Smith County Detention Center Overview
The Smith County Detention Center is the primary county jail identified in the Smith County facility map. It is operated by the Smith County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff page states that the office oversees the detention center and that the jail houses both pre-trial and sentenced adult inmates. No separate city jail, regional correctional facility, county work-release annex, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center was located inside Smith County in the research.
The facility is a county jail, not a Mississippi Department of Corrections prison. That distinction matters for inmate lookup. A person arrested in Smith County may be booked into the detention center and appear on the current jail roster. A person sentenced to MDOC custody may later leave Smith County jail custody and appear in the statewide MDOC locator instead.
The official Smith County Sheriff's Office page gives the jail-services overview and links to the current-inmate roster.
The sheriff page is the county-controlled starting point for jail services, while the current roster itself is hosted through the linked Bluhorse system.
Smith County Detention Center Population
Capacity was not located in official county sources. The research did find a live public roster count of 20 active Smith County Detention Center entries on June 19, 2026. That count is a point-in-time roster result, not a certified average daily population or a bed-capacity figure. It should not be used to calculate crowding or utilization.
The roster exposes location-style housing codes such as B 1 6, D 5 1, E 4 1, G 1 4, and A 1 2 in sample data. Those codes suggest public housing location data is expressed as compact unit or bed-like values, but the research did not locate a published pod map or bed-count table.
Lookup Smith County Detention Center Inmates
Use the Bluhorse Smith County current inmate roster for current Smith County Detention Center custody. The page title loads as a jail management page and then identifies current inmates for Smith County Detention Center after jail information loads. It is the public roster linked by the sheriff.
- Open the Smith County Sheriff's Office page or the Bluhorse Smith County roster.
- Find the person in the current roster list by name, booking number, or visible roster details.
- Open the profile to review charges, bonds, location, image, detainers, or court tabs when public.
- Call 601-782-4531 if the status, bond field, release date, or hold information is unclear.
- Search MDOC if the person was sentenced and moved to state prison custody.
The public past-inmate setting was not enabled for Smith County in the inspected Bluhorse jail information. If a person has already been released, the online roster may no longer show the booking, and a public-records request may be needed.
Smith County Detention Center Contact
The county page and the Bluhorse jail-info endpoint use the same main detention address and phone number. The roster endpoint also identified Robert Garner as Undersheriff and detention contact, with email rgarner@smithcountyms.gov. Sheriff Joel Houston is listed by the county as the primary sheriff contact.
Smith County Detention Center
206 Courthouse Square
Raleigh, MS 39153
601-782-4531
Fax: 601-782-4003
Facility contact: Robert Garner, Undersheriff
Because the jail sits in the courthouse square area, visitors should confirm the correct entrance and parking before arrival. The research did not locate a county-published visitor lot map, ADA entrance description, or dedicated intake entrance guide.
Visit Smith County Detention Center
The Smith County sheriff page says visitation is held each Saturday on a rotating schedule for male and female inmates. Family members must present valid ID and follow all visitation rules. The located official sources did not publish an hour-by-hour grid, dress code, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit schedule, or video-visit vendor.
| Visit Item | Smith County Detail | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Saturday rotating male/female schedule | Exact time block before travel |
| Visitor ID | Valid ID required | Accepted ID types and minor visitor rules |
| Video visits | No official vendor located | Whether remote visitation is available |
| Entry rules | All jail rules must be followed | Phones, bags, dress code, and visitor entrance |
Note: Call the jail before travel because the public source confirms Saturday rotation but not the full schedule.
Smith County Detention Center Mail
The sheriff page says inmates may send and receive mail and make limited collect calls. It does not publish a full local mail-address format or a county-specific jail phone vendor page in the located source material. Anyone sending mail should confirm the correct inmate-name format, booking-number requirement, and address line with the jail first.
For commissary, the sheriff page says friends and family can deposit funds online or by phone and points to CommissaryDeposit.com for Smith County inmate commissary purchases. No local deposit fee table, limits, kiosk hours, or refund policy was located in official Smith County sources.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Inmates may send and receive mail; confirm address format with jail. | |
| Phone | Limited collect calls; county-specific vendor not located. |
| Commissary | Online or phone deposits through the county-linked CommissaryDeposit.com path. |
| Medical care | Basic medical care is provided according to the sheriff page. |
Smith County Detention Booking
Smith County did not publish a local booking checklist, but the roster fields show the public shape of the intake record. A county booking can include booking number, jacket number, arrest date, offense date, location, charges, bond rows, detainers, court fields, and image data if the public system returns it. Some fields can be blank.
The detention center is a county jail. MDOC prison intake is a later state process for people transferred after sentencing. MDOC describes search, clothing, picture ID, property inventory, fingerprinting, and classification, medical, mental-health, and education evaluations for people entering state prison. Do not treat those MDOC intake steps as the Smith County jail booking checklist.
Smith County Jail Court Links
Jail records and court records overlap but are not the same. The jail roster can show booking charges and may show case number, OTN, disposition, bond, and court fields. Formal case records may be found through Mississippi Electronic Courts, the Circuit Clerk, or Justice Court, depending on the case type and stage.
Justice Court handles many local criminal violations outside municipalities, warrants requiring appearance, citations, and hearing dates. Circuit Court handles felony criminal cases and misdemeanor appeals. District Attorney Chris Hennis serves the 13th Judicial District for felony prosecution, while County Prosecuting Attorney Wendell James handles local matters described on the county courts page.
About Smith County Detention Center
The Smith County Sheriff's Office page states that the office includes corrections officers, dispatchers, administrative staff, patrol deputies, investigators, narcotics investigators, and reserve deputies. For detention services, the page confirms basic medical care, non-contact visitation, commissary access, and phone services. No official local GED program, work-release program, tablet program, grievance handbook, inspection report, or reentry partnership was located.
No official Smith County jail litigation, consent decree, capacity expansion, or death-in-custody news archive was located in the reviewed county materials. That is a research gap, not a guarantee about all possible records. Detailed condition, budget, or facility-operation questions may require direct county contact or a public-records request.
Note: Verify custody, bond, visitation, and commissary details with the jail before traveling or sending money.