Understand Coahoma County Released Inmates
A release from the Coahoma County Detention Facility means that the Sheriff ended one custody episode. It does not always mean the person walked into the community. Bond, a court order, dismissal, credit for time served, and completion of a local sentence can produce a community departure. A transfer to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, another county, a federal custodian, or ICE ends Coahoma County custody while confinement continues elsewhere. The first task is to identify the event, the next custodian, and the record that proves each fact.
Two records often answer different parts of the same question. The jail release entry can show the time of physical departure and the recorded disposition. A court order can explain why release was authorized, whether bond was set, whether a charge was dismissed, or whether a sentence was imposed. Neither should be stretched beyond its purpose. A bond release does not mean the case ended. A dismissal in a docket does not supply the minute when jail staff completed discharge.
- Discharge
- Completion or formal ending of a correctional sentence or supervision term.
- Time served
- A sentence or credit calculation that treats time already spent in custody as all or part of the punishment.
- Detainer
- A request or legal hold that can send a person to another agency when local custody ends.
- Parole
- Conditional release from confinement under rules and supervision set by law and the Parole Board.
Coahoma County Release Types
Coahoma County release records use the departure reason to separate freedom from a change in custodians. The historical county offender-tracking log is valuable because it shows local terms such as “Bonded,” “Released,” holds, court transfers, and “Released to MDOC.” It is an old monthly record, not a live release feed. Still, its vocabulary shows why the disposition field matters more than a bare absence from the jail list.
| Departure type | Meaning | Best next record |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or court release | County custody ends while court terms or a pending case may remain. | Jail release entry and bond or release order |
| Time served | Custody ends after the sentence and eligible credit are applied. | Jail record and sentencing judgment |
| Dismissal or nolle prosequi | The prosecution ends or declines to proceed on the cited count. | Signed court order or docket entry |
| Released to MDOC | County custody ends, but state incarceration begins or continues. | MDOC offender detail and sentencing order |
| Other hold or transfer | A different local, federal, or immigration authority accepts custody. | Receiving agency record |
| Parole or ERS | State confinement ends under MDOC supervision. | MDOC parolee search and Community Corrections |
A death notation also ends a custody episode, but it must never be called a community release. Probation differs as well. A judge may impose probation without a prison stay, or supervision may follow confinement. Report the exact term used by the jail, court, MDOC, or receiving agency. That small discipline prevents a transfer from being mistaken for freedom and keeps the final court result separate from the arrest record.
Coahoma County Release Record Fields
A focused Coahoma County release request identifies the person and booking before asking how the custody event ended. Use a date of birth or booking number when known so the custodian does not rely on name alone. Request only what is needed. Sensitive identifiers need not be included. The historical tracking log confirms that Coahoma records can connect an intake, charge, arresting agency, bond, disposition, and case number in one row.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Legal name and aliases | The identity used for that booking episode |
| Booking or admission number | A unique link to the jail event |
| Booking date and time | When county custody began |
| Charge, court, and case number | The legal matter tied to detention |
| Bond type and amount | Whether a bond entry affected release |
| Release date and time | When the Sheriff recorded the departure |
| Release type or disposition | Whether the event was bond, release, time served, or transfer |
| Releasing authority | The court or agency action behind the event |
| Transfer destination | The receiving custodian, when public |
No supported Coahoma County online retention period was found for past bookings or photographs. Ask for the retention schedule and give a defined date range when seeking an archive. A current custody list, if staff provides one, serves the present moment. A dated release entry serves historical proof. Court dockets and MDOC records can last under different rules, so they should not be treated as copies of the county jail system.
Request Coahoma County Release Records
The Coahoma County Public Records Policy supplies the formal route. The county Public Records Officer receives requests at P.O. Box 579, Clarksdale, MS 38614, by phone at 662-624-3028, fax at 662-624-3029, or email at ccadmin@cableone.net. The Sheriff may be contacted at 1 Justice Drive, P.O. Box 1182, Clarksdale, MS 38614, 662-624-3085, or info@coahomacountysheriff.com. Ordinary email is not secure, so omit needless private data.
- Identify the person, approximate custody dates, and booking or case number if known.
- Ask for the booking and departure timestamps, disposition, releasing authority, bond entry, and transfer destination. Request the booking photograph only when it is needed.
- Request electronic, segregable nonexempt records. Ask the office to cite a specific exemption for anything withheld.
- Set a cost ceiling and request an itemized estimate before the office incurs charges above it.
- If no written response arrives within five business days, follow the county policy and contact the Public Records Officer.
The county policy allows electronic production, installments for large responses, and actual-cost charges for customized database work with consent. It does not support a fixed Sheriff booking-photo fee. Assembled records should be inspected or claimed within 30 days after notice or the county may close and refile the request. A narrow request is easier to locate and less likely to create avoidable cost.
Coahoma County Release Record Law
The Mississippi Public Records Act, Miss. Code Sections 25-61-1 through 25-61-17, provides the general access framework. Its definition of records includes photographs. Section 25-61-5 governs inspection, copies, delay explanations, denials, and separation of public material from exempt material. An agency with an adopted procedure may use that procedure, but state law controls if the rules conflict.
A release record may be redacted or restricted by a specific exemption, court order, expunction, juvenile confidentiality rule, security need, or protection for private identifiers. The office should release separable public portions.
Mississippi expunction law changed in 2026 through House Bill 1546. Expunction is a judicial remedy after a case event, not a type of physical jail release. It can change ordinary public access while limited nonpublic records may remain. A failed search is therefore not proof that no record ever existed. Eligibility depends on the specific case and current law.
The official Public Records Act presentation shows the law used for Coahoma County release requests. The image below connects the statewide access rule to the local policy.
View the Mississippi Ethics Commission Public Records Act text.
That official text is the starting point for access, timing, costs, and written explanations when material is withheld.
Find Coahoma County Released Inmates
Start with the custody system rather than searching every database. The Coahoma County Detention Facility holds local detainees. MDOC holds or supervises people with state correctional records. BOP covers federal prison terms. ICE handles civil immigration detention. The same person can move across systems, which means a disappearance from one source may mark a transfer.
- Call the Coahoma County Detention Facility at 662-624-3085 for a time-sensitive status check. Ask whether the person remains there and, if not, whether the event was a release or transfer.
- Request the county booking and release entry for durable proof of departure time, type, authority, and destination.
- Check the correct Coahoma court for the bond, dismissal, sentence, jail credit, revocation, or other order that explains the legal result.
- If the jail says “Released to MDOC,” use the state offender search. That wording means state custody, not community release.
- Switch to BOP, ICE, or the identified receiving county when another custodian accepted the person.
A person deleted from the jail list is only no longer listed there. The deletion does not identify bond, time served, transfer, another hold, or community release.
For a same-day interval, the Coahoma County 24-hour release fallback explains how to request a precise window. For one named person, pair the county record with the court or receiving-agency record that answers the remaining question.
Coahoma County MDOC Release Search
The Mississippi Department of Corrections Inmate Search is appropriate after an MDOC sentence or a transfer from Coahoma County to state custody. It is not a list of everyone once held at the county jail. Search by first and last name or MDOC number, compare identity fields, and open the full detail. A Coahoma County conviction does not mean the person is housed in Coahoma.
| Search or detail field | How to use it |
|---|---|
| First and last name | Find candidates while allowing for spelling and aliases |
| MDOC ID | Use the strongest public identifier for a direct match |
| Location | Distinguish a prison placement from community supervision |
| County of conviction | Connect an offense to Coahoma without assuming a local placement |
| Sentence and entry fields | Read the term and state-custody timeline |
| Tentative Release Date | Treat the displayed date as tentative, not confirmed |
MDOC separates inmate and parolee searches. A parole result can show release from confinement with supervision still active. When the public result is unclear, contact MDOC Records at P.O. Box 24388, Jackson, MS 39225, 601-933-2889, or MDOCRecordsDepartment@mdoc.state.ms.us. Ask about offender time, jail credit, eligibility, release or discharge type, and inactive master-file status as appropriate.
The MDOC home page displays the separate inmate and parolee entry points.
The separate tools help distinguish confinement from post-release state supervision.
Why Coahoma Custody Records Vanish
The Sheriff’s administration description says detention staff update the offender list daily, add new arrivals, and delete people who are no longer at the facility. That is evidence of an internal daily custody-list practice. It is not evidence of a public daily roster, and it does not promise a precise online update time.
Deletion answers one narrow question: the person is no longer shown at that jail. It does not state where the person went. Ask for the release or disposition field. “Bonded” and ordinary “Released” differ from “Released to MDOC,” a hold, or a court transfer. A current custody check and a historical departure record serve different needs, so date-stamp the check and preserve the exact label.
Coahoma Release Feeds and Alerts
The official Sheriff sweep found no public Coahoma County inmate roster, recent-release view, 24-hour release feed, 72-hour release feed, or verified Sheriff mobile app. No honest feed URL exists to cite. For a time-sensitive question, call the detention facility and ask whether the person remains there and whether any departure was a community release or transfer. For a durable answer, request the exact booking and release entry by a defined date and time range.
Mississippi SAVIN through VINELink offers a different service. It can search for one person and register event notifications for participating jail and MDOC sources. Coahoma participation and available events must be checked in the live selector. Read each alert literally because a transfer, return to custody, abscond event, and release are different. Confirm the final event with the Sheriff, MDOC, or receiving agency.
The Mississippi Sex Offender Registry is limited to people with a statutory duty to register. It is not a general list of Coahoma County released inmates and does not establish a jail release date.
The registry screen is useful only for that narrow legal population and must not be used as a substitute for a county release record.
Coahoma Release Transportation Options
Transportation after a county jail release is not documented as a Sheriff service. Delta Rides describes fixed-route and curb-to-curb van service in the Clarksdale and Coahoma area. Its published information does not promise pickup at the detention facility, on-demand transport, or a place on a specific route.
A released person or family should contact Delta Rides before relying on it. Confirm the route, reservation process, fare, operating time, pickup point, and whether the trip can serve the actual destination. Do not assume the jail’s exit point or routine release hour, because neither was supported in the research. A transfer to MDOC or another custodian does not create a community transportation need at all.
Coahoma Post-Release Supervision Office
Mississippi divides parole decisions from supervision. The Mississippi State Parole Board decides parole within its authority. MDOC Community Corrections supervises parole, probation, Earned Release Supervision, and other assigned categories. The Sheriff does not perform either statewide function.
The Coahoma Probation & Parole Office at 132 Sunflower Avenue, Clarksdale, provides a local MDOC contact after prison release. Its published number is 662-624-6050. This office is not a jail and does not publish a county release list. Begin with the MDOC parolee search, then use the office when the public record does not settle current supervision. A complete treatment appears on the Coahoma County probation and parole page.
Probation does not necessarily follow prison. A court may impose it directly. Parole usually follows confinement and remains conditional. An absconder notation means the authority alleges a failure to maintain lawful contact or comply with supervision, not a new conviction. Report only the source’s current label.
Coahoma Release Court Routes
Court routing matters because no single clerk holds every Coahoma County release explanation. Circuit Court handles felonies in the Eleventh Circuit. Justice Court handles matters within its lower-level authority, including offenses punishable by less than a year in county jail. County Court has limited criminal jurisdiction and overlaps with Justice Court in some matters. A municipal-origin case may require the correct municipal clerk.
The Coahoma County Circuit Clerk maintains Circuit and County criminal filings and judgments at 115 First Street, Clarksdale. The Eleventh Circuit MEC system covers both courts, though an account or fee may apply and older or restricted records may require the clerk. Useful entries include bond orders, dismissal or nolle prosequi, pleas, verdicts, sentences, jail-credit findings, probation, revocation, amended orders, and final dispositions.
The official MEC court listing shows the Coahoma Circuit and County Court access point.
That court source can outlast deletion from the jail list and explain the legal authority without claiming the exact physical release time.
Coahoma County Detention Facility
The Coahoma County Detention Facility is the county’s central holding facility for felony and misdemeanor prisoners, including people booked by municipal police departments and the Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff states that the current building opened in 2020 and has a maximum capacity of 200. Those figures describe the plant, not annual releases or the number of people in custody on a given day.
A release from the facility may go to the community, MDOC, or another custodian. Its facility record gives the jail-specific confirmation and records route. No separate state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center was identified within Coahoma County.
MDOC Release Documents and Travel
MDOC prison release logistics should not be imported into a Coahoma County jail departure. The MDOC reentry documentation program says the agency helps state inmates obtain identification and other immediate-release resources before leaving prison. Its family FAQ also says a case manager verifies travel plans and may arrange an in-state bus ticket to the destination or nearest city when requested.
These are state-prison practices. They are not promises about property pickup, identification, timing, transportation, or a ride from the Coahoma County Detention Facility. MDOC’s release process can take 30 to 45 days and requires a discharge certificate before prison release. A county bond release follows a different authority and timetable. Always match the logistical claim to the custodian that published it.
Coahoma County Federal Release Checks
A federal case arising in Coahoma County does not create a county release record for a federal prison term. Use the BOP Inmate Locator for a person committed to federal prison. It accepts federal identifying numbers or a name with optional filters. A past date with “Released” or “Not in BOP Custody” is limited to BOP custody. It does not rule out local, state, immigration custody, or federal supervision.
ICE’s Online Detainee Locator System covers civil immigration detention and may include people released from ICE custody within its stated recent window. It is not a county archive. Federal pretrial detention under the U.S. Marshals Service may instead require the federal docket or a focused USMS records request.
The official BOP locator demonstrates the correct federal source.
Open the Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator.
A BOP result must remain scoped to federal prison custody and should be date-stamped when used to verify a departure.
Coahoma Released or Still Held
The strongest source depends on both the old and new custodian. Use a current locator to answer where a person is held now. Use a release or discharge record to answer when a past custody episode ended. Use a court order to answer why. When sources conflict, preserve the exact labels and contact the agency that owns the disputed field.
| Source | Best use | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| Coahoma jail contact | Current county custody and immediate departure routing | No verified public roster or release feed |
| County release record | Departure time, disposition, authority, destination | Does not decide the final merits of the case |
| Court docket or order | Bond, dismissal, sentence, credit, revocation, disposition | May not show physical gate time |
| MDOC offender detail | State location, sentence, tentative date | Not a county booking archive |
| MDOC parolee search | Post-release state supervision | Parole is not full discharge |
| VINE/SAVIN | Event notice for participating sources | An alert is not the legal release instrument |
| BOP or ICE locator | Custody within that federal system | A negative or released result is agency-specific |
Which record proves actual departure? Prefer the custodian’s dated release or disposition entry. Pair it with the signed order or correctional instrument when the authority matters. A notification can prompt the check, but confirmation belongs with the jail, MDOC, BOP, ICE, court, or receiving agency.
Every Coahoma County release claim should answer four points: which agency held custody, what event ended it, where the person went next, and what official record confirms the result. If one point remains unknown, describe the finding as incomplete.