Lincoln County Work-Crew Placement
The Lincoln County Jail page says the facility holds county, city, and state inmates and separately identifies County/State Joint Work Crew Inmates. Current and released roster profiles can also show the phrase State Work Program as a charge or status description. These labels show a working custody relationship between the sheriff and MDOC. They do not establish a separate work-release center, a stand-alone address, or a guarantee that the person is free to return home.
A person in this category may be physically housed at the county jail while connected to a state sentence or MDOC program. When the local booking closes, the sheriff system can treat that person as released from Lincoln County custody. MDOC may still show an active location, a transfer, a community status, or another sentence event. The correct question is not only whether the county card says Released. It is also which agency held the person next.
Note: No separate official public address, telephone, capacity, or release schedule was identified for the joint work-crew placement.
Lincoln County Work-Crew Release Paths
Several records can use the word release while answering different questions. The Lincoln County card records exit from one jail booking. An MDOC tentative date forecasts a possible state event. Parole and Earned Release Supervision place eligible people in the community under conditions, while discharge ordinarily marks the end of the state sentence or MDOC jurisdiction shown by the exact record. These meanings should not be collapsed.
| Possible path | Best evidence | Safe conclusion |
|---|---|---|
| Return to the community | County release sheet plus court or MDOC authority | The person left physical custody under the stated release type. |
| Transfer within MDOC | Destination field, MDOC location/status, and SAVIN event | The Lincoln County booking ended, but state custody continued. |
| Parole or ERS | MDOC community status, Parole Board action, or discharge/release record | The person may be in the community while still supervised. |
| Full discharge | MDOC discharge certificate or final agency record | The identified state sentence reached the recorded end. |
| Another hold | Release authority and receiving-agency confirmation | Departure from the county jail did not end all custody. |
Bond and charge fields on a county card cannot answer these questions alone. A bond amount is not proof that bond was posted, and the charge line is not a final court disposition. Ask for the recorded release authority or destination and compare it with the state record.
Confirm a Work-Crew Roster Exit
Start with the exact local booking. The official Lincoln County roster search offers name, date, Current, and Released controls, while the short released view may provide an affirmative timestamp. Then move to MDOC. A statewide search is needed because a Lincoln County conviction or work-crew placement may lead to an institution or community status anywhere in Mississippi.
- Search the county roster by name and locate the correct booking number, booking date, and photograph.
- Read the release time and note any State Work Program wording or state-related category.
- Ask Lincoln County Jail whether the event was community release or transfer and which existing record names the destination.
- Search the MDOC offender system by MDOC number when known, or by name with identifying facts.
- Compare current location, status, county of conviction, sentence entries, and the exact label on any date.
- Use SAVIN, Community Corrections, or MDOC Records when the public display does not resolve the handoff.
A future Tentative Release Date with an active state location indicates a forecast for someone still in MDOC custody. A parole or community-corrections status can mean the person is outside prison but under supervision. A blank public field does not prove that the sentence ended.
Note: Search statewide even when the county card is local, because MDOC placement and supervision follow the state sentence across Mississippi.
Lincoln County Work-Crew Facility Record
The official jail description is the source for the county/state joint work-crew category and the facility that houses it.
The captured page supports treating the placement as a category at Lincoln County Jail rather than inventing a separate institution or public office.
Lincoln County Work-Crew Records Contact
The sheriff is the local record source for the jail booking and physical departure. The official contact page identifies the office route. No dedicated public-records form or work-crew records office was found. A signed request under the Mississippi Public Records Act should describe existing records and identify the person, booking number, and approximate dates.
Lincoln County Sheriff and Jail
215 Justice Street
Brookhaven, MS 39601
Mail: P.O. Box 587, Brookhaven, MS 39601
Sheriff/nonemergency: 601-833-5231
Jail information: 601-833-5251
Fax: 601-833-4492
Email: sheriff@co.lincoln.ms.us
Administrative hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Request the booking sheet, jail docket entry, release sheet, exact release time, release code or authority, destination or receiving agency, and any releasable photograph. Ask for electronic copies, redaction of exempt information, and a cost estimate before production. If staff finds no result, clarify spelling, repeat bookings, arresting agency, and the date range.
The sheriff's generic web contact form is not labeled as a formal records portal and is not monitored at all times. A dated letter or email with retained proof creates a clearer request trail. The full Lincoln County released-inmate search explains how the jail record and court disposition fit together.
Note: Ask staff for an existing destination or authority field rather than asking them to infer whether the person was free.
MDOC Work-Crew Discharge Records
MDOC owns the state-sentence calculation and final state release or discharge record. When the online offender detail is incomplete, use the MDOC public-records route and identify the MDOC number. A focused request may seek the offender time sheet, actual release or discharge date and type, last location, sentence-begin date, credited jail time, and discharge certificate when releasable.
MDOC Records Department
P.O. Box 24388
Jackson, MS 39225
Phone: 601-933-2889
Email: MDOCRecordsDepartment@mdoc.state.ms.us
Inspection by appointment on working days, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
MDOC policy states that a written response is due within seven working days. When records can be produced, an estimate may issue, and production ordinarily occurs no later than fourteen working days after request and payment unless more time is needed. The listed copy charge is $0.15 per page, plus qualifying actual costs and eligible labor after the first hour. Reconfirm current terms before submitting.
Field-officer records, investigative material, and victim information can be exempt. Ask for segregable public portions rather than broad case files. For jail credit, time computation, location, or eligibility corrections, MDOC Records and the case manager are the proper state routes.
Work-Crew Release and MDOC Supervision
MDOC Community Corrections supervises parole, probation, post-release supervision, Earned Release Supervision, intensive supervision, and interstate-compact cases. These statuses can place a person in the community while legal control continues. The Mississippi State Parole Board decides parole matters, while Community Corrections handles supervision.
The Lincoln Probation & Parole Office is at 223 South Railroad Avenue, Brookhaven, MS 39601, and its telephone number is 601-833-3965. It is the local route for state community-supervision questions. It is not the office for proving an ordinary county bond release. Match the MDOC number and ask which office supervises the recorded state status.
- Parole
- Conditional release from a prison sentence following a Parole Board decision.
- Probation
- Court-ordered supervision that is distinct from parole.
- Earned Release Supervision
- An MDOC release mechanism under which the person retains inmate status and state jurisdiction.
- Discharge
- The recorded end of the identified sentence or agency jurisdiction, according to the exact document.
Mississippi SAVIN may transmit release, transfer, return-to-custody, escape, or abscond-supervision events. Its Registration Link can carry a registration from a participating county jail into state custody after felony commitment. That feature helps track a work-crew handoff, but the source agency remains the final authority.
Work-Crew Release Date Labels
Keep every date attached to its label and agency. Lincoln County's Release Date records exit from the local booking. MDOC's Tentative Release Date is a forward-looking calculation. An ERS date, statutory parole date, parole set-off, maximum date, and discharge date each serve different functions. A court's final disposition date concerns the case, not the moment someone passed out of the jail's control.
| Date label | What it can establish |
|---|---|
| County Release Date | The recorded end of the Lincoln County booking. |
| Tentative Release Date | MDOC's current forecast, subject to change. |
| Parole or ERS date | An eligibility, decision, or supervised-release event as labeled. |
| Discharge date | The state sentence endpoint stated by MDOC's final record. |
| Final disposition date | A court case event, not necessarily physical release time. |
Credits, consecutive or concurrent terms, detainers, discipline, court amendments, parole decisions, and approved residence can affect a state date. Never apply a simple percentage to a work-crew record. Use the MDOC time sheet, case manager, and Records Department for an individual calculation.
The statewide Mississippi Department of Corrections release-record page covers the broader offender and discharge route after a Lincoln County work-crew transfer.