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 on September 24, 2026.
Amite County, Mississippi, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Amite County is held at the county jail, run by the Amite 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.
Related guides: Amite County public records, Amite County arrest records, Amite County warrants, Amite County criminal records, Amite County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Amite County
The county jail, run by the Amite County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Amite County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Amite County Sheriff's Office at amitecounty.ms/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Amite County, Mississippi), phone 601-657-8057, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 601-657-8057.
The Amite County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 58 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 17 beds, and it ran at 341 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Amite County has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 47 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Amite County Jail
The Amite County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gloster make the arrests that end in a booking in Amite County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Gloster's 1,152 for 2025 and the Amite County Sheriff's Office's 5 for 2023.
Gloster reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Amite County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Amite County serves the sentence in a facility of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Amite County?
Ask the Amite County Sheriff's Office at 601-657-8057; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at amitecounty.ms/sheriff.
How many people are in the Amite County jail?
About 58 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 17 beds.
What is the phone number for the Amite County jail?
601-657-8057, the number on the page of the Amite County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Amite 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 Amite County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.