Covington County Roster Status
The active Covington County sheriff page lists Sheriff Darrell M. Perkins, the sheriff's address, phone, fax, and duties, but research did not locate a current official live inmate roster, recent-bookings feed, release list, booking-photo gallery, or vendor-hosted county search form. A 2020 WDAM article reported that an earlier sheriff website included an inmate roster and most-wanted information. That is historical context only. It is not enough to tell a user that a working Covington County roster is available now.
The access chain therefore begins with the Covington County Sheriff's Office phone line, an in-person or written request to the sheriff, and a Mississippi Public Records Act request when a record is not provided informally. Court contacts and Mississippi Electronic Courts help with filed charges. The Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search helps after a person has entered sentenced state custody. Federal Bureau of Prisons, ICE, and VINELink searches serve separate custody questions.
The official Covington County sheriff page is the local source that confirms the sheriff's jailer role and jail-docket duty. The screenshot below shows the sheriff page used for the local address, phone, fax, and office role.
Because the county page gives contact information rather than a public roster interface, current custody questions should be confirmed directly with the sheriff's office before relying on any outside listing.
Fallback Custody Lookup Steps
Use a fallback lookup when asking how do I find someone in the Covington jail. The steps below keep county jail custody separate from court records, MDOC, federal custody, and immigration custody.
- Call the Covington County Sheriff's Office at 601-765-8281. Ask for current inmate custody, booking, bond, hold, or release information. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and any warrant or case number.
- Visit or write the sheriff's office at 1107 Main St., Collins, MS 39428 if phone confirmation is not enough or a written record is needed. Bring government photo ID for in-person requests.
- Submit a Mississippi Public Records Act request to the sheriff for a booking sheet, jail docket entry, bond or hold status, release date, and booking photograph if available for release.
- Check court routing for filed charges. Circuit Court District 13 and Justice Court contacts can help when the question is what charge has been filed, whether a hearing is set, or whether a warrant came from a court.
- Search MDOC when the person has been sentenced to state custody or transferred from the county jail to the state prison system.
- Use the BOP locator for federal prisoners and the ICE Online Detainee Locator System for adult immigration custody. Use VINELink as a notification supplement where coverage is available.
No official Covington County, Mississippi sheriff or major city police mobile app with inmate-roster, warrant-search, or records-request features was confirmed. Search results for a Covington County Sheriff app led to Covington County, Alabama, not Covington County, Mississippi.
Covington County Roster Search Fields
No current official Covington County search form was available to inspect, so the county roster field inventory is intentionally limited. The absence of public fields matters because users should not be told to enter a booking number, name, or date range into a county search screen that research did not find.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| No current official online county jail roster located | n/a | n/a | No official Covington County public roster page with searchable fields was found in current research. |
MDOC State Search Fields
MDOC is useful only when the person is in Mississippi state custody or has moved beyond county jail custody. It is not the same system as the Covington County Jail. The official MDOC inmate search accepts either a name search or an ID-number search.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search Criteria | Radio | Yes | Name or ID Number. |
| Last Name | Text | Conditional | Used when Search Criteria is Name. |
| First Name | Text | Optional or conditional | Used when Search Criteria is Name. |
| MDOC ID Number | Text | Conditional | Used when Search Criteria is ID Number. |
| SEARCH | Button | n/a | Submits the search. |
The MDOC form below is the state search interface, not a county roster. Use it after a sentence or state transfer is likely.
MDOC records can show state custody location and limited public information, while recent county bookings may still require the sheriff or court clerk.
BOP and ICE Field Tables
Federal and immigration custody are separate from the Covington County Jail and from MDOC. BOP covers federal prisoners from 1982 to the present. ICE ODLS covers adults in ICE custody and people in CBP custody more than 48 hours, using either an A-number search or a biographical search.
| BOP Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Name | Text | Optional | Federal inmate name search. |
| Middle Name | Text | Optional | Federal inmate name search. |
| Last Name | Text | Usually needed | Primary federal by-name field. |
| Race | Dropdown | Optional | American Indian, Asian, Black, or White. |
| Sex | Dropdown or radio | Optional | Male or Female. |
| Age | Text | Optional | Narrows by age. |
| ICE Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A-Number | Text | Either this or biographical search | Use the 8- or 9-digit alien registration number. |
| First Name | Text | Required for biographical search | Use legal spelling. |
| Last Name | Text | Required for biographical search | Use legal spelling. |
| Country of Birth | Dropdown or text | Required for biographical search | Must match ICE data. |
| Date of Birth | Date | Required for biographical search | Needed for biographical search. |
Covington County Record Fields
No current public Covington County online inmate profile was available to inspect. The most reliable field inventory comes from Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63, which requires the sheriff to keep a jail docket. A public request can ask for the booking sheet and jail-docket entry, but the sheriff may redact or withhold information that is juvenile, sealed, expunged, medical, victim-sensitive, or tied to an active investigation.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The person received into or placed in the county jail. |
| Warrant or mittimus | The legal paper authorizing custody. |
| Issuing authority | The court or officer that issued the warrant or order. |
| Date of arrest or commitment | When the person was arrested and committed. |
| Crime or cause | The charge, warrant, court order, sentence, hold, or other reason for custody. |
| Custody authority | The legal authority for jail placement. |
| Length of imprisonment | How long the person was held, when complete. |
| Release or discharge | Bond, court order, sentence completion, transfer, dismissal, or other release authority. |
| Booking photo | Not confirmed online. Request through the sheriff or public-records process if not posted. |
| Bond or holds | Ask the sheriff or court because no official online roster was found. |
Jail, MDOC, BOP, and ICE
Many failed searches happen because the wrong system is being searched. A newly arrested person in Collins, Mount Olive, Seminary, or elsewhere in Covington County may still be in local custody and absent from MDOC. A sentenced state prisoner may have left the local jail. A federal defendant or immigration detainee may never appear in a county roster or MDOC search.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| Local pretrial or short-term county custody | Covington County Sheriff's Office | Current booking, local hold, bond, release, jail docket, and local custody status. |
| Sentenced Mississippi state custody | Mississippi Department of Corrections | State prison location, MDOC ID, limited release information, and classification status. |
| Federal custody | Federal Bureau of Prisons locator | Federal prisoners from 1982 to present and federal custody location. |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Adults in ICE custody or people in CBP custody more than 48 hours. |
| Notification | VINELink | Custody notifications where state or agency coverage is available. |
Custody distinction: Covington County Jail records begin with the sheriff. MDOC is for sentenced state custody. BOP and ICE are separate federal systems. Court records explain filed charges, not necessarily current physical custody.
Covington County Jail Contact Card
The only detention facility found physically in Covington County from official county, MDOC, BOP, and ICE searches is the sheriff-operated Covington County Jail / Covington County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility. No state prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, regional correctional facility, separate county annex, or official municipal jail page was found inside Covington County.
Covington County Jail / Covington County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility
1107 Main St.
Collins, MS 39428
601-765-8281
Fax: 601-765-3200
Local visitation, mail, money, phone, and video-visit details were not published on the active official county page. Call before arrival or payment.
Covington County Booking Intake
Local booking can begin after an arrest by the sheriff, Collins Police, Mount Olive Police, Seminary Police, Mississippi Highway Patrol, or another agency. The person may be transported to local custody, searched, identified, booked, screened, and held for bond, first appearance, transfer, release, or court order. The sheriff's duty to keep a jail docket creates the core local custody record.
Typical local booking information includes name confirmation, date of birth, arresting agency, warrant or case number, charge basis, property handling, photograph and fingerprints if taken, medical or mental-health screening under local policy, and a jail docket entry. For court charges after the booking stage, use Covington County court records after a jail arrest rather than treating a booking label as the final court charge.
Visitation, Mail, Money, and Phone Status
Covington County jail-specific visitation, mail, commissary, money-deposit, video-visit, and phone-vendor rules were not located on the active official county website. Do not send money through a vendor, schedule a visit, or mail items based on a third-party jail page unless the sheriff confirms the current rule.
| Topic | Covington County Official Detail Found | User Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not published on active official county page | Call 601-765-8281 before arrival. |
| Visitor ID | Not published locally | Bring government photo ID and confirm minor or child rules by phone. |
| Visitor entrance and parking | Not published locally | Confirm entrance and parking before travel. |
| Mail format | Not published locally | Ask jail for inmate name or ID format and banned items before mailing. |
| Commissary deposits | Not published locally | Do not send money through a vendor unless sheriff confirms it. |
| Phone or video vendor | Not published locally | Ask jail which provider is active and how to create an account. |
| Attorney visits | Not published locally | Attorneys should call the sheriff or jail directly for professional visit rules. |
Court Contacts for Charges and Case Numbers
Court filings do not belong to the jail roster. Circuit Court District 13 at the Covington County Courthouse is at 101 S. Dogwood Avenue, P.O. Box 667, Collins, MS 39428. The listed phone is 601-765-6506, fax 601-765-5012, and email mduckworth@covingtoncountyms.gov. Justice Court is listed at P.O. Box 665, Collins, MS 39428, phone 601-765-6581, fax 601-765-5014, with Cassity Booker as clerk and cbooker@covingtoncountyms.gov as email. MEC is the state judiciary gateway for participating electronic court records.
Ask the sheriff for booking date and custody status, then ask the clerk or MEC for filed charges, court dates, disposition, and case number. District Attorney Christopher D. Hennis, also listed as Chris Hennis for the 13th Circuit District, is the prosecutor contact identified in the 2025 district map with phone 601-847-1342.
Requesting Mississippi Booking Records
The Mississippi Public Records Act is the fallback when a jail record is not published online. A request to the sheriff should identify the person, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, arresting agency, and the specific records needed. Useful wording asks for the booking sheet, jail docket entry, bond or hold status, release or transfer date, and booking photograph if available for release.
Public access is not absolute. Juvenile records, sealed or expunged records, medical details, victim-sensitive information, and active-investigation material may be withheld or redacted. For booking photos, use Covington County jail mugshot and booking photo records to keep the photo question separate from custody confirmation.