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.
Yazoo County, Mississippi, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Yazoo County is held at the county jail, run by the Yazoo 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: Yazoo County public records, Yazoo County arrest records, Yazoo County warrants, Yazoo County criminal records, Yazoo County court records, Mississippi arrest records and Mississippi inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Yazoo County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Yazoo County is held at the county jail, run by the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office at yazoorcf.com (page title: Welcome to the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Yazoo County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 380 people, down from about 380 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 385 beds, and it ran at 98 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Yazoo County has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 163 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Yazoo County Jail
The Yazoo County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Yazoo City make the arrests that end in a booking in Yazoo County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office's 1,152 for 2025 and Yazoo City's 1,152 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Yazoo 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 Yazoo 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 Yazoo County?
Ask the Yazoo County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at yazoorcf.com.
How many people are in the Yazoo County jail?
About 380 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 385 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Yazoo 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 Yazoo 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.