The Yalobusha County Inmate Population
The Yalobusha County inmate population is centered on one official local facility, the Yalobusha County Jail in Water Valley. The county sheriff page identifies the Yalobusha County Sheriff's Department as the office tied to the jail and states that the sheriff serves as county jailor and keeps a jail docket. That makes the jail the first local source for people arrested by sheriff's deputies, Water Valley police, Mississippi Highway Patrol, or another agency when the person is held locally.
Official county sources did not publish a live roster, jail population dashboard, daily booking report, or annual jail report. That matters. A person searching for the Yalobusha County inmate population should not expect a large-county portal with booking photos, bond fields, and housing-unit filters. The practical path is to confirm current custody with the jail, use Mississippi VINE for custody notifications where the person appears, check court records for charges filed after arrest, and move to MDOC, BOP, or ICE only when the person is no longer in local custody.
Yalobusha County Inmate Population Statistics
The official research located county demographic figures but not a jail-specific count. The county demographic page reports the size and makeup of Yalobusha County as a whole, while the sheriff page gives jail contact and duties. Those are different data sets. County population figures can help show local scale, but they should not be treated as jail-population figures or used to calculate an incarceration rate without a real jail numerator.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Yalobusha County population | 12,678 | Official county demographics page, 2010 data |
| Median age | 42 | Official county demographics page |
| Households | 5,166 | Official county demographics page |
| Median household income | $31,941 | Official county demographics page |
| Jail rated capacity | Not located in official sources | Sheriff page and county site checked |
| Current jail population | Not located in official sources | No official roster or dashboard found |
| Average daily jail population | Not located in official sources | No official annual jail report found |
The county demographic screenshot is useful because it shows local population context without overstating jail data. The official demographics page provides the underlying county figures used above.
These figures describe Yalobusha County residents, not people in custody. Jail counts must come from the sheriff, jail docket, court custody orders, or another official detention source.
Yalobusha County Jail Trend Gaps
No official multi-year jail trend table was located for Yalobusha County. The research did not find local average daily population, annual admissions, bed capacity, average stay, pretrial share, sentenced share, or hold-for-other-agencies counts. A trend chart would be misleading without those official numbers. The honest finding is that the county publishes contact and duty information for the jail, but not a statistical dashboard for the Yalobusha County inmate population.
| Year | Official Jail Population / ADP | Research Finding |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Not located | No county jail report located |
| 2022 | Not located | No county jail report located |
| 2023 | Not located | No county jail report located |
| 2024 | Not located | No county jail report located |
| 2025 | Not located | No county jail report located |
| 2026 | Not located | No official roster or dashboard located during research |
State and national jail reports can add context, but they cannot fill a Yalobusha County count. National jail admissions, Mississippi jail trends, and statewide pretrial figures describe broader systems. They do not say how many people were held in the Yalobusha County Jail on a given day.
Yalobusha County Jail Demographic Limits
Official local sources did not provide a jail demographic breakdown by sex, race, charge level, pretrial status, sentenced status, or length of stay. The county demographic page reports that Yalobusha County's general population was 60.5 percent White and 37.9 percent Black, with 47.7 percent male and 52.3 percent female. Those figures are county-resident data. They should not be used as a proxy for the jail population.
For a custody search, the more useful distinction is legal status. A person may be a recent arrestee awaiting booking, a pretrial detainee awaiting bond or first appearance, a county-sentenced inmate, a person held for another agency, or a sentenced state offender who has moved to MDOC. Each status changes which office can answer the question.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, when identity and custody details are recorded.
- Jail docket
- The sheriff-maintained custody record required by Mississippi law.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency that may keep a person in custody.
- MDOC ID
- A state corrections number used after a person enters Mississippi Department of Corrections custody.
Laws on Yalobusha County Jail Records
Mississippi law gives the Yalobusha County inmate population a records trail even when the county does not publish a public roster. The Mississippi Public Records Act says public records are open for inspection unless another law creates an exemption. Jail records can still be redacted for juvenile, medical, confidential, sealed, or active-investigation limits, but the starting point is access through the office that keeps the record.
Key Statutes:
Miss. Code Ann. Section 47-1-21 requires each sheriff to keep an alphabetical jail docket with prisoner identity, commitment, sentence, fine, fee, and discharge fields.
Miss. Code Ann. Title 19, Chapter 25 covers sheriff duties, including jail-docket responsibilities tied to county custody.
Miss. Code Ann. Section 47-1-57 addresses medical aid duties for confined prisoners.
Miss. Code Ann. Section 99-19-71 provides expunction paths for eligible dismissed, acquitted, misdemeanor, and qualifying felony matters.
These statutes do not create an online Yalobusha County jail roster. They do explain why the sheriff's office and jail are the right place to ask for current custody, a jail docket entry, or an older booking record when no public web form is available.
Search Yalobusha County Inmate Population Records
The Yalobusha County inmate population search begins with the jail because no official county inmate-search form was located. Start with the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, and arresting agency. If Water Valley Police Department made the arrest, the police department may be useful for incident routing, but custody confirmation still belongs with the county jail when the person is held locally.
- Call the Yalobusha County Jail at 662-473-2722 and ask whether the person is in custody, released, bonded, transferred, or held for another agency.
- Ask whether booking is complete before assuming VINE, court records, or MDOC will show a result.
- Use Mississippi VINE for custody-status notifications if the person appears in a participating county facility or MDOC custody.
- For filed charges and court dates, check the county courts, Circuit Clerk, and Mississippi Electronic Courts rather than the jail.
- Search MDOC after sentencing or state transfer, BOP for federal sentenced custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration custody.
The official sheriff page is the core local source for the jail phone and the sheriff's detention role. It also supports the separate Yalobusha County jail inmate records path when a current custody call becomes a written records request.
Yalobusha County Inmate Lookup Fields
Because no official Yalobusha County online roster was found, there are no county web-form fields to document. The useful field table is the fallback table: what each system asks for, and when that system should be used. MDOC has the clearest public form for sentenced state custody, while BOP and ICE serve narrower federal and immigration roles.
| System | Fields or Inputs | Use It For | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yalobusha County Jail | Full name, date of birth, arrest date, arresting agency by phone | Current local custody, bond routing, release or transfer status | No official web roster located |
| Mississippi VINE | Interactive custody search and notification registration | Custody notifications for participating county jails and MDOC | Participation and timing can vary |
| MDOC Inmate Search | Search by name or MDOC ID number | Sentenced state offenders and state custody | Not the first stop for a new county arrest |
| BOP Inmate Locator | Number search or name search with optional race, sex, and age | Federal inmates from 1982 to present | May not show federal pretrial custody |
| ICE ODLS | A-number and country, or name, country, and date of birth | ICE custody or qualifying CBP custody | Separate from county jail custody |
The MDOC inmate-search page shows the name and ID-number paths used after a Yalobusha County case moves into state custody.
MDOC results are prison and supervision records. They are not a substitute for calling the Yalobusha County Jail about a person booked today.
What Yalobusha County Inmate Records Show
The most concrete record inventory comes from Mississippi's jail-docket statute, not from an inspected Yalobusha web profile. Section 47-1-21 requires the sheriff to keep an alphabetical jail docket and enter specific prisoner information. Other fields, such as mugshot, bond, housing unit, or charge text, may exist in booking paperwork or court records, but official public display was not verified online for Yalobusha County.
| Field | Research-Backed Status |
|---|---|
| Name | Statutory jail docket field. |
| Age, color, and sex | Statutory jail docket fields, though public presentation may differ. |
| Commitment date | Statutory field showing when the person was committed to jail. |
| Fine, costs, and jail fees | Statutory docket fields where applicable. |
| Discharge date | Statutory field showing release or discharge when entered. |
| Booking photo | Not verified on an official Yalobusha web roster. |
| Charges and bond | Not verified online; check jail, court paperwork, or the Circuit Clerk as applicable. |
Yalobusha County Jail vs State Prison
A Yalobusha County inmate search can fail when the wrong custody system is used. County jail custody covers local arrest, booking, pretrial detention, short county sentences, and transfer holds. MDOC covers sentenced state offenders and state correctional supervision. BOP and ICE are separate federal systems. A person may move from one system to another after bond, indictment, sentencing, a detainer, or a federal case.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Local jail custody | Yalobusha County Jail | Recent arrests, pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, local holds |
| Custody notifications | Mississippi VINE | Notifications for participating county facilities and MDOC offenders |
| State prison custody | Mississippi Department of Corrections | Sentenced state offenders, state transfer, parole or records questions |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal Bureau of Prisons | Federal inmates from 1982 to present |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | ICE custody or CBP custody over the locator threshold |
Mississippi VINE can bridge parts of this process because MDOC says SAVIN tracks participating county jail detainees and MDOC state offenders. It is a notification system, not a substitute for the jail docket.
Yalobusha County Detention Facilities
The official facility map for Yalobusha County is compact. Research found one county jail and no official state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, county work-release building, medical jail, regional jail, or municipal jail with its own public roster inside Yalobusha County. City police arrests should still be routed to the Yalobusha County Jail when local custody is the issue.
- Yalobusha County Jail - sheriff-operated county jail for local arrestees, pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, and people held pending bond, release, transfer, or court action.
Water Valley and Coffeeville matter for record routing. The jail is listed in Water Valley, while court and clerk functions can point to Coffeeville or Water Valley depending on district and court type. Confirm whether the task is jail custody, court filing, bond, or clerk records before driving.
Yalobusha County Arrest to Court Records
After a Yalobusha County jail arrest, court records develop through a different channel than the jail docket. Justice Court handles the first felony stage and filing of affidavits, plus traffic tickets from the Mississippi Highway Patrol and sheriff's department, DUIs, and county-ordinance violations. Circuit Court and the Circuit Clerk become central for indictments, motions, and formal criminal case papers.
The county page lists County Prosecuting Attorney Gail Barton for felony matters before Justice Court and other county-prosecutor duties. The current District Attorney source in the research identifies Jay Hale for District 17, while the county court page may lag on that item. For charge status, case filings, and later court dates, use Mississippi Electronic Courts, MEC registration, or the appropriate clerk rather than relying on a jail custody call alone.
Yalobusha County Jail Mugshots
No official Yalobusha County online mugshot gallery, recent-bookings page, booking-report PDF, or public roster profile with photos was located. That does not prove booking photos do not exist as agency records. It means official sources did not verify a public photo feed. Booking photo requests should be made through the jail or sheriff's office under the Mississippi public-records framework, subject to lawful redactions and court orders.
Important: Do not treat commercial mugshot pages as official Yalobusha County jail records. Verify custody and record status with the jail or court.
Yalobusha County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Yalobusha County inmate population? Official sources located during research did not publish a current jail count, rated capacity, or average daily population. The only safe local answer is to call the jail for current custody and avoid third-party capacity claims.
Can the Yalobusha County inmate population be searched online? No official county web roster was located. Search by starting with the jail phone, then use VINE, MDOC, MEC, BOP, or ICE when the person's custody or case has moved to those systems.
Where are released or past inmate records found? Released people may not appear in current custody systems. Ask the sheriff's office about a jail docket or booking-record request, and check court records for filed charges after arrest.
Does MobilePatrol show Yalobusha bookings? MobilePatrol advertises jail bookings, warrants, and alerts where agencies participate, and old news described Yalobusha use. Current participation was not verified on the official sheriff page.