Search Forrest County, MS Inmate Records

Forrest County, MS jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Forrest County holds 1 jails with a total of 51,472 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Forrest County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Forrest County Quick Facts

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Forrest County Population Total
25,804 / 62 / 16
Female Population, Rate & Count
23,772 / 538 / 128
Male Population, Rate & Count
$36,726
Median Income
5,429.7
Arrest Rate
583.4
Local Jail Rate
302
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
333
Population Total Confined
522
Pretrial Rate
5,036
Admit Rate
2,607
Admit Count
51,472
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

2008201020112015
Violent Crime Total10322447
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter0010
Revised Rape0000
Legacy Rape13315
Robbery1333
Aggravated Assault8261729
Property Crime Total71485477449
Burglary39166173214
Larceny Theft27309296208
Motor Vehicle Theft510827
Arson0311

Forrest County Jail Demographics

The county has 75,921 people confined with a jail population density of 110 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 26,812 women and 24,660 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 72,043
2006 73,219
2007 74,057
2008 74,196
2009 74,863
2010 75,034
2011 75,918
2012 76,769
2013 76,745
2014 76,330
2015 75,921

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 23,772 25,804
2006 24,120 26,304
2007 24,522 26,454
2008 24,508 26,351
2009 24,699 26,688
2010 24,759 26,721
2011 24,835 26,977
2012 25,062 27,275
2013 24,964 27,283
2014 24,679 27,088
2015 24,660 26,812

A Timeline of Forrest County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 538 62
2006 788 103
2007 718 113
2008 877 125
2009 1,057 169
2010 969 146
2011 999 74
2012 1,101 92
2013 1,182 110
2014 1,167 148
2015 1,167 148

Forrest County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

38.64 %
White
25.87 %
Black
1.82 %
Latino
0.19 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 5,430 and a local jail rate of 583 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 522 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 5,036, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 12,411 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

5,036
Admit Rate
583
Local Jail Rate
522
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Forrest is 302 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 145 imprisonments a day.

Forrest County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 292
2006 379
2007 383
2008 415
2009 597
2010 516
2011 556
2012 554
2013 584
2014 583
2015 583

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 12,411 26
2006 5,894 355
2007 5,217 339
2008 7,433 413
2009 9,538 560
2010 13,826 525
2011 18,014 488
2012 8,935 541
2013 36 599
2014 5,036 522
2015 5,036 522

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 145
2006 191
2007 195
2008 211
2009 307
2010 266
2011 288
2012 290
2013 305
2014 302
2015 302