Lookup Union County Inmate Records

Union County Jail Records

No current interactive Union County Sheriff's Office jail roster was located in the official static county site capture. The strongest public roster source found for Union County inmate records is a set of Mississippi Jail Records PDF population reports. Those reports are snapshots, not a live search portal. The 2023 report is titled "Current Inmate Population," was printed on June 5, 2023, and used report filters for all billing agencies, male and female detainees, and juveniles not shown. A 2021 report used the same format but showed juveniles, which means the report settings can change what appears in a given PDF.

For current custody, the practical first step is still the Union County Sheriff's Office and jail at 300 Carter Ave. in New Albany. Call 662-534-1941 with the person's full name and, if known, the booking date or arresting agency. Ask whether the person is still in the Union County Detention Center, which court or agency controls the hold, whether bond exists on every charge, and whether any MDOC, probation, parole, capias, or other-agency detainer blocks release.

The county jail record does not replace state, federal, or immigration lookup systems. A person sentenced to Mississippi prison is searched through MDOC. A federal prisoner is searched through BOP. A person in immigration custody is searched through ICE ODLS. Mississippi VINE is the notification layer for custody and case status. The Union County app landing page is a county and sheriff communication channel, but the research did not confirm an app-only inmate roster, warrant search, or booking-photo gallery.

Search Union County Jail Custody

Because Union County did not publish a confirmed live roster, a current custody search is a channel chain rather than a single form. Use the jail first for same-day custody questions. Use the public population PDFs as historical snapshots and field guides. Use a public-records request when the record is older, no longer posted, or tied to an arresting agency report. Use MDOC, BOP, ICE, and VINE only when the facts point outside the local jail.

1. Call the Union County Detention Center at 662-534-1941. Give the full name, spelling variants, and a likely booking date if known.
2. Ask staff to confirm current custody, book-in date, arresting agency, court label, charges, bond, and any hold or detainer.
3. Check the Mississippi Jail Records PDF snapshots when a historical Union County inmate record is needed and the date fits the public report.
4. For a non-current record, send an identifiable public-records request to the sheriff or arresting agency. Include name, date, agency, and record type.
5. If the jail reports an MDOC hold, probation/parole matter, prison transfer, federal case, or immigration hold, search the correct outside locator.

Public-record requests in Mississippi begin with the agency that has the record. Booking records, jail population snapshots, arrest reports, and booking photos if retained are sheriff or arresting-agency records. Formal charges, case numbers, plea entries, trial settings, and dispositions are court records. That split matters when a Union County inmate record looks incomplete.

Union County Roster Fields

The Union County PDF reports do not accept typed searches like a live roster portal. They are printed reports with filter lines and fixed columns. Those labels still help readers understand what a Union County jail roster record can show. The table below follows the field inventory from the 2023 and 2021 public inmate population reports.

Union County Inmate Record Details

A Union County inmate record should be read as a custody snapshot. It shows why the person was in the jail at the time of the report, which agency brought or held the person, and where the person was housed inside the Union County Detention Center. It does not prove guilt. It also may not match the final court charge, because prosecutors can amend, add, reduce, dismiss, or present different charges after booking.

Note: Housing labels show where the inmate was assigned at print time, not a visitor entry route or long-term placement guarantee.

Union County, MDOC, BOP, ICE

Union County inmate records are local jail records. They cover people booked into the Union County Detention Center after arrest, people waiting for first appearance or trial, short local sentences, court holds, Drug Court holds, and some MDOC or probation/parole detainers. MDOC is the state-prison search tool, not the county roster.

The captured MS.gov MDOC search interface shows the state search fields used after a Union County case becomes a state custody issue.

That state search is useful after sentencing, prison transfer, parole or post-release supervision, or an MDOC detainer, but it will not replace a call to the Union County jail for a current local booking.

Union County Jail Contact

The Union County Detention Center is the local detention facility documented for the county. The same Carter Avenue address appears in the sheriff association listing for Sheriff Jimmy Edwards and in the facility map research. Use this contact point for current custody, booking, bond, visitation, mail, and older jail-record routing unless staff directs the request to another office.

Union County Booking Steps

A person arrested by the Union County Sheriff's Office, New Albany Police Department, Blue Springs Police Department, Mississippi Highway Patrol, or another agency is brought into the Union County Detention Center for intake. The jail creates or updates the FileId, records the arresting agency, enters the book-in date and time, connects the person to a court or hold source, lists charges, and assigns a housing location.

The Union County reports show both new bookings and long-held court or MDOC matters. Some entries have only one or two custody days. Others show many more. That range means a population report should not be read as a list of only recent arrests. It can include pending cases, court holds, probation/parole matters, Drug Court holds, and people waiting on another agency.

1. Transport to the jail by the arresting or holding agency.
2. Entry screening, search, identity check, and warrant or hold review.
3. Booking entry with FileId, A/S/R, court label, charges, and book-in time.
4. Fingerprinting, booking photograph if taken, medical screening, and property inventory.
5. Housing assignment to Holding, POD, or Trustee Building based on status and classification.

Union County Visitation Records

Union County did not publish an official jail visitation schedule, visitor approval process, mail format, phone vendor, or video-visit vendor in the static sources reviewed. Families should call before travel. Ask staff to confirm the inmate's housing, whether visits are active, whether the visit is in person or by video, and what identification, clothing, age, and property rules apply.

Note: Do not bring phones, weapons, tobacco, bags, or unnecessary personal items into the facility unless jail staff confirms they are allowed.

Union County Commissary Records

The Tiger Commissary page for Union Co Detention Center is the documented vendor source for money deposits and commissary orders. The vendor page says web deposits place money on an inmate trust fund account, and commissary orders can be shipped to an inmate. Confirm custody with the jail before sending money, because release, transfer, restriction, or a wrong identity match can create delay.