Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. 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 September 30, 2026.
Starkville, Mississippi, in Oktibbeha County, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Starkville is held at the county jail, run by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Starkville
The county jail, run by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Starkville, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.oktibbeha.ms.us/inmateRoster (page title: Inmate Roster | Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Oktibbeha County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 60 people, down from about 84 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 125 beds, and it ran at 48 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Oktibbeha County has about 52,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Oktibbeha County Jail
The Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Starkville (filed by the FBI as Starkville Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Starkville.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Oktibbeha County: Starkville Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division (state agency); Mississippi State University (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Starkville's 1,195 for 2025 and the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office's 226 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies in Oktibbeha County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 1,234 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Starkville arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Mississippi Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Starkville?
Look on the custody page of the Oktibbeha County Sheriff's Office at sheriff.oktibbeha.ms.us/inmateRoster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Oktibbeha County jail?
About 60 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 125 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Oktibbeha County go?
To a facility of the Mississippi Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
Is this the official Starkville 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.