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Sharkey County Jail Overview

Sharkey County Jail is treated here as the jail function of the Sharkey County Sheriff's Office, the official county office located at 120 Locust St in Rolling Fork. The county page lists Sheriff Herbert Ceaser and states that the sheriff serves as county jailor, keeps Mississippi Department Reports, and keeps a jail docket. Those details matter because no separate official jail page, roster portal, housing-unit list, inmate information page, or booking-photo gallery was located in the research file.

The jail's local role is county custody. That generally means people arrested locally, pretrial detainees waiting on court action, county-sentenced misdemeanor inmates, and people held on lawful warrants, detainers, or transfer paperwork. It should not be confused with the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search, which is for sentenced MDOC prisoners, or with federal and immigration locators that cover different custody systems.

The official sources did not publish a rated capacity, daily population count, construction date, jail administrator list, accreditation status, or detailed facility history for Sharkey County Jail. Because those items were not found in county, sheriff, state, or MDOC sources, they are not estimated here.

The county's county courts page also ties the jail to early criminal procedure. It says felony cases are first heard in Sharkey County Justice Court for initial appearance and affidavit filing, and that judges hold jail court sessions three times weekly to ensure an initial appearance within three days of arrest. For recent arrests, that Justice Court connection is often as important as the jail contact itself.

Sharkey County Jail Capacity and Population

No official Sharkey County Jail capacity or current population figure was located. The county site and sheriff page publish contact and duty information, but not a bed count, average daily population, annual booking count, demographic breakdown, or jail population dashboard. The Mississippi Department of Corrections facility list also did not provide a Sharkey County Jail capacity entry in the research material.

That absence should be handled plainly. A caller can ask the sheriff's office whether a person is currently held, whether booking has been completed, and whether a transfer has occurred, but the public sources reviewed do not support a numerical jail population statement. Sharkey County is a very small rural county, so even a small custody count could be meaningful, but no local incarceration rate should be calculated without an official jail count.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Sharkey County Jail

No official Sharkey County online jail roster, recent-booking report, public mugshot roster, or searchable county inmate profile was located. The practical lookup path starts with the sheriff's office by phone or in person, then uses a written public-records request if the needed jail docket or booking information is not provided informally. Mississippi law gives that local route a records basis because the sheriff's jail docket is a public record.

1. Call the sheriff or jail line at 662-873-4321 or 662-873-1500 and ask whether the person is currently in Sharkey County custody.
2. Provide the person's full legal name, approximate arrest date, and any known court, warrant, or agency information.
3. Ask whether booking is complete, whether the person has been released, transferred, or held for another agency, and whether bond or first-appearance information is available.
4. If the person has been sentenced to state custody, search the MDOC inmate locator by name or MDOC ID number.
5. If current custody notifications are needed, search or register through Mississippi VINELink when supported.
6. If the record is not available online or by phone, make a written public-records request to the sheriff's office for the jail docket entry, booking record, custody status, release method, or transfer information.

The county lookup path is separate from court record access. For formal charges and filings, Justice Court handles initial appearances and affidavits, while the Circuit Clerk and Mississippi Electronic Courts may become relevant for felony criminal case files, indictments, and later court documents.

Jail Docket Records and Public Access

The key record for Sharkey County Jail is the jail docket. The research cites Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63 for the requirement that every sheriff keep a jail docket showing the warrant or mittimus by which a person is received into jail, the authority issuing it, the prisoner's name, the arrest or commitment date, the cause of imprisonment, how long the person is held, the release or discharge method, and transfer receipt information if sent to the penitentiary. The statute also says that record is kept as a public record.

Mississippi's Public Records Act provides the broader inspection framework. If a booking detail, jail docket entry, incident report, or booking photograph is not online, the safer request is a short written request that identifies the person, approximate arrest date, requested record type, requester contact information, and whether inspection or copies are preferred. The research did not locate a Sharkey County records-request portal, fee schedule, form, or guaranteed turnaround time, so those details should be confirmed directly with the sheriff's office.

Sharkey County Jail Address and Contact

The official county-published address for the sheriff and jail docket route is 120 Locust St, Rolling Fork, MS 39159. The sheriff page lists 662-873-1500, and separate official county recovery and Mississippi DPS Crime Stoppers pages list the sheriff non-emergency line as 662-873-4321. The research also lists fax 662-873-6135 and the sheriff email address hceaser@sharkeycountyms.com, but it did not locate a dedicated jail records email form or inmate information desk hours.

Do not substitute unofficial addresses for the jail. The research notes that some non-official directories use a different Locust Street address, but the county and DPS official sources repeatedly support 120 Locust St for sheriff, courts, and jail-docket routing.

Visiting Someone at Sharkey County Jail

No official Sharkey County Jail visitation schedule, video visitation portal, attorney visitation policy, visitor entrance, dress code, or ID checklist was located in the county sources. That means a visit should not be planned from a third-party jail directory or from assumptions about other Mississippi jails. Call the sheriff's office first, confirm that the person is still housed there, ask whether visits are allowed for that housing status, and ask what identification and arrival instructions apply.

Bring government photo identification if the sheriff's office approves a visit, and ask before bringing property, money, medication, papers, or other items into the building. The county also maintains tornado recovery information, so severe weather, road work, or recovery operations can make a same-day phone confirmation especially important.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Sharkey County Jail

The research did not locate an official Sharkey County Jail mail format, inmate phone vendor, video provider, commissary vendor, remote deposit portal, kiosk fee table, tablet program, or prepaid account instruction. Do not send money through a private deposit site unless the sheriff's office confirms the vendor and the person's custody status. Do not mail documents or personal items until staff confirm the correct addressing format and accepted materials.

Booking and Intake at Sharkey County Jail

After a Sharkey County arrest, the jail and sheriff's office handle the local custody record while the courts handle initial legal proceedings. The jail docket should identify the legal authority for custody, the person's name, the date of arrest or commitment, the reason for imprisonment, and release or transfer details. The county court page says all felony cases are first heard in Justice Court for initial appearance and affidavit filing, and judges hold jail sessions three times weekly to ensure initial appearance within three days.

A person arrested in Sharkey County may not remain at the local jail for the entire case. They may be released, held through first appearance, transferred to a regional facility, moved after sentencing to MDOC custody, or held for another agency. That is why the lookup process should always ask about current location, transfer status, and court routing instead of assuming a booking remains in one local building.

About Sharkey County Jail

Sharkey County is rural, with county government centered in Rolling Fork. The local sources reviewed focus more on elected-office contact, court routing, and statutory duties than on jail programming or facility amenities. No county page located during research published jail education programs, substance-abuse programming, reentry services, grievance procedures, medical request procedures, PREA material, or accreditation details for Sharkey County Jail.

Statewide context is still relevant. The Mississippi DPS Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training page describes county jail administration and detention officer standards as matters of statewide concern. That does not provide a Sharkey-specific staffing roster or inspection report, but it does show that county jail officers operate within a state training and certification framework.