Search Lawrence County, MS Inmate Records

Lawrence County, MS jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Lawrence County holds 1 jails with a total of 7,949 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Lawrence County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Lawrence County Quick Facts

25
Lawrence County Population Total
4,289 / 70 / 3
Female Population, Rate & Count
4,189 / 1,098 / 46
Male Population, Rate & Count
$38,393
Median Income
3,091.1
Arrest Rate
311.1
Local Jail Rate
25
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
25
Population Total Confined
311
Pretrial Rate
311
Admit Rate
25
Admit Count
7,949
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

Violent Crime Total
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter
Revised Rape
Legacy Rape
Robbery
Aggravated Assault
Property Crime Total
Burglary
Larceny Theft
Motor Vehicle Theft
Arson

Lawrence County Jail Demographics

The county has 12,618 people confined with a jail population density of 19 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 4,040 women and 3,909 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 13,097
2006 13,053
2007 13,043
2008 13,038
2009 13,054
2010 12,896
2011 12,668
2012 12,601
2013 12,512
2014 12,502
2015 12,618

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 4,189 4,289
2006 4,188 4,282
2007 4,238 4,256
2008 4,186 4,211
2009 4,214 4,220
2010 4,170 4,146
2011 4,094 4,071
2012 3,994 4,082
2013 3,997 4,038
2014 3,930 4,038
2015 3,909 4,040

A Timeline of Lawrence County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 1,098 70
2006 1,027 70
2007 944 70
2008 884 71
2009 807 71
2010 743 72
2011 684 74
2012 626 73
2013 550 74
2014 550 74
2015 550 74

Lawrence County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

40.46 %
White
20.96 %
Black
1.44 %
Latino
0.11 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 3,091 and a local jail rate of 311 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 311 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 311, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 4,920 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

311
Admit Rate
311
Local Jail Rate
311
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Lawrence is 25 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 50 imprisonments a day.

Lawrence County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 590
2006 553
2007 515
2008 484
2009 445
2010 413
2011 383
2012 348
2013 311
2014 311
2015 311

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 4,920 465
2006 4,346 444
2007 3,757 421
2008 3,217 405
2009 2,621 382
2010 2,069 366
2011 1,507 350
2012 917 332
2013 311 311
2014 311 311
2015 311 311

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 50
2006 47
2007 44
2008 41
2009 38
2010 34
2011 31
2012 28
2013 25
2014 25
2015 25