Locate Jones County Juvenile Detention Facility Custody

Jones County Juvenile Detention Overview

The Jones County Sheriff's Department detention page identifies the Jones County Juvenile Detention Facility, or JDF, as one of the county's two sheriff-run detention facilities on Highway 11 in Ellisville. Sheriff Joe Berlin leads the department, and the sheriff groups JDF with ADF as facilities used by local, state, and occasionally federal law-enforcement agencies to detain people who have been arrested and charged. The Juvenile Detention Facility is adjacent to the Adult Detention Facility, but the two facilities serve different custody populations.

JDF should be described with care. The public-facing Jones County roster is an adult detention roster. It should not be used or described as a public juvenile roster. The research did not locate a public juvenile custody list, public juvenile mugshot page, online juvenile visitation schedule, published capacity, housing-unit list, mail policy, commissary rule, or phone/video vendor for JDF. That absence is a key page fact, not a gap to fill with adult jail rules.

Juvenile custody records, case records, and images are subject to different confidentiality and court rules. A caller with a lawful need should contact JDF directly. A general public search should not assume that a juvenile's name, photo, charge, or status will be posted online the way adult ADF roster records are posted.

Jones County JDF Contact

The juvenile facility has its own public phone number. Use that number for visitation schedule questions and juvenile custody routing. The adult jail phone should not be substituted for juvenile facility questions unless the sheriff's office routes the call there.

The sheriff's main office at 419 Yates Avenue in Laurel has a 24-hour phone line at 601-425-3147 and administrative office hours Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The facility phone remains the better first call for JDF visitation timing, access limits, and custody questions. The sheriff contact form is for non-urgent messages and is not the right channel for an emergency.

Jones County Juvenile Custody Lookup

There is no documented public JDF roster in the research file. The Jones County adult roster disclaimer belongs to adult detention access and should not be used to imply that juvenile names or juvenile mugshots are public. The correct lookup path is a phone-based fallback: call the Jones County Juvenile Detention Facility at 601-649-7500 and ask what information can lawfully be released and what verification is required.

1. Confirm that the matter involves juvenile custody, not adult ADF custody.
2. Call JDF at 601-649-7500 for permitted custody and visitation information.
3. Be ready to provide a name and relationship if staff may lawfully discuss the matter.
4. For adult custody, use the sheriff's adult roster or call ADF at 601-649-7502.
5. For state-prison custody after adult sentencing, use the MDOC locator instead.

The official detention centers page is the matching public source for JDF's name, location context, and phone number.

The same official page names both detention facilities, which is why the adult and juvenile phone numbers need to stay separate in any custody search.

Jones County Juvenile Record Limits

Adult jail records and juvenile custody records do not carry the same public access assumptions. Mississippi public-record law supports access to many public records, but the research summary specifically cautions that juvenile information, sealed files, medical and mental-health details, and restricted court records may be withheld or limited. JDF should be handled under that narrower public-access frame.

That distinction is not just wording. A juvenile record may involve youth court, sealed or limited-access proceedings, or family-specific access rules. Do not use an adult roster absence as proof that a juvenile is not in custody.

Jones County JDF Visitation

The sheriff detention page gives the controlling local instruction for JDF visitation: call 601-649-7500 for questions and visitation schedules. No official online schedule, visitor approval rule, ID policy, dress code, visit length, arrival rule, or parking instruction was located. Because juvenile visitation can be more restricted than adult jail visitation, phone confirmation is especially important before travel.

MDOC visitation rules should not be imported into JDF policy. MDOC rules apply to state prisoners after transfer, while JDF is a county juvenile detention facility with no detailed public visitor rule page located in the source file.

JDF Mail, Phone, and Money

The research did not locate official JDF mail rules, a phone vendor, video-visit vendor, commissary rule, canteen deposit option, or fee table. The AccessCorrections detail in the sheriff research applies to inmate canteen accounts listed on the detention page, but the research does not state a juvenile-specific canteen process or fee schedule. Do not infer adult jail mail or money rules for juveniles.

JDF and Adult Facility Context

JDF sits next to the Jones County Adult Detention Facility, but it should not be merged with ADF in content or calls. ADF is at 5178 Hwy 11 North and uses 601-649-7502. JDF is at 5172 Hwy. 11 and uses 601-649-7500. The two similar Highway 11 addresses are one of the most important local facts because the wrong phone number can send a family member or attorney to the wrong process.

The sheriff's detention page says both facilities are used by local, state, and occasionally federal law-enforcement agencies for persons arrested and charged. That broad wording does not create a public juvenile roster. It only confirms that JDF is part of the sheriff's detention infrastructure. Public adult booking records, adult mugshots, and adult roster status belong on the Adult Detention Facility side.

Jones County JDF Capacity

No official JDF capacity, average population, housing-unit description, accreditation status, daily schedule, or program list was found in the official sources reviewed. The research mentions a 2025 news report involving three teens who briefly escaped from Jones County juvenile custody and were returned. That is news context, not an operating policy, and it should not be used to infer staffing levels, capacity, security design, or current conditions.

By contrast, adult ADF has historical crowding context from a 2022 report and a June 2026 adult roster snapshot. Those figures do not apply to JDF. A juvenile detention page should use the published JDF phone number and confidentiality warning instead of importing adult population data.