Lamar County MS Jail

County Jail

Last Updated: October 24, 2021
Address
201 Main St, Purvis, MS 39475
County
Lamar
Phone
601-794-3562
Fax
601-794-1002
Email
rbuchanan@lamarcountysheriff.com
Mailing Address
PO Box 352, Purvis, MS 39475

Lamar Co Jail is for County Jail offenders sentenced up to twenty four months.

All prisons and jails have Security or Custody levels depending on the inmate’s classification, sentence, and criminal history. Please review the rules and regulations for County - medium facility.

The phone carrier is Inmate Calling Solutions (ICSolutions), to see their rates and best-calling plans for your inmate to call you.

If you are unsure of your inmate's location, you can search and locate your inmate by typing in their last name, first name or first initial, and/or the offender ID number to get their accurate information immediately Registered Offenders

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You can support your loved ones at Lamar Co Jail on InmateAid, if you have any immediate questions contact the facility directly at 601-794-3562.

When someone you care about gets locked up, it's tough to figure out all the ins and outs of jail life. From sending mail to visiting, there are a lot of things to sort out. And getting info about the arrest? Not always easy. That's where this webpage comes in handy. It's here to help you get a handle on how things work at Lamar County MS Jail so you can stay connected and support your loved one behind bars.

The Lamar Co Jail is a detention center located at 201 Main St Purvis, MS which is operated locally by the Lamar County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Lamar County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, Purvis Police Department, and the US Marshal's Service.

New detainees arrive at the jail regularly, with some being released on bail, placed under pretrial services caseloads, supervised by probation agencies, or released on recognizance with a court appearance agreement. Those who are not released await their court appearances at the jail, receiving accommodations including bedding and meals. You can see all the arrest records for Mississippi here.

http://sheriff.lamarcountyms.gov/documentation/2018_inmate_handbook.pdf

Inmate Locator

To utilize the Inmate Search page on InmateAid, begin by selecting the relevant prison facility in Mississippi. This allows you to view the current list of inmates housed at Lamar County MS Jail.

The second section features the InmateAid Inmate Search tool, providing a user-generated database of inmates. You can access this resource to utilize any of InmateAid's services. If you require assistance in creating an inmate profile to maintain communication, please contact us at aid@inmateaid.com, and we'll gladly help you locate your loved one.

As a last resort, you might have to pay for that information if we do not have it. The Arrest Record Search will cost you a small amount, but their data is the freshest available and for that reason, they charge to access it.

Visitation Information

Lamar County MS Jail - Visitation

All inmates have a right to the following types of professional visits:

  • A) Attorney – non-contact unless scheduled with administration
  • B) Approved members of clergy – non-contact
  • C) Bonding agent – (contact) only to write the actual bond
  • D) D.H.S. - non-contact unless scheduled with administration

• All other visitations are a privilege that can be prohibited from the inmate and/or visitor if the inmate and or visitor do not follow the following; however, are not limited to

  • A) If an inmate is involved in a violation of the rules.
  • B) If the jail is on a lockdown status
  • C) If a potential visitor fails a background check
  • D) If a visitor acts disrespectful in any way
  • E) If the dress code is not followed
  • F) If a visitor appears to be or even acts to be impaired, due to alcohol; a prescription drug; or non-prescription drug.

• All inmates in the general population have non-contact visitation and are only allowed 3 visitors at one time. They are given the opportunity to visit for 30 minutes a week.

• All inmate worker visitations are contact visits (non-conjugal) and are only allowed 5 visitors at one time. They are given the opportunity to visit for 1 hour a week.

Visitation is held during the week and it will have to be scheduled by your family and or friends by contacting Smartjailmail (Visitation provider) @ 1-888-253-5178. The Lamar County Jail staff would not have your schedule of visitation time. This will be yours and your visitors’ responsibility to schedule.

Visitations will be video only and inmates will visit only from their assigned cell. If anyone has a question please write a request to Officer Guy or contact the Smartjailmail number. It is also recommended that anyone coming to the facility to visit an inmate arrive at least 15 minutes before the scheduled visitation time, to ensure no issues will occur that will hinder your time to visit with an inmate because all visits are scheduled with no lapse time.

  • Items required at the time of each visitation:
  • Government-issued identification with a picture
  • If a juvenile is attending visitation they must have a legal adult with them, however, they do not have to be on the visitation list. The juvenile will not have to produce an I.D. and there is not an age limit of the juvenile, however, we ask that the adult in charge be respectful of other visitors.
  • Items not allowed to be brought into the facility during visitation, but not limited to the following:
    • Heavy Coats; cell phones
    • Weapons of any type
    • Cameras, or any type of audio; picture; and/or video devices
    • Food items
    • Tobacco
    • All visitors that enter into the Lamar County Jail are subject to be searched.

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