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.
Tate County, Mississippi, has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tate County is held at the county jail, run by the Tate 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: Tate County public records, Tate County arrest records, Tate County warrants, Tate County police reports, Tate County property records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Tate County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Tate County is held at the county jail, run by the Tate County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Tate County Sheriff's Office at tatecountysheriff.com/inmateRoster (page title: Tate County Sheriff MS), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 Tate County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 68 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 162 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Tate County has about 29,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Tate County Jail
The Tate County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Senatobia and Coldwater make the arrests that end in a booking in Tate County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Tate County: Northwest Mississippi Community College at Senatobia (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Senatobia's 585 for 2025, the Tate County Sheriff's Office's 186 for 2025 and Coldwater's 3 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies in Tate County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 771 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 Tate 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 Tate County?
Look on the custody page of the Tate County Sheriff's Office at tatecountysheriff.com/inmateRoster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Tate County jail?
About 68 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 162 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Tate 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 Tate 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.