Search Jefferson County, MS Inmate Records
Jefferson County, MS jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Jefferson County holds 2 jails with a total of 5,029 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Jefferson County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.
Jefferson County Quick Facts
275
Jefferson County Population Total
2,809 / 36 / 1
Female Population, Rate & Count
2,935 / 8,961 / 263
Male Population, Rate & Count
275
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one
day)
275
Population Total Confined
5,029
Yearly Prisoner Count
County Crimes by Type
The Timeline of the County Crime Trends
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|
| Violent Crime Total | 41 | 33 | 44 | 38 | 21 | 27 | 18 | 22 | 20 |
| Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Revised Rape | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Legacy Rape | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Robbery | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Aggravated Assault | 39 | 25 | 39 | 36 | 14 | 25 | 14 | 21 | 17 |
| Property Crime Total | 25 | 39 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 22 | 43 | 42 | 33 |
| Burglary | 8 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 14 |
| Larceny Theft | 17 | 16 | 22 | 33 | 26 | 15 | 26 | 30 | 19 |
| Motor Vehicle Theft | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Arson | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jefferson County Jail Demographics
The county has 7,489 people confined with a jail population density of 10 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 2,443 women and 2,586 men.
A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015
| Year |
Total Population |
| 2005 |
8,461 |
| 2006 |
8,241 |
| 2007 |
8,127 |
| 2008 |
7,927 |
| 2009 |
7,842 |
| 2010 |
7,712 |
| 2011 |
7,576 |
| 2012 |
7,649 |
| 2013 |
7,632 |
| 2014 |
7,599 |
| 2015 |
7,489 |
A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015
| Year |
Male Population |
Female Population |
| 2005 |
2,935 |
2,809 |
| 2006 |
2,884 |
2,732 |
| 2007 |
2,849 |
2,691 |
| 2008 |
2,759 |
2,618 |
| 2009 |
2,731 |
2,633 |
| 2010 |
2,670 |
2,592 |
| 2011 |
2,619 |
2,539 |
| 2012 |
2,626 |
2,570 |
| 2013 |
2,605 |
2,523 |
| 2014 |
2,582 |
2,477 |
| 2015 |
2,586 |
2,443 |
A Timeline of Jefferson County Incarceration by Gender
| Year |
Male Rate |
Female Rate |
| 2005 |
8,961 |
36 |
| 2006 |
8,460 |
63 |
| 2007 |
9,582 |
90 |
| 2008 |
11,453 |
120 |
| 2009 |
10,839 |
146 |
| 2010 |
9,738 |
176 |
| 2011 |
10,233 |
208 |
| 2012 |
11,881 |
233 |
| 2013 |
12,131 |
79 |
| 2014 |
12,548 |
40 |
| 2015 |
11,214 |
40 |
Jefferson County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity
County Jail Statistics
The county has an arrest rate of 5,774 and a local jail rate of 5,559 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 243 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 9,824, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 19,063 incarcerations a year.
Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates
The average jail count for Jefferson is 275 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 264 imprisonments a day.
Jefferson County Incarceration Rates
| Year |
Jail Rate |
| 2005 |
4,596 |
| 2006 |
3,009 |
| 2007 |
4,874 |
| 2008 |
5,486 |
| 2009 |
5,313 |
| 2010 |
4,751 |
| 2011 |
4,886 |
| 2012 |
6,255 |
| 2013 |
6,260 |
| 2014 |
6,345 |
| 2015 |
5,559 |
Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline
| Year |
Admit Rate |
Pretrial Rate |
| 2005 |
19,063 |
174 |
| 2006 |
15,165 |
200 |
| 2007 |
10,981 |
226 |
| 2008 |
6,788 |
256 |
| 2009 |
19,442 |
280 |
| 2010 |
9,909 |
456 |
| 2011 |
8,087 |
388 |
| 2012 |
12,042 |
539 |
| 2013 |
6,201 |
176 |
| 2014 |
8,246 |
297 |
| 2015 |
9,824 |
243 |
The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day
| Year |
Jail Count |
| 2005 |
264 |
| 2006 |
169 |
| 2007 |
270 |
| 2008 |
295 |
| 2009 |
285 |
| 2010 |
250 |
| 2011 |
252 |
| 2012 |
325 |
| 2013 |
321 |
| 2014 |
321 |
| 2015 |
275 |
