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Find the Right Hattiesburg Booking Record
Searching Hattiesburg MS mugshots today is usually about finding the correct custody system, not just a photo. A Hattiesburg-area arrest may involve city police, Forrest County, Lamar County or campus police.
Use this guide to check current jail custody, recent bookings, charges, bond, police reports, court records, visitation, state transfers and release alerts without relying on an outdated mugshot gallery.
What Does “Hattiesburg Mugshots Today” Actually Mean?
Most users searching today’s Hattiesburg mugshots are trying to answer one of four different questions. Choosing the correct question saves time.
Best search order: arresting agency → current jail roster → booking details → bond/custody → court record → SAVIN/VINE if release or transfer alerts matter.
Which Agency or County Should You Search?
Hattiesburg-area records do not all live in one database. Confirm the agency and custody location before assuming the Forrest County roster is the only possible result.
Hattiesburg Police Department
Use HPD when the incident was handled by city police. HPD can be the correct source for an incident or arrest report even when the person is housed at a county detention facility.
Forrest County Sheriff
Use Forrest County when the person is being held at the Forrest County Adult Detention Center or the official Forrest roster returns the matching booking.
Lamar County Sheriff
Use Lamar County when the arrest, residence, agency or booking facility points to Lamar County. The official county sheriff page includes an inmate-search route.
Southern Miss University Police
If the incident happened on the University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg campus, confirm whether University Police handled the report or arrest before searching records elsewhere.
Do not search by city name alone. The correct county, arresting agency and receiving jail are stronger clues than the word “Hattiesburg.”
Forrest County Current Inmates and Hattiesburg Jail Bookings
The official Forrest County Sheriff’s Office inmate-roster page links users to the current inmate system. For many fresh Hattiesburg bookings, this is the best official starting point.
How to Search the Forrest County Roster
Open the official sheriff roster page
Use the Forrest County Sheriff’s Office roster page rather than beginning with a copied booking-photo site.
Follow the current inmate roster link
The sheriff page routes to the public jail-management roster used for current inmate information.
Search the legal name
Start with the last name. Try a hyphenated surname, maiden name, alternate spelling or a version without Jr., Sr., II or III if necessary.
Compare the booking details
Match booking date, arresting agency, age or date of birth when shown, charges and any available booking identifiers.
Move to court or custody alerts when needed
A person may disappear after release or transfer. The current roster is not the complete history of the criminal case.
Forrest County Adult Detention Center
Detention Center & Booking
55 Arena Drive
Hattiesburg, MS 39401
Forrest County Sheriff Dispatch
Use dispatch when your question involves county law enforcement rather than routine inmate booking information.
“I am trying to confirm whether [full legal name] was booked today or recently. The approximate arrest time was [time/date], and I do not see the person on the public roster. Can you confirm which facility or official source I should check?”
Not Showing on the Roster? Use This Decision Tree
A failed search is not always a dead end. The next step depends on why the record is missing.
What Hattiesburg Booking Details Actually Mean
| Field | What it helps confirm | What it does not prove |
|---|---|---|
| Booking date | When jail intake was recorded. | Conviction date or final court outcome. |
| Charge | The allegation or hold entered in the booking system. | That the charge was ultimately filed or proven. |
| Bond | A listed amount or release condition. | That immediate release is available if other holds exist. |
| Arresting agency | Which department initiated the arrest or report. | Which facility currently holds the person. |
| Mugshot | Visual identity when a booking photo is publicly available. | Guilt, conviction or current custody. |
| Current roster status | Whether the person appears in the current jail system. | The full arrest history or later court disposition. |
Arrested vs booked: an arrest is the law-enforcement custody event. Booking is the later jail-intake process. This is one reason people can hear about an arrest before a public roster entry appears.
Forrest County Bond Hours and Before-Paying Checklist
The Forrest County Adult Detention Center publishes bonding windows. Always confirm current bond and holds before travelling because case status can change.
| Day | Published bonding hours | Before you go |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 9 AM–12 PM, 1 PM–4 PM, 7 PM–12 AM | Confirm amount, bond type and other agency holds. |
| Tuesday | 7 PM–12 AM | Tuesday has a reduced schedule because of visitation. |
| Saturday and Sunday | 9 AM–4 PM | Confirm the person remains in custody before travelling. |
- Check every charge separately
- Ask whether another agency placed a hold
- Confirm current bond amount
- Ask which payment methods are accepted
- Confirm payment location
- Keep receipt and case information
Scam warning: never send bond money based only on an unsolicited call or text. Verify instructions through the official jail or court first.
Forrest County Jail Visitation: Micro-Level Rules
Regular visitation is currently Tuesday-only and requires advance phone sign-up. The published schedule also separates housing groups by week.
- Visitor must be at least 18
- Bring valid photo ID
- Maximum two visitors per inmate
- Visitors must arrive together
- No phones or purses inside visitation
- No tobacco products
- Appropriate clothing required
- Contact visits require sheriff approval
The facility also offers video visitation through CityTelecoin. State and sheriff trustees have a separate published visitation schedule on the second and fourth Saturdays.
Phone Calls, Money, Packages and Mail
Confirm the person is still housed at Forrest County Adult Detention Center before sending money or mail.
Mail should include the inmate’s name and the detention-center address at 55 Arena Drive, Hattiesburg, MS 39401. The jail’s package rules are narrower than ordinary mail, so do not assume clothing, hygiene items or food may be sent.
Useful distinction: the official page separately mentions cash that may be accepted in permitted packages and online funds placed on an inmate’s books. Treat these as different processes and verify the current method before sending money.
Hattiesburg Police Arrest and Incident Records
If Hattiesburg Police handled the incident, the police-records route may answer questions that the jail roster cannot, such as obtaining an incident or arrest report copy.
HPD Main Line
Use for non-emergency department questions.
HPD Records
Email records requests to records1@hattiesburgms.com.
Before visiting in person: City of Hattiesburg pages currently display different street-location references for police records. Call the Records number first and confirm the current walk-in location rather than relying on an old address.
City Records Timing and Fees
| Item | Published City guidance |
|---|---|
| Typical delivery goal | The city says it endeavors to deliver records within seven working days. |
| Difficult requests | If retrieval is unusually difficult, the requester may be notified and delivery may extend to fourteen working days. |
| Copies up to 25 pages | Listed as free. |
| Copies over 25 pages | $0.15 per page beginning from page one. |
| Staff labor over one hour | Actual hourly retrieval cost may be charged. |
| Requests estimated at $50 or more | A deposit of half the estimate may be required. |
“I am requesting the publicly releasable arrest or incident report involving [full name] on or about [date] in Hattiesburg. If available, please advise of the report number, applicable fees, redactions and electronic delivery options.”
Forrest County Sheriff Records Request Fees and Process
If the sheriff holds the record, use the Forrest County Sheriff’s Office records process rather than Hattiesburg Police.
| Record cost | Published Forrest County guidance |
|---|---|
| Black-and-white copy | $0.15 per page. |
| Color copy | $0.25 per page. |
| Email file under 25 MB | No charge is listed for the email file itself. |
| USB or CD | $10 each, plus applicable search/review/redaction costs. |
| Report to an involved party | A flat $5 fee may apply in the circumstances described by the sheriff. |
| Search/review/redaction | Actual staff cost may apply based on the qualified employee’s hourly compensation and time required. |
The sheriff requires payment in advance for applicable record-copy and access costs. Requests can be sent to fcsorecords@co.forrest.ms.us.
Include the person’s full name, approximate arrest date, location, report number if known and one specific record type. Avoid requesting “all records” unless that is genuinely necessary.
Southern Miss Campus Arrest or Police Report
The University of Southern Mississippi has its own University Police Department on the Hattiesburg campus. If the event occurred on campus, UPD may be the correct first agency to identify.
University Police Department
Bond Hall, 1st Floor
118 College Drive #5061
Hattiesburg, MS 39407
Campus Crime Log
The University Police website provides a Clery Crime Log that can help identify reported campus incidents.
Important: the arresting or reporting agency and the final detention facility may be different. Once you identify USM Police involvement, confirm which county or other agency currently holds the person.
Lamar County Inmate Search for Hattiesburg-Area Arrests
Lamar County’s official Sheriff’s Office page includes a direct inmate-search link. Use it when the location, arresting agency or booking information points to Lamar County rather than Forrest County.
Lamar County Sheriff
The sheriff’s current official site lists a main number of:
Lamar County Justice Court
205 Main Street, Suite A
Purvis, MS 39475
Lamar Justice Court handles misdemeanors, traffic matters, felony initial appearances, bond hearings and preliminary hearings within its jurisdiction.
Which Hattiesburg Court Should You Check?
The booking page explains intake. The court system explains what happened next.
| Situation | Likely court route | Useful for |
|---|---|---|
| City misdemeanor arrest | Hattiesburg Municipal Court | City misdemeanor cases and municipal records. |
| Felony defendant first appearance or preliminary hearing in city process | Hattiesburg Municipal Court may handle the initial stage | First appearance and preliminary-hearing information. |
| Forrest County misdemeanor | Forrest County Justice Court | County criminal matters within justice-court jurisdiction. |
| State felony trial in Forrest County | Forrest County Circuit Court | Indictments, pleas, felony trials and circuit-court docket information. |
| Lamar County misdemeanor or felony bond/preliminary stage | Lamar County Justice Court | Misdemeanors, initial appearances, felony bond hearings and preliminary hearings. |
Hattiesburg Municipal Court
701 James Street
Hattiesburg, MS
Forrest Justice Court
700 Main Street
Hattiesburg, MS
Forrest Circuit Clerk
630 Main Street
Hattiesburg, MS
Use court records for the second half of the story: charges may be amended, dismissed or resolved differently from the wording shown during booking.
When to Use Mississippi DOC Instead of the Local Jail
Use County Jail First
Use Forrest or Lamar County for most fresh arrests, pretrial detention and same-day booking questions.
Use MDOC Later
Use Mississippi Department of Corrections when the person may have entered state custody after sentencing or transfer.
The MDOC inmate search accepts a first name, last name or MDOC ID number.
If you need a broader national workflow for identifying the correct jail, state DOC or court before searching, use our mugshot lookup guide.
Mississippi SAVIN/VINE Notifications
Mississippi SAVIN is designed to track status changes for participating county jail detainees and MDOC state offenders. This is useful when release or transfer status matters more than the booking photo.
- Release from custody
- Facility transfer
- Return to custody
- Escape notification
- Abscond supervision notice
- County-to-MDOC transition notification
Mississippi SAVIN Office
Standard business-hours assistance.
24-Hour General Assistance
General English/Spanish assistance.
Do not rely on automated alerts for emergencies. Notifications depend on agency electronic updates. Confirm urgent information directly with the detention facility or law-enforcement agency.
What If a Mugshot Is Wrong, Old or Missing Context?
If the booking information is inaccurate, incomplete or missing a later court outcome, work from the official source rather than arguing with a copied image page.
Save the official booking details
Record the agency, booking date, booking number and exact charge wording.
Check the later court disposition
Determine whether charges changed, were dismissed or reached another outcome.
Contact the record-holding agency
Ask how factual errors are corrected and whether an updated or corrected copy is available.
Keep documentation
Save the corrected official record or court disposition when requesting updates from a private publisher.
Privacy tip: never include Social Security numbers, passwords, unrelated medical details or other unnecessary sensitive information in a routine records request.
Verify the Person Before Sharing a Hattiesburg Mugshot
- Correct county
- Correct arresting agency
- Full legal name
- Middle name or initial
- Age or date of birth
- Booking date
- Charge wording
- Booking or case number
- Current custody status
- Matching court record
Do not use this page for employment, housing, credit, insurance or other consumer-reporting decisions. Jail-Mugshots.org is an informational navigation guide, not a consumer reporting agency.
Before You Trust a Hattiesburg Booking Result
- I identified the correct agency or county.
- I used an official jail, police, sheriff or court source.
- I matched more than the person’s photo.
- I checked booking date and arresting agency.
- I verified current custody or release status.
- I used the court record for later case outcome.
- I did not treat arrest as proof of guilt.
- I recorded the source and date checked.
Hattiesburg MS Mugshots and Jail Booking FAQs
Where can I search Hattiesburg MS mugshots today?
Start with the official Forrest County Sheriff’s Office current inmate roster when the person may be held at the Forrest County Adult Detention Center. If the arrest is tied to Lamar County, use the Lamar County Sheriff’s Office inmate-search route. For a campus incident, also confirm whether University of Southern Mississippi Police handled the report or arrest.
How do I search the Forrest County inmate roster?
Open the official Forrest County Sheriff’s Office inmate-roster page and follow its link to the current inmate roster. Compare the person’s name with booking date, charges, arresting agency and other available identifiers before relying on a result.
What is the Forrest County Adult Detention Center phone number?
The Forrest County Sheriff’s Office lists 601-545-6148 for the Adult Detention Center and booking.
Why might a Hattiesburg arrest not appear online yet?
Intake processing, identity verification, medical screening, transfer between agencies, name spelling, the wrong county or a delay in the public roster can affect when a booking appears. Contact the responsible jail when the matter is urgent.
How do I know whether to search Forrest County or Lamar County?
Confirm the arresting agency, booking facility and county tied to the arrest. Hattiesburg-area records can involve Forrest County and Lamar County systems, so the city name alone is not always enough.
Can Southern Miss campus arrests involve a different police agency?
Yes. The University of Southern Mississippi has its own University Police Department at the Hattiesburg campus. If an incident occurred on campus, check whether USM Police handled the report, then confirm which jail or outside agency has custody.
Can I request a Hattiesburg Police arrest or incident report?
Yes. The City of Hattiesburg provides a public-records process for police records. Hattiesburg Police records requests can be directed to the department’s records function using the city’s current form, email and records phone number.
Are Hattiesburg mugshots proof of guilt?
No. A mugshot or jail booking documents an arrest or custody event. It does not establish guilt, conviction, dismissal, acquittal or the final court outcome.
When should I use the Mississippi DOC inmate search?
Use the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search when the person may have moved from local county custody into Mississippi state correctional custody. It is not the best first source for most fresh Hattiesburg jail bookings.
How can I track release or custody changes in Mississippi?
Mississippi SAVIN and VINE provide automated custody-status notifications for participating county and state offender records. For urgent information, confirm directly with the jail or responsible agency.
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