or capacity figure in the captured research. The source set does include a historical Census-era correctional population figure: Prisoners of the Census listed PCC at 897 from 2012 data. That number should be treated as historical population context only, not a current count, not a capacity rating, and not a live headcount for today.

The safer current approach is to use DOC records for offender status and to call PCC for facility-specific questions. If DOC does not show an active offender, the person may be discharged, excluded from public display for safety or confidentiality, under county custody, in federal custody, or listed under an alias or different spelling.

Potosi Correctional Center Lookup

The correct search tool is MODOC Offender Search. The Offender Search welcome page states that it provides information about active offenders supervised by the Missouri Department of Corrections, including people in prison, on probation, or on parole. It also states that discharged offenders are not included and that some information may be unavailable for safety, security, or confidentiality reasons.

1. Open MODOC Offender Search and complete the captcha challenge shown before the search form.
2. Search by first and last name, including possible aliases or name variations if the first search fails.
3. Use DOC ID when it is known, since the DOC Sunshine Law layout describes DOC ID as a unique master number.
4. Review the assigned place field to confirm whether the person is listed at PCC or another DOC location.
5. Use court case records for the criminal case itself and VINELink for notification where available.

The county jail and the state prison do not answer the same search question. A person newly arrested in Washington County may still need the sheriff's office lookup, while a sentenced state prisoner should be checked in DOC records. The local custody split is also reflected in county government records because the Washington County government site lists local offices separately from DOC facilities.

Potosi Correctional Center DOC Page

The official DOC facility page for Potosi Correctional Center provides the public contact details, security levels, warden, fax number, chaplain contact, and institution hours used for this facility profile.

That source should be used instead of the county sheriff page for PCC-specific information, because PCC is a state prison and not the local Washington County Jail.

Potosi Correctional Center Contact

PCC's public contact block comes from DOC, not from county government. The DOC facility page lists the street address, main phone, fax, warden, security levels, institution hours, and chaplain contact. Families should call the main number for current facility procedures before visiting, sending mail, trying to add money, or asking about a resident's access to programs.

The DOC facility page also lists Chaplain John Hammonds, extension 1533, with the email John.Hammonds@doc.mo.gov. Use that contact only for chaplain or religious-support matters. Custody, visitation, money, phone, and mail questions should start with DOC facility or family resources.

Potosi Correctional Center Visits

The captured DOC facility page lists institution hours for PCC. Because PCC is a prison, visiting usually depends on DOC statewide policy, approval, identification, scheduling, and institution-specific rules. The research did not inspect every statewide visiting rule, so public visit details should not include unsourced dress codes, application deadlines, visitor limits, or vendor rules. Use the institution hours as the sourced schedule and call the facility for the current visit process.

Note: Institution hours are not the same as guaranteed visitor approval, so confirm scheduling and eligibility before travel.

Potosi Correctional Center Mail and Money

The PCC and DOC pages include navigation for Visiting, Family and Friends Information, Money Transfer and Secure Email, Offender Phone Services, and related DOC resources. The captured research did not inspect each statewide policy page in full, so it does not support a vendor name, deposit fee schedule, email price, phone rate, or mail format beyond DOC's general routing. Use DOC links and the facility phone for current rules before sending funds or mail.

Do not use county jail mail or commissary assumptions for PCC. State prisons use DOC policies, and those policies can change without appearing in county records.

Potosi Correctional Center Records

DOC records are more structured than the local county jail records located in this research. The DOC Sunshine Law page describes a nightly offender data file and file layout. The documented fields include DOC ID, name fields, race, sex, birth date, assigned place, institution or field-supervision flag, cause number, offense county, sentence county, offense description, sentence date, minimum release date, maximum release date, sentence length, and probation fields.

DOC warns that public information may be limited for safety, security, or confidentiality. If a DOC result and a court record disagree, verify with DOC and the sentencing court before acting on the information.

Potosi Correctional Center Intake

State prison intake is not the same thing as county jail booking. A Washington County defendant may start in local sheriff custody after arrest. If convicted and sentenced to DOC, custody shifts from the county jail to Missouri DOC. After reception, classification, and system entry, MODOC Offender Search becomes the main public lookup path. PCC may be the assigned institution, but not every person sentenced from Washington County goes to PCC.

Classification means DOC reviews the person's sentence, security needs, medical or mental health factors, program needs, and institutional placement. PCC has multiple custody levels, so the assignment shown in DOC records can matter for visits, movement, program access, and family contact. Terms such as minimum, medium, and maximum custody describe security classification, not the seriousness of the original charge by themselves.

DOC

Missouri Department of Corrections, the state agency that manages prison custody and supervision.

Assigned place

The DOC location or supervision office connected to an active offender record.

Discharged offender

A person no longer active in DOC custody or supervision, and therefore not covered by the active Offender Search.

Potosi Correctional Center Programs

The DOC family page for PCC says the prison has ten different types of programming available to support residents. The captured page did not name all ten, so no unsourced program list should be added. DOC navigation, however, points readers toward broad statewide resource areas such as rehabilitative services, reentry services, education or training, Missouri Vocational Enterprises, religious and spiritual support, family resources, and visiting information.

PCC's physical campus details are more certain. DOC describes the site as roughly 128 acres with 12 buildings, including six housing units, central plant, garage, training building, and other support structures. That campus profile fits a state prison, not a small local jail. The same distinction should guide every search, visit, mail, and records step for PCC.