Revised Date:  01/19/2012

The Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) has a federal court order capacity of 1668 beds available in county jails to house state inmates.  In many instances the sheriff of an approved county jail will request that a state inmate be housed at their facility.  These state inmates, often referred to as trusty or work program inmates, provide free labor to the sheriff in the form of jail support.  State inmates housed in county jails also provide free labor to municipalities and counties in the form of building and property maintenance, construction, litter cleanup, and beautification projects to roads, parks and other public property. 

The following is a list of approved county jails and the court ordered capacity for housing of state inmates:

APPROVED COUNTY JAILS           UNAPPROVED COUNTY JAILS Alcorn CJ 10 Adams 0 Walthall CJ 0 Alcorn CSWP 70 Amite CJ 0 Warren CJ 0 Attala CSWP 16 Attala CJ 0 Washington CJ 0 Bolivar CJ 41 Benton 0 Wayne 0 Bolivar CSWP (females) 75 Calhoun CJ 0 Webster 0 Carroll CJ 30 Choctaw CJ 0 Wilkinson CJ 0 Chickasaw CJ (Houston) 14 Claiborne CJ 0 Winston CJ 0 Chickasaw CSWP 50 Clarke CJ 0 Yalobusha 0 Choctaw CSWP 24 Coahoma CJ 0 Yazoo 0 Clay CJ 64 Copiah CJ 0     Grenada CJ 73 Covington CJ 0     Grenada CSWP 70 Desoto CJ 0     Hinds CJ 23 Desoto CSWP 0     Hinds CSWP 200 Forrest CJ 0     Holmes CSWP 36 Franklin CJ 0     Humphreys CJ 5 George CJ 0     Issaquena CSWP 20 Greene CJ 0     Jefferson CSWP 30 Hancock CJA 0     Kemper CSWP 50 Harrison CJ 0     Lafayette CJ 10 Hinds County Farm 0     Lauderdale CSWP 40 Hinds CJ Raymond 0     Leake CJ 5 Holmes CJ 0     Leake CSWP 72 Issaquena CJ 0     Lincoln CJ 20 Itawamba CJ 0     Marion CSWP (males) 20 Jackson CJ 0     Marion CSWP (females) 92 Jasper CJ 0     Marshall CJ 8 Jefferson  CJ 0     Monroe CJ 14 Jefferson Davis CJ 0     Monroe CSWP 60 Jones CJ 0     Panola CJ 16 Kemper CJ 0     Panola CSWP 32 Lamar 0     Pearl River CSWP 75 Lauderdale CJ 0     Prentiss CSWP 18 Lawrence CJ 0     Quitman CJ 6 Lee CJ 0     Scott JSCWP (old city Jail) 48 Leflore CJ 0     Scott County Jail 6 Lowndes CJ 0     Simpson CJ 17 Madison CJ 0     Simpson CSWP 30 Marion CJ 0     Stone CSWP 50 Neshoba CJ 0     Sunflower CJ 6 Neshoba CJ Modular Annex 0     Tallahatchie CJ 4 Newton CJ 0     Tallahatchie CWP (old Jail) 34 Noxubee CJ 0     Tate CJ 6 Oktibbeha CJ 0     Tate CSWP 28 Pearl River CJ 0     Tishomingo CJ 6 Perry CJ 0     Union CSWP 24 Pike CJ 0     Winston CSWP 20 Pontotoc CJ 0       Prentiss CJ 0       Rankin CJ 0       Rankin CSWP 0     Total Jail Capacity 1668 Sharkey CJ 0     Revised January 13, 2012 (SA) Smith CJ 0       Stone CJ 0       Tippah CJ 0       Tunica CJ 0     Revised   Union 0     Scott CSWP 18 to 48           Simpson CSWP 30           Marshall CJ 16 to 8