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Official Panola Record Contacts

The Panola County Sheriff's Office operates the detention center and keeps the jail docket. Direct a release-record request to the Records Clerk or Custodian of Records. No public office hours or fixed local copy fee were found, so call before visiting and ask for an estimate.

For a state sentence or discharge certificate, use the MDOC Legal Division/Public Records Officer at 301 North Lamar Street, Jackson, MS 39201, fax 601-359-5735, or legalpublicrecords@mdoc.state.ms.us. MDOC's main number is 601-359-5600. Its policy lists inspection and copy access on working days from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., but telephone requests are not accepted for the formal public-record process. For active supervision routing, the Panola Probation & Parole Office is at 560 Highway 51 South, Batesville, MS 38606, phone 662-563-5393, fax 662-563-0156.

Choose the route that matches the question:

• For one released person or a jail release record, start with the Panola County release search and record steps.
• For parole, probation, ERS, or discharge, use the post-release supervision contacts.
• For a date-bounded same-day report, review the 24-hour release fallback.
• For an estimated state release, use the release date lookup; for an alert, use the VINE inmate check.
• For a facility-specific path, select the correct county, state, BOP, or ICE page in the footer.
• For a state prisoner, search MDOC and request a discharge record from MDOC when documentary proof is needed.
• For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE locator, not the county roster.

For court access, use the Mississippi Electronic Courts information page or the MEC public portal; if the portal is unavailable, contact the correct clerk instead of assuming the file is closed. Official state corrections information begins at MDOC. Purpose-neutral legal help may be available through the Mississippi Access to Justice Commission, Mississippi Center for Legal Services, or North Mississippi Rural Legal Services.