Simpson County Jail Lookup
The Simpson County Jail is operated by the Simpson County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Paul Mullins is listed on the official county sheriff page, which gives the sheriff's admin line, dispatch line, fax number, and email. The same official page describes the sheriff's jailer role and states that the sheriff has charge of the jail and prisoners. That makes the sheriff's office the first local source for current custody checks in Simpson County, Mississippi.
No current live Simpson County Sheriff's Office inmate-search form was found on the official county website. Search results did locate archived Simpson County Sheriff's Office "Current Inmates with Charges" PDF reports hosted under msjaildata.com and generated by Omnigo. Those files are useful as historical examples of what a jail roster record may show, but they should not be treated as a live searchable public portal. A current Simpson County inmate records search should start with the sheriff's office, then move to MDOC, VINELink, BOP, ICE, or a written records request when the person is not confirmed locally.
Current-custody point: Archived roster PDFs are snapshots. Call the sheriff before relying on an older Simpson County jail record for present custody, release, bond, or transfer status.
Search Simpson County Inmates
Because Simpson County does not publish a live official roster form on the county site, the practical search sequence is a custody-routing chain. Gather the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, and arresting agency before calling. Ask direct custody questions: whether the person is currently held at Simpson County Jail, whether the person bonded out, whether the person was transferred to MDOC, and whether a different agency has a hold.
- Start with the Simpson County Sheriff's Office admin line at 601-847-2155 for jail records routing. Use dispatch at 601-847-2921 for urgent custody or public-safety routing.
- Give the full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency. Ask whether the person is held, released, transferred, or listed under a hold.
- If the person was sentenced to state custody, search the MDOC Inmate Search by name or MDOC ID Number.
- Use VINELink for custody notifications where Mississippi VINE includes the person or agency.
- Use the BOP inmate locator for federal custody from 1982 to present and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
- Submit a written public-records request if the needed booking sheet, older jail log, or charge record is not available online or by ordinary records routing.
MobilePatrol Public Safety is another possible third-party channel because its App Store listing advertises public safety alerts, jail bookings, most wanted lists, sex offenders, and warrant information for participating agencies. The Simpson County official website did not confirm a dedicated sheriff app or app-only roster, so the MobilePatrol Public Safety listing should be framed as an optional place to check, not as an official Simpson County inmate records source.
Simpson County Roster Fields
The local source found for roster structure is not a search form. It is the July 17, 2023 archived Simpson County Sheriff's Office "Current Inmates with Charges" PDF. That matters because a person looking for a name box, booking-number field, or public profile URL may not find one on the county website. The archived report instead shows report columns and charge lines, which can guide a records request or help a caller describe the exact record being sought.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No live county roster form located | N/A | N/A | Official county site did not show a current searchable jail roster form. |
| Inmate Name | PDF report column | N/A | Names appear in last, first, middle order when available. |
| DOB | PDF report column | N/A | The extracted text showed placeholder-style strings for some demographics. |
| Held (days) | PDF report column | N/A | Number of days held as of the report date. |
| Booking Date | PDF report column | N/A | Dates appear in month/day/year format. |
| Charges and class | Report lines | N/A | Some entries show felony, misdemeanor, bench warrant, capias, traffic, or program status wording. |
| Bond/fine amount | Report lines | N/A | Dollar amounts may appear per charge or hold, including $0.00 entries. |
Simpson County Inmate Record Details
A Simpson County jail record is a custody snapshot, not the final court record. The archived current-inmate report shows what the jail system had for the person on the report date. It does not prove conviction, and it does not replace the Circuit Clerk docket, Justice Court file, or District Attorney charging decision. For court outcomes after booking, the Simpson County court records after jail arrest page is the better route.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Inmate Name | Last, first, and middle name or initial when available. |
| Booking Date | The date recorded for intake into the jail system. |
| Held (days) | How many days the person had been held when the report was generated. |
| DOB, race, gender | Fields exist, but the extracted 2023 text showed placeholder-style demographic text. |
| Charges | One or many lines that may include a new offense, bench warrant, capias, traffic matter, work program entry, or MDOC hold. |
| Class | Labels such as felony or truncated misdemeanor wording on some charge lines. |
| Bond/fine | A listed dollar amount per charge or hold. A $0.00 line does not always mean release is free or available. |
| Unavailable fields | The extracted report text did not show public mugshots, housing unit, arresting officer, court date, or profile URL. |
Entries such as "MDOC WORK PROGRAM," "MDOC TRUSTEE," "WORK PROGRAM," and "MDOC HOLD" are important in Simpson County because they show that a roster line can be about status or custody authority, not just a fresh arrest. A capias is a court order to take a person into custody. A bench warrant usually comes from court after failure to appear or another judge's order. A detainer or hold means another agency may block release even when the local charge appears to have a low or zero amount.
Simpson County Custody Channels
County jail, state prison, federal prison, and immigration detention are separate systems. Simpson County Jail covers local pretrial custody, local sentences where applicable, warrants, capias entries, and some hold or work-program statuses reflected in archived reports. The Mississippi Department of Corrections covers sentenced state prisoners. Federal custody uses the Bureau of Prisons after a person enters BOP custody, while immigration detention uses ICE ODLS.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Simpson County pretrial or local jail custody | Sheriff admin 601-847-2155 or dispatch 601-847-2921 | Current jail custody, bond status routing, release or transfer questions. |
| Historical Simpson County jail snapshot | Archived "Current Inmates with Charges" PDFs | Field examples and old report context, not a live roster. |
| Sentenced state prisoner | MDOC Inmate Search | MDOC ID, location, unit, offense blocks, sentence data, and photo area. |
| Custody notification | VINELink | Notification route when a Mississippi VINE record is available. |
| Federal sentenced inmate | BOP inmate locator | Federal prisoners from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detainee | ICE ODLS | Search by A-Number or biographical details. |
Simpson County Jail Contact
The confirmed local detention facility for the county is Simpson County Jail in Mendenhall. No separate county work-release building, jail annex, regional jail, BOP facility, ICE facility, or MDOC state prison was located inside Simpson County in the official sources reviewed. People may still move out of the county system after sentencing, by warrant, or by another agency hold, so custody confirmation should ask where the person is now.
Simpson County Jail
1496 Simpson Highway 149
Mendenhall, MS 39114
Admin: 601-847-2155
Dispatch: 601-847-2921
Fax: 601-847-2156
Email: pmullins@co.simpson.ms.us
Use the Simpson County Jail facility page for jail-specific location context. The sheriff page does not publish a dedicated detention-center rules page, a jail capacity figure, a booking-desk schedule, or public lobby hours. For any in-person records issue, call before traveling and ask which office handles the request.
Simpson County Booking Records
Booking in Simpson County begins as a jail intake record. The person may arrive after an arrest by the sheriff, municipal police, Mississippi Highway Patrol, wildlife or transportation enforcement, constables, or another agency whose case enters the Simpson County court system. Intake usually includes identity checks, warrant and hold checks, property inventory, fingerprints, a booking photograph under criminal-history procedures, and classification for custody. The county research did not locate a local booking-procedure page, so no exact processing time should be assumed.
The court path depends on the charge. Justice Court handles misdemeanor and traffic cases and hears those cases on the first and second Tuesdays and Thursdays. Felony prosecution is handled by District Attorney Chris Hennis, while the Circuit Clerk keeps the docket, pleas, indictments, orders, and case papers. That means a jail roster charge can change as prosecutors review evidence, a grand jury acts, the court enters orders, or a case is dismissed, reduced, or sentenced.
- Booking
- The jail intake record after arrest or commitment.
- Bond
- Money or release conditions set to secure court appearance.
- Capias
- A court order directing that a person be taken into custody.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency that can affect release.
- MDOC hold
- A state corrections interest in custody, separate from an ordinary local charge.
Simpson County Visit Rules
No official Simpson County Jail visitation, mail, phone, video visitation, or inmate-money policy page was located in the reviewed sources. This gap should be preserved because similarly named detention-center search results can point to another state. Do not borrow schedules, phone vendors, dress codes, fees, or mail formats from other counties. For Simpson County, Mississippi, the safe route is to call the sheriff's office before travel, mail, money, or a planned video visit.
| Visit Type | Published Schedule | Source Status | Action Before Travel |
|---|---|---|---|
| In-person public visits | Not located in official sources | Gap | Call the sheriff, confirm approval list, ID, dress code, and entrance. |
| Remote video visits | Not located in official sources | Gap | No Simpson County MS video vendor was confirmed. |
| Attorney visits | Not located in official sources | Gap | Attorneys should call the jail or sheriff for procedure. |
Bring a government photo ID if a visit is approved. Avoid weapons, contraband, large bags, and electronics unless the jail says they are allowed. Secured public-safety buildings may restrict phones and personal items, and accessible entrance or parking details should be confirmed before arrival.
Simpson County Inmate Funds
A Tiger Commissary page for Simpson County Jail identifies the facility in Mendenhall, Mississippi. The landing page found in the research did not show a complete local fee schedule, deposit limit, kiosk rule, money-order rule, or commissary cutoff time. Treat the vendor route as a service-selection clue, not a full jail policy page.
| Channel | Vendor or Office | Fee | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commissary/service selection | Tiger Commissary | Not shown on landing page | Page identifies Simpson County Jail; details may require service selection or facility confirmation. |
| Jail lobby or kiosk | Not located | Not located | Call before bringing cash, card, or money order. |
| Money by mail | Not located | Not located | Do not mail funds until the jail confirms format and recipient details. |
| MDOC inmate banking | MDOC family and friends process | State process applies | For sentenced MDOC prisoners, not automatic Simpson County Jail detainees. |
Note: Confirm current custody before sending money. A person may have bonded out, transferred to MDOC, or be held under another agency.
Simpson County Records Requests
Mississippi public-records access is governed by Miss. Code Title 25, Chapter 61. The Mississippi Public Records Act includes access and denial rules in Section 25-61-5 and fee rules in Section 25-61-7. For Simpson County jail records, a written request should identify the person, the approximate booking or arrest date, the record sought, and the agency believed to hold it. Ask for the booking sheet, current custody status, charge sheet, or booking photograph only when that is the exact item needed.
MDOC records are separate. The MDOC public-records page states that MDOC public-records requests must be written and are not accepted by telephone. The MDOC contact page lists records department contact information. Use MDOC when the person has been sentenced to state custody or when a Simpson County case has become an MDOC record. Use the sheriff for local jail booking records, and use the Circuit Clerk, Justice Court, or MEC for filed court charges and dispositions.