Reviewed and updated October 11, 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 11, 2026.
Sunflower County, Mississippi, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sunflower County is held at the county jail, run by the Sunflower 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Sunflower County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sunflower County is held at the county jail, run by the Sunflower County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Sunflower County Sheriff's Office at sunflowersheriffoffice.org (page title: Sunflower County Sheriff Department), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 11, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Sunflower County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2020 the jail held about 43 people, down from about 57 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 94 beds, and it ran at 61 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Sunflower County has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sunflower County Jail
The Sunflower County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Indianola, Ruleville, Moorhead, Drew, Sunflower and Inverness make the arrests that end in a booking in Sunflower County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Sunflower County: Mississippi Delta Community College (campus police).
The Shaw Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Sunflower County, so its arrests are not broken out for Sunflower County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Drew's 1,152 for 2025, Indianola's 1,152 for 2025 and Sunflower's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Sunflower County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 6,915 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 Sunflower 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 Sunflower County?
Ask the Sunflower County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sunflowersheriffoffice.org.
How many people are in the Sunflower County jail?
About 43 on an average day in 2020, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 94 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sunflower 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 Sunflower 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.