Union County Same-Day Releases
No official Union County 24-hour releases page was found on the Union County government website as of the research date. The public site did not expose a jail roster, recent-release archive, sheriff records form, or web feed. It also gave no update schedule, retention period, field list, or photo policy. That negative finding matters. A current inmate page from a different county cannot stand in for a Union County release list, and a person missing from an unseen or unverified roster is not proved released.
The reliable same-day route begins with the Union County Jail. Call the Sheriff’s Office at 662-534-1943 and ask whether the named person is currently held. If not, ask whether staff can confirm the release date and time, release code, and destination. A move to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, another jail, federal authorities, or immigration custody is a transfer, not a release to the community. Written proof comes from the jail card, booking sheet, custody movement history, or release-log entry maintained by the Sheriff.
The captured official Union County landing page shows why the records and telephone paths lead here.
The county page points residents to general services and its app, but it does not supply a verified recent-release list.
Check Union County 24-Hour Releases
Define the interval before calling or writing. “Last 24 hours” usually means a rolling span from the current time back exactly one day. “Yesterday” instead means the prior calendar day from midnight through 11:59:59 p.m. Those ranges return different records. State the time zone and both endpoints. A narrow request also helps the Sheriff locate an existing export without being asked to create a new narrative or research a vague group.
- Fix the window. Write the exact start and end date, time, and time zone. Say whether the request is rolling or based on a calendar day.
- Call the jail. Contact the Union County Sheriff’s Office at 662-534-1943. For one person, provide a full name, date of birth if needed to distinguish the match, and an approximate booking date.
- Request existing records. Ask for the public part of the release log or custody-history export recorded inside the stated span. Request electronic production in the format kept by the agency.
- Separate exits. Ask staff to distinguish community releases from transfers to MDOC, another county, federal custody, or ICE.
- Reconcile the result. Compare the jail timestamp with MS SAVIN and the relevant court docket or receiving-agency record.
For a broad named-person path rather than a same-day slice, the Union County released-inmate search connects county, state, court, and federal sources. Record each source checked and the time of the check. “Not found” means only that one query produced no match.
Note: Ask for an itemized cost estimate before copying begins because Union County publishes no local jail-record fee schedule.
Union County Release-Log Fields
Because Union County publishes no field specification, the table below is a request inventory, not a claim about an online feed. Ask for fields the jail’s system already keeps. If codes or short forms appear, request the data dictionary or code legend. Charge text should be treated as an allegation unless a court disposition establishes the outcome.
| Requested field | What it can establish |
|---|---|
| Booked name and booking number | Links the exit entry to the correct county-jail stay. |
| Booking date and time | Marks the start of the local custody episode. |
| Release date and time | Shows when Union County recorded the person’s exit. |
| Release reason or code | May state bond, time served, dismissal, sentence completion, or another system value. |
| Destination or receiving agency | Separates community release from a transfer to another custodian. |
| Bond and court identifiers | Connects the jail entry to the bond order or case docket. |
| Photo availability | Shows whether a booking image is maintained and public for that entry. |
Read the release reason in context. “Bond” normally means the person left pretrial detention while the case continued. “Time served” can satisfy one count while another case or hold remains. “Hold released” may close only one agency’s basis for custody. “Transferred” must never be relabeled as freedom from custody. The destination field and court docket are often as important as the release time.
Union County Release Request Route
Send a narrow Mississippi Public Records Act request to the Union County Sheriff’s Office, 300 Carter Avenue, New Albany, MS 38652. No public sheriff request form, records email, records-unit hours, or fixed county fee schedule was found, so call 662-534-1943 to ask about the current submission method. Name the existing record sought, such as a jail card, release-log export, booking sheet, or custody movement history. Include exact endpoints and ask for electronic copies.
The Mississippi Public Records Act permits actual-cost charges and allows an advance payment request. It also supports access to electronic records in the maintained requested format when available. Ask for the public portions, an itemized estimate, and a written citation for any withheld field. Exempt material may be redacted while nonexempt parts are produced. The Act sets a response framework, but it does not prove that Union County maintains a public web feed.
MS SAVIN/VINE is the closest event-alert fallback. It can receive release and transfer events from participating county systems, but it depends on agency data entry. If a person was transferred after a felony sentence, search the MDOC Inmate Search after intake posting. MDOC covers state offenders, not every Union County booking. A federal or immigration transfer requires the receiving federal system.
Note: The Released Last 72 Hours method is better for a weekend or multi-day range.
Union County Exit Statuses
A current-custody roster, if the Sheriff later provides one, answers who is held now. A release record answers when Union County stopped holding the person and why or to whom. Those are not interchangeable. The strongest local proof is an actual release timestamp with a code and destination. A SAVIN notice is an official reported event, but the underlying jail entry supplies more detail. A court order may explain the legal cause yet still differ from the physical exit time.
| Status | Best confirmation route | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Still in county custody | Union County Jail confirmation | The person remains held locally. |
| Released to community | Jail release entry plus court record | The jail stay ended without a named receiving custodian. |
| Transferred | Jail destination plus receiving-agency record | Union County custody ended, but custody continued elsewhere. |
| Under supervision | MDOC Parolee Search and Union field office | The person is outside an institution but remains subject to state supervision. |
Preserve careful labels. “Confirmed released” should rest on a releasing-agency record or an official locator with a past release. “Reported released” fits a SAVIN event not yet matched to the jail entry. “Not found” is never the same as confirmed free. This vocabulary keeps same-day results honest when several systems update at different times.
Missing Union County Release Names
Union County’s official site is an app-centered, single-page portal without a discoverable roster or release archive. There is no documented web retention window to study. A missing name therefore says very little. It could reflect release, transfer, a spelling mismatch, delayed data, a city-level event that never reached the county jail, or a record that is not published online. Administrative retention is also different from web display. The Sheriff may retain the underlying jail record even though no public list shows it.
Use a timestamp-bounded release-log request and MS SAVIN rather than guessing from silence. When one person is involved, supply aliases, a date of birth, arrest date, booking number, or case number. If the jail says the person went to MDOC, wait for intake posting and match the MDOC record by identifier and conviction county. If another jail or agency received the person, that agency’s entry closes the custody trail.
Union County App Release Limits
Union County promotes an official OCV app, but the reviewed public material does not establish an inmate lookup, recent-release list, or mugshot module. The correct statement is limited: a general county app is verified, while a jail release function is unverified. Features from another Union County app, sheriff office, or state must not be imported into the Mississippi source.
The official county app listing identifies the local app source used for that finding.
Until the live app menu proves otherwise, it is not an official substitute for a same-day Sheriff release log.
Note: Confirm that every source says New Albany, Mississippi because many other jurisdictions share the Union County name.