Yalobusha Detention Center Release Paths
A person may leave the Yalobusha County Detention Center after posting bond, receiving a recognizance or court-ordered release, gaining a dismissal, receiving credit for time served, or completing a county sentence. Each of those events can return the person to the community. The sheriff record should give the exact exit type and time. The court file supplies the legal order when the reason came from a judge.
Other departures do not mean freedom from custody. Delivery to an MDOC officer moves a sentenced prisoner into the state correctional system. Another county can take custody on its own hold. Federal or immigration authorities may receive a person under their authority. A hospital or other placement under court order can also continue legal custody. The key question is not whether the name vanished, but who received the person next.
| Exit from Yalobusha detention | Where to verify next |
|---|---|
| Bond, dismissal, time served, county sentence end | Sheriff docket plus the relevant court file |
| Transfer to MDOC | Penitentiary receipt and MDOC offender record |
| Another county hold | Transfer record and receiving county |
| Federal or immigration transfer | Transfer authority, then BOP, USMS, court, or ICE as applicable |
A temporary court trip or medical movement does not end the booking. Escape is not a release. Exact source language should be kept because software may group different events under a broad out-of-custody label.
Confirm Yalobusha Detention Center Release
The official county sheriff page provides contacts but no roster, booking archive, 24-hour list, or 72-hour list. A same-day check must therefore begin with the jail. Use two identifiers when possible so a common name is not matched to the wrong booking. Then separate present physical custody from the recorded reason the stay ended.
- Call the jail at 662-473-2722. Give the full name and a birth date, booking number, case number, or approximate booking date.
- Ask if the person is physically present now. If not, ask for the date and time the Yalobusha booking ended.
- Request the exact release, discharge, or transfer description. Ask whether the person entered the community or another agency's custody.
- For written proof, request the section 19-25-63 jail-docket entry and the release warrant, court order, bond authority, or penitentiary receipt.
- Check the source that owns the next event. Use MDOC for a state transfer, the receiving county for its hold, or the relevant federal system when the record points there.
The broad county search workflow, including courts and notification systems, is on the Yalobusha County release records home page. For a legally important result, preserve the agency name, exact status wording, event timestamp, and the time the source was checked.
Yalobusha Detention Records Contact
The operating detention center and Sheriff's Office share the Highway 32 address. The county publishes separate jail and office phone and fax numbers. It does not publish release hours, a release door, records hours, a public-record email, or a local fee schedule. Call before visiting or mailing a request, and ask which submission method the records custodian currently accepts.
Yalobusha County Detention CenterYalobusha County Sheriff
11803 Highway 32
Water Valley, MS 38965
Jail: 662-473-2722
Jail fax: 662-473-4640
Sheriff office: 662-473-3602
Office fax: 662-473-3635
Hours are not published; call first.
A focused request should identify one booking. Ask for the complete jail-docket entry, booking identifier, booking and release times, exact disposition, receiving agency, and the maintained authority supporting release or transfer. If a booking image is needed, request it as a separate electronic record. State that exempt matter may be redacted and request the nonexempt remainder.
Mississippi public-record fees are limited to actual search, review, duplication, and mailing costs. Ask for an itemized advance estimate. If an old record cannot be found, request the approved retention or disposition schedule that applies. If access is denied, ask for a written response naming the precise exemption.
Yalobusha Detention Center Custody
The Yalobusha County Sheriff operates the county jail. County arrests and at least some Water Valley municipal bookings are documented there. The detention center can also hold people for other agencies. Historic local jail-docket reporting includes MDOC and neighboring-county holds, which is why a destination check matters whenever a person leaves.
A county booking does not make the MDOC inmate search the main release source. MDOC becomes relevant only if the person entered its custody or supervision. Likewise, VINELink can offer a quick reported status from a participating agency, but current Yalobusha participation must be tested live. VINELink is a notification layer, not the jail's legal release instrument.
The court system is split between two judicial districts. Justice Court may hold the initial appearance and bond record. Circuit Court keeps felony judgment and sentence records through the Circuit Clerk. Municipal court may own the file for a city case. Pair the right court order with the sheriff's physical-exit record.
Yalobusha Jail Docket Release Fields
Mississippi Code section 19-25-63 requires more than a release date. The docket records the process that placed the prisoner in jail, the warrant or mittimus and its issuer, the prisoner's name, receipt date, arrest and commitment dates, the cause of detention, custody authority, length imprisoned, and how release or discharge occurred. It also calls for the warrant authorizing release or the penitentiary officer's receipt when the person is transferred.
That combination can distinguish a bond release from a dismissal, and a state transfer from a community exit. “Time served” can satisfy the jail portion while probation or other obligations remain. A court order entered on one day and a physical discharge completed on the next can both be correct. Each timestamp answers a different question.
The jail docket is passed to each successor sheriff and is described as a public record. No official source states an online purge period because there is no county online roster or released-person archive. Attachments may still be subject to exemptions and approved record schedules.
Note: Ask for the underlying release authority whenever the short disposition label does not clearly show community release or transfer.
Yalobusha Jail History Versus Today
A 2008 North Mississippi Herald report described the jail then in use as more than forty years old, with 24 beds and federal limits cited at that time. County supervisors later discussed new-jail financing in 2011. Those dated figures explain local facility history. They must not be presented as the current detention center's capacity or as a present court limit.
The official county address today is 11803 Highway 32. Mississippi Department of Archives and History listings separately identify old jail properties around Blackmur and Calhoun streets in Water Valley. Those historic buildings are not the operating release-record contact. Old commercial directories can blur the sites, so use the official sheriff address.
The dated detention-center history report is useful only when its publication period is kept clear.
The image documents historical reporting only. It does not establish today's capacity, release time, door, waiting area, or operating policy.
After Yalobusha Detention Release
No official source establishes a routine release time, family waiting point, property-return process, or jail-gate transportation service. Confirm each operational fact with the detention center. A bond order or expected sentence end does not guarantee the time when final processing, identity checks, property return, and any hold review will be complete.
An MDOT planning report identifies Central Mississippi, Inc., also called Delta Rides, as a rural demand-response provider serving Yalobusha. It does not promise pickup at the detention center. Ask the provider about eligibility, reservation timing, pickup location, service hours, and fare only after the jail confirms the exit point and likely timing.
Community release may still involve bond terms, probation, post-release supervision, or another court duty. Parole and earned release supervision apply to state cases and retain MDOC authority. The release docket answers how the county booking ended, not whether every later legal obligation has ended.
Personal property and identification should also be confirmed with the jail instead of assumed. The research found no published Yalobusha procedure for property pickup, medication return, replacement identification, or pickup by another person. Ask what the released person receives, what remains available later, which identification a representative would need, and how long any property is held. These are operating questions, not facts that can be inferred from a court order.
When release follows bond, keep a copy of the bond order and note the next court date shown by the court. When a county sentence ends, ask whether probation or post-release terms remain in the judgment. When a transfer occurs, obtain the receiving agency and time so the next custody check begins in the right place. This short evidence trail prevents a later missing-name search from being mistaken for proof that all custody and supervision ended.