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 2, 2026.
Kemper County, Mississippi, has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kemper County is held at the county jail, run by the Kemper 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: Kemper County public records, Kemper County arrest records, Kemper County warrants, Kemper County criminal records, Kemper County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Kemper County
The county jail, run by the Kemper County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Kemper County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Kemper County Sheriff's Office at kempercounty.com/inmate-roster (page title: Kemper County Inmate Roster), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone 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.
The Kemper County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 380 people, up from about 340 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 442 beds, and it ran at 86 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Kemper County has about 8,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 446 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Kemper County Jail
The Kemper County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Kemper County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Kemper County: East Mississippi Community College at Scooba and East Mississippi Community College at Golden Triangle (campus police).
The Kemper County Sheriff's Office reported 37 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 Kemper 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 Kemper County?
Look on the custody page of the Kemper County Sheriff's Office at kempercounty.com/inmate-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Kemper County jail?
About 380 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 442 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kemper 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 Kemper 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.