Scott County Jail

On average the Scott County Center has approximately 1,350 bookings each calendar year. This does not mean we have 1,350 detainees who are booked into our system. Often times a person may be booked on different charges throughout the year. The Scott County Security Center houses both male and female inmates with misdemeanor or felony charges. We are often ask what kind of people we keep in the Security Center. The answer is all kinds, we see good people who have made a bad choice and do their time here while being cooperative and respectful and who will never return to custody to the type of person who should be warehoused for life. We hold people charged with mere infraction violations to murder. Nearly each day some or all of our staff will hear comments from detainees about how they are going to sue them, physically harm them or their family, yell obscenities, or make outright profane and vulgar comments. Less frequently but at any time certain detainee's will take action toward assaulting another detainee or staff members, attempt suicide, attempt to clog the sewer system, attempt to flood the cell area, destroy Security Center property or even throw food, fecal matter or body fluids we address with strict disciplinary action and criminal charges whenever possible.