Lincoln County Inmate Roster Lookup

Lincoln County Jail Roster Overview

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office runs the county jail and posts an online inmate roster that the public can browse without an account. The roster offers two views: a Current Inmates list of people in custody now, and a 48 Hour Release list of people recently let go. A disclaimer gates the roster and reminds visitors that the information is collected from public sources, maintained for convenience, and cannot be certified for accuracy or authenticity, so it should not be treated as an official record.

The roster is limited to people held at the county detention center. It does not list inmates in state prison, federal custody, or immigration detention. Once a person is sentenced to the Mississippi Department of Corrections or transferred out of the county jail for state prison, the county roster will no longer show them, and the search moves to the state corrections system. A person arrested yesterday may appear on the county roster but not in any state database, while a person sent to state prison may drop off the county roster entirely.

How to Use the Lincoln County Inmate Roster

The roster lives on the Sheriff's Office website at lincolncountysheriffms.org, where the inmate-roster section opens with a disclaimer that a visitor accepts before reaching the list. From there, the tools are simple: a name search, sort options, and a profile link for each person in custody. The steps below walk through a typical lookup.

1. Open the Sheriff's Office inmate roster and accept the disclaimer to reach the list.
2. Choose a view using the Options filters: Current Inmates for people in custody now, or Released for the 48-hour release list.
3. Type a last name into the Search By Name field and click Search, or click Show All to browse everyone on the selected list.
4. Sort the results if needed, using Sort A-Z or Sort Z-A by name, or newest-to-oldest and oldest-to-newest by booking date.
5. Page through the results with the numbered pages, Next, and Last links until you find the right person.
6. Click View Profile to open the individual record with the mugshot, booking number, charges, and bond.

Lincoln County Roster Search Fields

The roster does not ask for a date of birth, a case number, or other identifying detail. It is built around a name search supported by filter and sort links, so a common last name can return several pages of results that you narrow by reading booking dates and charges. The table below lists every control the public roster provides.

What a Lincoln County Inmate Profile Shows

Each roster entry links to a profile page that expands the booking summary. A profile inspected in mid-2026 carried a booking number of 2500000537 for a 22-year-old male booked by the Brookhaven Police Department, with three charges and a combined bond, which illustrates the fields below. The table pairs each field with what it tells you.

Several details are deliberately left off the profile. The page does not show height, weight, date of birth, home address, housing pod, court date, warrant number, statute number, projected release date, attorney, or sentence. Because charges and bail can change after a court appearance, the roster directs bond agents and anyone planning to post bail to call detention staff at 601-833-5231 to confirm the correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers.

Lincoln County Detention Center

The county jail, also called the Lincoln County Detention Center, sits at 215 Justice Street in Brookhaven and houses an average population of about 85 people per day. It has separate areas for male and female inmates, and juveniles are held at a separate facility rather than in the adult jail. Warden Randy Pickett oversees daily operations, with Assistant Warden Willard Blue helping run the day-to-day routine, and correctional officers must complete a state-certified training curriculum.

Daily operations lean on inmate work. Inmates assist with food service, cleaning, washing and detailing deputies' vehicles, and litter detail. Religious services are offered through various programs, and drug, alcohol, or anger-management counseling is generally court-ordered rather than open to anyone who asks. The contact card below is the direct line for questions about an inmate's bond, charges, or case.

For correct bond amounts, charges, and case numbers, detention staff should be reached at 601-833-5231, the same number used to confirm anything that may have changed since a roster entry was posted. General jail questions, such as visitation or commissary procedures, can also go to 601-833-5251.

County Jail Versus State Prison Custody

The county roster and the state corrections database serve different stages of a case, and confusing the two is the most common reason a search comes up empty. The Lincoln County Detention Center holds people pretrial, on short local sentences, on warrants, or on holds, so it is the right place to look right after an arrest. The Mississippi Department of Corrections, by contrast, holds people in state custody after a felony sentence, and its inmate search works by first name, last name, or MDOC ID.

The practical rule is timing. Someone booked into the county jail this week will be on the Sheriff's roster, not the state system. Someone sentenced to state prison and transferred out of the county jail will move off the county roster and into the MDOC database. A roster entry can also show an MDOC warrant or hold while a person is still physically in the county jail, which signals that state corrections has an interest in the case. For the charges that follow a booking through the court system, the arrest and court charge records page traces how an arrest becomes a formal charge.

Booking and Initial Appearance in Lincoln County

Booking begins when a sheriff's deputy, a Brookhaven police officer, or a state agency brings an arrested person to the detention center at 215 Justice Street. Staff record the booking number, date and time, charges, and bond, and that information is what surfaces on the public roster. A mugshot is taken at intake, and the person is classified and housed according to the jail's male and female areas.

Mississippi gives every arrested person an early hearing, and Lincoln County meets that requirement through Justice Court. All felony cases are first heard in Justice Court for an initial appearance and the filing of an affidavit, and Justice Court judges hold court sessions at the jail three times each week so that each person receives an initial appearance within three days of arrest. At that hearing a judge may set or adjust bond. A misdemeanor or traffic matter may stay in Justice Court or Brookhaven Municipal Court, while a felony can move on to the District Attorney and Circuit Court by indictment or bind-over. Once charges are formally filed, the criminal court records page covers the case file that follows.

Lincoln County Sheriff Mobile App

The Sheriff's Office publishes a free Lincoln County MS Sheriff mobile app that packages the same public information found on the website, often with easier navigation on a phone. The app advertises access to press releases, inmates, the Most Wanted list, and the sex-offender list, and it lets users send crime tips and contact messages to the Sheriff's Office. It is a convenient mobile route to the inmate roster for anyone who would rather not work through the website.

You can install the app from either major store. The lead-in link goes to the Lincoln County MS Sheriff listing on the Apple App Store, which describes the app's features, version history, and privacy practices.

The Apple listing shows the app is free, sits in the Lifestyle category, and supports iPhone and iPad. Android users have the same tool through a separate download.

For Android devices, the app is available on the Lincoln County MS Sheriff page on Google Play, published by the Sheriff's Office.

Either version opens the inmate roster, Most Wanted list, and crime-tip features, so the choice of store comes down to the device in your hand.

Lincoln County Jail Visitation and Schedule

All inmate visitation at the Lincoln County jail is by video on kiosks located in the jail lobby, so there is no glass-partition or contact visiting for the general population. General-population visits run Monday through Friday during set lobby hours, while inmates assigned to the county and state joint work crew visit on weekends. The schedule below summarizes the regular visitation windows.

Visitors must follow lobby rules or risk losing future visits. No cell phones, cameras, or purses are allowed when visiting an inmate, and children must not be left unattended in the jail lobby. Failure to follow the jail's policy and procedure may result in forfeiture of future visits. Attorneys arranging a professional visit should call the jail or Sheriff's Office directly rather than rely on the public video-visitation schedule, because the jail does not post a separate attorney visitation window.

Mail, Phone Calls, and Medication

Incoming mail for general-population inmates is scanned into the inmate's account for viewing at any time, and vulgar or obscene photos will not be scanned. Every piece of mail must carry the sender's first and last name and a complete return address. Books are accepted only when ordered from an online company, and packages are no longer accepted for general inmates, though the jail issues undergarments and provides personal hygiene items, with further needs ordered from commissary. Mail should be addressed to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, the inmate's name, 215 Justice Street, Brookhaven, MS 39601. Work-crew inmates follow slightly different rules, with mail delivered Monday through Friday after a contraband inspection and packages accepted through the mail.

Inmate phone calls run through City Tele Coin. Money for calls can be added by calling 1-318-746-1114 or by visiting the vendor's website, the same service used to fund accounts online.

The lead-in link goes to the City Tele Coin inmate phone and deposit service used by the Lincoln County jail.

City Tele Coin handles inmate phone funding and online deposits, while the lobby kiosk remains the in-person option. On medication, the jail employs a nurse who visits three times a week and is on call around the clock, and no inmate receives or takes medication until a nurse or doctor approves it. If an inmate is on medication, a family member must bring the current medication in its original bottle, and out-of-date medication is thrown away rather than passed to the inmate.

Commissary, Funds, and Fingerprinting

Money for an inmate's canteen account can be added at the lobby kiosk, which accepts cash or credit cards, or online through City Tele Coin. The commissary runs on a weekly cycle with firm deadlines, so the timing of a deposit decides whether it reaches the next order. The schedule below shows the cutoff and delivery days.

Money must be received by Thursday at 2 p.m. to be included on the inmate's commissary order, and orders are delivered the following Wednesday. Funds added after the Thursday cutoff roll into the next cycle. The jail does not publish phone-call rates, video pricing, or deposit fees, so anyone who needs an exact cost should ask the kiosk vendor or call the jail before sending money.

The detention center also offers community fingerprinting to the public. Fingerprints are processed on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., cost $20, and are taken at the jail at 215 Justice Street. This service is separate from inmate processing and is open to residents who need prints for licensing, employment, or other purposes.