Lowndes County Jail Roster Overview
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office runs the local jail roster. Sheriff Hawkins leads the agency, and the Adult Detention Center in Columbus holds people booked into county custody. The roster is offered through the official Lowndes County Sheriff MS app and site as "Inmate Search" or "Inmate Roster." Behind that tool sits a public data feed that lists everyone currently held. Each entry carries a name, an inmate ID, basic custody details, and a booking date. The feed is VINE-integrated, so it pulls from the same custody-notification network families use to track a person in jail.
The roster only covers people booked into the Lowndes County jail. It does not list inmates sentenced to state prison, held in another county, or in federal custody. People moved to the Mississippi Department of Corrections show up in the state system instead. Anyone held by a federal agency appears in the federal locator. Immigration detainees and out-of-county holds are tracked elsewhere as well. When a name does not turn up on the county roster, the right next step is one of the statewide or federal searches covered further down.
The official roster feed that powers the Sheriff's app is published as a public JSON data file at the Lowndes County inmate roster feed. That file is the same source the app reads to build each result card, sorted with the newest bookings first.
Because the feed is public and linked directly by the official app, it is a reliable starting point for a Lowndes County inmate search. The data refreshes as the jail books and releases people, so a fresh check gives a current custody picture.
How to Use the Lowndes County Inmate Roster
The roster is reached through the Lowndes County Sheriff MS app, which is free on both phone platforms. The app's home screen carries an Inmate Search button alongside Most Wanted, Submit A Tip, Sex Offenders, and Contact Us. Open the app, tap Inmate Search, and the current roster loads as a list of custody cards.
- Install and open the Lowndes County Sheriff MS app, then tap the Inmate Search or Inmate Roster button on the main menu.
- Browse the list or use the name search control. Each card is titled with the inmate's name in last, first, middle order.
- Review the results, which appear with the newest bookings at the top by custody date.
- Tap a card to open the full profile with the inmate ID, physical description, custody status, and booking date.
The Sheriff's regular web landing page is a script-driven shell, so the in-app tool is the cleanest way to read the roster. If you cannot use the app, call the Adult Detention Center directly to confirm whether a person is in custody.
Lowndes County Roster Search Fields
The roster is a published list rather than a deep search form, so the controls are simple. You search and sort by name and scroll the result cards. The table below lays out the fields and controls the app exposes when you open the inmate roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inmate Search / Inmate Roster | App feature / list | Optional | Public roster exposed in the sheriff app and site. |
| Name search | App search control | Optional | Entries include title, first name, last name, and a combined name field. |
| Sort | List control | Optional | Defaults to booking and custody date, newest first. |
| Result card | Clickable list entry | Optional | Card title is the inmate name in last, first, middle format. |
| Images | Mugshot URLs | Optional | Small and large booking photos hosted on the VINE image service. |
| Nearby buttons | App buttons | Optional | Submit A Tip, Most Wanted, Inmate Search, Sex Offenders, Contact Us. |
Note: The roster has no advanced filters for charge, bond, or housing, so a name search is the practical way to find a specific person.
What a Lowndes County Inmate Profile Shows
Tapping a roster card opens a custody profile drawn from the official feed. A sample profile inspected in June 2026 showed a name such as "DAVIS, JOSEPH FURTEZE," a long numeric inmate ID, an address, a physical description, and custody details. The table below maps the main fields to what each one tells you.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Inmate name in last, first, middle order, plus separate first and last name fields. |
| Inmate ID | A long booking identifier unique to the custody record. |
| Address | Street, city, and state of record; some zip codes may be missing. |
| Physical description | Height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, and hair color. |
| Custody status | Status code such as "IN," with a status date and time zone. |
| Booking date | The date and time the person was booked, with time zone. |
| Holding facility | The detention-center facility code for the Lowndes County jail. |
| Mugshot | Small and large booking photos served by the VINE image system. |
The feed also carries charge labels named chargeCode, chargeDescription, bondAmount, and dispositionDescription. In the entries reviewed, those labels existed but the content block did not display the individual charge values. Treat charge and bond detail as unconfirmed from the roster and verify it with the court or the jail.
Some details never appear in the public profile at all. The sampled records did not show a pod or cell assignment, warrant number, court date, release date, medical flags, or property inventory. For those facts, the court file and the detention center are the sources, not the roster.
Lowndes County Jail Facility
County bookings are held at the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center in Columbus. The same address and phone number reach the Sheriff's Office that runs the jail. The official sheriff app does not publish a separate visitation schedule for the facility, so the hours below point you to the staff who can confirm the rule for a given day.
Lowndes County Adult Detention Center
527 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Columbus, MS 39701
662-328-6788
Call for current visitation and intake hours
The detention center also handles the booking and release of people arrested by county deputies and, in many cases, by city police before a case moves to court. For warrant questions tied to a booking, the Lowndes County warrant search covers how active warrants are checked through the same Sheriff's Office.
Booking Process in Lowndes County
Booking is the intake step that creates a custody record. After an arrest, deputies bring the person to the Adult Detention Center. Staff record identity, take a booking photo, log the arrest charges, and run a basic classification to decide housing. Once intake finishes, the person's custody status flips to in custody and the name appears on the public roster, usually within a short window of the booking.
What happens next depends on the charge. For many offenses, a judge sets bond and the person can be released after posting it through a bail agent or in cash. More serious charges move toward a first appearance, where a judge reviews the charge, advises the person of their rights, and addresses bond. The charges filed after an arrest are tracked separately from the booking, and the Lowndes County arrest and court charge records explain how a charge moves from booking to a filed case.
Statewide MDOC Inmate Search
When a person is sentenced to state prison, custody passes from the county jail to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. MDOC keeps its own searchable inmate locator. Use it for sentenced state inmates, parolees, and people under state supervision, not for every county booking. You can search by name or by MDOC ID number.
The state runs the search through the Mississippi services portal at the Mississippi inmate search. It returns the records the department holds on a given person in state custody.
The same locator is also reached from the corrections department's own site. The department's MDOC inmate search page leads to the identical name and ID lookup for people held in state facilities.
If you need to know where a sentenced person is housed, the department publishes a list of its prisons and facilities. The MDOC facilities directory shows the state institutions where a Lowndes County defendant may be sent after sentencing.
Reading both the county roster and the state locator covers most custody questions. A person recently arrested is on the county roster, while someone serving a sentence is in the MDOC system.
Federal Inmate Search
People held by federal authorities are not on the county or state lists. The Federal Bureau of Prisons keeps a national locator for anyone in federal custody, including those sentenced in the Northern District of Mississippi. Search the federal inmate locator by name or by a federal register number. Use it when a case is federal rather than a county or state matter, since none of those systems overlap.
Visitation, Mail, and Commissary
Honesty matters here. The official Lowndes County Sheriff app lists Jail Information items for Facility Rules, Inmate Visitation, Mail Information, and Canteen Information. At the time the app data was reviewed, Facility Rules and Mail Information linked to a "coming soon" page, so no local visitation schedule, dress code, ID rule, or mail policy was published by the Sheriff. The visitation and canteen items do link to real outside providers. For any local rule, the only reliable source is the detention center itself at 662-328-6788. The table below states what the official data does and does not show.
| Topic | Official finding | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Inmate visitation provider | City Tele Coin is linked by the sheriff app as Inmate Visitation Information. | citytelecoin.com |
| Local visitation schedule | Not published in the sheriff app data reviewed. | Call 662-328-6788. |
| Visitor ID requirements | Not published in official app data reviewed. | Confirm with the jail before visiting. |
| Dress code | Not published in official app data reviewed. | Confirm with the jail before visiting. |
| Children and minor visitors | Not published in official app data reviewed. | Confirm with the jail before visiting. |
| Attorney visitation | Not published in official app data reviewed. | Attorney should contact the detention center directly. |
| Mail rules | Mail Information feature links to coming-soon content. | Route mail questions to 662-328-6788. |
| Commissary / canteen | Canteen Information links to Inmate Canteen. | team3.inmatecanteen.com |
Note: Do not assume a set visiting day, dress code, or mailing format from another jail, since the Sheriff has not posted those rules for this facility.
How to Contact a Lowndes County Inmate
The sheriff app points families to City Tele Coin for inmate visitation, which is the provider used for phone and video contact. Setting up an account with the provider is how outside callers connect with a person inside. The Mail Information item exists in the app menu but linked to a coming-soon page when reviewed, so the exact mailing address format, book-in number requirement, and scanning rules were not published by the Sheriff.
Because those mail rules are not posted, send nothing until you confirm the current format with the jail. A quick call to the detention center settles how mail should be addressed and what items are allowed.
The provider link in the app routes to City Tele Coin, where families register and add funds for calls. Pricing and features sit with the provider, so confirm the current rate at checkout rather than relying on a quoted figure.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
Money for snacks, hygiene items, and other approved goods runs through the jail commissary, also called the canteen. The Lowndes County Sheriff app links its Canteen Information feature to Inmate Canteen, the outside vendor that handles deposits and orders. Local kiosk options, deposit limits, and prices were not published in the official app data, so the vendor's own checkout is the place to confirm current fees.
To add funds, set up an account with the vendor and follow its deposit steps. Keep the inmate's name and ID handy so the money posts to the right account.
Deposits and orders are handled through Inmate Canteen, the provider the Sheriff links for commissary. As with visitation, confirm any pricing on the provider site, since those terms can change without notice from the county.