Wayne County Detention Center Overview
The Wayne County Sheriff's Office and Adult Detention Center is operated by the Wayne County Sheriff's Department under Sheriff Jerry "Juice" Mosley. It sits in the Marvin Farrior Law Enforcement Complex in Waynesboro. The official sheriff facility page says the jail houses adults charged with felony and misdemeanor crimes, which makes it the local custody point for many people arrested in Wayne County before trial or before transfer.
The sheriff's Adult Detention Center facility page is the source for the building history, detention-center capacity, and facility-photo labels.
The image connects the facility page to the official local source that identifies the jail spaces used for booking, visits, housing, and operations.
This is a county adult detention center, not a state prison. It handles local booking, receiving, housing, court process, bond holds, short local sentences, and transfer situations. The sheriff facility page says the building includes sheriff administration offices, a District Courtroom, and the Adult Detention Facility. Official image labels show receiving, control room, kitchen, visiting room, recreation, dorms, and isolation areas.
Wayne County Jail Capacity
The Adult Detention Center has a rated capacity of 118 beds, according to the sheriff facility page. The Prison Policy Initiative correctional population table, using BJS Census of Jail Facilities data, lists Wayne Co. Jail with a 2013 average daily population of 76. No current official daily count, annual booking total, or local demographic jail table was located in the research.
The 2013 average should not be used as a current count. For a current custody question, call the jail. For a documented historical record, ask for the jail docket entry or booking record through the Mississippi Public Records Act.
Look Up Detention Center Inmates
No public Wayne County, Mississippi jail roster was located for this facility. The correct local lookup method is to contact the sheriff's office directly and provide enough identifiers for staff to distinguish the person. If the person has been sentenced to state prison, the Wayne County jail is no longer the best search source and the MDOC locator should be used instead.
- Call 601-735-3801 and ask for jail, booking, or records staff at the Adult Detention Center.
- Provide the person's full name, approximate age or date of birth, arrest date, arresting agency, and reason for the search.
- Ask whether the person is in local custody, released, transferred, or held for another agency.
- If the person is in state custody, search the MDOC inmate locator by name or MDOC ID Number.
- If federal or immigration custody is possible, use the BOP locator, U.S. Marshals Southern District, or ICE locator.
The statewide VINELink service may also support custody notifications. It should be checked separately from the sheriff's office because notification tools do not always mirror a jail roster.
Wayne County Jail Contact
The Wayne County jail and sheriff administration share the Court Street law-enforcement complex. The current county page lists Sheriff Jerry "Juice" Mosley and the sheriff office contact block. The older official sheriff contact page gives the same Court Street address, administration phone, emergency number, fax, and general sheriff contact details.
Wayne County Sheriff's Office and Adult Detention Center
Marvin Farrior Law Enforcement Complex
613 Court Street
Waynesboro, MS 39367
601-735-3801
Emergency/dispatch: 601-735-2323 or 911
Fax: 601-735-6262
For non-emergency jail records, use the administration number. For an active emergency, use 911 or the dispatch number. No public lobby hours were located, so call before visiting for records, bond, visitation, or property questions.
Visiting Wayne County Inmates
The sheriff facility page confirms that the Adult Detention Center has a visiting room, but it does not publish visitation days, times, visitor identification rules, dress code, child visitor rules, attorney visit policy, or video-visit information. Visitors should confirm the schedule directly with the jail before traveling to Waynesboro. Ask whether visits are contact or non-contact, whether the person must add visitors to an approved list, and what items may enter the lobby.
| Topic | Posted Wayne County detail | Practical step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Visiting room shown, no schedule posted. | Call 601-735-3801 before arrival. |
| Visitor ID | No official rule located. | Bring government photo ID and confirm accepted documents. |
| Dress code | No official rule located. | Ask jail staff for current clothing restrictions. |
| Children | No official rule located. | Ask whether minors may visit and what papers are needed. |
| Attorney visits | No posted policy located. | Attorneys should coordinate directly with jail or court staff. |
Mail and Money at Wayne County Jail
No official mail format, phone provider, video provider, commissary vendor, deposit method, or fee table was located for the Wayne County Adult Detention Center. That lack of a posted vendor is important. Do not assume that a commercial payment site is authorized unless jail staff confirms it. Ask the jail whether money can be deposited in person, by kiosk, by phone, online, or by money order.
| Service | Official finding | What to confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | No format posted. | Ask for inmate name format, booking number needs, and item limits. |
| Phone or video | No provider located. | Ask whether calls are collect, prepaid, or vendor-based. |
| Money deposit | No vendor or fee posted. | Verify the accepted method before paying any service. |
| Commissary | No fee schedule posted. | Ask whether deposits are allowed and when funds post. |
Booking at Wayne County Jail
A Wayne County arrest can come from sheriff deputies, Waynesboro Police, other local or municipal officers, state officers, or warrant service. After transport to the Adult Detention Center, intake may include identity confirmation, property inventory, warrant or mittimus documentation, search, booking record creation, fingerprints, booking photo, medical screening, classification, and housing assignment. The older staff page listed an inmate nurse, which supports a medical staffing function, but no public medical policy was located.
The facility's courtroom matters because jail custody and court process are physically close in the law-enforcement complex, but jail records and court records are still different records. A booking entry explains why the jail first held the person. A later court file shows what the prosecutor or court formally does with the case.
Wayne County Jail Docket
The jail docket is the core local record for this facility. The county sheriff page quotes the type of information kept: the warrant or mittimus, the issuing authority, the prisoner's name, when received, the arrest and commitment date, the crime or other cause, the authority for confinement, the length of imprisonment, the method of release or discharge, and any penitentiary receipt after transfer. This is more reliable than an unofficial roster field list for Wayne County.
A public-records request for this facility should ask for the record by name. If the request is for a current custody check, call first. If it is for a document, state whether the requester wants the jail docket entry, booking sheet, release date, bond entry, incident report, booking photo, or transfer receipt. Include the person's full name, approximate age or date of birth, arrest date, booking date, and arresting agency if known. Mississippi law allows the sheriff's office to redact exempt material and charge actual costs, so the requester should ask for an estimate if fees may apply.
The jail docket should not be confused with the court file. A docket entry can explain why the jail held the person and how the person left custody. The court file explains what charge was filed, whether the charge changed, and how the case ended. For felony prosecutions, Wayne County is in the 10th Circuit Court District. For lower-court warrants and affidavits, Justice Court may be involved. This facility may hold the person while those court records are being created, but the clerk is the better source for the court case itself.
- Jail docket
- The sheriff's required custody log for people received into jail.
- Mittimus
- A court order directing that a person be held in jail.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency or jurisdiction that can keep a person in custody.
- Classification
- The jail decision on housing and supervision needs.
About the Farrior Complex
The sheriff facility page says the Wayne County Sheriff's Department moved into the current building in January 2001. The complex is named for Marvin Farrior, a longtime Wayne County sheriff. The sheriff history page lists Marvin M. Farrior as sheriff from 1968 to 2000 and John Stein Farrior from 2000 to 2012. A local 2015 news item reported a dedication ceremony for former Sheriff Marvin Farrior Sr. after 32 years of service.
Current leadership comes from the county page, which names Sheriff Jerry "Juice" Mosley for the 2024-2028 term. The older sheriff staff page is useful for facility structure because it references a jail administrator, assistant jail administrator, jail officers, inmate nurse, and deputies assigned to inmate workers, but it should not control current leadership because it names a former sheriff.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, and mail rules with the jail before traveling or sending funds.