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 1, 2026.
Perry County, Mississippi, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Perry County is held at the county jail, run by the Perry 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: Perry County public records, Perry County arrest records, Perry County warrants, Perry County criminal records, Perry County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Perry County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Perry County is held at the county jail, run by the Perry County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Perry County Sheriff's Office at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail (page title: Inmates | ISOMS Portal), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Perry County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 32 people, up from about 25 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 33 beds, and it ran at 76 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Perry County has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 28 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Perry County Jail
The Perry County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for New Augusta make the arrests that end in a booking in Perry County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Perry County Sheriff's Office's 1,152 for 2025 and New Augusta's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Perry County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,304 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 Perry 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 Perry 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 Perry County?
Ask the Perry County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at isoms.perrycountysheriff.net/portal/Jail.
How many people are in the Perry County jail?
About 32 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 33 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Perry 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 Perry 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.