Clay County Jail Roster Start
The official roster path starts at the Clay County roster choice page. That page sends users to two separate public lists: current inmates and the 48-hour release roster. The roster is for the Clay County Detention Center in West Point and is operated by the Clay County Sheriff's Office. It is the best first stop for new arrests, pretrial detainees, county-sentenced inmates, municipal arrestees booked into county custody, and people held locally on a state-related hold.
The current inmate roster was inspected with a title count of 60. It did not have a search box. It worked as a browse, sort, profile, and pagination interface, with page links across six pages. The 48-hour release roster was inspected with six release entries and a link back to current inmates. Both lists are free public pages. They are not a complete court file, and they are not a statewide prison locator.
Clay County custody rule: use the county roster for people held at the Clay County Detention Center, use MDOC for sentenced Mississippi prison custody, and use BOP or ICE for federal or immigration custody.
Use Clay County Inmate Roster
The Clay County roster is different from many jail sites because it is not a name-search form. The user browses the roster, sorts by name, moves through pages, and opens a profile. That matters when a name is misspelled, entered under an initial, or listed in last-first-middle order. If the person was just released, switch from current inmates to the 48-hour release list before assuming the booking is gone.
- Open the roster choice page and choose either current inmates or the 48-hour release list.
- Use the order-by-name link if browsing by last name is easier than scanning the newest bookings first.
- Move through the pagination controls until the name, booking number, booking date, photo, charge text, and bond entry appear.
- Open the profile link to see the full public Clay County inmate record fields.
- Call detention staff before posting bond or relying on a charge or case number, because the profile warning says bail and charges may change after court.
This process also helps with names that appear on the roster in a different order from the way a caller gives them. A Clay County profile can be more useful than the list row because it combines the booking number, arresting agency, age, gender, race, booking date, charges, and bond in one place.
Clay County Roster Controls
The official Clay County roster controls are links, not form fields. The table below reflects the researched interface, including the lack of a public last-name search box. Use it as a map of what the county actually posts.
| Field Label or Control | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | Link | No | Opens current Clay County Detention Center inmates from the roster choice page. |
| 48 Hour Release | Link | No | Shows people released from Clay County custody within the last 48 hours. |
| Show | Toggle link | No | Current roster links to Released; release roster links back to Current. |
| Order By | Sort link | Optional | Name sort was observed; default appeared to be newer bookings first. |
| Pagination | Page links | Optional | Current roster showed numbered pages plus previous and next controls. |
| View Profile | Profile link | Optional | Opens a detailed record by Clay County booking number. |
| Search box | None observed | Not applicable | No public name or booking-number search box was found on the Clay County roster. |
Because browsing is required, the current roster count matters. A 60-person roster can be checked by hand, but the sort and pagination controls still save time. The release list is much shorter, yet it should be checked when a family member hears that a person bonded out or was released after court.
Clay County Inmate Profile Fields
A sample Clay County roster profile showed the field layout used on public inmate pages. The booking number format began with CCSO followed by zero-padded digits. The sample also showed an arresting agency entry for West Point Police Department, which confirms that local municipal arrests can become county detention records after booking.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The roster list uses last, first, and middle or initial; the profile displays the full name heading. |
| Mugshot | A public single frontal booking photo when available on the roster or profile. |
| Booking # | The Clay County booking identifier, observed in the CCSO plus digits format. |
| Age, gender, race | Basic public profile fields; date of birth and address were not shown in the inspected profile. |
| Arresting agency | The agency tied to the arrest, such as West Point Police Department. |
| Booking date | Date and time in month-day-year format with morning or evening time. |
| Charges | Plain-language charge text, not a full statute-coded court docket. |
| Bond | A dollar amount or zero-dollar entry that must be confirmed with detention staff. |
| Release date | Shown on 48-hour release roster entries, not on current-custody entries. |
| Fields not shown | Housing unit, exact court date, case number, warrant number, home address, and date of birth were not visible. |
The profile warning is important. It tells bond companies and people trying to post bail to contact detention center staff for the correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. That warning should be treated as stronger than the number shown on a list row. Court appearances, amended charges, holds, or a capias entry can change the next step.
Clay County Booking Records
A Clay County arrest by the sheriff, West Point Police Department, or another local agency generally moves into booking at the Clay County Detention Center. The official pages do not publish a detailed intake policy, but the roster shows what becomes public after intake: a booking number, photo, booking date, arresting agency, charge text, bond, and profile link. The sheriff's jail mission language also refers to custody, care, control, and treatment, so a booking is not just a name added to a list.
A practical custody flow is: arrest, transport, identification, property and record creation, booking photo, charge entry, medical and security review, bond or hold review, housing, then release, court transfer, or continued custody. A charge on the roster is a booking charge. It can be amended or replaced by later court filings. For the court side after booking, a reader may need Clay County court records after a jail arrest rather than only the jail roster.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, including identity, photo, property, charges, and custody record creation.
- Bond
- Release security set by court or schedule; the roster number must be verified before payment.
- Capias
- A court order to take a person into custody, often after a court case or missed appearance.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency, such as state corrections or another jurisdiction.
- Hold for MDOC
- A state corrections interest that may prevent normal county release until confirmed.
Clay County Jail Versus MDOC
Clay County inmate records split by custody type. The county roster covers people held at the Clay County Detention Center. The Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search covers sentenced state prisoners and MDOC custody. A person can start in the county jail as a pretrial detainee and later move to MDOC after sentencing. Clay County's work-program page also shows that selected state prisoners may serve in Joint State/County Work Program, Sheriff Trusty, or jail-support roles locally.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Usually Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Clay County pretrial or county sentence | Clay County current roster or 48-hour release list | Booking photo, booking number, charges, bond, release entry, and profile link. |
| Sentenced Mississippi prisoner | MDOC inmate locator | Name or MDOC ID search for state prison custody and related MDOC records. |
| Federal sentenced prisoner | BOP inmate locator | Federal prison custody, not Clay County booking photos. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | ICE custody by A-number or biographical search, with no county mugshot gallery. |
| Custody notifications | VINELink | Notification route where Clay County or Mississippi data is available. |
The MDOC search interface allows name or ID number searches, including last name, first name, and MDOC ID number fields. MDOC also lists a Clay Probation and Parole Office in West Point, but that office is a community supervision office, not a detention facility and not a jail roster.
The MS.gov MDOC search screen is the source shown in the manifest image below for sentenced Mississippi prisoners.
Use the MDOC screen only after the Clay County jail roster no longer fits the custody question, such as after a state sentence or MDOC transfer.
Clay County Detention Facility
The facility list for this project has one detention facility: Clay County Detention Center. Official sources place the jail in West Point and identify the Clay County Sheriff's Office as the operator. County government lists 348 W Broad St, while the sheriff website footer lists 330 West Broad Street with P.O. Box 142. Because those are both official address strings, confirm the correct counter before travel.
Clay County Detention Center
County page: 348 W Broad St
West Point, MS 39773
Sheriff footer: 330 West Broad Street
P.O. Box 142, West Point, MS 39773
Jail: 662-494-2712
Sheriff: 662-494-2896
Administrative office hours shown by the sheriff footer are Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-4 p.m.; no visitation schedule was located.
The official jail page says the detention center expanded to house up to 160 inmates. The same local source describes an ACA accreditation plan, jail administration personnel, and inmate labor used for the expansion. Do not read that as a published daily population average. The inspected current roster count of 60 was a point-in-time roster snapshot, not an average daily population.
Clay County Records Not Online
Some Clay County inmate records will not appear in the public roster. Older bookings, removed mugshots, full incident reports, court case numbers, and records affected by a release may require a call or a public-records request. Mississippi's Public Records Act, summarized by the Mississippi Ethics Commission, says public records of Mississippi public bodies are open unless a statute or exemption applies. Mississippi Code Section 25-61-5 also gives a basic inspection and copying right subject to reasonable written procedures.
For a sheriff records request, include the person's full name, booking number if known, booking date, arresting agency, and the exact record needed. If the request is about filed charges rather than custody, the better route may be Clay County Justice Court, the Circuit Clerk, Mississippi Electronic Courts, or the District Attorney. The jail roster is useful, but it is not the final court docket.
Note: The official Clay County pages did not publish a sheriff records fee schedule, mail rule, commissary vendor, money vendor, or phone vendor.
Clay County Jail Visit Rules
No official Clay County, Mississippi visitation schedule, video vendor, visitor registration process, dress code, inmate mail format, commissary system, money-deposit vendor, phone provider, or fee table was located in the inspected sources. That absence is a local fact. It is safer to call the jail than to rely on rules from a different Clay County in another state or an unrelated private vendor page.
| Topic | Official Clay County MS Fact Located | Practical Route |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No schedule located | Call the jail before travel. |
| Video visits | No vendor located | Do not assume video service exists. |
| Mail rules | No format located | Ask staff before sending mail or photos. |
| Money deposits | No official vendor located | Confirm accepted methods with detention staff. |
| Commissary | No official vendor located | Do not use an out-of-county vendor unless the jail confirms it. |
| Inmate phones | No provider or rates located | Ask whether calls are collect, prepaid, or account based. |
MDOC has its own prison visitation rules for people in state custody. Those rules do not control Clay County jail visits. For MDOC prisoners, use the MDOC family and friends information rather than the county jail phone line.
Clay County Sheriff App
A Clay County MS Sheriff mobile app exists in the Apple App Store and Google Play. The app listings describe crime reporting, tips, interactive features, public-safety news, and information from the sheriff's office. The inspected app text did not state that an inmate roster, warrant search, or app-only jail lookup is available, so the app should be treated as a communication channel, not a replacement for the official roster.
The Apple App Store listing is the successful app image captured for this project.
Use the app for sheriff updates or tip features if useful, but use the Clay County roster and the jail phone line for inmate records.