The Calhoun County Inmate Population
The only confirmed detention facility physically in Calhoun County is the Calhoun County Jail, operated by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office in Pittsboro. Official county material describes a local jail, not a state prison. That matters because the Calhoun County inmate population is not one single statewide database. The county jail holds people at several stages: accused people awaiting trial, warrant arrests, county-sentenced inmates, parole or probation holds, municipal-court sentences, other-agency holds, and people waiting on state prison or Community Corrections beds.
Sheriff Greg Pollan's office is the local custody source. The sheriff site lists the Sheriff's Office at 178 South Murphree Street and gives a 24-hour number, while the jail page lists Andy Eubanks as jail administrator and gives a separate jail office number. The research did not locate a city jail, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center in Calhoun County. MDOC lists a Calhoun Probation & Parole Office in Pittsboro, but that office supervises people in the community and is not a detention facility.
Calhoun County Inmate Population Statistics
Current daily jail population and current average daily population were not published on the sheriff site during the June 2026 research review. The strongest county-level detention figures come from Vera's Incarceration Trends county CSV and the Prison Policy Initiative correctional population table. Those sources are useful, but each figure must stay tied to its year. They do not replace a live count from the Calhoun County Jail.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Current Calhoun County Jail ADP | Not published | Sheriff site reviewed June 2026 |
| Total jail population | 35 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2019 county row |
| Rated capacity | 60 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2019 county row |
| Pretrial and sentenced split | 33 pretrial, 2 sentenced | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2019 county row |
| Historical local correctional population | 35 | Prison Policy Initiative table, 3/31/2006 source date |
Calhoun County Jail Population Trends
The available trend line is sparse. The official sheriff materials do not publish annual booking totals, monthly jail reports, a current dashboard, or a recent overcrowding order. Vera's latest Calhoun County row in the research file is from 2019. The Prison Policy Initiative figure is a historical correctional-population count from a 2006 source date. Those two jail figures both show 35 people, but they come from different collection efforts and should not be treated as a continuous monthly series.
| Year / Date | Calhoun County jail figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 3/31/2006 | 35 | Historical local correctional population for Calhoun County Jail |
| 2019 | 35 total, 60 capacity | Vera county CSV latest available Calhoun County row |
| 2026 research date | Not published | No current official jail count or ADP located |
County population context helps explain why a small change in jail custody can move rates sharply. U.S. Census QuickFacts lists Calhoun County population at 14,962 in 2010, 13,266 in 2020, 12,754 estimated in 2024, and 12,643 estimated in 2025. The sheriff homepage describes a rural northern Mississippi county with communities including Bruce, Big Creek, Calhoun City, Derma, Pittsboro, Slate Springs, and Vardaman.
Calhoun County Inmate Custody Groups
The local jail page gives stronger detail about custody categories than about live counts. It says the facility holds people charged and awaiting trial, arrested on warrants, serving county-jail sentences, placed on Parole and Probation holds, sentenced by municipal courts in Calhoun County, awaiting state prison or Community Corrections beds, and held for other agencies. A roster name can therefore mean several things. It may not mean a new felony case, and it may not mean the person will stay in Calhoun County custody.
- Pretrial detainee: a person held before conviction while charges are pending.
- Warrant arrest: a person booked because a court order or other warrant led to custody.
- County sentence: a person serving a local jail sentence rather than a state prison term.
- Hold or detainer: another agency, court, probation office, or parole authority may limit release.
- State-bed wait: a sentenced person may remain at the jail until transfer to MDOC or Community Corrections.
Vera demographic fields in the research file do not reconcile cleanly to the total population count, so the total, pretrial, sentenced, and capacity figures are the better numbers to use for the Calhoun County inmate population. Statewide context is separate. Prison Policy Initiative reports a Mississippi incarceration rate of 1,020 per 100,000 people and at least 84,000 different people booked into local jails each year, but those are statewide figures, not Calhoun County jail counts.
Calhoun County Jail Record Laws
Mississippi law supplies the record framework behind the Calhoun County inmate population. The Mississippi Public Records Act starts from access to public records unless a specific exemption applies. For jail custody, Mississippi Code Section 19-25-63 requires every sheriff to keep a jail docket with the authority for receiving a prisoner, the person's name, the date received, the cause of imprisonment, the length of imprisonment, and release or discharge authority.
Key statutes: Section 19-25-69 gives the sheriff charge of the jail and prisoners. Section 19-25-71 makes the sheriff the jailer and addresses jailer training and housing separation. Section 47-5-151 governs prisoner-death notice and investigation duties.
Mississippi criminal-history reporting also matters. Section 45-27-9 addresses arrest-card and criminal-history reporting to the Mississippi Justice Information Center, including fingerprints, descriptions, and photographs when requested by the state system. That statute does not create a public mugshot gallery. It supports the larger point that booking data and court data can exist in different systems.
Calhoun County Jail Conditions Context
The sheriff jail page does not publish a program catalog for education, treatment, work release, medical co-pays, religious services, or grievance forms. It does state that pretrial confinement is not punishment and that sentenced confinement follows conviction and sentencing. It also says the jail's duty is to provide a safe, secure facility where people are treated with dignity and respect and learn accountability.
Statewide jail officer standards fill part of the governance picture without adding unsupported Calhoun claims. The Mississippi DPS Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training describes employment standards, certification, and a 96-hour detention officer course. The DPS Death in Custody Reporting Act page says reportable deaths include people detained, under arrest, en route to incarceration, or incarcerated in municipal and county jails.
Search Calhoun County Inmate Records
The official local starting point is the sheriff jail page. It says current inmates are posted on the site, removed after release as soon as possible, and kept on the site for at least one week after booking with a released date showing. Static research did not expose a separate roster search box or live profile list, so the best access chain is the sheriff jail page, highlighted-name VINE links when present, then the jail office if the name is missing or stale.
- Open the Calhoun County Sheriff's jail page and look for the current inmate posting.
- Check whether the inmate name is highlighted, because the sheriff page says highlighted names route to VINE.
- On the VINE profile, use "More Info" and the gray image area if a picture is available.
- If the name is missing, call the jail office or the 24-hour sheriff number to confirm current custody.
- If the person was sentenced and transferred, use the MDOC inmate search rather than the county roster.
Calhoun County Roster Fields
The county roster field inventory is narrow because no full sample inmate profile was captured. The research confirms the elements the sheriff page itself describes: name links, release dates for released inmates retained on the site, and inmate pictures through the VINE-linked path when a name is highlighted. Other common fields, such as booking number, charge code, bond type, court date, warrant number, and housing unit, were not visible in the official static text.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inmate name link | Linked text when highlighted | Not user-entered | Highlighted names may route to VINE |
| Released date | Roster/profile value | Not user-entered | Released inmates remain at least one week with release date showing |
| More Info | VINE profile control | Optional action | Sheriff instructions use this control for more detail |
| Gray image area | VINE profile image control | Optional action | Sheriff instructions say clicking it opens the inmate picture |
Calhoun County Inmate Record Details
County jail records are intake and custody records. They can differ from later court records because arrest charges may be amended, dismissed, reduced, indicted, or replaced by an information. For court case filings after booking, the Calhoun County court-record path belongs on the court page, while booking photos belong on the jail mugshots page.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Current or recent inmate name when posted; highlighted names may route to VINE. |
| Release date | Date shown for released inmates kept on the site for at least one week. |
| Booking photo | Available for some inmates through the highlighted-name VINE path. |
| Custody stage | May involve pretrial, warrant, sentence, parole/probation, state-bed wait, municipal sentence, or other-agency hold. |
| Charges and bond | Not visible in the inspected county sample; verify with VINE, the jail, or court records. |
Calhoun County Jail vs MDOC
The county jail roster and the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search answer different questions. The Calhoun County Jail covers local custody before trial, short local sentences, warrants, holds, and state-bed waits. MDOC covers sentenced state prisoners after commitment or transfer. A person may disappear from the local roster because of release, transfer, delayed posting, or a different custody agency.
| Custody type | Where to look | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Current or recent county jail custody | Sheriff jail page and VINE links | Calhoun County Jail detainees and recent releases |
| Sentenced state custody | MDOC inmate search | State prison and MDOC facility placement |
| Federal BOP custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmate records, generally post-1982 |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator | ICE detainee searches separate from jail and MDOC |
The official legacy MDOC search form shows name and ID-number search controls for state custody.
Use MDOC after a Calhoun County sentence leads to state custody or when the county jail office says the person has been transferred.
Calhoun County Detention Facilities
The facility map is simple. The Calhoun County Jail is the only confirmed detention facility in the county. Municipal custody should not be treated as a separate public city-jail system because the county jail page says municipal-court sentences in Calhoun County are housed at the county jail. No MDOC prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention center was confirmed in the county.
- Calhoun County Jail - county jail operated by the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office for pretrial detainees, warrant arrests, county sentences, holds, municipal-court sentences, and state-bed waits.
Calhoun County Inmate Population FAQ
Is there a current Calhoun County jail population dashboard? No current official ADP or live population dashboard was located in the sheriff materials reviewed in June 2026. Use dated Vera and PPI figures only with their source years.
How do you search the Calhoun County inmate population? Start with the sheriff jail page for current and recent county custody. If a name is highlighted, use the VINE path. If not found, call the jail office or sheriff 24-hour number.
Where are state prisoners from Calhoun County listed? Sentenced state prisoners move into MDOC systems after commitment or transfer. Use MDOC inmate search, not the Calhoun County Jail roster, for state custody.
Are booking photos always shown? No. The sheriff page describes a VINE photo path for highlighted inmate names, but the research did not confirm that every booking photo appears online.