This is a private reference site. We are not the Panola County Sheriff's Office, Panola County Jail, a court, MDOC, BOP, ICE, or any government office. We cannot verify custody, order a release, post bond, schedule a visit, or retrieve an official booking record for you.
Where to Start
Use the official office or locator that matches the person's custody status. Panola County Jail is the local jail for current county custody and recent arrests.
Panola County Jail / Sheriff's Office
300 James Rudd Drive
Batesville, MS 38606
Main phone: 662-563-6230
Emergency: 911
Office hours listed by the sheriff site: 8:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday.
Jail and Records Staff
Jail Administrator Bobby Meek: jrm@panola.com
Jail Administrative Assistant Latoya Taylor: latoya.taylor@panolacountysherffms.com
Records Clerk Gail Cauthen: gail.cauthen@panolacountysheriffms.com
The sheriff's official web channels include https://www.panolacountysheriffms.com/, the roster at https://www.panolacountysheriffms.com/inmateRoster, and the promoted Panola County Mississippi OCV app at https://apps.myocv.com/share/a68738606.
- For someone believed to be in Panola County Jail, start with jail inmate records and then call 662-563-6230 if the roster is missing or unclear.
- For booking photos tied to the local roster, use jail roster mugshots and the sheriff's current-inmate or recent-arrests feed.
- For charges, hearings, warrants, or case filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, then check Justice Court, Circuit Clerk, or Mississippi Electronic Courts as the case type requires.
- For facility address, phone, video visitation, commissary, and phone-vendor notes, use the Panola County Jail page.
- For a sentenced Mississippi prisoner, use the MDOC locator at https://www.ms.gov/mdoc/inmate/search/index, not the county jail roster.
- For federal custody, use the BOP locator at https://www.bop.gov/PublicInfo/execute/inmateloc or contact the USMS Northern District of Mississippi for non-emergency district matters.
- For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS at https://locator.ice.gov/ with the person's A-number or name, country of birth, and birth date.