Search Jackson County Inmates

Jackson County Jail Roster Overview

The Jackson County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and publishes a public inmate roster online. Sheriff John Ledbetter leads the agency, and his deputies book arrestees into the Jackson County Adult Detention Center. The roster lists people held in county custody after a recent arrest. It refreshes as the jail processes new bookings and releases, so the same name may appear or drop off within hours. Most searches begin on the sheriff's inmate lookup, which displays current detainees and a set of sorting controls. Those controls arrange the list by booking date or by name, making it easier to scan a long roster for one person.

The county roster covers local custody only. It does not list people held in federal facilities, in U.S. Marshals custody, or in Bureau of Prisons institutions. It also does not track sentenced prisoners moved into the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and it does not show immigration detainees. Once a defendant is transferred to state prison after sentencing, the county lookup usually drops that record. A separate statewide search handles state custody. Treat the jail roster as a snapshot of who sits in the Jackson County detention system right now, not as a complete criminal history or a court case file.

You can reach the current roster on the Jackson County inmate lookup page, where the booking list and sort tools load together.

The lookup itself is plain by design, putting the detainee list front and center so the public can confirm a booking quickly. From this same page you can branch into other sheriff resources, including crime stats and the agency's mobile app.

How to Use the Jackson County Roster

A Jackson County inmate search takes only a few steps once you reach the sheriff's portal. The roster opens to recent bookings, and the sort buttons reorder the list. If you are unsure of a spelling, browse by last name and scan nearby entries until the right record appears.

1. Open the Jackson County Sheriff's Office inmate lookup in a web browser.
2. Choose a sort order, such as Most Recent Inmates or Last Name A-Z, to organize the roster.
3. Scan the list or type a name into the inmate search field to narrow the results.
4. Select an inmate entry to open the individual record and review the booking details.

The Sheriff's Office also offers a free mobile app published on Google Play. The app adds inmate information, mugshots, and active warrant details in one place. If you are checking for an outstanding warrant rather than a current booking, the app is the better tool, and you can learn more about that process on the Jackson County warrant records page.

Jackson County Inmate Roster Search Fields

The Jackson County inmate roster relies on sort controls rather than a long form of search boxes. Each control reorders the same booking list so you can find a name by recency or alphabetical order. The page also functions as a lookup, so an inmate search field lets you type a name directly. The table below lists the controls captured from the official lookup.

What a Jackson County Inmate Record Shows

Official Jackson County sources confirm the broad categories of information tied to a booking, but they do not publish a fixed list of every field shown on an individual profile. The county lookup and the sheriff's mobile app describe inmate records, mugshots, booking details, recent arrests, and active warrants. The table below stays within those documented categories rather than guessing at exact labels you might see on screen.

Note: these categories come from official Jackson County descriptions, so confirm exact booking facts, charges, and bond amounts directly with the detention center.

Jackson County Detention Center Contacts

County custody is centered at the Jackson County Adult Detention Center in Pascagoula. The Detention Center page routes the public to current inmates, inmate services, commissary, phone, visitation, and mail rules. The Sheriff's Office handles bookings, the roster, and bond intake at the facility. Use the detention center contact for inmate questions and the sheriff's main line for general agency matters. Published facility capacity was not located in official county sources, so call the jail for current population or housing questions.

Sheriff John Ledbetter's full background appears on the agency biography page. For emergencies, always call 911 rather than the non-emergency line.

The detention center landing page gathers every inmate service in one menu, which keeps mail, visitation, commissary, and phone instructions easy to find for first-time visitors.

Booking Process in Jackson County

When deputies or local police make an arrest, the person is transported to the Adult Detention Center for intake. Booking creates the record that later appears on the public roster. Staff record identifying information, take a mugshot, and document the arresting agency and the charges brought at intake. Classification then determines housing based on the alleged offense and other safety factors. Because bookings post as they are processed, a newly arrested person may not show on the roster immediately, and the entry can change as the jail updates custody status.

Charges listed at booking are not the same as the charges a prosecutor ultimately files. Intake charges reflect what the arresting officer alleged, while formal charges are entered when the case reaches the proper court. Those filed charges and their status are tracked through the Jackson County arrest and charge records rather than the jail roster. After booking, a defendant may receive an initial appearance where a judge addresses bond. Remember that the Sheriff's Office accepts bond payments in cash only and only at the facility.

State Custody and MDOC Inmate Search

The Jackson County roster ends where state custody begins. After conviction and sentencing to prison, a defendant typically transfers from the county jail into the Mississippi Department of Corrections. At that point the county lookup no longer carries the record, and the search shifts to the statewide system. The MDOC inmate search lets you look up sentenced prisoners by First Name, Last Name, or MDOC ID Number. Use it to confirm whether someone has moved into state prison, is on parole, or remains under state supervision.

For records that the online search does not answer, the MDOC Records Department is the right contact. The MDOC contact page lists the Records Department at P.O. Box 24388, Jackson, MS 39225, with a phone line at 601-933-2889. Knowing which agency holds custody saves time: check the county jail roster for recent bookings and pretrial detainees, and check MDOC once a person has been sentenced to state imprisonment.

Jackson County Jail Visitation Schedule

Visitation at the Adult Detention Center is handled through CorrectPay, the jail's visitation and messaging provider. Visitors register on the CorrectPay website or app, and the inmate Tech Account covers visits and messaging. Each inmate gets one free on-site video visit per week, lasting 20 minutes, scheduled at the kiosk in the front lobby or through the CorrectPay app. Remote video visits from home are available for a fee. The schedule below shows general availability captured from the official rules.

A maximum of three visitors may attend in any combination of adults and children. Visits are not offered on Sunday or before 12:30 p.m. on Mondays. The full rules of visitation explain the appointment method and visitor limits in detail.

Reviewing the rules before you schedule a visit prevents a wasted trip, since the kiosk and app both enforce the weekly limit and the visitor cap.

Inmate Mail and Phone Contact

Letters to a detainee go to the Jackson County Adult Detention Center at 65 Bruce Evans Drive, Pascagoula, MS 39567. The jail enforces strict mail rules for safety and security. No greeting cards such as birthday or holiday cards are allowed. Books must be paperback and sent directly from a publishing company, with no hardback books accepted. Stamps, blank paper, envelopes, colored paper, bubble wrap, staples, paper clips, pamphlets, and sticky notes are all prohibited. Inmate-to-inmate correspondence is banned, even through a third party. The facility may reject any mail that violates these limits.

The published mail regulations spell out each restriction, so check them before sending anything. Phone contact runs through NCIC. To receive calls from an inmate, set up an NCIC account and prepay the number that will accept calls. Inmates can also buy phone time using commissary funds, and cash deposits to fund accounts are accepted at the lobby kiosk. The county inmate phone services page walks through account creation.

Commissary and Inmate Funds

Money for an inmate's commissary account goes through TouchPay, not the visitation vendor. You can fund an account on the TouchPay website around the clock or at the lobby kiosk during business hours, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Accepted payment methods are Visa, MasterCard, debit card, electronic check, and cash at the kiosk only. The jail does not accept money orders or cashier's checks. To deposit funds you need the Facility Locator Number 239501, the Jackson County Adult Detention Center name, the inmate identification number, and the inmate name. Cash carried at intake is deposited into the person's personal account.

Inmates may also draw on commissary funds to support their NCIC phone account, and iCare care packages can be purchased online. The county inmate services page and the commissary procedures page together cover deposit steps, the kiosk schedule, and the iCare gift option, so review both before adding money.

Victim Notification and Offender Registry

Inmate records connect to two public-safety tools worth knowing. Victims and concerned residents can register with VINELink, the victim notification service the Sheriff's Office links from its quick resources, to receive automatic alerts about custody status changes such as release or transfer. This matters because a roster is only current at the moment you check it, while notification follows a specific person over time.

The Mississippi Sex Offender Registry is the other key resource, reachable through the sheriff's records page, which also hosts the registry lookup link. The registry is separate from the jail roster and tracks registered offenders living in the community rather than people in current custody. Used together, the inmate lookup, MDOC search, victim notification, and offender registry give a fuller picture of custody and public safety in Jackson County than any single tool provides on its own.