Grenada County Detention Overview
The Grenada County Adult Detention Center is operated by the Grenada County Sheriff's Office. The Mississippi Sheriffs' Association directory lists the sheriff contact at 35 Doak Street, Grenada, MS 38901, with phone 662-227-2877 and fax 662-227-2872. The Mississippi Association of Supervisors lists Sheriff David Garrett Hartley, while the sheriff directory lists Garrett Hartley. Those references appear to identify the same sheriff contact.
This is a county jail, not a state prison. It serves local custody for Grenada County arrests, pretrial detainees, people held on warrants, local sentences, and temporary holds pending transfer. No official MDOC state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or separate city jail was located in Grenada County. The City of Grenada Police Department may make arrests, but county custody should be checked through the adult detention center after booking.
Grenada County Jail Contact
Use the sheriff contact address as the safest official detention contact point. A state procurement document lists a 160-bed main corrections facility at 60 Green Street, Grenada, MS 38901. Because that source conflicts with the sheriff directory address, do not treat 60 Green Street as the public entrance or visitation lobby without direct confirmation from the jail.
Grenada County Adult Detention Center
Grenada County Sheriff's Office
35 Doak Street
Grenada, MS 38901
662-227-2877
Fax: 662-227-2872
The Mississippi Association of Supervisors Grenada County page also places county government in the nearby Green Street courthouse area. That is useful for local context, but the board office is not the jail booking desk.
Grenada County Jail Capacity
The best capacity figure located is a Mississippi MAGIC procurement reference to a main corrections facility with 160 beds at 60 Green Street. A historical federal consent decree in United States v. Grenada County referenced a planned replacement jail of 125 to 150 beds. That older decree is historical building context only. It should not be read as a current conditions finding.
The 132-inmate figure comes from a February 2019 Mississippi Jail Records public-record jail-list snapshot. It is not a current average daily population. If the 132 snapshot is compared with the 160-bed procurement figure, it suggests a rough historical occupancy comparison, but the sources are from different years and should not be treated as today's count.
Look Up Grenada County Jail Inmates
No official Grenada County online jail roster was located. The correct lookup chain starts with the sheriff's detention contact, then moves outward only if the person's custody has changed. Mississippi VINELink may show custody status and notifications for participating facilities, but it is not the same as a sheriff booking desk. MDOC is for sentenced state prisoners, not newly booked county jail detainees.
- Call 662-227-2877 and ask for detention, booking, or jail records at the Grenada County Adult Detention Center.
- Provide the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, and any known case or booking number.
- Search Mississippi VINELink for custody status and notification registration.
- If the person has been sentenced to state prison, search the MDOC inmate search by name or MDOC ID number.
- For federal custody, search the BOP inmate locator. For immigration custody, search ICE ODLS.
- If online tools do not answer the question, send a written public-records request for the jail docket entry or booking record.
Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63 requires sheriffs to keep a jail docket as a public record. That docket is the legal backbone for jail commitments and releases. Broader access comes through the Mississippi Public Records Act, subject to exemptions and fees.
Grenada County Jail Visitation Status
An official jail visitation schedule was not located. The safest rule is to call before traveling, confirm whether visits are active, ask whether an approved visitor form is required, and bring a government photo ID. Visitors should expect screening and should not bring weapons, contraband, unapproved bags, cash, or items for the inmate unless staff approve them first.
| Visit issue | Status located | What to confirm |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Official schedule not published | Call 662-227-2877 before traveling. |
| Video visits | No official vendor or schedule located | Ask whether video visits are offered and how to register. |
| Attorney visits | Rules not published in sources found | Attorneys should contact detention staff for professional visit procedures. |
| Visitor approval | Not officially confirmed in accessible sources | Ask whether a visit form, approval list, or appointment is required. |
Note: Visitor rules can change during staffing issues, lockdowns, investigations, medical restrictions, or emergencies.
Grenada County Jail Mail Money
Official local mail, phone, and commissary rules were not published in the accessible Grenada County sources. Use the detention center contact before mailing anything or sending money. MDOC mail and money rules do not control a county jail inmate unless the person has transferred to state custody.
| Service | Published status | Safe action |
|---|---|---|
| Personal mail | Format not published | Confirm inmate name, booking number if needed, and mailing address before sending. |
| Legal mail | Local marking rules not published | Ask the jail how attorney or court mail must be labeled. |
| Phone accounts | Phone vendor not published | Call to confirm whether an account, PIN, or approved number list is used. |
| Money deposits | Official commissary or deposit vendor not published | Do not send funds until staff confirms the approved method. |
| Packages and books | Rules not published | Assume packages are restricted unless jail staff approve the source and format. |
If the person is transferred to MDOC, use MDOC family and friends resources for prison mail, money, phones, and visitation. MDOC's family and friends page is the state-prison starting point, not the county jail rule source.
Grenada County Booking Bond
Local booking procedures were not published in detail, so the county-jail process should be read as a general Mississippi detention workflow. After arrest, jail staff verify identity, document the arresting agency, inventory property, take fingerprints and booking photographs where required, screen for medical and safety issues, and classify the person for housing. The jail docket ties that custody to the warrant, mittimus, court order, or other legal authority.
Bond is controlled by the court, not by a web page. Ask the detention center whether bond has been set, what type of bond is allowed, where it must be posted, what payment methods are accepted, and whether any holds or detainers block release. A local bond on one Grenada County charge may not release a person if there is an MDOC hold, another county warrant, a federal detainer, an ICE detainer, or a no-bond court order.
| Term | Plain meaning |
|---|---|
| Booking | The jail intake process that creates the custody record. |
| Mittimus | A court order committing a person to jail or prison. |
| Detainer | A request or hold from another agency that can block release. |
| PR bond | Release on a written promise and court conditions, without full cash payment up front. |
| Classification | Jail review used to assign custody level and housing. |
Grenada County Court Records
Jail custody records and court records answer different questions. The detention center can address booking, custody, bond status, release status, and holds. Formal charges and case outcomes must be checked through the proper court. Grenada County Justice Court, Grenada Municipal Court, and Grenada County Circuit Court may each be involved depending on the charge and arresting agency.
Mississippi Electronic Courts is the official state e-filing and case-management entry point for many court records. A person who cannot locate a case online should contact the clerk for the court named on the bond paperwork, citation, warrant, or jail paperwork. Court charges can change after prosecutor review, and a booking charge is not a conviction.
For city arrests, the City of Grenada Police Department may be the arresting agency, but the detention center is still the local custody source after county booking. For lower-court matters, Justice Court and Municipal Court may have hearing or payment information. For felony matters, Circuit Court and the circuit clerk are the stronger route once a case number exists.
Grenada County Jail News
WTVA reported on May 29, 2026, that Everett Lynn Welch Sr. was found deceased inside the Grenada County Adult Detention Center on May 27, 2026. The report said authorities were investigating and that few details had been released. This should be treated as recent news context, not as a finding about cause, fault, or facility conditions.
The WTVA report on the 2026 detention-center death investigation is included as recent local context for the Grenada County Adult Detention Center.
The unresolved status reinforces why custody, release, and jail-condition claims should be checked against the sheriff, court, or investigating agency.
The facility also has older historical context from United States v. Grenada County, where a consent decree involved care and confinement at the old county jail and referenced a replacement jail. That document is useful for building history and capacity context, but it is not a current noncompliance claim. Current visitation, custody, and records questions should still be confirmed with the sheriff's office.
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