Lauderdale County Jail Roster
The official roster path starts at the Lauderdale County Detention Center roster chooser. That page separates people currently housed at the jail from people released during the recent release window. The current roster is the place to begin when a person may still be at the Lauderdale County Detention Facility. The released roster is the better first stop when bond, release, court transfer, or another custody change may already have occurred.
The public roster is maintained by the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office for convenience, but it is not a certified court record. A listing can show booking facts before the case has reached the clerk's docket, before a first appearance has changed the bond, or before the prosecutor has filed formal charges. The jail profile itself warns users to call detention staff for correct bail, charges, and case numbers. That warning matters for anyone posting bond, checking a hold, scheduling a visit, or trying to match a booking to later court records.
The county roster covers people booked into the Lauderdale County Detention Facility. It does not replace the Mississippi Department of Corrections locator for sentenced state prisoners, the federal Bureau of Prisons locator, the ICE detainee locator, or Mississippi VINE custody notification. The correct channel depends on who has custody now.
Use Lauderdale County Roster
The current inmate roster at lauderdaleso.org/roster.php can be scanned by booking date or searched by name. A common name may return more than one person, so the booking number, booking date, age, city and state, arresting agency, and charges should be compared before assuming the record is the right one. The roster does not publish a date-of-birth search field.
- Open the roster chooser and choose Current Inmates when the person is believed to still be in the Lauderdale County jail.
- Choose 48 Hour Release when the person may have bonded out, been released, or moved from the facility in the last two days.
- Use Search By Name or sort by date. For broad names, compare the booking number and booking date before opening a profile.
- Open the profile link for the fuller public record, including demographic fields, arresting agency, charges, bond, and the roster warning.
- Call the jail information line at 601-482-9801 before posting bond or relying on case numbers, charges, or release status.
Lauderdale County also has a Sheriff MS mobile app listed for Apple devices and Google Play. The documented app description covers tips, public safety news, and communication with the Sheriff's Office. It does not confirm an app-only inmate lookup, so the web roster remains the documented custody search channel.
Lauderdale County Search Fields
The jail roster is simple compared with many statewide systems. It relies on date sorting, a name search, profile links, and separate current and release views. That makes spelling important. If a search fails, scan the newest bookings, try only the last name, and check the release view before moving to another agency locator.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Options: Name | Link or sort control | No | Sorts or searches by name. |
| Options: Date | Link or sort control | No | Sorts by booking date. |
| Current | Tab or link | No | Shows people currently held at the jail. |
| Released | Tab or link | No | Shows people released during the 48-hour release window. |
| Sort Newest to Oldest | Link | No | Default date order observed in the roster review. |
| Sort Oldest to Newest | Link | No | Reverses the booking-date order. |
| Search By Name | Text input | Optional | No posted wildcard, date-of-birth, or minimum-length rule was found. |
| Show All | Button or link | No | Clears the search and returns to the full roster. |
Lauderdale County Profile Fields
A sample public profile showed more detail than the roster card. The card may show a mugshot, name, booking number, booking date, charges, bond, and a profile link. The full profile can add age, gender, race, city and state, and arresting agency. It also places a VINELink icon near the mugshot, which helps connect a jail record to custody notification.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full public roster name, shown in all caps in the inspected sample. |
| Mugshot | One booking photo appears at the top of the profile when published. |
| VINE icon/link | A link or icon for custody notification appears near the photo. |
| Booking # | The numeric jail booking identifier for that custody event. |
| Age, gender, race | Basic demographic fields. Date of birth was not shown in the sample. |
| Address | City and state were visible. Street address was not shown. |
| Arresting agency | The agency abbreviation connected to the arrest or booking. |
| Booking date | Date and time of booking in month-day-year format with am or pm. |
| Charges and bond | Booking charge text and a single bond amount, with a warning that facts may change. |
| Not shown | Height, weight, full DOB, housing pod, court date, warrant number, and per-charge bond breakdown were not visible. |
Booking charge text is not the same as a conviction. It can reflect the arresting officer's charge, warrant language, a hold, or early booking information. Formal court charges may be amended, reduced, dismissed, indicted, or filed under a different case number later. For the court side of the same event, use the Circuit Clerk and MEC channels described on the court records after jail arrest page.
Verify Lauderdale County Custody
The best backup channel for a current jail question is the 24-hour jail and inmate information line, 601-482-9801. That number appears in the sheriff research for custody and bond questions. Call before posting bond, sending money, traveling for a visit, or treating an online charge as final. The public roster is useful, but the jail line is the safer channel for current custody, current bail amount, holds, and case-number questions.
Lauderdale County Detention Facility
2001 5th Street
Meridian, MS 39301
601-482-9801 jail information
County detention listing: 601-482-9800
Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office
2500 Courthouse Blvd
Meridian, MS 39301
601-482-9806 main office
Office hours listed as Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Older booking records, reports, or photos that no longer appear on the roster may require a public-records request. No booking-record-specific PDF was located. Use the Sheriff's Office phone, in-person records channel, the general inquiry form, or the forms page, and avoid sending sensitive personal details through a general web message.
Lauderdale County Booking Process
Booking takes place inside the secured Lauderdale County Detention Facility. The research describes a normal path from arrest by the Sheriff's Office, Meridian Police Department, another local agency, or a warrant or hold, then transport to the detention facility. Intake can include identification, property inventory, a booking photo, fingerprints and testing, medical screening, classification, and assignment to the general jail population or a special-needs, medical, holding, or suicide-prevention cell when needed.
The roster may not publish a booking instantly. The Sheriff's Office did not publish a refresh schedule. Once the record appears, the summary card can show name, booking number, booking date and time, charges, bond, and mugshot. First appearance, bond review, prosecutor review, and court filing can all change the facts a family member first sees online.
- Booking
- Administrative intake after arrest, before the case has been resolved in court.
- Classification
- Jail review used to assign housing and security placement.
- Detainer or hold
- Another agency's request that can block release even if county bond appears available.
- PR bond
- Personal recognizance release allowed by a court without secured money.
Lauderdale County Visitation Rules
Official visitation information has a time-layered conflict. The older county detention center page describes family and friend visits on a two-week rotation and says to call for the proper date and time. The newer sheriff visitation and communication page is more restrictive. It limits in-person visitation to attorneys and authorized staff, with approved alcohol or drug rehabilitation center representatives possible by prior approval, and rare exceptional visits only when specifically authorized.
| Service | Official Details Captured | Practical Check |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Newer sheriff page limits it to attorneys, authorized staff, approved rehab assessments, and rare exceptions. | Call the jail before arriving. |
| Older family visit reference | County page describes a two-week rotation and 30-minute visits. | Treat as older unless LCDF confirms it. |
| Video visitation | Non-contact video visitation through inmate-issued tablets and ViaPath Communications. | Set up through the published visitor account channel. |
| Clergy | Monday-Friday, 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-2:30 p.m., after approval. | Complete approval before trying to visit. |
Note: Because official visitation sources conflict, confirm the current rule with detention staff before travel or scheduling.
Mail Phone and Commissary
Mail must come through USPS and include the sender's full name and complete return address. The listed inmate-mail format is Lauderdale County Adult Detention, inmate name, 2001 5th Street, Meridian, MS 39301. The sheriff FAQ says not to send stamps, photos, or currency. Books must come from a bookstore, become LCDF property after receipt, and may be released to a named person only through a signed property-release process if not allowed.
| Item | Channel | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Phone | Ally Telecom Group | Prepaid accounts at ALLYTG.com or 1-800-943-2189; calls may also use commissary phone time. |
| Video visits | ConnectNetwork and ViaPath | Visitor account funds support the visitor's own video contact. |
| Commissary | Kimble's Commissary | Deposits at the lobby kiosk or team3.inmatecanteen.com. |
| Care packages | team3.inmatecanteen.com | Family and friends can order through the documented vendor route. |
State Federal ICE Lookups
A person can leave the Lauderdale County roster because of release, bond, transfer, a sentence, a state hold, federal custody, or immigration custody. Sentenced Mississippi prisoners are searched through the MDOC inmate locator, not the county roster. That is the correct route for East Mississippi Correctional Facility and for people already in MDOC custody.
The official MDOC inmate locator screenshot in the project manifest matches this lookup route.
Use the state search when the county booking number has stopped being useful and an MDOC ID number or sentenced-prison location is the better identifier.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Why It Differs |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Lauderdale County roster and 601-482-9801 | Pretrial, short-sentence, holds, recent releases, and local booking facts. |
| State prison | Mississippi Department of Corrections locator | Sentenced MDOC custody, including East Mississippi Correctional Facility. |
| Victim notification | Mississippi VINE | Custody and criminal-case notification, not a substitute for bond verification. |
| Federal sentence | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present after BOP designation. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Search by A-number or name, country of birth, and birth date. |
Federal pretrial detainees may be in U.S. Marshals custody before BOP placement. Lauderdale County is within the U.S. Marshals Southern District of Mississippi, and federal custody questions may need the federal court or USMS channel when the BOP locator does not yet show the person.
Lauderdale County Records Requests
Mississippi's Public Records Act supports requests for older jail records when the public roster no longer displays the booking. Mississippi Code Section 25-61-1 states the policy of public access unless another law applies. Section 25-61-5 limits delayed responses under agency procedures, and Section 25-61-7 allows actual-cost fees for search, review, duplication, and mailing.
The sheriff also has jail-specific duties. Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63 requires a sheriff jail docket noting the warrant or mittimus under which a person is jailed. Section 19-25-69 places charge of the jail and prisoners with the sheriff. These laws do not mean every item is online or immediately released, but they explain why the sheriff's records channel matters after a booking ages off the roster.
Ask for the exact record needed: booking sheet, charge list, booking date, bond information, release date, or booking photo. Include the name, approximate booking date, and booking number if known. For current custody and bond, use the jail phone first. For booking photos, use the factual limits described on the Lauderdale County jail mugshots page.