Search the Panola County Inmate Roster
The Panola County Sheriff's Office, led by Sheriff Shane Phelps, runs the county jail and publishes a current inmate roster through its official mobile app. The roster is an OCV feature titled Inmate Roster, and it pulls booking data straight from the jail's records system. Each entry covers one person held at the Panola County Jail, with charges, a booking date, and basic identifying details attached. The same app carries Recent Arrests, Most Wanted, and Jail Information pages, so the roster sits inside a wider set of public-safety tools run by the Sheriff.
The roster route on the Sheriff's website loads through the app feed rather than a standard web form, as seen on the official Panola County inmate roster page. The screen below shows how that lookup is presented to the public.
Because the roster is delivered through the app and its OCV feed, it behaves like an app-only tool, with no separate county-built database or login of its own. The app share link is https://apps.myocv.com/share/a68738606. No Apple App Store or Google Play package IDs were published for the app, so the Sheriff's website or that share link is the safest way in rather than a store search.
Note: the roster updates as the jail processes bookings, so a very recent arrest can take time to appear and a release may lag behind the listing.
How to Use the Panola County Inmate Roster
Reaching the roster takes only a couple of steps, but the feed works differently from a typical search box. Instead of typing a name and pressing search, you open the list and read or scroll through the current bookings.
- Open the Sheriff's site at the inmate roster page, or launch the Panola County Sheriff app from the share link.
- Let the Inmate Roster feed load the current list of people booked into the county jail.
- Scroll the roster, since the feed displays the full list rather than offering a name search box.
- Tap or click a name to open that person's booking detail, charges, and mugshot.
- Write down the booking number and charge codes if you plan to call the jail or follow the case in court.
The feed has no date filter, no booking-number search field, and no export button. On a phone or computer, the quickest way to find one person is the device's on-screen find function once the list has loaded.
Roster Search Fields and Feed Layout
The Panola County roster does not present the usual set of search boxes. There is no visible last-name field, no booking-number lookup, and no date-range filter in the feed. What the feed does expose is a consistent set of data fields for every booking, which is worth knowing before you scan the list.
| Field | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Inmate Roster module | App feed list | OCV feature that exposes the full list; no keyword box |
| Name | Uppercase text | Full name in each entry's title field |
| Booking Number | Numeric, year-prefixed | Example 2026000941 |
| Inmate ID | Numeric | Local inmate identifier |
| Booking Date | MM/DD/YYYY | Date booked into the jail |
| Booking Time | HH:MM:SS | Time of the booking event |
| Date of Birth | MM/DD/YYYY | Shown in the public feed |
| Race | Text | Such as Black or White |
| Gender | MALE / FEMALE | Listed per booking |
| Charge ID | Numeric | Local identifier for each charge |
| Charge Description | Text | Plain-language charge |
| Charge Code | MS Code style | Such as 97-3-7(4), or an agency code like USMS |
| Mugshot | Image | Small and large image URLs per result |
The raw data behind the roster is visible in the official OCV inmate feed, which lists each booking as a structured record. The view below shows that feed format.
Reading the feed directly is useful when the app view is slow, but the same fields appear either way, so most users stay with the roster page.
What a Panola County Inmate Profile Shows
Open a single booking and the detail page lays out the fields the jail makes public. The list is short and practical, built around who was booked, when, and on what charges. It does not include the financial or scheduling details many people expect.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking Number | Year-prefixed number assigned at intake, such as 2026000941, used to track the booking. |
| Inmate ID | The jail's internal identifier for the person in custody. |
| Booking Date | The calendar date the person was booked, shown in MM/DD/YYYY form. |
| Booking Time | The clock time of the booking, shown in HH:MM:SS form. |
| Date of Birth | The inmate's birth date, listed in the public feed. |
| Race | A short race descriptor such as Black or White. |
| Gender | Listed as MALE or FEMALE. |
| Charge ID | A local number tied to each separate charge on the booking. |
| Charge Description | Plain-language charge, such as Aggravated Domestic Violence or DUI First Offense. |
| Charge Code | A Mississippi Code section or agency code, such as 97-3-7(4) or USMS. |
| Mugshot | A booking photo, returned as small and large image URLs. |
Bond amount, court date, projected release date, holding pod, and arresting agency are not part of the public feed. To get those, call the jail at 662-563-6230 or check the case with the court that has it.
Recent Arrests vs Current Inmates
The Sheriff app separates Recent Arrests from the full Inmate Roster, and the difference matters. Recent Arrests highlights people booked in the most recent stretch of time, while the roster shows everyone currently held, including people who have been in the jail for months.
The booking activity behind that tab comes from the official recent arrests feed, which lists newer bookings as they post. The image below shows how those entries appear.
Not everyone on the roster is a fresh local arrest. The June 2026 feed included United States Marshals Service housing holds, foreign-warrant and fugitive holds, probation violations, and state-inmate codes alongside new county bookings. Because the jail houses federal detainees and long-term state inmates, a name on the list does not always mean a recent Panola County arrest. For the arrest-to-charge record itself, the county's arrest records and court charges page traces how a booking becomes a filed charge.
Charges, Charge Codes, and Booking Numbers
Each booking carries one or more charges, and every charge ties to a code. The charge code is usually a Mississippi Code section, written in the state's chapter-and-section style. Examples pulled from the roster include 97-3-7(4) for an aggravated assault or domestic-violence charge, 97-17-43 for petit larceny, 63-11-30(2)(a) for DUI, 99-21-1, and 47-7-37 for probation matters. Some codes are agency labels rather than statutes, such as USMS for a federal Marshals hold.
- Booking Number
- A year-prefixed control number created at intake, such as 2026000941, that identifies the entire booking event.
- Charge ID
- A local number attached to one specific charge, so a booking with several charges has several charge IDs.
- Charge Code
- The Mississippi Code citation or agency code for the offense, which tells you the statute the charge is built on.
- Charge Description
- A plain-language label for the charge, written for readers rather than lawyers.
A charge listed at booking is only the starting point. The code shows what the person was held for, not what a court has decided. Pleas, hearings, and the final outcome live in the county's criminal court records, which the clerk maintains once a case opens.
County Jail vs MDOC Prison Search
The county jail roster and the state prison system are two separate searches. The Sheriff's roster covers people held locally at the Panola County Jail. Once a person is sentenced to state prison time, custody shifts to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, and the local roster no longer tracks them.
| County Jail Roster | MDOC Inmate Search |
|---|---|
| Lists people booked into and held at the Panola County Jail, including pretrial and short-term inmates | Lists people in Mississippi state prison custody under the Department of Corrections |
| Searched through the Sheriff app Inmate Roster and OCV feed | Searched through the state MDOC inmate search |
| Browse the roster list, no name field | Search by Last Name, First Name, or MDOC ID Number |
| Shows booking number, charges, charge codes, and mugshot | Shows state inmate status and custody information |
The statewide search runs through the official portal shown below, which accepts a name or an MDOC ID number.
If a person is not on the Panola jail roster, the MDOC search is the next stop for state custody. Federal detainees are a third category and may be tracked by the federal agency holding them rather than by either state tool.
Panola County Jail Location and Contacts
The county jail shares an address with the Panola County Sheriff's Office in Batesville. The same phone line handles jail questions during business hours, and the Sheriff's Records Clerk, Gail Cauthen, is the contact for booking or incident records that are not posted online.
Panola County Jail
300 James Rudd Drive
Batesville, MS 38606
662-563-6230
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Because the Sheriff has countywide jurisdiction, the jail holds people arrested across Panola County, not just in one city. Batesville, Sardis, and Como have their own police departments, but their bookings and many of their inmates still pass through this facility.
Note: the listed hours are the Sheriff's office business hours, and jail operations run around the clock, so call ahead before traveling for any in-person matter.
Video Visits, Phone Accounts, and Commissary
The jail publishes a short set of service details through its Jail Information page. Video visitation is offered, inmate phone accounts run through one vendor, and commissary deposits run through another. No full visitation schedule, visitor ID list, or pricing table is published in the official material, so the safest plan is to confirm by phone first.
| Service | Detail | Access |
|---|---|---|
| Video visitation | Offered (Video Visitation - Yes) | Call the jail to confirm onsite or remote |
| Commissary deposits | Food only | www.commissarydeposit.com |
| Inmate phone | Prepaid phone accounts | www.citytelecoin.com |
| Jail Administrator | Bobby Meek | 662-563-6230 |
| Jail address | 300 James Rudd Drive, Batesville | In person during business hours |
The Jail Information page that lists these services is part of the Sheriff app, shown in the official jail information feed below.
No visitation schedule, deposit limit, or call rate is published in the official sources. Call 662-563-6230 before visiting or depositing money so you do not travel or pay a vendor fee for the wrong window.
Records Not Shown Online
The roster is a snapshot, not a full file. Several things people commonly want are missing from the public feed, including bond amounts, court dates, projected release dates, holding assignments, the arresting agency, and historical bookings that have already cleared. Older incident reports and detailed booking records are not posted either.
For records the roster does not show, the Sheriff's Office is the right office. Booking records and incident reports can be requested by phone or in person, and the Records Clerk, Gail Cauthen, handles those requests. Mississippi treats most law-enforcement records as public under the state Public Records Act, but the office still decides whether a specific record is releasable, redacted, or restricted, so allow time for the response.
Note: juvenile records, sealed cases, and expunged matters are restricted by Mississippi law and will not appear on the roster or in a routine records response.
Sheriff App Features Beyond the Roster
The Inmate Roster is one tool inside a larger Sheriff app, and several of its features are app-only. If you are already using the app to check custody, the same menu covers warrants, tips, and patrol requests for Panola County residents.
- Inmate Roster and Recent Arrests for current custody and new bookings.
- Most Wanted and Sex Offenders lists maintained through the app.
- Submit a Tip and Crime Stoppers for anonymous information.
- Patrol Request and Camera Registry for neighborhood and property safety.
- Comments and Complaints and Commend a Deputy for community feedback.
The active warrant and most-wanted tools are delivered through the app and OCV feeds rather than a plain web page, the same way the roster is. Anyone checking whether the Sheriff is looking for a person can pair the roster with the Most Wanted list in the same app for a fuller picture.