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.
Lafayette County, Mississippi, has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lafayette County is held at the county jail, run by the Lafayette 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: Lafayette County public records, Lafayette County arrest records, Lafayette County warrants, Lafayette County police reports, Lafayette County property records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Lafayette County
The county jail, run by the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Lafayette County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office at lcsheriff.com/detention (page title: Detention | Lafayette County Sheriff Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Lafayette County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 140 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 135 beds, and it ran at 107 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Lafayette County has about 60,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Lafayette County Jail
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Oxford make the arrests that end in a booking in Lafayette County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Lafayette County: the University of Mississippi at Oxford (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Oxford's 1,255 for 2025 and the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office's 188 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Lafayette County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,609 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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 Lafayette County?
Ask the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lcsheriff.com/detention.
How many people are in the Lafayette County jail?
About 140 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 135 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Lafayette 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 Lafayette 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.