Union County Jail Release Paths
Union County Jail is the local custody hub. Its record may show that a detainee left on bond or recognizance, after dismissal, after a court credited time served, or when a sentence ended. It may instead show that the Sheriff delivered the person to the Mississippi Department of Corrections, another county, federal authorities, or immigration custody. Each event ends this jail's custody, but only some return the person to the community. A transfer is a change of custodian.
The release code and destination field matter most. “Bond” usually means pretrial detention ended while the case continued. “Time served” links the exit to sentence credit, but another case or hold may still exist. “Transferred” requires a receiving agency. “Dismissed” describes a charge result only when the court file supports it. Ask for the code legend if the jail record uses initials or short codes.
Confirm a Union County Jail Release
No official Union County web roster or release archive was found in the reviewed county sources. That makes a direct, evidence-based check more useful than repeated web searches. Start with the last known booking. Keep the legal name, variants, date of birth, approximate booking date, arresting agency, and any booking or case number close at hand.
- Call the Union County Sheriff's Office at 662-534-1943 and ask whether the person remains held, left for the community, or went to another agency.
- Ask for the actual release date and time, release reason or code, and destination shown in the existing booking or custody record.
- Search MS SAVIN through VINELink for a reported release or transfer event. Read the reporting agency and status date.
- If the destination is MDOC, use the MDOC Inmate Search after intake posts. That event is state transfer, not community release.
- Match the result to the bond, dismissal, sentencing, commitment, or time-served order in the correct Union County court.
Two records often resolve an unclear result. The jail entry supplies the physical exit and code. The court order or receiving-custodian record explains the legal basis and next location. For broader local search and release-record coverage, use the Union County released inmates search.
Note: SAVIN timing follows agency data entry, so confirm the exact time and destination with the Union County Jail record.
Union County Jail Records Contact
The most reliable reviewed contact comes from Mississippi's official state and county directory. Union County's public landing page does not publish a separate jail records form, fee schedule, release desk, or records-unit hours. Call first and ask whether the Sheriff's Office now requires a form or records email.
300 Carter Avenue
New Albany, MS 38652
Phone: 662-534-1943
Ask for an existing jail card, booking sheet, release-log entry, or custody-history export. A clear request identifies the person and rough booking period. Request the booking and release timestamps, release code and code legend, destination or receiving agency, bond fields, case number, and booking photograph if maintained and public. Electronic production can reduce copy costs.
Union County Jail Release Records
A release record answers when this custodian stopped holding the named person and why or to whom. It is not a full criminal history. Union County has not published a booking-system field specification, so ask for fields already kept in the existing system instead of asking staff to create a new account.
| Record field | What it helps confirm |
|---|---|
| Booked name and booking number | Identity and the exact jail episode |
| Booking and release timestamps | The start and physical end of county custody |
| Release reason or code | Bond, time served, dismissal, transfer, or another recorded basis |
| Destination or receiving agency | Community exit versus continued custody elsewhere |
| Bond and court case fields | The court record that should match the event |
| Booking photograph | Identity support, subject to lawful access limits |
The county's public site states no web-display retention period. An absent online name does not show that the underlying booking record was destroyed. If an older record cannot be found, ask the Sheriff's Office which retention schedule or destruction authority applies.
Request Union County Release Proof
Mississippi's Public Records Act supports access to existing public records, subject to exemptions. A narrow request is easier to process and helps control actual-cost fees. Address the request to the Sheriff's Office and ask staff about its current submission method.
Request the public parts of the booking sheet or jail card, movement history, and release-log entry. Include the full name, enough birth information to distinguish the person, and the approximate booking date. Ask for the release timestamp, reason or code, code legend, destination, bond data, case number, and photograph. Request an itemized estimate before costs exceed a limit you choose.
Under Mississippi's Public Records Act, a denial should be written and cite the exemption. Nonexempt portions should be produced after protected information is redacted. Fees may recover actual search, review, duplication, and mailing costs. Ask for the maintained electronic format when available.
Note: The act sets response procedures, but juvenile, sealed, victim, medical, investigative, and safety-sensitive information may be withheld or redacted.
Union County Release Court Check
The court file often explains why the Union County Jail stay ended. New Albany Municipal Court handles municipal matters. Justice Court handles many county misdemeanors and early felony proceedings. Circuit Court handles felony prosecutions. Ask the jail or arresting agency for the court and case number before choosing a clerk.
Request the docket plus the signed order that affected custody. Useful records include a bond order, dismissal, plea and sentence, probation order, commitment, revocation, or order crediting time served. A sentence date is not always the release time. The jail entry supplies the physical timestamp, while the court order explains authority.
The county's Chancery web portal is a land-record index, not a criminal case search. Do not use it to infer a jail release. Electronic access through Mississippi Electronic Courts also varies by court, so a clerk request or public terminal may be needed.
Union County Jail Transfers
A felony sentence may send a person from Union County Jail into MDOC custody. Search the state system by name, then by MDOC ID when known. Compare birth date, conviction county, entry date, and location. Intake can post after the county exit, so a short gap does not prove release to the community.
Federal and immigration moves need different checks. A federal pretrial detainee may remain outside BOP's sentenced-prison locator while held for the U.S. Marshals Service. An ICE detainer can lead to immigration custody after the county jail closes its record. No official source reviewed establishes that Union County Jail is an ICE contract site. Ask only whether the named person's destination field identifies ICE, USMS, or another federal custodian.
- Release
- The jail ends custody, sometimes to the community.
- Transfer
- A named receiving agency continues custody.
- Discharge
- A sentence or agency obligation ends, though another case may remain.
- Detainer
- Another agency asks to hold or receive the person.
Released or Still in Custody
Use the system tied to the last positive custodian. A current jail roster, if one later becomes available, is meant for current custody and is weak evidence for past release. A jail card or release log is the better county record. MDOC covers state sentences. BOP covers sentenced federal custody from 1982 forward. ICE ODLS focuses on current immigration detention.
| Finding | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Actual jail release time and community code | County custody ended with a recorded community exit |
| Destination listed as MDOC or another jail | County custody ended, but confinement continued |
| SAVIN release notice | The reporting agency sent an event that still merits source confirmation |
| No search result | Only that the query found no match at that time |
Preserve the source, query terms, and time checked. Online custody data can change. A positive agency record is stronger than a missing name, and two-source reconciliation is best when the destination matters.
Identity errors can break this chain. Recheck aliases, suffixes, hyphens, birth date, booking number, and court case number before concluding that records conflict. If a SAVIN notice says released but the jail says transferred, ask which event came first and which agency generated each notice. Several rapid status events can describe one transfer sequence.
A “time served” entry also needs a complete hold check. The phrase may satisfy one count while another case, warrant, or detainer keeps the person in custody. Match all case numbers and destination fields. When no other hold exists, the signed court order and jail exit timestamp together support a community release.