The Grenada County Inmate Population
The Grenada County inmate population is centered on the Grenada County Adult Detention Center, the local county jail operated by the Grenada County Sheriff's Office. The facility holds adults arrested in Grenada County, pretrial detainees, people held on warrants, local sentences, and short-term holds until another agency takes custody. The Mississippi Sheriffs' Association directory lists Sheriff Garrett Hartley at the sheriff's office contact address, while the Mississippi Association of Supervisors Grenada County page lists David Garrett Hartley as sheriff. Those sources point to the sheriff as the local jail operator.
The count changes for reasons that are not visible in one simple list. Arrests by the sheriff, City of Grenada Police Department, state officers, or warrant service can add a person to the jail. Bond, release orders, dismissal, transfer to MDOC, transfer to another county, federal custody, or immigration custody can remove that person from local jail population. That is why the Grenada County inmate population has to be read as a custody map, not just a head count. A current local detainee is a sheriff/detention-center lookup. A sentenced state prisoner is an MDOC inmate search lookup. Federal and immigration custody use separate federal systems.
Grenada County Inmate Population Statistics
Published Grenada County jail data is limited, but the research located three useful anchors. A Mississippi MAGIC procurement document described a main corrections facility with 160 beds. A public-record jail-list snapshot archived by Mississippi Jail Records showed 132 inmates in February 2019. Vera Institute county data gives prison population attributed to Grenada County by county of commitment, which is useful for state-prison context but is not the local jail count. Current average daily population, annual bookings, and average length of stay were not located in official Grenada sources.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Grenada County Adult Detention Center capacity | 160 beds | Mississippi MAGIC procurement document, 2022 record located in research |
| Historical replacement jail commitment | 125-150 beds | United States v. Grenada County consent decree, historical court document |
| Jail-list snapshot total | 132 inmates | Mississippi Jail Records Grenada February 2019 list |
| Current average daily population | Not published in located sources | No official sheriff or state current ADP dashboard found |
| County population baseline | 20,931 estimated residents | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2024 estimate |
Grenada County Prison Population Trends
The clean multi-year series found for Grenada County is not a jail average daily population series. It is Vera Institute county-of-commitment prison population data. That means the figures describe people in state prison who are attributed to Grenada County, not people physically housed in the Grenada County Adult Detention Center. The distinction matters. A person can move from the county jail population to the state prison population after conviction and sentencing, and the lookup path changes at that point.
| Year | Prison population attributed to Grenada County | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 208 | Vera county dataset, state-prison population by county of commitment |
| 2014 | 184 | Lower than the prior listed year |
| 2015 | 180 | Slight decrease from 2014 |
| 2016 | 185 | Small increase |
| 2017 | 174 | Decrease from 2016 |
| 2018 | 173 | Nearly flat from 2017 |
| 2019 | 163 | Lowest of the listed recent Vera rows |
Because the jail population columns were not cleanly available for Grenada County in the captured Vera county rows, those prison figures should not be used as a substitute for current jail population. The verified jail side remains the 160-bed procurement reference and the 132-person public-record snapshot from 2019.
Grenada County Jail Capacity Context
Capacity sources for the Grenada County inmate population do not all say the same thing. The sheriff contact address in official directory material is 35 Doak Street. A state procurement document identified a 160-bed main corrections facility at 60 Green Street. A historical federal consent decree for United States v. Grenada County discussed a replacement jail of 125 to 150 beds. The best reading is cautious: the sheriff address is the safest public contact point, the 160-bed figure is a strong sourced capacity reference, and the older decree is building-history context rather than a current operations rule.
The February 2019 jail-list snapshot total of 132 would equal about 82.5 percent of 160 beds if both sources refer to the same operating facility and if the bed count applied at that time. Those are different sources from different years, so it should be treated as a rough historical comparison. It is not current occupancy. No official current crowding report, daily roster count, annual booking report, or demographic jail dashboard was located for Grenada County.
Laws Behind Grenada County Jail Records
Mississippi law is important when the Grenada County inmate population is not shown in a live official roster. The public-record path rests on the Mississippi Public Records Act and the sheriff's jail docket statute. A written request can ask for a jail docket entry, booking sheet, release record, or booking photo, but the agency may review and redact records when an exemption applies. Court records, prosecutor files, MDOC records, federal records, and juvenile or sealed material follow different rules.
Key Statutes:
Mississippi Public Records Act, Title 25, Chapter 61 makes public records available unless a law or exemption allows withholding.
Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63 requires each sheriff to keep a public jail docket showing the authority, dates, cause, and release details for jail commitments.
Mississippi Code Section 47-5-151 sets notice and investigation steps when a prisoner dies in custody.
Mississippi DPS jail officer standards cover minimum qualifications and training rules for jail officers.
Search Grenada County Inmate Records
No official sheriff-hosted Grenada County jail roster was located during the research. That finding changes the search order. A current-inmate search should begin with the Grenada County Sheriff's Office and Adult Detention Center contact line, then move to VINELink, court contacts, MDOC, BOP, or ICE depending on the facts. A name alone may not be enough. Date of birth, arrest date, arresting agency, warrant or case number, and booking number help staff avoid wrong-person matches.
- Call the Grenada County Sheriff's Office at 662-227-2877 and ask for detention, booking, or jail records.
- Give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest date or arresting agency.
- Search Mississippi VINELink for custody status and notification options.
- If the person has been sentenced to state prison, use the MDOC inmate search rather than the county jail.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
- If online tools fail, send a written public-records request to the sheriff or ask the relevant court clerk about filed charges.
Grenada County Current Inmate Lookup
The county roster search-field table is short because the official county search form was not found. Publishing invented fields would mislead readers. The practical table is a fallback table: what to use when calling, visiting, or writing for a jail record. For a person arrested by the City of Grenada Police Department, city police may explain the arrest agency side, but custody should be checked with the sheriff once the person is booked into the county jail.
| Lookup channel | What to provide | What it covers | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheriff/detention phone | Name, date of birth, arrest date, arresting agency | Local current custody, booking, holds, release status | Staff may not give every detail by phone |
| In-person sheriff contact | Government ID and enough identifiers | Custody confirmation and records routing | Visitor/lobby hours were not published |
| Written public-records request | Name, date range, booking or case number if known | Jail docket, booking sheet, release record, mugshot request | Fees, redaction, and exemptions may apply |
| VINELink | Name search and notification registration | Participating jail and MDOC custody status | Coverage depends on agency data feeds |
What Grenada County Inmate Records Show
A Grenada County inmate record is broader than a name on a roster. Mississippi's jail docket statute requires the sheriff to record the warrant or mittimus, the issuing authority, the prisoner's name, the date received, the date of arrest and commitment, the crime or cause of imprisonment, the authority for imprisonment, how long the person was held, and how the person was released or discharged. A public-record jail-list snapshot may also show bond or count information, but no official online Grenada profile was available for direct field inspection.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Prisoner name | The listed name in the jail docket or jail list. |
| Date received or booked | When the person entered jail custody. |
| Warrant or mittimus | The legal authority for jail commitment. |
| Crime or cause | The charge, warrant reason, hold, or other basis for custody. |
| Bond or hold | Release condition when shown, though not guaranteed in each public view. |
| Release or discharge | How custody ended, if the docket entry is complete. |
Grenada County Jail vs State Prison
The most common lookup error is using the wrong custody system. The Grenada County Adult Detention Center is the local jail for arrests, warrants, pretrial custody, local sentences, and holds. MDOC is the state prison system for sentenced felony custody after transfer. Federal and immigration systems are separate. A person can move from one system to another, so a no-result search does not prove there is no custody.
| Custody type | Where to look | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Sheriff/detention phone, in person, written request, VINELink | Recent arrests, warrants, pretrial detainees, short local sentences |
| State prison | Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search | Sentenced state offenders after transfer |
| Federal custody | BOP inmate locator | Sentenced federal inmates from 1982 forward |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | Immigration detainee location, not county booking photos |
State and Federal Inmate Search
MDOC did not list a state prison inside Grenada County on its facilities map. It does list a Grenada Probation and Parole Office, which is a supervision office, not a detention facility. For a sentenced prisoner from Grenada County, the MDOC inmate search accepts first name, last name, or MDOC ID number. MDOC records staff handle time, jail credit, and eligibility-date questions when the person is in state custody.
The MDOC inmate search page is the statewide search point used after a Grenada County case becomes a state-prison custody matter.
The screenshot shows why MDOC is a different search path from the county jail: it asks for state corrections identifiers, not local booking fields.
Federal custody requires a different check. The BOP locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present, but a federal pretrial detainee may be in U.S. Marshals custody before BOP designation. ICE ODLS is the immigration detainee locator. Neither BOP nor ICE is a public county mugshot gallery, and both can show a result that differs from local jail custody.
Grenada County Detention Facility
The Facility Map resolved one detention facility for the site. The City of Grenada Police Department is a law-enforcement agency, but no official municipal jail page or separate city roster was located. No BOP prison, ICE detention center, MDOC prison, or separate regional correctional facility was identified inside Grenada County.
- Grenada County Adult Detention Center - the sheriff-operated county jail for adults arrested in Grenada County, pretrial detainees, warrants, local sentences, and temporary holds.
Grenada County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Grenada County inmate population?
No official current average daily jail population was located. The strongest sourced jail figures are a 160-bed state procurement reference and a February 2019 public-record jail-list snapshot showing 132 inmates. Those figures are useful, but they are not a current daily count.
Is there an official Grenada County jail roster online?
No official sheriff-hosted roster was located during research. Current custody checks should start with the Grenada County Sheriff's Office, then use VINELink, court contacts, MDOC, BOP, or ICE when the custody path points away from the county jail.
Can a released inmate still be found?
Released-inmate access depends on the record type. The sheriff's jail docket is a public record under Mississippi law, so a written request may be the route for older booking or release details. Court filings belong with the clerk or MEC, and sentenced prison records move to MDOC.
Does the county jail hold state prisoners?
The county jail may hold someone briefly before transfer, but sentenced state custody is tracked by MDOC after transfer. Use the sheriff for local custody and the MDOC locator for state prison placement.
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