Official Tunica County Jail Roster
The official access point is the Tunica County roster choice page. It links to current inmates and to the 48-hour release roster. Both are part of the Tunica County Sheriff's Office site, which is the local source for the Tunica County Detention Center. The roster is free to view and the captured page did not show a login, registration step, fee, export option, or posted result cap.
The roster choice page includes an accuracy warning. It says information is collected, maintained, and provided for convenience, and that the detention center cannot certify accuracy or authenticity. The sample profile also warns that charges and bail may change after court appearances. For that reason, the online record is a starting point. Call 662-363-1411 before posting bond, sending money, traveling to visit, or relying on a charge or case number.
That warning is not just legal wording. Tunica County inmate records can change after a first appearance, after a prosecutor reviews the charge, after another agency confirms a hold, or after a court changes bond. A person can also leave the current roster because of release, transfer, court transport, or movement into MDOC custody after sentencing. When the online list and a real-world need conflict, the detention center phone line is the confirmation channel.
Search Tunica County Jail Records
The Tunica County inmate records workflow starts with status. If the person should still be housed at the Tunica County Detention Center, use Current Inmates. If the person was just released, use the release roster. If neither list works, the next steps are a phone call, an in-person records question, a Mississippi Public Records Act request, or a different locator.
- Open the sheriff's roster choice page and pick Current Inmates or 48 Hour Release.
- Enter a name in Search By Name if the list is long, or use Show All when spelling is uncertain.
- Use the Name, Date, Current, Released, Newest to Oldest, and Oldest to Newest controls to change the view.
- Read the roster card for mugshot, name, booking number, booking date, charge text, bond, and profile link.
- Open View Profile to check age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charges, and bond.
- Call detention center staff at 662-363-1411 for correct bail amount, charge wording, and case numbers.
Tunica County Roster Controls
The roster has a simple search and sort interface. It does not publish wildcard rules, minimum character counts, or a refresh schedule. Pagination was visible when the captured current roster showed 23 people, so Show All and sorting can matter when searching common names.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search By Name | Text | Unspecified | Searches roster names; no wildcard rule is published. |
| Name | Link or tab | No | Sort or list option under Options. |
| Date | Link or tab | No | Sort or list option under Options. |
| Current | Link or tab | No | Switches to the active custody roster. |
| Released | Link or tab | No | Switches to released entries. |
| Search / Show All | Buttons | No | Runs the name search or resets to a full list view. |
Tunica County Booking Profile Fields
The public profile is useful because it gives more than a name match. It can confirm whether the record is a same-name match, which agency made the arrest, and whether the jail has posted a dollar bond or a no-bond status. It is still not the final court record, and the sheriff's own warning says charges and bail can change after court.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full name in uppercase on the inspected sample profile. |
| Mugshot | One booking photo on the roster card and profile. |
| Booking # | Numeric jail booking identifier, not an MDOC ID or court case number. |
| Age, gender, race | Basic fields visible on the sample profile. |
| Arresting agency | Agency abbreviation, such as TCSO. |
| Booking date | Date and time of jail booking. |
| Charges | Plain-language charge text, including examples such as fugitive or DUI wording. |
| Bond | Amount or status, with a warning to call for current bail and case data. |
Tunica County Jail Contact
Use the jail phone line when the online roster is unclear or when the question affects money, release, court timing, or travel. The sheriff site publishes the main number as a 24-hour phone, while administrative office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.
Tunica County Detention Center
5126 Old Mhoon Landing Road
Tunica, MS 38676
662-363-1411
24-hour phone; administrative office hours Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
No dedicated Tunica sheriff public-records request form was located on the captured Forms page. For older booking records, incident reports, or mugshots, ask the sheriff's office for the records custodian and reference the Mississippi Public Records Act. Mississippi Code Section 25-61-5 generally prevents a public body from setting request procedures that allow production or denial later than seven working days from receipt unless law allows it.
A good records request should be narrow. Include the person's full name, approximate booking date, booking number if known, the type of record requested, and a way to contact the requester about fees or redactions. Mississippi Code Section 25-61-7 allows actual-cost fees, so ask for an estimate before asking for broad files. Sensitive law-enforcement, judicial, or prosecutorial personnel information can also be withheld under state exemptions.
Tunica County Visitation Records
The researched Tunica sheriff pages did not publish a full visitation schedule, mail policy, visitor dress code, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit rule, or remote video schedule. That source gap matters because jail rules can change by housing status, lockdown, staffing, court transport, or medical restrictions. The safest record-based answer is to call before visiting or mailing anything.
| Topic | Published Tunica Detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Not located in official captured sources | Call 662-363-1411 for schedule, ID rules, dress code, and approval. |
| Video visits | City Telecoin is named as phone provider; no local video schedule was located | Check with the jail before scheduling any remote visit. |
| Attorney visits | Not located | Attorneys should coordinate directly with the jail or court. |
| Visitor ID | Not located | Assume government photo ID is needed and confirm before travel. |
| Holiday or lockdown changes | Not located | Confirm the same day. |
Phone and Deposit Channels
The corrections page names City Telecoin as the inmate phone provider. A sheriff press release dated May 13, 2020 says money orders were discontinued effective May 20, 2020 for inmate commissary and phone account funds. The same notice directs families to Access Corrections Secure Deposits by app, website, or phone.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Inmate phone service | City Telecoin, named on the corrections page. |
| Commissary and phone deposits | Access Corrections Secure Deposits. |
| Online deposits | accesscorrections.com, described by the sheriff as a low handling-charge option. |
| Phone deposits | 866-345-1884, with 24/7 bilingual representative access. |
| Money orders | Discontinued for commissary/phone funds per the May 2020 sheriff notice. |
Tunica County Inmate Lookup Fallbacks
The Tunica County jail roster is the best source for local custody, but it does not cover every inmate record. A sentenced felony prisoner from Tunica County may move into MDOC custody and no longer appear on the county roster. A federal prisoner should be searched through BOP. An immigration detainee should be searched through ICE ODLS. Mississippi VINE is useful for notification, especially when a custody change matters to a victim or family member.
| Lookup Channel | Use It For | Search Fields |
|---|---|---|
| MDOC inmate search | Sentenced Mississippi state prisoners | First name, last name, or MDOC ID number. |
| Mississippi VINE | Custody and case notifications | Portal search and registration fields vary by record. |
| BOP inmate locator | Federal prisoners from 1982 to present | Name fields, race, sex, age, or federal register number routes. |
| ICE ODLS | Adult immigration detention | A-number or biographical search with country of birth and birth date. |
No official Tunica County Sheriff's Office mobile app was located in the researched sources; use the sheriff's web roster, phone line, and Mississippi VINE/VINELink for custody information.
Tunica County also has a nearby MDOC community-corrections presence, but it is not a jail. The MDOC Tunica Probation & Parole Office at 5263 Old Mhoon Landing Road Unit 2 supervises people in the community. It does not replace the county roster for current jail custody and should not be treated as a detention facility page.
Tunica County Booking Context
A Tunica County booking usually begins when a sheriff deputy, municipal officer, warrant officer, or other authorized agency brings the person to the detention center. Jail staff create or update the booking record, assign the booking number, inventory property under jail policy, take or attach the booking photo, and enter charge and bond information. The public roster may show the arresting agency, such as TCSO, but it does not publish property-release rules, housing unit, warrant number, or court date fields in the inspected sample profile.
Classification and healthcare are part of the local jail record context. The sheriff corrections page says Warden Reginald Boykin oversees inmate classification and inmate healthcare service, and Assistant Jail Administrator Shontina Reed assists with medical care, safety, recreation, housing, feeding, clothing, and education operations. Those details explain why a person can be booked before every public-facing detail appears online. Intake, medical review, classification, court paperwork, and bond entry are separate steps.
Note: A booking number is a jail identifier. It is not the same as an MDOC ID, citation number, or court case number.
Common Tunica Jail Terms
Roster language can be short, so plain definitions help when reading a Tunica County inmate record.
- Booking
- The jail intake record created after arrest.
- Bond
- A release condition set by the court or reflected in jail records; it can change after court.
- Detainer or hold
- A notice that another agency may want custody, which can block release even when local bond exists.
- PR bond
- Release on a promise to appear without paying a full cash bond.
- MDOC
- The Mississippi Department of Corrections, which handles sentenced state prisoners.