Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Diamondhead, Mississippi, in Hancock County, has about 9,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). An arrest in the city leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the District Attorney files charges, a case in the Hancock County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it.
This guide covers who makes arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies and common questions.
Related guides: Diamondhead public records, Hancock County arrest records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Who Makes Arrests in Diamondhead
The FBI lists no arrest reporting agency under the name of Diamondhead. In Hancock County the county agency that reports arrests is the Hancock County Sheriff's Office.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Diamondhead Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Diamondhead is held at the county jail, whichever agency made the arrest, apart from the short stay some city departments' own holding cells allow; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked at all. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and the court file takes over from there.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 170 people, down from about 200 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 225 beds, and it ran at 88 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hancock County Sheriff's Office at hancockso.com/InmateRoster/hancock_inmatelist.html (page title: Hancock County Sheriff's Office), phone 228-466-6900, 8450 Highway 90, Bay St. Louis, MS 39520, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was booked recently; a person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
A person sentenced to prison serves the sentence in a facility of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Diamondhead
Whether someone was arrested in Diamondhead, and what came of it, shows up in three places: the custody page of the Hancock County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Hancock County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at hancockcounty.ms.gov/214/Circuit-Clerk, phone 228-467-5265); the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at hancockcounty.ms.gov/m/directory/department?did=40, phone 228-467-6631).
Mississippi does not let the public search another person's statewide criminal history. The record kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center goes to the person it belongs to and to employers and agencies the law authorizes; for everyone else the court's own case index is the public record of an arrest that led to a charge.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Diamondhead
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the agency must answer within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow, and it may charge the actual cost of search, review and copying.
- An arrest by the Diamondhead police: the police records page SearchSystems verified at diamondhead.ms.gov/police/webform/request-police-report (page title: Request a Police Report | Diamondhead Mississippi), phone 228-222-4649, 5000 Diamondhead Circle, Diamondhead, MS 39525, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 26, 2026.
- An arrest by the Hancock County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 228-466-6900.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 228-467-6631, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Hancock County Circuit Court, through the court records page at hancockcounty.ms.gov/214/Circuit-Clerk, phone 228-467-5265.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hancockcounty.ms.gov (page title: HANCOCK COUNTY Public Records Request Form Date of Request _____ _).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
The Hancock County guide covers every agency in the county: Hancock County arrest records.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Diamondhead?
Look on the custody page of the Hancock County Sheriff's Office at hancockso.com, or call 228-466-6900. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Diamondhead booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Hancock County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Diamondhead?
The court files of criminal cases in the Hancock County Circuit Court are public and can be looked up through the court. The statewide criminal history kept by the Mississippi Department of Public Safety Criminal Information Center is not public; you can get your own. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Mississippi Public Records Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Diamondhead?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Hancock County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Mississippi Public Records Act the answer is due within 7 working days, or up to 14 where local rules allow; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at hancockcounty.ms.gov.
Is this the official Diamondhead website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.