Find Lamar County Inmates

Lamar County Jail Roster and Inmate Records

The Lamar County Sheriff's Department runs the county jail in Purvis and maintains the official inmate roster. Sheriff Danny Rigel leads the office, and the county directory lists the sheriff at (601) 794-1005 and the Lamar County Jail at 601-794-1088. The sheriff's office page links directly to an official inmate search hosted on the JailTracker platform. That roster is the starting point for anyone trying to confirm whether a person is currently booked into the county jail.

A county jail roster covers local detainees. It does not list people held in other systems. Sentenced offenders in state prison appear through the Mississippi Department of Corrections, not the county roster. Federal detainees, people held in other counties, and individuals in immigration custody are tracked by their own agencies. Knowing this division prevents wasted searches and helps you direct each question to the office that actually holds the record.

How to Use the Lamar County Inmate Roster

The official roster loads from the sheriff's office link at omsweb.public-safety-cloud.com/jtclientweb/jailtracker/index/Lamar_County_MS. It runs as a client-side application, so a current, fully updated web browser gives the best chance of a clean load. The basic search routine follows a few simple steps.

1. Open the official JailTracker roster from a modern desktop or mobile browser.
2. Allow the page to finish loading before entering any search terms.
3. Enter the inmate's name in the search fields the roster presents.
4. Review the returned results to confirm you have matched the right person.
5. Open the matching entry to view whatever booking detail the roster makes available.

If the application will not load or returns an error, do not assume the person is not in custody. Call the jail at 601-794-1088 or the sheriff's office at (601) 794-1005 to confirm booking status by phone instead.

Lamar County Roster Search Fields

The Lamar County inmate search is delivered through JailTracker, a hosted roster used by many sheriff's offices. During research, the roster loaded as a Blazor web application and returned a loading and error state in a text-only capture, so the full field set could not be fully confirmed from that capture. The table below reflects what the official link presents rather than invented field labels.

Because the roster runs in the browser, an older or text-only browser may show only a loading message. Treat a failed load as a technical limitation, then switch to a current browser or call the jail directly.

What a Lamar County Inmate Profile Shows

An inmate profile on a jail roster is meant to confirm that a specific person is in local custody and to summarize basic booking information. For Lamar County, the official roster is the intended county jail lookup. The platform's full profile layout could not be verified during research because the roster did not finish loading in a text capture, so only the verified access behavior is described here rather than any unconfirmed mugshot, bond, charge, or housing details.

If you need booking paperwork that is not shown online, request it through the sheriff or the public body that holds the record. Law-enforcement records can carry exemptions and redactions, so some details may be withheld. For the formal charge and disposition side of a case, the county's arrest and court charge records trace how an arrest moves into the court system.

Mississippi State Inmate Search vs the County Jail

The county jail and the state prison system are two separate things. The Lamar County roster holds people booked locally, including many who are awaiting a first appearance, a bond decision, or a court date. Once a person is convicted and sentenced to state time, custody shifts to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. At that point the county roster is no longer the right tool, and the statewide MDOC inmate search becomes the place to look.

The Mississippi Department of Corrections offers a statewide inmate search from its homepage. You can find the official lookup through the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search, which covers sentenced state offenders and parolees.

The MDOC search asks for a name or a state offender number, so it works whether or not you know the person's MDOC ID. Remember that this database is built for sentenced state inmates, not pretrial county detainees, so a recently arrested person may appear only on the county roster.

Lamar County Sheriff and Jail Contacts

When the online roster cannot answer a question, the sheriff's office and the jail handle inmate matters by phone and in person. Different questions route to different numbers. General custody and law-enforcement questions go to the sheriff's office, jail operations go to the jail line, and canteen or property questions go to the dedicated officer. The contact cards below pull the verified numbers from the county directory and the jail's own policy materials.

No official Lamar County Sheriff mobile app with inmate, warrant, or records tools was located during research. Use the official web roster, the phone numbers above, or a public-records request rather than an unofficial app that claims to mirror the county jail.

Booking, Bond, and Court Channels

Most people on the Lamar County roster are early in the process. After an arrest, an individual is booked into the jail, and from there the case moves toward a first appearance and a bond decision. The roster can confirm that someone is in custody, but it is not a bond-payment system or a court calendar. For the legal track of a case, the courts hold the authoritative record.

Bond questions often involve a licensed bonding agent, the jail, and the court that set the conditions. The jail can confirm custody and direct property and money matters, while charge and disposition information lives in the court file. To follow a case from arrest through the courtroom, the county's criminal court records show how charges are filed, heard, and resolved. Keep the roster, the jail, and the courts in their separate lanes, and each channel becomes far easier to use.

Lamar County Jail Visitation Schedule

Visitation at the Lamar County Jail runs through the JailATM system rather than walk-up contact visits. Families register at jailatm.com, where they can buy remote video visits and schedule onsite video sessions that use a kiosk at the jail's canteen office. A weekly free remote visit is offered, and the jail recommends using a computer instead of a cellphone because a dropped signal can end the visit. The schedule below summarizes the visit types and access points.

Scheduled video visits only work onsite at the jail, so a scheduled session is not the same as a remote home visit. Plan ahead and confirm available slots through your JailATM account.

Phone Calls and Inmate Funds in Lamar County

The Lamar County Jail uses separate vendors for canteen money and phone money, and the two accounts do not mix freely. Canteen deposits let an inmate buy approved store items, while phone funds pay for calls. An incarcerated person can move canteen funds to the phone account, but phone funds cannot be moved back to canteen, so deposit each one for its intended purpose. A free weekly call is also issued. The tables below list the deposit methods and the fee notes from the jail's own materials.

Phone money is handled by a different vendor and follows its own rules. Use the phone deposit options below, and remember that the free weekly call is short and is issued on a set day.

To find an inmate ID number for a deposit, use the inmate search linked from the sheriff's site. If you cannot locate the number, call the canteen and property officer at 601-794-3562.

Sending Mail to a Lamar County Inmate

Mail to the Lamar County Jail is split by type, and using the wrong address can get a letter returned. Legal mail, religious mail, and items go to the jail's Purvis post office box. All other general mail goes to a separate processing address operated through JailATM in Southaven, where the jail scans the letter and envelope onto the inmate's kiosk account for electronic viewing. Physical mail that is not legal, religious, or a package of physical property is returned to sender, and non-allowed items may be discarded if return shipping or storage cannot be covered.

Always include the inmate's name and ID number on every piece of mail. When in doubt about whether something counts as legal or religious mail, confirm with the jail before sending it.

Lamar County Jail Property and Drop-Off Rules

Property handling at the Lamar County Jail follows a strict three-day rule tied to the booking date. Whites, glasses, and Bibles may be dropped off within three days of booking. After three days, all property must be mailed on any day or dropped off on Mondays only. Books cannot be dropped off at all; they must be mailed, and inmates may have three books at a time with no more than three sent per day. Hardbacks and X-rated books are rejected, so check those limits before shipping reading material.

Allowable general-population items include legal mail, preprinted-stamp envelopes, loose-leaf writing paper sealed in original clear plastic, six white T-shirts with no long sleeves, six pairs of white socks, six pairs of white underwear, six white bras with no wire for females, a non-hardback Bible with no plastic tabs or dividers, and one pair of reading glasses. All whites must be in original packaging or have tags attached.

The property office is open Monday through Thursday 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with weekends closed. For an inmate booked less than three days, after-hours or weekend property can be taken to the lobby on the right side of the sheriff's office, where the visitor uses the phone button labeled Booking to reach staff. If a custody question turns into a court or warrant matter, the county's warrant records explain how outstanding warrants are checked and resolved.