Hancock County Jail Inmate Lookup

Hancock County Jail Overview

Hancock County Public Safety Complex / Hancock County Jail is operated by the Hancock County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff homepage and executive staff page identify Sheriff Johnny Alison, and the Divisions page identifies Brandon Zeringue as Warden for the Corrections Division. The same Public Safety Complex campus appears across the sheriff contact page, inmate lookup footer, visitation page, FAQ, and county courts directory, so it functions as the main public point for jail, sheriff, and certain court services.

The facility is an adult local detention center. Research found local adult detainees, local sentenced inmates, inmate-worker section AD, segregation or lockdown housing, MDOC sections AA and AG, and ICE detainees under an IGSA or contract arrangement. That mix makes facility-type accuracy important. The Hancock jail roster is the right search channel for local jail custody. MDOC is the right channel for sentenced state prisoners after transfer. ICE ODLS is the durable immigration-custody channel, even if a person was recently held in Hancock County.

No current official rated capacity number was located on the sheriff or county pages captured. For sourced context, Prison Policy Initiative lists Hancock County Jail with a 2020 correctional-population count of 175, and ICE inspection material reports an FY2023 ICE detainee average daily population of 6. Those are not a live headcount and should not be read as today's facility count.

Hancock County Jail Population

The facility population changes as arrests, releases, bond orders, holds, sentencing, and transfers are processed. The official roster is the current lookup tool, but research did not capture a live roster count. The local sheriff pages also did not publish annual bookings, average length of stay, demographic breakdown, or rated bed capacity. That gap should be kept visible rather than filled with unsourced jail-profile numbers.

Look Up Hancock County Jail Inmates

The correct local lookup path is the Hancock County sheriff inmate lookup page, which embeds the JailTracker Public Roster. Use it for active local jail records and any released records that the agency configuration exposes. The roster can support name search, ID search, intake date range, release date range, status type, result lists, mobile card view, profile detail pages, photo support, PDF export, print, and VINELink links when configured.

1. Open the sheriff roster wrapper and let the JailTracker frame load.
2. Search by last name first. Add first or middle name only if needed.
3. Use Offender Id or Permanent Id when those numbers appear in court, bond, or prior jail paperwork.
4. Open the profile to review intake date, status, release date if shown, photo area, and any detail tables.
5. If the person is not listed, check spelling, try Released or All if available, call the jail, or use the public-records request process.

A sentenced state prisoner may leave the Hancock County jail roster and later appear in MDOC inmate search. Federal sentenced prisoners belong in the BOP locator. Immigration detainees belong in ICE ODLS, and transfers can happen quickly.

Hancock County Jail Address

The sheriff contact page lists the Public Safety Complex address, main phone, and email. The roster wrapper footer also gives a fax number, and a jail/direct roster report phone was observed in a public inmate-report search result. For immediate custody questions, phone verification is better than relying on a stale screenshot or old printed roster.

Office hours in the sheriff FAQ are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The FAQ says Sheriff's Office report filing uses the right-side courtyard door labeled Sheriff's Office. Justice Court uses the left-side courtyard door labeled Justice Court.

Hancock County Jail Visits

The official Hancock inmate visitation page publishes video visitation days by housing section. Visitors must check in by 1:30 p.m., and the page says the dress code is strictly enforced. The captured HTML does not publish the full dress code, remote-video fees, attorney-visit rules, or child visitor rules, so those details should be confirmed before travel.

Hancock Jail Money and Phone

The sheriff FAQ documents deposit channels, but it does not publish a verified mail-address format in captured HTML. Use the facility address and the official inmate handbook link for mail rules instead of guessing a mail format. Phone accounts are handled through Ally Telecom Group, while commissary, tablet, and kiosk deposits use Correct Pay. A Tiger Commissary page for Hancock County Jail in Bay St. Louis allows web deposits and commissary orders.

Hancock Jail Records Requests

For older booking records, reports, or booking photos that do not appear on the roster, use the county public-records request process. The Hancock County Public Records Request PDF says requests are made by fax, postal mail, and/or email during 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The county states that it is responsible for producing or denying the request no later than seven working days from the date of request.

Fees are collected in advance for actual search, review, copying, and mailing costs. The copy fee in the research file is 50 cents per page. The sheriff FAQ separately lists $5 for a copy of a report and $5 for fingerprinting. Those are different fee contexts, so records request costs should be verified for the exact item requested.

Public Safety Complex Campus

The Public Safety Complex is not only a jail address. The county courts directory places court services at the same campus, and the FAQ gives practical door guidance. Justice Court is on the west side of the building through the courtyard left-side door. Sheriff's Office report filing uses the door on the right in the courtyard. Court staff are listed at 228-467-5573, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Directions are specific. From I-10, the county directory describes the complex as about 7 miles south of Exit 2. From Highway 603, it is about 5 miles west on Highway 90. The sheriff FAQ also routes drivers from Alabama or Louisiana through I-10 Exit 2 for MS-607 toward John C. Stennis Space Center and Waveland, then onto US-90 East and the service road approach.