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 30, 2026.
Panola County, Mississippi, has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Panola County is held at the county jail, run by the Panola 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: Panola County public records, Panola County arrest records, Panola County warrants, Panola County criminal records, Panola County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Panola County
The county jail, run by the Panola County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Panola County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Panola County Sheriff's Office at panolacountysheriffms.com/inmateRoster (page title: Panola County Sheriff's Office (MS)), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
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 Panola County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 92 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 300 beds, and it ran at 31 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Panola County has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 28 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Panola County Jail
The Panola County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Batesville, Como and Crenshaw make the arrests that end in a booking in Panola County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Panola County: Batesville Commercial Transportation Enforcement Division (state agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Como's 1,152 for 2025, Crenshaw's 1,152 for 2025 and Batesville's 568 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Panola County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,872 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 Panola 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 Panola 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 Panola County?
Look on the custody page of the Panola County Sheriff's Office at panolacountysheriffms.com/inmateRoster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Panola County jail?
About 92 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 300 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Panola 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 Panola 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.