Tallahatchie County Inmate Population
The local custody picture in Tallahatchie County is unusual for Mississippi. The documented detention site is Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, a CoreCivic-operated contract facility that serves Tallahatchie County and multiple outside agencies. Research did not locate a separate sheriff-run online jail roster, a Charleston jail page, a Sumner jail page, or a municipal holding-facility page. That means the Tallahatchie County inmate population has to be read by custody channel, not by one public roster screen.
The facility can hold Tallahatchie County jail detainees, Hinds County detainees, U.S. Marshals Service detainees, ICE detainees, out-of-state prisoners, and other agency populations. A local arrest may begin as county jail custody, but a later sentence, detainer, federal case, or immigration hold can move the lookup to a different system. That is why the best first question is not just name and date of birth. It is which agency has custody now.
Custody routing matters: Tallahatchie County jail records, MDOC state-prison records, federal BOP records, and ICE detainee records are separate systems.
Tallahatchie County Inmate Population Statistics
Current official county jail daily-population numbers were not located in a Tallahatchie County roster or dashboard during research on June 19, 2026. The largest sourced number is the facility design capacity. CoreCivic public contract releases identify Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility as a 2,672-bed facility, while the current facility page does not restate that capacity as a live count. The difference is important: bed capacity is space available in the building, not proof that every bed is filled or that every person held there is a Tallahatchie County arrestee.
| Measure | Figure | Source / date |
|---|---|---|
| Facility design capacity | 2,672 beds | CoreCivic contract releases from 2018, 2020, and 2023 |
| County jail online current population | Not published | No official Tallahatchie roster or dashboard located, June 19, 2026 |
| Documented detention facilities | One | Facility Map and CoreCivic facility page |
| Resident county population | 10,877 | FRED/Census estimate for 2025 |
| County land area | 645.22 square miles | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2020 |
The Tallahatchie County inmate population can appear large when the contract facility is discussed, but that does not make the full facility count a local jail count. A Hinds County detainee, a Wyoming prisoner, and an ICE detainee may all be at the same Tutwiler address while belonging to different public-record systems.
Tallahatchie County Jail Trends
Historical jail data from the Vera Institute Incarceration Trends dataset gives a small-county baseline before the modern private facility became the central custody address. The Vera county series should not be treated as a current CoreCivic population report. It is useful because it shows how small the historical Tallahatchie jail population was compared with the later contract facility capacity.
| Year | Jail population | Rated capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 20 | Vera historical county jail data |
| 1978 | 10 | 14 | Small county jail era |
| 1983 | 34 | 48 | Vera also reports 7 pretrial and 27 sentenced detainees |
| 1988 | 33 | 48 | Historical jail count |
| 1993 | 43 | 48 | Near the listed historical capacity |
| 1999 | 45 | 48 | Near capacity before the private facility era |
| 2000 | 27 | 51.67 | Facility-era comparison should be handled cautiously |
Tallahatchie County Custody Makeup
No current official demographic breakdown for Tallahatchie County jail detainees was located. Older Vera rows show that the historical county jail population was mostly male in the years captured. In 1983, Vera reported a total jail population of 34, with 34 male detainees, 7 pretrial detainees, and 27 sentenced detainees. It also reported Black and white jail-population estimates for that historical year. Those figures should not be used as current race or sex percentages.
The better modern breakdown is agency-based. CoreCivic's official facility page and the January 2026 visitation PDF separate populations by county jail, state inmate, and U.S. Marshals categories, while other sources document ICE and out-of-state corrections use. For a family member, that distinction affects the phone number to call, the locator to search, the visit rules, and whether a public record belongs to Tallahatchie County, another county, MDOC, BOP, ICE, or another state.
- County jail detainee
- A person held on a local arrest, local sentence, or county authority.
- State prisoner
- A sentenced person under the Mississippi Department of Corrections or another state corrections agency.
- Detainer
- A hold or custody request from another agency, such as ICE, USMS, probation, parole, or another county.
- Classification
- The screening process used to decide housing, safety level, programs, work, and supervision needs.
Tallahatchie County Jail Capacity
The 2,672-bed capacity reported in CoreCivic releases belongs to the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility as a contract correctional center. It should not be described as a county-only jail capacity. The building can house local detainees beside people held for Hinds County, U.S. Marshals Service, ICE, Montana, Vermont, Wyoming, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and other customers. Capacity and accountability therefore depend on the customer agency as much as on the address.
Recent reporting adds context without replacing official records. Associated Press reporting described Hinds County moving about 200 detainees to Tallahatchie under a CoreCivic contract. Mississippi Today reported 2025 contract changes involving additional ICE detention capacity and later raised accountability questions after deaths at the facility. Those reports show why a Tallahatchie County inmate population search has to avoid assuming every person in the building came from Tallahatchie County.
Tallahatchie County Jail Record Laws
Mississippi law gives Tallahatchie County residents a records path even when no online roster is posted. The strongest local anchor is the sheriff's public jail docket. A requester can ask for the jail docket, booking record, commitment record, release record, or related jail record by giving the person's name, arrest date, arresting agency, and case number if known. The public-records path does not guarantee instant access to every field, but it gives a lawful route to ask the office that holds the record.
Key Tallahatchie County record rules:
Mississippi Public Records Act - public records are available for inspection unless a specific exemption applies.
Miss. Code Ann. 25-61-12(2)(c) - law-enforcement incident reports are not exempted, while protected victim details can still be withheld.
Miss. Code Ann. 19-25-63 - each sheriff must keep a public jail docket showing commitment, authority, cause, time held, and release details.
Mississippi Death in Custody Reporting Act page - DPS says reporting covers county jails, state prisons, contract facilities, and other correctional settings.
Tallahatchie County State Prison Search
Sentenced Mississippi prisoners are searched through the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search, not through a county jail roster. MDOC lets the public search by first name, last name, or MDOC ID number. A person arrested in Tallahatchie County may begin in county jail custody and later move to MDOC custody after conviction and sentencing. At that point, the county jail may no longer have the current location.
MDOC family and friends pages also give the state-prison rules for visits, mail, phone service, and money. Those rules should not be pasted onto every county detainee. They apply when the person is in MDOC custody. The Tallahatchie facility can have state-custody relevance because CoreCivic sources document Mississippi and out-of-state corrections customers, but the facility is still best described as a contract regional/private correctional facility rather than a standard MDOC prison on the state facilities map.
The MDOC home page shows quick search panels for inmate and parolee searches.
Use the MDOC panel for sentenced state-prison custody, then return to county phone or records channels if the person was just arrested locally.
Search Tallahatchie County Inmates
No official Tallahatchie County online jail roster was located. For a recent arrest, start with the Tallahatchie County Sheriff's Office at 662-647-3700 or Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility at 662-345-6567. Ask whether the person is held as a Tallahatchie County jail detainee, a U.S. Marshals detainee, an ICE detainee, an out-of-county contract detainee, or a sentenced prisoner. That answer controls the next search step.
- Collect the person's full legal name, date of birth, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and any booking or case number.
- Call the sheriff for recent Tallahatchie County arrests and ask whether the person was booked, released, transferred, or held for another agency.
- Call the facility for custody confirmation and ask for the correct division when the issue is visiting, mail, or facility contact.
- Search Mississippi VINE for custody-status notifications if the record is in a participating Mississippi system.
- Search MDOC, BOP, or ICE if the person is sentenced, federal, or in immigration custody.
- File a Mississippi Public Records Act request when booking or jail docket records are not available online.
Tallahatchie County Inmate Lookup Channels
Because no county roster search-field table was available, the useful field tables come from the fallback locators. MDOC is for sentenced Mississippi prisoners. BOP is for federal prison records from 1982 forward. ICE ODLS is for adults currently in ICE custody or people held in CBP custody more than 48 hours. VINE is a notification and custody-status tool, not a full booking database.
| System | Search fields | Best use |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff/facility phone | Name, date of birth, arrest date, agency, case number | Recent Tallahatchie County arrest or county jail custody |
| MDOC inmate search | First name, last name, or MDOC ID | Sentenced Mississippi prisoners |
| Mississippi VINE | Name or available custody search prompts | Custody status and notifications |
| BOP inmate locator | Name or federal number fields | Federal prisoners and release records |
| ICE ODLS | A-number and country, or name, country of birth, and birth date | Current immigration custody |
Tallahatchie County Released Records
Released or older Tallahatchie County inmate records are harder to find because no official current roster or archive was located. Mississippi Code section 19-25-63 supports asking for jail docket entries that show the warrant or mittimus, name, date of arrest and commitment, cause, authority, time held, and release or discharge record. A past record request should be narrow. Include the name, date range, arresting agency, case number, and the exact record sought.
Court records are a separate channel. Formal charges after arrest should be checked through Mississippi Electronic Courts or the Circuit Clerk rather than treated as the same thing as a jail booking. For booking photos, the Tallahatchie County jail mugshots page explains why no official online gallery was found and how a booking photo request differs from a court-file search.
Tallahatchie County Inmate Record Fields
With no public roster profile captured, the most reliable field inventory is the statutory jail docket. A Tallahatchie County jail record may not show the polished fields common in large vendor rosters, but Mississippi law describes the core public history of a jail commitment. Ask for the official jail docket or booking record when online search does not exist.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Prisoner name | Name of the person received into county jail custody. |
| Warrant or mittimus | The legal paper authorizing custody. |
| Issuing authority | The court or officer that issued the warrant or commitment. |
| Date of arrest and commitment | When the person was arrested and received into custody. |
| Cause or crime | The charge or stated reason for confinement. |
| Custody authority | The agency, court, or order that authorizes confinement. |
| Release or discharge | How the person left custody or was transferred. |
Tallahatchie County Jail vs Prison
A Tallahatchie County jail booking is not the same as a prison sentence. Jail custody usually starts after arrest and may cover pretrial detention, short local sentences, holds, and transfers. State prison custody begins after sentencing under MDOC or another corrections agency. Federal and immigration custody can also be present at the same Tutwiler facility, which makes labels on phone calls and records requests especially important.
| Custody type | Where to look | What to ask |
|---|---|---|
| Tallahatchie County jail detainee | Sheriff or Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility | Booking, release, bond, jail docket, visit status |
| Sentenced Mississippi prisoner | MDOC inmate search | MDOC ID, current facility, sentence-related public fields |
| Federal prisoner | BOP inmate locator | Register number, location, release-date context |
| ICE detainee | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | A-number, country of birth, name, date of birth |
Tallahatchie County Detention Facility
The Facility Map resolves one required detention-facility page for this site. Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility is the primary facility for county jail detainees, but its role extends beyond the county. That is why its facility page should be read with the custody tables above, not as proof that every listed customer is part of the Tallahatchie County jail population.
- Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility - CoreCivic-operated contract regional/private facility serving Tallahatchie County jail detainees and multiple state, county, federal, immigration, and out-of-state custody customers.
Tallahatchie County Inmate FAQ
Is there an online Tallahatchie County jail roster? No official Tallahatchie County online roster was located during the research sweep. Use the sheriff, the facility phone line, VINE, and records-request channels first.
Is the 2,672-bed number the Tallahatchie County jail population? No. That number is the facility capacity reported in CoreCivic releases. It is not a current county-only inmate count.
Where are sentenced Mississippi prisoners searched? Use the MDOC inmate search by name or MDOC ID after sentencing and transfer to state custody.
Can federal or ICE detainees be held in Tallahatchie County? Yes. CoreCivic and news sources document USMS and ICE relevance at the facility, but BOP and ICE locators are separate from county jail records.
Who is the county sheriff? The Mississippi Sheriffs' Association lists Jimmy Fly as Tallahatchie County Sheriff. The jail facility itself is operated by CoreCivic.