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.
George County, Mississippi, has about 26,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the George County Sheriff's Office and one city agency. An arrest 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 George County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: George County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in George County
The George County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for George County. It reported 145 arrests for 2025.
The FBI lists one city in George County with a reporting agency of its own:
- Lucedale, 3,124 residents: 43 arrests reported for 2024.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in George County
The FBI publishes every agency's monthly arrest counts on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- George County Sheriff's Office: 145 for 2025, 218 for 2024, 244 for 2023, 192 for 2022, 193 for 2021 and 127 for 2020.
- Lucedale: 43 for 2024, 131 for 2023, 89 for 2022, 34 for 2021 and 155 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 261 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2024 and 2023 complete reported 261 in 2024 against 375 in 2023, down 30 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in George County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in George County 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 2023 the jail held about 420 people, up from about 340 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 454 beds, and it ran at 92 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 George County Sheriff's Office at georgecountymssheriff.com/inmateSearch (page title: George County Sheriff’s Office MS), 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 sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Mississippi Department of Corrections lists its inmates at mdoc.ms.gov/inmate_search.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in George County
An arrest in George County can be traced in two places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the George County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the District Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at georgecountyms.com/county_prosecutor.html, phone 601.947.6161).
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 George County
The report of an arrest is released by the agency that made it; the jail and the court hold their own records of the same event, but not the report. 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 George County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit.
- An arrest in Lucedale: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the District Attorney, 601.947.6161, handles discovery for pending cases.
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in George County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for Lucedale, the one city in George County.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the George County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in George County each year?
The George County Sheriff's Office reported 145 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2024, the latest year most of the agencies in George County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 261 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in George County?
Look on the custody page of the George County Sheriff's Office at georgecountymssheriff.com/inmateSearch. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in George County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the George County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in George County?
The court files of criminal cases in the George 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 George County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the George 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.
Is this the official George 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.