Montgomery County Jail Overview
Montgomery County Jail is treated in the county research as the local jail operation under the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department. The official sheriff contact is Sheriff Jeff Tompkins at 614 Summit St., Winona, MS 38967. The sheriff page describes duties tied to local custody, including keeping the peace, courthouse custody, court security, service of papers, and transportation responsibilities. Those duties make the sheriff's office the primary local source when someone needs to confirm whether a person is in county custody after an arrest in Winona, Kilmichael, Duck Hill, or another Montgomery County community.
The facility type is county jail / sheriff custody. The population held may include adult arrestees, pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, and people waiting for court action, release, or transfer. The researched county sources did not publish a separate jail administrator, booking desk number, jail lobby hours, housing-unit layout, female housing details, medical unit information, visitor entrance, or current bed capacity. That absence matters because a reader should not expect a complete online booking profile from the county website.
The official Montgomery County sheriff screenshot is available from the county sheriff page.
The image confirms the local contact focus: sheriff name, office location, phone, and email are published, while a jail roster, booking gallery, capacity chart, and visitor schedule are not shown in the captured official source.
Montgomery County Jail Capacity and Population
Current Montgomery County Jail capacity and current daily population were not published in the official county or sheriff sources reviewed. No county dashboard, annual jail report, roster count, pod-by-pod capacity, or current average daily population table was located. A high-authority Vera Montgomery County factsheet search result reported 78 people incarcerated on an average day in May 2022 and a 33 percent decrease from May 2019 to May 2022, but that is a historical trend snapshot rather than a current jail count or rated capacity.
For page users comparing local custody to state custody, the distinction is important. A recent county arrest may be held locally even when no online list exists. A sentenced state prisoner should be checked through the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search. A person moved to federal or immigration custody belongs in the BOP, U.S. Marshals, or ICE path, not in a Montgomery County jail-capacity discussion.
Because the published 78 count is historical, it should not be used as a live jail census. To ask about a current jail docket, call the sheriff or submit a written public-records request for the specific jail record fields.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Montgomery County Jail
No official Montgomery County online jail roster, booking report, recent-arrests page, warrant search, or mugshot gallery was located on the county or sheriff website. The local lookup path therefore starts with the sheriff's office. For sentenced state custody, use the MDOC inmate search. For federal sentenced custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration custody, the ICE Online Detainee Locator is the correct federal system, but it is not a county jail roster or mugshot source.
- Call the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department at 662-283-3343 and ask whether the person is currently in county custody.
- Have the person's full name, date of birth if known, arresting agency, and approximate arrest date ready before calling.
- If informal confirmation is not available, ask how to submit a written public-records request for the jail docket or booking record.
- If the person has been sentenced, transferred, or released to another agency, check MDOC, BOP, ICE, VINELink, or the court record path that matches the transfer.
Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63 is the strongest local records anchor because it requires the sheriff to keep a public jail docket. Useful request wording asks for the person's name as entered, date and time received, arrest and commitment date, charge or cause, authority for imprisonment, release or discharge entry, and any transfer receipt if sent to MDOC.
Montgomery County Jail Address and Contact
The official sheriff address is the published local contact point for jail-custody questions. County offices, courts, and the sheriff are concentrated around Summit Street in Winona, the county seat. Montgomery County also describes itself as located at the crossroads of I-55 and Highway 82, but the county did not publish jail-specific driving directions, visitor parking details, public transit information, or a separate intake entrance. Confirm the correct public entrance before traveling.
Montgomery County Jail
614 Summit St.
Winona, MS 38967
662-283-3343
Sheriff Jeff Tompkins, jtompkins@montgomerycountyms.com
Visiting Someone at Montgomery County Jail
Montgomery County did not publish a jail visitation schedule, video visitation rule, dress code, visitor approval form, attorney-visit process, or visitor entrance instructions in the official sources reviewed. The safest practical rule is to call the sheriff before traveling, especially because custody status, bond release, medical status, court transport, and holds can change quickly. Do not bring weapons, contraband, unnecessary bags, recording equipment, or large personal items unless the sheriff confirms the rules.
| Topic | Official Montgomery County Finding | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Schedule not published | Call 662-283-3343 before arrival |
| Video visits | Vendor or availability not published | Ask whether any video system is used |
| Visitor approval | Form not published | Confirm ID and approval requirements by phone |
| Attorney visits | Local process not published | Attorneys should contact the sheriff directly |
| Parking and entrance | Not published | Confirm the public entrance before driving to Summit Street |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Montgomery County Jail
Official county sources did not publish inmate mail formatting, accepted money-deposit methods, commissary rules, phone-call provider, tablet program, video-call vendor, deposit fees, or account limits. Do not send funds or mail until the sheriff confirms the person is still in custody and gives the correct format. If the person has been moved to MDOC, the state facility rules replace any local jail instructions.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Not published. Ask for inmate name, booking identifier if used, and the accepted mailing address before sending mail. |
| Phone / Video | No county phone or video vendor was located. Ask whether calls are collect, prepaid, or vendor managed. |
| Money Deposit | No official commissary or deposit vendor was located. Do not send money until the sheriff confirms accepted methods. |
Booking and Intake at Montgomery County Jail
Montgomery County did not publish a local booking-process explainer, so the reliable description comes from the county structure, Mississippi criminal procedure, and the sheriff jail-docket statute. A typical path starts with arrest by sheriff's deputies, Winona police, or another agency. The person is transported for local processing, identity and warrant checks, property handling, fingerprinting or photographing where required, jail-docket entry, court handling, bond decision, release, or transfer.
The jail-docket entry is the key public-record concept for Montgomery County. It can document the legal paper used to receive the person, the issuing authority, the prisoner's name, the date and time received, arrest and commitment date, crime or cause, authority for imprisonment, custody length, release or discharge, and transfer receipt. Because no online roster was located, new bookings may not appear online at all. The sheriff phone and written request process are the fallback.
About Montgomery County Jail
Local research did not locate a county jail history page, construction year, accreditation statement, jail programs list, reentry services, grievance instructions, medical request process, PREA notice, or current jail-conditions report on the Montgomery County sheriff pages. State-level jail-officer standards from Mississippi DPS BJOST explain the training and certification context for detention officers, including professional duties connected to health, safety, and welfare, but those state standards do not supply Montgomery County-specific housing rules or service schedules.
No official Montgomery County sheriff mobile app, app-only jail roster, warrant search, or mugshot feature was located. Crime Stoppers information is useful for reporting tips, not for confirming custody. Court records after arrest should be checked through Justice Court, Circuit Court, the Circuit Clerk, or MEC as the case progresses because booking charges and formal court charges may differ.
Note: Confirm custody, visitor access, and money instructions with the sheriff before traveling, mailing anything, or sending funds.