This is a private reference site, not the Copiah County Sheriff's Office, the jail, a clerk's office, or any Mississippi government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. Use the official offices below for custody and records questions.
Where to Check for a Person or Record
For county jail custody, start with the sheriff-run jail listed by Copiah County:
Copiah County Sheriff's Office / Copiah County Jail
Sheriff Byron Swilley
20030 Highway 51, Gallman, MS 39077
Phone: (601) 892-2023 or (601) 894-3011
Fax: (601) 892-2133
Official page: Copiah County Sheriff
No separate public jail lobby hours, booking desk number, online records request form, visitation schedule, or commissary schedule was located in the official research. Call before visiting or mailing a request.
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, use the jail inmate records page and then contact the Copiah County Sheriff's Office if the online paths do not answer the question.
- For a booking photo or jail docket item, review jail roster mugshots and direct public-records requests to the sheriff unless staff gives a different records route.
- For charges, first appearances, bond settings, preliminary hearings, or filed court records after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest. Justice Court Clerk Mona Lisa Carr can be reached at 121 W. Frost Street, Hazlehurst, MS 39083, (601) 894-3218 or (601) 894-4403, fax (601) 894-6038, mcarr@copiahcountyms.gov. Circuit Clerk Derrick Cubit handles circuit court records at P.O. Box 467, Hazlehurst, MS 39083, physical address 100 Caldwell Dr., Hazlehurst, MS 39083, derrick@copiahcountyms.gov, (601) 894-1241. District Attorney Daniella M. Shorter's Copiah office is at 272 West Gallatin Street, Hazlehurst, mailing P.O. Drawer 767, Hazlehurst, MS 39083-0767, (601) 894-5040, fax (601) 894-9080.
- For the local detention facility page, use Copiah County Sheriff's Office / Copiah County Jail.
- For a sentenced Mississippi state prisoner, search MDOC at https://www.ms.gov/mdoc/inmate/search/index. Mississippi VINELink is also available at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/MS/ENGLISH for custody notification.
- For federal or immigration custody, search the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/ or the ICE detainee locator at https://locator.ice.gov/odls/. Federal pretrial matters may require the U.S. Marshals, federal court, or PACER route.