Lamar County Jail Overview
Lamar County Jail is operated by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Danny Rigel. The jail is the county's adult local detention facility and is tied to the Main Street government area in Purvis. The facility receives people arrested by law-enforcement agencies in Lamar County, including sheriff's deputies, municipal police, state patrol officers, constables, wildlife officers, and other agencies that bring a person into local custody.
The sheriff's jail text describes a practical custody role: after a person is turned over to the jail, the person may be allowed to post bond and leave pending court, or may remain held until the courts dispose of the case. The jail can also hold county or city sentenced inmates, and some people may remain in Lamar County Jail while waiting for state transfer. No separate local MDOC, BOP, ICE, or U.S. Marshals facility was located in Lamar County.
Lamar County Jail Capacity
The most concrete facility statistics in the research come from sheriff jail operations text. Lamar County Jail was built in 1992, has 152 beds, and is staffed by 21 sworn jailers. The county does not publish a current official average daily population, annual booking count, or custody-status breakdown in the sources reviewed. For that reason, the roster may help show who is held now, but it should not be treated as a historical population dashboard.
Population figures can change quickly after new arrests, bond hearings, court orders, releases, and transfers. A person listed today may be released, moved to court, transferred to another agency, or shifted into MDOC custody later. Confirm time-sensitive status with the jail before making travel, bond, visitation, or money decisions.
Search Lamar County Jail Roster
The correct lookup route for Lamar County Jail is the official Public Safety Cloud/JailTracker roster linked from the Lamar County Sheriff's Office page. The direct roster URL is Lamar County JailTracker. The research capture showed the app can expose search controls, current or released filtering, agency options, booking numbers, charges, bonds, holds, and image fields, although the live renderer did not preserve a sample profile.
- Open the official sheriff roster link rather than a third-party roster page.
- Search by last name first, then add first name if the result list is too broad.
- Use released or agency filters if the portal shows those controls.
- Open the matching profile and compare booking date, charges, bond, holds, and status.
- Call the jail if the portal fails, the person bonded out, or the record is not visible.
Use MDOC only when the person is a sentenced Mississippi prisoner who has moved out of county custody. Use BOP or ICE only for federal or immigration custody. VINELink Mississippi can help with custody notifications, but it is not the same as a jail roster.
Lamar County Jail Contact
The jail and sheriff's front office are close together in the Purvis government district, but the research lists more than one address for different purposes. Use the jail map address for navigation and the P.O. Box for inmate property, legal mail, religious mail, and allowed books. Phone first when the question involves bond, custody status, release timing, property, or visitor entry.
Lamar County Jail
201 Main Street
Purvis, MS 39475
Jail: 601-794-1088
Sheriff's Office: 601-794-1005
Sheriff Front Office
205 Main Street, Suite B
Purvis, MS 39475
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Canteen/property: 601-794-3562
Lamar County Jail Visitation
Visitation at Lamar County Jail is video-based through JailATM. The sheriff's jail materials distinguish remote video visits from scheduled on-site kiosk visits. Remote visits are handled through JailATM, while scheduled on-site visits occur at the jail kiosk in the canteen office. The reviewed PDF does not publish a full day-by-day public schedule, so visitors should confirm the current appointment process and arrival rules before traveling.
| Visit Type | Where It Happens | Timing / Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Remote video visit | JailATM | Scheduled through provider; remote visits draw from the inmate canteen account. |
| Scheduled on-site visit | Jail kiosk in canteen office | Scheduled through JailATM; not a contact visit. |
| Attorney visit | Not published in reviewed sources | Call the jail before arrival. |
The jail's instructions warn that remote visits work better from a computer than a cellphone because a lost signal can lose the visit. That is a practical point for families using video visits after an arrest. It also means scheduling and technology checks should happen before funds are used.
Lamar Jail Mail Money
Lamar County Jail uses different routes for physical mail, scanned personal mail, canteen, phone, and money orders. Legal mail, religious mail, and allowed property use the Purvis P.O. Box. General personal mail is sent to the JailATM Southaven scanning address and then viewed through the inmate kiosk account. Books cannot be dropped off and must be mailed.
| Mail Type | Address | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Legal, religious, allowed property | Inmate Name/ID#, P.O. Box 806, Purvis, MS 39475 | Physical mail allowed for these categories. |
| General personal mail | JailATM.com - Lamar County Jail, Inmate Name/ID Number, 384 Goodman Road E. Box 217, Southaven, MS 38671 | Scanned to kiosk account; direct physical mail may be returned. |
| Books | P.O. Box 806 address | No hardbacks or X-rated material; limit three books in possession. |
Canteen funds can be placed by phone at 1-866-345-1884, online at AccessCorrections.com, or by money order to Lamar County MS, P.O. Box 12486, St. Louis, MO 63132. The family-deposit PDF also lists RegentPay and Correct Solutions app routes. Canteen money can move to the phone account, but phone money cannot move back to canteen.
| Account | Method | Fee / Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Canteen | Phone, 1-866-345-1884 | Fees listed as low as $3.95. |
| Canteen | AccessCorrections.com | Fees listed as low as $2.95. |
| Canteen | Money order lockbox | $3.00 processing fee; include facility, inmate name, and ID. |
| Phone | Correct Solutions or CSGPay.com | Phone deposits use a separate route. |
Lamar Jail Property Rules
The property rules are time-sensitive. General population property can be brought within three days from the time a person is booked. After the three-day window, property may be dropped off only on Mondays during business hours or mailed to the jail. For a new booking after hours or on a weekend, the property policy directs visitors to the lobby on the right side of the Sheriff's Office and the lobby phone button labeled Booking.
- General population items must be in original packaging or with tags where required.
- Allowed clothing includes white T-shirts, white socks, white underwear or boxers, and wire-free white bras for females.
- Legal mail, paper, pre-printed stamped envelopes, a Bible, and reading glasses are listed as allowable items.
- Items outside the rules, dropped off without a complete form, damaged, excess, or not in original packaging can be discarded.
- Inmate workers have a separate allowable-items list with limited bedding, clothing, shoes, hygiene items, and a clear tote.
Every incarcerated person receives one free five-minute phone call weekly on Mondays, according to the canteen and visitation materials. That does not replace the roster or jail phone line, but it is useful for families trying to understand early contact after booking.
Lamar County Booking Intake
Booking at Lamar County Jail begins after an arresting agency turns a person over to jail staff. Intake can include identity checks, search, property inventory, booking record creation, photo and fingerprints, medical or security screening, and classification. The roster model includes fields for booking number, arrest number, jacket number, original booking date and time, charges, bond, holds, and court-related identifiers.
Bond is not the same as commissary or phone money. Justice Court is important for misdemeanors, initial appearances, preliminary hearings, and felony bond hearings. County Court judges may also set bond and preside over preliminary hearings. Felony cases that move forward are handled through Circuit Clerk records, Mississippi Electronic Courts where available, and the 15th Circuit Court District Attorney. For court documents after arrest, the jail roster is only a starting point.
About Lamar County Jail
The facility's public materials are more practical than promotional. The sheriff's jail page links to PDFs for deposits, allowable property, property drop-off, canteen, phone, visitation, and mail. The research did not locate a full inmate handbook, accreditation page, grievance policy, current population report, or detailed parking and accessibility instructions. It did locate specific local practices that matter after booking, such as the three-day property rule, Monday-only post-window drop-off, SmartJailMail photo uploads, scanned personal mail, and scheduled kiosk visits.
Male inmates serving county or city sentences may be used in county and city departments for community-service work, according to sheriff jail text. No recent official Lamar County jail consent decree, DOJ jail investigation, new-jail project, or closure was located in the reviewed sources. A local news item reported sheriff-office staffing and crime trends in 2025, but that is public-safety context rather than a jail population statistic.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, mail, and property rules with Lamar County Jail before traveling or sending money.