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.
Yalobusha County, Mississippi, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Yalobusha County is held at the county jail, run by the Yalobusha 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: Yalobusha County public records, Yalobusha County arrest records, Yalobusha County warrants, Yalobusha County criminal records, Yalobusha County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Yalobusha County
The county jail, run by the Yalobusha County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Yalobusha County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Yalobusha County Sheriff's Office at yalobushaonline.org/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Yalobusha County, Mississippi), phone 662.473.3602, 11803, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 662.473.3602.
The Yalobusha County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2016 the jail held about 33 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Yalobusha County has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 26 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Yalobusha County Jail
The Yalobusha County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Water Valley, Coffeeville and Oakland make the arrests that end in a booking in Yalobusha County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Yalobusha County Sheriff's Office's 1,152 for 2025, Water Valley's 194 for 2025 and Oakland's 3 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Yalobusha County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,349 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 Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha County?
Ask the Yalobusha County Sheriff's Office at 662.473.3602; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at yalobushaonline.org/sheriff.
How many people are in the Yalobusha County jail?
About 33 on an average day in 2016, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
What is the phone number for the Yalobusha County jail?
662.473.3602, the number on the page of the Yalobusha County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Yalobusha 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 Yalobusha 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.