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 28, 2026.
Greene County, Mississippi, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Greene County Sheriff's Office and two city agencies. 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 Greene 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: Greene County public records, Mississippi arrest records, Mississippi inmate search and Mississippi criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Greene County
The Greene County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Greene County. It reported 32 arrests for 2023, its latest complete year.
Arrests inside two of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Leakesville, 3,743 residents.
- McLain, 315 residents: 1,152 arrests reported for 2025.
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 Greene County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them 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.
- McLain: 1,152 for 2025, 1,152 for 2024, 1,146 for 2023, 1,132 for 2022, 919 for 2021 and 1,146 for 2020.
- Greene County Sheriff's Office: 32 for 2023 and 19 for 2022.
Together, the two agencies with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 1,178 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2023 and 2022 complete reported 1,178 in 2023 against 1,151 in 2022, up 2.3 percent.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Greene County Are Held
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Greene 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 2019 the jail held about 25 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 25 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Greene County Sheriff's Office at greenecountyms.gov/about-5-4 (page title: Sheriff | Greene County MS), phone (601) 394-2342, 403 McInnis Avenue Leakesville, MS 39451, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 2026.
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 Greene County
For Greene County the place to look is the case index of the Greene County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountycircuitclerk.com/circuit-court.html, phone (601) 394-2379).
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 Greene County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. 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 Greene County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at (601) 394-2342.
- An arrest in Leakesville or McLain: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Greene County Circuit Court, through the court records page at greenecountycircuitclerk.com, phone (601) 394-2379.
- Any county record that is not posted: the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyoh.nextrequest.com (page title: Public Records RequestsNextRequest | Modern FOIA & Public Records Request Software).
- Your own statewide record: a fingerprint-based request to the Criminal Information Center.
Cities in Greene County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for two of the three cities in Greene County: Leakesville and McLain. State Line has no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Greene County Circuit Court.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Greene County each year?
McLain reported 1,152 arrests to the FBI for 2025. For 2023, the latest year most of the agencies in Greene County sent in full, the two with every month on file reported 1,178 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Greene County?
Ask the Greene County Sheriff's Office at (601) 394-2342; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyms.gov/about-5-4.
Where are people arrested in Greene County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Greene County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Greene County?
The court files of criminal cases in the Greene 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 Greene County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Greene 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; the county records request page SearchSystems verified is at greenecountyoh.nextrequest.com.
Is this the official Greene 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.