This website is privately operated. It is not a Jefferson Davis County office, jail desk, court clerk, sheriff's division, or corrections agency. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, change visitation, or pull an official booking record. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Where to Ask for Jail and Record Help
For current Jefferson Davis County Jail custody questions, start with the sheriff's office because the county sheriff is the jail operator and jail-docket keeper. No official online county jail roster, mugshot gallery, sheriff app, visitation schedule, commissary vendor, or jail records form was located in the project research.
Jefferson Davis County Sheriff's Office and Jail
Sheriff: Ron Strickland
Mailing address: P.O. Box 339, Prentiss, MS 39474
Phone: 601-792-5169
Fax: 601-792-5980
Commonly published physical address: 2330 Columbia Avenue, Prentiss, MS 39474. Confirm the visitor entrance, lobby hours, parking, records-request methods, and any visit rules by phone before traveling or sending a request.
No separate jail records hours or online records form was located. Written jail docket or booking-record requests can be framed under the Mississippi Public Records Act guidance.
Jefferson Davis County Justice Court
Street address: 2335 Columbia Avenue, Prentiss, MS 39474
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1407, Prentiss, MS 39474
Phone: 601-792-5129
Fax: 601-792-5128
Jefferson Davis County Circuit Clerk
Clerk: Clint W. Langley
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1090, Prentiss, MS 39474
Phone: 601-792-4231
Fax: 601-792-4957
Use the channel that matches the record or custody question:
- For someone believed to be in Jefferson Davis County Jail, call the Sheriff's Office/Jail at 601-792-5169 and use the jail inmate records guide for the local fallback steps.
- For booking photos, ask the sheriff's office about the booking record or jail docket route, then review the jail roster mugshots page for limits on online mugshot access.
- For charges after a jail arrest, start with Justice Court for initial-appearance and affidavit questions, then use the Circuit Clerk for felony case-file routing. The court records after a jail arrest page explains that path.
- For facility-specific questions or sentenced state-prison transfers, use the Jefferson Davis County Jail page first, then the MDOC inmate search if the person has moved to state custody.
- For custody-status notifications, search or register through Mississippi VINE, which can provide alerts but is not a complete substitute for the jail or court record holder.
- For a federal inmate, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. Federal pretrial custody may also involve the U.S. Marshals Service.
- For immigration detention, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System, which searches by A-number and country of birth or by biographical information.