This is a private Franklin County reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person from jail, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. Use the official offices below for custody, jail, court, and prosecution questions.
Where to Start for Jail or Record Questions
Franklin County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Tom Tindle
P.O. Box 396, Meadville, MS 39653
County physical address for in-person routing: 36 Main St. W., Meadville, MS 39653
Phone and jail information: 601-384-2323
Fax: 601-384-3770
Franklin County Circuit Clerk
Warren Walker, Circuit Clerk
P.O. Box 267, 36 Main Street, Meadville, MS 39653
Email: circuitclerk@franklincountyms.org
Phone: 601-384-2320
Franklin County Justice Court
P.O. Box 365, Meadville, MS 39653
Phone: 601-384-2002
District Attorney
Tim Cotton
307 Market St., Natchez, MS 39120
Phone: 601-445-4099
Official online research for this build did not publish Franklin County Jail lobby, booking, visitation, or records-request hours. Call 601-384-2323 before going to Meadville for a custody question, bond question, visit, or booking-record request. For written public-records requests, Mississippi's Public Records Act is Miss. Code Ann. Sections 25-61-1 through 25-61-13.
- For a person believed to be in the local jail, start with jail inmate records and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office phone line.
- For booking-photo questions, use jail roster mugshots and ask the sheriff's office how it handles public-record requests for booking material.
- For charges, hearings, or filings after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, then contact the Circuit Clerk, Justice Court, or District Attorney as the case stage requires.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Franklin County Jail and Jefferson/Franklin County Correctional Facility pages linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Mississippi prisoner, use the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search and MDOC records contacts rather than the county jail phone line.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Mississippi VINE is also available for custody notifications where the person is covered by that system.