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Greene County Inmate Population

The Greene County inmate population has two parts that should not be merged. The local jail side is run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Ryan Walley, and covers people arrested in Greene County, people waiting for first appearance, local sentenced prisoners, and people waiting for bond, release, court, or transfer. The state prison side includes people in Mississippi Department of Corrections custody, including those assigned to South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville. SMCI is physically in Greene County, but it is not the county jail.

That split matters because the county does not publish an official live jail population dashboard, current-inmate roster, booking report, or mugshot gallery. A current Greene County jail count has to be confirmed with the sheriff or requested under the Mississippi Public Records Act. State prison capacity and location facts come from MDOC, not the county jail. A person can leave the local jail count because of bond, dismissal, transfer, another agency hold, or sentencing to MDOC, so one source rarely answers every custody question.

The official Greene County homepage places the county government center in Leakesville and lists local offices in the courthouse area. That local civic layout helps explain why jail records, Justice Court, Circuit Court, and county administration are close in distance but separate in function.

Greene County Inmate Population Statistics

Official county sources reviewed in June 2026 did not publish a Greene County jail rated capacity, average daily population, current jail count, or demographic dashboard. The best local public sample found for county jail data is a four-page Greene County jail-list PDF dated April 17, 2023, hosted by the Mississippi Jail Records project. That file proves a jail list can exist as a public record, but it is not a live roster and should not be used as proof that a person is in custody now.

Greene County Inmate Population Trends

Greene County does not publish a year-by-year county jail population trend table online. Because there is no official live jail count, no official average daily population series, and no current capacity figure in the located county sources, trend claims should stay narrow. The reliable trend record is the difference between a sample jail list, the absence of a current county dashboard, and MDOC's separate prison capacity data for SMCI.

Mississippi Jail Records notes that jail lists obtained from sheriffs are not uniform from county to county. People may be listed for many reasons, including awaiting indictment, trial, mental-health evaluation, treatment delay, another-jurisdiction hold, trusty status, or local custody after conviction. That caveat is important for any Greene County inmate population review because a list can describe custody on one date without proving the same facts later.

Note: SMCI capacity is a state prison figure and should not be treated as the Greene County jail population.

Greene County Jail Population Makeup

No official Greene County jail demographic dashboard was located for race, age, sex, charge level, pretrial status, sentenced status, or hold type. The local jail population should therefore be described by custody category rather than by unsupported percentages. People in the county jail may include new arrestees, pretrial detainees, people serving short local sentences, people waiting for Justice Court or Circuit Court action, and people held for another agency until that agency acts.

• Pretrial custody: people held before trial, plea, dismissal, or release.
• Local sentence custody: people serving a county-level sentence rather than an MDOC prison term.
• Holds and detainers: custody may continue because another county, state, federal, probation, parole, or immigration agency has a hold.
• State prison custody: sentenced MDOC prisoners are searched through MDOC, not through the Greene County jail.

For SMCI, MDOC publishes classification data rather than a full demographic table. The official facility page describes sentenced adult men in minimum, medium, and protective-custody classifications. Those men are part of the state prison population physically located in Greene County, not the local jail population controlled by the sheriff.

Greene County Jail Capacity

The Greene County Sheriff's Office page does not publish county jail capacity, jail construction date, housing-unit breakdown, public lobby hours, intake desk hours, or current population. No official county litigation, consent decree, new jail construction project, jail death report, or detention reform page was located during the research review. The absence of a posted count means a current Greene County inmate population estimate should not be inferred from old lists, vendor pages, or third-party summaries.

Capacity is clearer for SMCI because MDOC publishes a facility profile. SMCI has 16 housing units, sits on 360 acres, and has 2,886 maximum beds. The facility also has 495 permanent full-time positions and five time-limited full-time positions authorized. These state prison facts help explain the detention footprint inside Greene County, but they do not tell whether the county jail is full on any given day.

The official sheriff page can be viewed at the Greene County Sheriff source page.

The source page identifies the sheriff's office contact route that replaces an online roster for current jail questions.

Greene County Inmate Record Laws

Mississippi law supplies the record framework behind the Greene County inmate population. The Mississippi Public Records Act makes public records open for inspection unless an exemption applies, and it allows reasonable actual costs for search, review, duplication, redaction, and mailing. The Act also distinguishes incident reports from investigative reports, which matters when a requester asks for booking sheets, jail docket entries, or arrest documents.

The local fee model is shown most clearly by the Circuit Clerk's public-records request form. It lists $1 per page copies, $10 per hour for clerical assistance, $40 per hour for technical or professional assistance, and a seven-working-day response or referral framework. A sheriff records request should still go to the sheriff unless the record sought is a court file.

Greene County State Prison Population

The Mississippi Department of Corrections controls sentenced state prisoners, including people housed at SMCI. The MDOC homepage provides Inmate Search and Parolee Search fields by first name, last name, or MDOC ID number. MDOC's Family and Friends Guide says the prison location should appear in the biographical file, and phone help can be routed through the MDOC switchboard at 601-359-5600 when online search fails.

SMCI is a large part of Greene County's detention landscape. MDOC says the prison was established in 1989, has 16 housing units, and houses minimum, medium, and protective-custody prisoners. It also provides free inmate labor to Greene County and adjacent municipalities, assigns inmates to the Greene County Road Crew and a mobile work crew, and operates a blueberry program that started in 2006 to reduce idleness and teach trade skills.

The MDOC homepage shows the search fields used for state prisoners and parolees.

Use MDOC for sentenced state custody, especially when a person has moved from the Greene County jail to SMCI or another prison.

Search Greene County Inmate Records

There is no official Greene County live jail roster to open and search. The practical route starts with the sheriff and then branches by custody type. For a new arrest, call the Greene County Sheriff's Office at 601-394-2341 or 601-394-2342 and ask whether booking is complete, whether the person is still in local custody, whether bond has been set, and which court or agency controls release.

Felony cases often begin in Justice Court for initial appearance and affidavit filing before any Circuit Court file exists. If the person has been indicted, search Mississippi Electronic Courts and choose Greene Circuit. If the person has been sentenced to state custody, use MDOC. If the case involves federal or immigration custody, use the federal and ICE routes instead of treating the county jail as the final source.

1. Call the sheriff for current local custody, booking, bond, and release routing.
2. Contact Justice Court for first appearance and affidavit information after a felony arrest.
3. Search Greene Circuit in MEC when an indictment or Circuit Court case exists.
4. Search MDOC when the person may be sentenced to state custody.
5. Use VINELink for custody alerts, and use BOP, USMS, or ICE for federal or immigration custody.

Greene County Jail Roster Search

Greene County's official county site does not expose a current-inmate search form. That means there is no official field-by-field county roster search to enter a name into. The only honest search-field table for the county roster is a status table showing that the live roster was not located. The MDOC and BOP systems have search fields, but those are for state and federal custody, not for a new local jail booking.

Note: VINELink can support custody notifications, but it should not replace sheriff or court confirmation for bond, charges, or release terms.

Past Greene County Inmate Records

Released jail records are not posted through a Greene County archive or daily booking report on the official county site. For a past inmate record, ask the sheriff for the jail docket or booking record if the record is a jail document. Ask Justice Court about first appearance and affidavits, and ask the Circuit Clerk or MEC about indicted Circuit Court files. The Circuit Clerk says Greene Circuit criminal and civil cases from 2008-current and judgment enrollments from 2005-current are available through Mississippi Electronic Courts.

A records request should be specific. Include the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date or date range, record type, and desired format. If the request is for a court record, the Circuit Clerk's office at 400 Main Street or P.O. Box 310 in Leakesville is the better route. The clerk's public-records form accepts written requests and lists the local copy and staff-time fee model.

Greene County Inmate Record Fields

Because there is no public Greene County live roster profile, jail record fields should be read as a records-request inventory. Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63 requires a jail docket. That docket is the legal record type most directly tied to local jail custody, and it can show why a person was received, when the person was received, and what authority later released or transferred the person.

Greene County Jail vs Prison

A county jail search and a state prison search answer different questions. The Greene County jail route is for recent arrests, pretrial detainees, short local sentences, and people waiting for court, bond, release, or transfer. The MDOC route is for sentenced state prisoners, including people at SMCI. Federal and immigration custody can involve holds or transfers, but those records are not solved by a county jail roster.

State Federal ICE Inmate Search

MDOC is the primary state search route for sentenced prisoners. The MDOC homepage accepts first name, last name, or MDOC ID Number for Inmate Search and Parolee Search. If a search fails, the MDOC Family and Friends Guide says callers may contact the switchboard with the person's name, MDOC number if known, date of birth, and last four digits of Social Security number if requested.

No BOP, ICE, or federal detention facility was located physically in Greene County. Federal custody still matters because a local arrest can involve a federal hold or U.S. Marshals movement. BOP locates federal inmates from 1982-present. ICE allows search by A-number or by name, country of birth, and date of birth. VINELink can be used for alerts where Mississippi VINE participates, but notification tools are not the same as a jail docket or court file.

Greene County Detention Facilities

Greene County has one primary local jail contact and one state prison physically located in the county. The two should be listed together for local context, but a searcher should choose the route based on custody status.

• Greene County Sheriff's Office / Greene County Jail holds local arrestees, pretrial detainees, short local sentences, and people waiting for court, bond, release, or transfer.
• South Mississippi Correctional Institution holds sentenced adult men in MDOC custody, including minimum, medium, and protective-custody classifications.

The county jail is the starting point for booking records and first-custody questions. SMCI is searched through MDOC, and its address, classification, bed count, staffing, and work-program facts come from the MDOC facility profile.

Greene County Custody Terms

Several record terms appear in Greene County jail, court, and MDOC searches. Plain meanings reduce confusion when a person moves from arrest to court or from county jail to prison.

Jail docket

The sheriff's custody record required by Mississippi law.

Mittimus

A court order directing that a person be held in jail or prison.

First appearance

The first court review after arrest, where identity, custody, charge basis, and release may be addressed.

Detainer

A hold from another agency that may delay release even if local bond is posted.

MDOC

The Mississippi Department of Corrections, which handles sentenced state prisoners.

Greene County Inmate FAQ

How big is the Greene County inmate population? The official county site does not publish a live jail count or capacity. The known official state figure is SMCI's 2,886 maximum beds, which is a state prison capacity, not the local jail count. For the county jail, call the sheriff or request records.

Can Greene County inmates be searched online? No official live county jail roster was located. Start with the sheriff for local custody, then use Justice Court, MEC, MDOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink depending on the custody type.

Are past jail records available? Past records may be requested from the agency that holds them. Jail docket and booking records start with the sheriff. Indicted Circuit Court records can be searched through MEC for Greene Circuit when a case exists.

Does the sheriff have an app? No official Greene County, Mississippi sheriff mobile app was confirmed in the research. Do not confuse this county with sheriff apps from other states.