Search Forrest County Released Inmates

Forrest County Release Meaning

A Forrest County release record closes one custody event at one facility. At the Adult Detention Center, that event may end because bond conditions were met, a court ordered a nonfinancial release, the person received time served, a local sentence ended, or a charge was dismissed with no other hold. Probation can also replace more confinement under a court order. Each route has its own proof. The jail entry records the physical processing, while the court file explains the legal authority.

Other exits are not community releases. A person may leave the county jail for the Mississippi Department of Corrections, another county, the U.S. Marshals Service, or ICE. A transfer ends Forrest County's physical custody while another authority keeps custody. Parole and earned-release supervision also permit an eligible state prisoner to live outside an institution while legal supervision continues. A discharge is different. It documents completion of the sentence or supervision named in the record.

Note: A county release code names how that booking ended; it does not by itself prove freedom from every other custodian.

Forrest County Release Record Fields

The strongest Forrest County release record identifies both the person and the exact booking. One name can be tied to several arrests, cases, or holds, so a bare notation of “released” is not enough. Ask for the booking sheet and the release-log entry together. The booking number anchors the event. Date of birth or another limited identifier helps distinguish namesakes, while the arresting agency and case number route the requester to the right court.

Release time and court time may differ. Staff may need to clear warrants, detainers, and paperwork after a judge signs an order. Ask what a timestamp represents when exact timing matters. Property details and a booking photograph may also remain in the booking file, subject to lawful redaction. Forrest County did not publish a fixed online retention period, so the lifespan of a roster display should never be treated as the lifespan of the underlying record.

Request Forrest County Release Records

The FCSO Public Records Requests page provides the formal route for a county jail release entry. Describe a finite record set. Include the full name, booking number when known, approximate booking date, and requested records. A useful request asks for the booking sheet, release-log entry, release authorization, and destination or receiving agency. Request an electronic copy and an itemized estimate before work over a stated limit.

1. Identify the booking with the name, number, and approximate date.
2. Ask for the release date, time, code, authority, and destination.
3. Request the booking sheet and release authorization for context.
4. Ask for email delivery or an existing electronic export.
5. Request an estimate before chargeable work begins.
6. For withheld material, ask for the exemption and all separable public fields.

The completed form may be emailed to fcsorecords@co.forrest.ms.us or submitted by the listed mail, fax, or hand-delivery channels. The published policy lists $0.15 per black-and-white page, $0.25 per color page, the actual cost of qualified staff time for search, review, and redaction, and no charge for emailed files under 25 MB. Work under 15 minutes may be waived. A USB or CD up to 1 GB is listed at $10, and advance payment may be required.

The manifest capture of the Sheriff's release-record request channel shows the official page used to start this process.

The captured page helps confirm the source and submission path, while the requested jail entry supplies person-specific proof.

Note: Ask for an existing record or export, not a new report that the Sheriff's Office does not already maintain.

Forrest County Release Records Law

The Mississippi Public Records Act, Miss. Code §§ 25-61-1 through 25-61-19, governs access to nonexempt public records. The agency may follow reasonable written procedures and charge allowable actual costs. Under the response rule described in § 25-61-5, a public body that cannot produce a record within one working day must give a written explanation. Production generally must occur within seven working days unless written procedures and the circumstances support more time.

That law does not open every jail field. Juvenile records, medical facts, victim information protected by law, security-sensitive details, active investigative material covered by an exemption, and sealed or expunged records may be withheld or redacted. When just one part is protected, ask the custodian to produce the separable public portions. Forrest County's reviewed policy did not establish a fixed retention term for release entries. An old booking file may be archived even after the name is gone from the web roster.

Forrest County Bond Release Times

The Adult Detention Center page publishes detailed periods when bonding services are available. It lists Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to noon, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. to midnight. Weekend service is listed from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The page also states a Tuesday evening exception from 7:00 p.m. to midnight because of visitation.

These periods do not promise a walk-out time. They identify when bond processing is offered. Staff must still verify the bond or surety, check other warrants and detainers, confirm court authority, and complete release work. Another hold can prevent a community release. The finished Forrest County booking/release entry remains the key record, and its destination field shows whether the person left for the community or for another agency.

Forrest County Release Court Orders

A Hattiesburg arrest can create records in more than one court system. Hattiesburg Municipal Court may handle city matters. Justice Court handles many county criminal matters and preliminary proceedings. Forrest County Circuit Court handles state felonies. The arresting-agency and case-number fields on the booking record are vital because they show where a bond order, dismissal, judgment, probation order, revocation, or discharge entry should be sought.

The official Forrest County Courts page states that the Circuit Clerk maintains the felony docket, including parties, pleas, indictments, appeal material, and papers referenced to the minute book. Mississippi Electronic Courts may help with participating courts, but it does not guarantee open anonymous access to every local criminal file. If no online result appears, contact the proper clerk rather than concluding that the case does not exist.

The captured court source below identifies the local jurisdiction and record role.

A signed court order explains why release was authorized. The jail log confirms when physical processing ended and whether another custodian received the person.

Forrest County Expunged Release Records

Mississippi expungement is governed by Miss. Code § 99-19-71 and related law. Eligibility depends on the disposition, offense, history, and statutory terms. A signed expungement or sealing order can change public access and requires the court and record custodians to act as the law directs. It should not be assumed from a missing search result.

If a known case no longer appears, the accurate statement is that no public record was located. It is not proof that the arrest never occurred or that every agency file was destroyed. Juvenile matters follow separate confidentiality rules. For an adult Forrest County booking affected by an order, use the issuing court and the Sheriff's records custodian to confirm implementation. The duration of the old online display has no bearing on the legal effect of the order.

Time served

A court or jail notation that the required local custodial time was satisfied.

Detainer

A hold or request from another authority that may block or redirect release.

Expungement

A court-directed remedy that can limit public access under applicable law.

Discharge

Formal completion of the sentence or supervision described by the record.

Find Forrest County Released Inmates

Start by deciding which agency last held the person. Gather the full legal name, likely aliases, approximate birth date, booking or inmate number, arresting agency, date range, and case number. Use only enough personal data to distinguish the correct record. The search then follows custody in sequence, not one universal database.

1. Check the county roster only to see whether the person is still listed in current custody.
2. For a county booking, contact Adult Detention and request the booking/release transaction.
3. Match the release reason to the court order using the case number.
4. If MDOC received the person, search the statewide offender record by MDOC number or name.
5. Use VINE for a named-person event or notification, then confirm the alert with the source agency.
6. Follow BOP, USMS, or ICE when the release entry names a federal receiving authority.

Forrest County has no verified official rolling recent-release feed. The Sheriff's roster page describes JailTracker as a list of current inmates, with no confirmed 24-hour or 72-hour release selector. The Jail Releases: 24 Hours method therefore begins with a tightly dated release-log request. For an older or named episode, the same record-request path remains stronger than interpreting a vanished roster name.

Note: Search one booking at a time because one person can have several cases, holds, and custody changes.

Forrest County Release Search Split

Forrest County has both a county Adult Detention Center and an MDOC Community Work Center in the Hattiesburg area. That overlap makes “Forrest County inmate” ambiguous. The county jail holds pretrial detainees, people serving local sentences, and people temporarily held for another authority. Its release proof comes from the Sheriff's booking/release record. The work center is a state correctional placement. Its movements and releases belong to MDOC.

A location change from the Community Work Center can mean reassignment within the state system. It is not automatically parole or discharge. Likewise, a defendant who leaves Adult Detention for MDOC has been released from county custody but remains confined by the state. Identify the operator before searching. County of conviction can connect an MDOC sentence to Forrest County, while the location field identifies the reported state placement.

Adult Detention Center

Use the Sheriff records custodian and obtain the booking/release transaction.

Community Work Center or MDOC prison

Use the MDOC offender search and request the actual discharge or supervision record.

Hattiesburg police processing

Ask whether city processing ended in release or transfer, then use the county record if booked.

Federal or immigration authority

Follow BOP, the federal docket, USMS, or ICE according to the named custodian.

Note: The operating agency, not the Hattiesburg location alone, determines which release search and records office applies.

MDOC Forrest County Release Search

The MDOC Inmate Search applies to people committed to Mississippi state custody. Use the MDOC number when known, since it reduces namesake errors. Otherwise search by name and compare the birth date, county of conviction, sentence, and physical descriptors. The public detail can show an MDOC ID, entry date, location and unit, location-change date, sentence count, total sentence length, offense, county, sentence date, photograph, and the exact label “Tentative Release Date.”

That tentative field is not an actual release date. MDOC separately computes earned-release supervision, tentative, and maximum dates, and parole depends on the Mississippi State Parole Board. Credits, legal eligibility, detainers, case changes, and administrative work can alter the path. For a past release, record any actual status or supervision wording separately. If the detail does not establish completion, request a discharge certificate or public release/status record from MDOC Records.

Forrest County Release Supervision

A person outside prison may remain under parole, probation, or earned-release supervision. The Mississippi State Parole Board decides parole, while MDOC Community Corrections supervises parole, probation, ERS, and other community placements. Confirm the exact label in the MDOC or court record. Do not call every supervised person a parolee. The assigned office may follow an approved residence rather than the county of conviction.

VINELink supplies a separate named-person custody and notification channel. Select Mississippi, search by the supported name or identifier, match the agency and identity, and read the event wording exactly. “Released,” “out of custody,” and “transferred” have different meanings. Notification methods can include text, email, phone, and in-app alerts when enabled. The Mississippi workflow uses a four-digit PIN for phone confirmation and registration changes.

The Mississippi Sex Offender Registry is a narrow, purpose-specific source for a person who is legally required to register. It is not a list of all Forrest County released inmates. A match proves registry status, not the date or manner of release. No match proves neither that custody continues nor that no release occurred, so use the jail, MDOC, or court record for that question.

The official VINELink capture shows the interface used for a Forrest County inmate release check.

An alert is prompt notice, not a discharge certificate. Confirm the event with the county jail, MDOC, or receiving agency.

Forrest County Release Transfers

The Forrest County Sheriff's transport unit moves people among courts, the juvenile and evaluation centers, Adult Detention, and other agencies. That local transport role makes the receiving-agency field especially important. A person can disappear from JailTracker after an internal move or interagency handoff. The event may be recorded as a Forrest County release even when no community release occurred.

If the destination is MDOC, follow the statewide offender record. Another county requires the receiving jail or sheriff. A USMS entry points to the federal docket and authorized Marshals channels because the Marshals Service manages federal prisoners from arrest through court and transport. BOP applies to federal prison custody. If ICE is named, use the Online Detainee Locator and detention contacts after the county confirms when it relinquished custody.

Forrest County Federal Release Lookup

The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal prisoners from 1982 to the present. Search by register number when available, or use name with the supported identity fields. A historic record may show “Released” and a release date. “Not in BOP custody” is much narrower. The person may be in USMS pretrial or transport custody, a contract site, county custody, state custody, or immigration detention.

The BOP source capture below shows the federal-only locator used when a Forrest County record points to federal prison custody.

The federal result must be paired with the county destination field and court record to trace the complete custody chain. ICE provides A-number and biographical search modes through its own locator. No federal prison or verified ICE detention facility was identified in Forrest County, so these are receiving systems rather than local county facilities.

Forrest County Released Custody Check

Each source answers one narrow question. The current jail roster can show reported county custody, but it is not a historic release archive. A county release entry closes the local booking and can identify the next destination. MDOC records cover state custody and supervision. BOP covers federal prison records, while USMS and ICE require different paths. Court records supply legal authority but not always the moment the person passed the jail release point.

• Still on the Forrest County roster: reported as in current county custody.
• Absent from the roster: no conclusion until the release entry or receiving record is found.
• MDOC location shown: reported state placement, not a county jail status.
• Parole, probation, or ERS shown: outside an institution may still mean supervised status.
• BOP “Released”: federal prison custody ended on the listed date, but another authority may still apply.

For exact proof, pair two records when possible. The custody system establishes the event. The court or board record explains authority. A receiving-agency record resolves whether a transfer followed. This method keeps a jail exit, state discharge, and federal release from being treated as the same event.

Note: A future or tentative date predicts a possible path; only an actual release or discharge record confirms a completed event.

Forrest County Release Facilities

Eight facility or system pages reflect the custody paths that can serve a Forrest County case. The Adult Detention Center is the primary county jail. Juvenile and evaluation records carry special limits and do not belong in an adult search. The Community Work Center and statewide MDOC institutions use state records. Hattiesburg police may release someone at the city processing stage or send the person to the county jail. BOP and ICE use federal systems.

• Forrest County Adult Detention Center: county booking/release record and court authority.
• Forrest County Juvenile Detention Center: authorized family and Youth Court channels under juvenile confidentiality law.
• Forrest County Evaluation Center: authorized facility and court channels, with medical and court privacy limits.
• Forrest County Community Work Center: statewide MDOC status, supervision, or discharge record.
• Hattiesburg Police Department holding / booking pathway: city release or transfer proof, then county booking records if admitted.
• Mississippi Department of Corrections institutions statewide: MDOC offender search and discharge records.
• Federal Bureau of Prisons institutions nationwide: BOP locator and federal court record.
• ICE detention network / Online Detainee Locator System: ICE locator and detention-information contact.

Start with the last known custodian. Then follow the release or transfer record forward. That sequence prevents a county roster, a state tentative date, or a federal locator result from being stretched beyond its actual scope.