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.
Attala County, Mississippi, has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Attala County is held at the county jail, run by the Attala 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: Attala County public records, Attala County arrest records, Attala County warrants, Attala County criminal records, Attala County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Attala County
The county jail, run by the Attala County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Attala County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Attala County Sheriff's Office at attalacounty.net/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Attala County), phone 662-289-5556, 102 Ridgewood Circle Kosciusko, MS 39090, 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 662-289-5556.
The Attala County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2016 the jail held about 23 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Attala County has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Attala County Jail
The Attala County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kosciusko make the arrests that end in a booking in Attala County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Kosciusko's 727 for 2025 and the Attala County Sheriff's Office's 56 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Attala County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 783 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 Attala 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 Attala 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 Attala County?
Ask the Attala County Sheriff's Office at 662-289-5556; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at attalacounty.net/sheriff.
How many people are in the Attala County jail?
About 23 on an average day in 2016, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
What is the phone number for the Attala County jail?
662-289-5556, the number on the page of the Attala County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Attala 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 Attala 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.