Search Lee County, MS Inmate Records

Lee County, MS jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Lee County holds 2 jails with a total of 54,545 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Lee County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Lee County Quick Facts

209
Lee County Population Total
26,571 / 132 / 35
Female Population, Rate & Count
24,899 / 1,092 / 272
Male Population, Rate & Count
$42,074
Median Income
5,135.6
Arrest Rate
382.2
Local Jail Rate
209
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
209
Population Total Confined
271
Pretrial Rate
4,023
Admit Rate
2,200
Admit Count
54,545
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

200520072008200920102011201220142015
Violent Crime Total917764543547463326
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000100000
Revised Rape000000012
Legacy Rape12105825300
Robbery15107825732
Aggravated Assault645752373137362922
Property Crime Total731700670703778800652612715
Burglary312275265301278297243181233
Larceny Theft378351372382465462383400461
Motor Vehicle Theft417433203541263121
Arson2811859122042

Lee County Jail Demographics

The county has 85,295 people confined with a jail population density of 122 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a majority compared to male prisoners, being 28,318 women and 26,227 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 78,529
2006 79,684
2007 80,561
2008 81,501
2009 82,436
2010 82,931
2011 84,208
2012 85,115
2013 85,440
2014 85,246
2015 85,295

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

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 24,899 26,571
2006 25,102 27,043
2007 25,308 27,329
2008 25,464 27,611
2009 25,693 27,865
2010 25,802 28,021
2011 26,121 28,412
2012 26,305 28,481
2013 26,356 28,522
2014 26,167 28,455
2015 26,227 28,318

A Timeline of Lee County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 1,092 132
2006 821 122
2007 869 110
2008 1,041 217
2009 685 179
2010 783 171
2011 651 106
2012 555 77
2013 789 137
2014 699 162
2015 610 134

Lee County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

42.49 %
White
19.32 %
Black
1.48 %
Latino
0.15 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 5,136 and a local jail rate of 382 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 271 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 4,023, which is lower compared to the statistics of 2005 - 15,162 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

4,023
Admit Rate
382
Local Jail Rate
271
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Lee is 209 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have decreased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 319 imprisonments a day.

Lee County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 620
2006 460
2007 456
2008 565
2009 467
2010 427
2011 348
2012 274
2013 481
2014 447
2015 382

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 15,162 356
2006 14,733 274
2007 14,364 361
2008 16,210 471
2009 14,604 151
2010 16,469 199
2011 12,430 73
2012 12,563 192
2013 204 259
2014 10,214 328
2015 4,023 271

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 319
2006 240
2007 240
2008 300
2009 250
2010 230
2011 190
2012 150
2013 264
2014 244
2015 209