Montgomery County Jail Roster Status
No official Montgomery County online jail roster, booking report, recent-arrests feed, warrant search, sheriff app, or mugshot gallery was located on the county or sheriff site in the research source set. That absence matters. A person searching Montgomery County inmate records should not expect a county web form that returns live booking profiles, bond entries, housing units, or release times. The county's official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Jeff Tompkins and gives the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department as the practical first point for current jail custody questions.
The official county custody path is narrower and more direct. Call the sheriff, visit or mail the sheriff's office, or make a written public records request for the jail docket or booking record. If the arrest began with Winona Police Department, the city police department can help with municipal processing questions before the person is released, bonded, or transferred to county custody. MDOC, BOP, ICE, and VINELink serve different custody systems, so they should not be treated as a Montgomery County jail roster substitute.
The official Montgomery County Sheriff's Department page is the local source for the sheriff contact details used for custody follow-up.
Because that page does not publish a roster link or booking desk number, the sheriff phone and written-record route carry more weight for Montgomery County inmate records than a web search box.
How to Check Montgomery County Custody
Use a fallback chain for Montgomery County inmate records because the researched official sources did not show a public roster portal. The chain begins with the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department for local custody, moves to Winona Police Department for city arrests, and then shifts to state, federal, or immigration locators only when the person may have left county custody. The goal is to match the search channel to the legal status of the person.
- Call the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department at 662-283-3343 and ask whether the person is currently in county custody.
- Ask for the booking date, charge or cause, bond or hold status, and whether a booking number or jail docket entry can be provided.
- If Winona police made the arrest, call 662-283-1140 during the published Monday through Friday business hours to ask whether the person was processed by the city or moved to county custody.
- For a formal record, send a written request to the office holding the record and ask for the jail docket fields tied to the arrest.
- Use the MDOC inmate search for sentenced state custody, VINELink Mississippi for notification support, BOP for federal sentenced custody, and ICE for immigration detention.
For custody facts that are not provided by phone, request the jail docket rather than asking for a broad "arrest record." Mississippi's jail docket statute names the local fields that matter: receipt into jail, arrest and commitment date, cause, authority, release or discharge, and transfer receipt if the person is sent to state custody.
Montgomery County Roster Search Fields
The county did not publish an official jail search form, so the roster field table is intentionally blank for local online search fields. This is not a technical error. It reflects the researched Montgomery County source set. Search fields exist for MDOC, BOP, and ICE, but those locators answer different custody questions.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online county roster field | n/a | n/a | No official Montgomery County jail search form was located. |
MDOC has its own search fields for people in state correctional custody.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | text | No if ID used | Name search for state custody. |
| Last Name | text | No if ID used | Name search for state custody. |
| MDOC ID Number | text | No if name used | Best unique state corrections identifier. |
| Search Criteria | radio | Yes on MS.gov interface | Name or ID Number. |
What Montgomery County Jail Records Show
A public Montgomery County inmate profile was not available to inspect because no official online county roster was found. The strongest local record to ask about is the sheriff's jail docket. Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63 requires the sheriff to keep a public jail docket that records the legal paper by which a person is received, the issuing source, the person's name, the received date, the arrest and commitment date, the crime or cause, the authority for imprisonment, custody length, release or discharge, and transfer receipt when sent to MDOC.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Warrant or mittimus | The legal paper used to receive or hold the person in jail. |
| Issuing authority | The court or officer who issued the warrant or custody order. |
| Prisoner name | The person held in Montgomery County custody. |
| Date received | When the person was received into the jail record. |
| Crime or cause | The stated reason for imprisonment. |
| Release or discharge | How custody ended, including bond, court order, transfer, or sentence completion. |
For court charges after a jail arrest, use the Circuit Clerk, Justice Court, or MEC path rather than treating a jail entry as the full criminal case file. Jail records show custody. Court records show filings, charge status, hearings, judgments, and expunction results when public access is allowed.
Montgomery County Jail vs State Custody
Montgomery County inmate records can move from one system to another. A fresh arrest may begin with the sheriff or Winona police. A misdemeanor or preliminary felony matter may involve Justice Court. A felony case can move through Circuit Court and the Circuit Clerk. If the person is sentenced to state custody, the lookup shifts to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Federal and immigration records use their own national locators.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Pretrial county custody | Montgomery County Sheriff's Department, 662-283-3343 | Local jail custody, jail docket, booking, bond, release, and transfer questions. |
| City arrest or municipal processing | Winona Police Department, 662-283-1140 | Short-term police processing before release, municipal court, bond, or transfer. |
| Sentenced state custody | MDOC inmate search | State prison, regional correctional facility, parolee, or MDOC transfer status. |
| Federal sentenced custody | Federal BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Current ICE custody or CBP custody over 48 hours, when locator criteria are met. |
Custody distinction: A Montgomery County jail record is not the same as an MDOC record, a BOP record, or an ICE locator result. Search the system that actually holds the person.
Montgomery County Inmate Record Facilities
Three facilities or custody points are relevant to Montgomery County inmate records. The Montgomery County Jail is the local sheriff custody point. The Winona Police Department Holding Facility is a short-term municipal processing context, not a full county roster source. The Carroll County Regional Correctional Facility is listed by MDOC in Vaiden and is relevant for state or regional correctional custody, not for a fresh Montgomery County arrest.
Montgomery County Jail
614 Summit St.
Winona, MS 38967
662-283-3343
Capacity, visitation schedule, commissary vendor, and booking desk number were not published in the official county sources reviewed.
Winona Police Department Holding Facility
116 Quitman Street
Winona, MS 38967
662-283-1140
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Carroll County Regional Correctional Facility
33714 MS Hwy 35
Vaiden, MS 39176
662-464-5440
Use MDOC search for sentenced or state custody.
Montgomery County Booking Records
A typical Montgomery County booking path starts with arrest by sheriff's deputies, Winona police, or another agency, followed by transport to a local processing point. Staff verify identity, check warrants and holds, inventory property, record the legal authority for custody, and add the jail docket entry. Mississippi criminal-history reporting also ties arrest cards, fingerprints, descriptions, and photographs to covered arrest events. Local details such as housing classification, medical screening, visitor entrance rules, and roster update timing were not published by Montgomery County.
Initial court handling affects what the record means. A person may be released, held on bond, held on a detainer, or moved toward Justice Court or Circuit Court. A jail booking charge is an intake allegation or custody reason. The formal court charge may be amended, reduced, dismissed, or replaced by an indictment. For those later records, use Montgomery County court records after jail arrest rather than relying on the booking entry alone.
- Booking
- Administrative intake after arrest.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency that may block release.
- Mittimus
- A court order directing jail custody.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held before final case disposition.
Montgomery County Visitation Records
Montgomery County did not publish a county jail visitation schedule, video visit vendor, mail format, commissary vendor, phone vendor, or inmate-fund process in the official sources reviewed. That means visitors should not send money, mail, or arrive for a visit until the sheriff confirms custody and current rules. MDOC has published visitation and search rules for state facilities, but those rules should not be copied onto the county jail unless the sheriff adopts them.
| Topic | Official Montgomery County Finding | Practical Next Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Not published | Call 662-283-3343 before traveling. |
| Video visitation | Not published | Ask whether any vendor or schedule is used. |
| Mail address format | Not published | Confirm inmate name, booking number if any, and mailing format. |
| Money deposits | Not published | Do not send funds until accepted methods are confirmed. |
| Commissary | Not published | Ask whether commissary is available and how it is funded. |
| Attorney visits | Not published | Attorneys should contact the sheriff or jail directly. |
Note: Confirm custody and rules before a visit, money deposit, or mailed item because Montgomery County did not publish jail service schedules.
State and Federal Inmate Records
The MDOC inmate search is the right channel once a person is in sentenced state custody or under state corrections supervision. MDOC allows search by first name, last name, or MDOC ID number. The MS.gov version also offers search criteria for Name or ID Number. MDOC's public-records page states that inmate records requests must be in writing and are not accepted by telephone, which is useful context for state records not visible in the locator.
The VINELink Mississippi service supports custody-status notifications, but it is not a complete roster. The BOP locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and warns that release dates may change. ICE can be searched by A-number or by name, country of birth, and date of birth, but it is not a county jail record source. For booking photos, use the records-request path described on the Montgomery County jail mugshots page.
The MDOC inmate search page shows the statewide search fields used after a person moves from local jail custody into Mississippi corrections.
That statewide locator helps with sentenced custody, while Montgomery County Sheriff's Department remains the local route for a current jail booking or jail docket request.