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 October 4, 2026.
Clarke County, Mississippi, has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Clarke County is held at the county jail, run by the Clarke 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: Clarke County public records, Clarke County arrest records, Clarke County warrants, Clarke County criminal records, Clarke County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Clarke County
The county jail, run by the Clarke County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Clarke County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Clarke County Sheriff's Office at clarkecountyms.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Clarke County, Mississippi), phone 601-776-5252, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 601-776-5252.
The Clarke County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 23 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 26 beds, and it ran at 88 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Clarke County has about 15,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Clarke County Jail
The Clarke County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Quitman and Stonewall make the arrests that end in a booking in Clarke County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Stonewall's 1,152 for 2025, the Clarke County Sheriff's Office's 1,152 for 2025 and Quitman's 111 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Clarke County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,415 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 Clarke County 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 Clarke County?
Ask the Clarke County Sheriff's Office at 601-776-5252; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at clarkecountyms.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Clarke County jail?
About 23 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 26 beds.
What is the phone number for the Clarke County jail?
601-776-5252, the number on the page of the Clarke County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Clarke 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 Clarke 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.