Lowndes County Jail Mugshots
The official Lowndes County inmate feed includes booking or custody photos for current roster entries inspected during research. Each inspected current record had an image array with small and large VINE image URLs hosted by the VINE image service. That means the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office inmate roster is the main public channel for current jail mugshots while the person is listed in local custody.
No official Lowndes County source located in the research published a retention timeline for photos after release. The county did not state whether a booking image remains public for a set number of days, whether prior booking photos are archived for web access, or whether release automatically removes the image. For that reason, the safe statement is narrow: current inspected entries had photos, but historical access requires the jail or a public-records request.
Where Lowndes Booking Photos Appear
Use the Lowndes County Sheriff Inmate Roster first. The public route is tied to the OCV roster and VINE data. The official raw feed at myocv.s3.amazonaws.com shows why booking photos can appear with current entries. VINELink is a companion custody notification route, but ICE ODLS and BOP are not mugshot galleries.
- Open the official sheriff roster and search by name.
- Open the matching current inmate profile.
- Check for the booking or custody image attached to the profile.
- If no current profile appears, call the jail at (662) 328-6788.
- For an older photo, request the booking photo from the Sheriff's Office under Mississippi public-records law.
The public feed screenshot was captured from the official Lowndes inmate feed.
Lowndes Booking Photo Fields
A booking photo is only one part of a roster profile. It should be read with the custody and court context. The profile can identify a person in jail custody, but it does not prove that a charge led to conviction.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking photo | Small and large VINE image URLs were present for inspected current records. |
| Name | Roster title and full-name fields. |
| Inmate ID | Local or VINE custody identifier, separate from MDOC ID. |
| Booked date | Jail booking timestamp shown in Central time. |
| Custody status | Whether the record is marked in custody, with status date. |
| Physical descriptors | Height, weight, gender, race, age, eye color, and hair color fields. |
| Charges | Charge-array keys exist, but values were not always rendered in inspected snippets. |
Are Lowndes Mugshots Public
Mississippi research did not locate a single special booking-photo statute for Lowndes County. The access basis is the Mississippi Public Records Act. Mississippi Code Section 25-61-3 defines public records broadly enough to include photographs and other materials used or retained by a public body. Section 25-61-1 states the policy of public access unless a law provides otherwise.
Key Statutes:
Mississippi Code Section 25-61-3 defines public records to include photographs and documentary materials retained by a public body.
Mississippi Code Section 25-61-5 covers access timing and written explanations when records are not produced promptly.
Mississippi Code Section 25-61-7 allows reasonable fees for producing records.
A booking photo can still be withheld or redacted if another rule applies. Juvenile records, sealed cases, active-investigation material, protected victim data, medical information, and expunged matters can change the response. A public-records request should be specific and should identify the name, booking date, and case or charge if known.
What Is Not Public
Lowndes County jail mugshots should be handled as records, not as entertainment. The photo shows an intake or custody image tied to a booking record. It does not show guilt, a final charge, a conviction, or a sentence. The formal court record may later show amended charges, dismissal, acquittal, plea, conviction, or expunction.
What is and isn't public: Current roster photos may appear online for active entries. Historical photos, sealed records, juvenile matters, and expunged records may require review or may be unavailable.
Request a Lowndes Booking Photo
If a Lowndes booking photo is not on the current roster, contact the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office or Adult Detention Center at 527 Dr. M.L.K. Drive South, Columbus, MS 39701, phone (662) 328-6788. Ask for the records custodian or administrative operations. The research did not locate a dedicated online sheriff booking-record request form, so the phone and in-person route is the practical fallback.
A request should state that it seeks a booking photo or jail docket record. Include the person's full name, approximate booking date, date of birth if known, and any case or charge information. Mississippi public-record law allows reasonable production fees, so ask whether inspection, copies, redaction, or certification has a cost before the request is processed.
Mugshot Removal Records
No Lowndes County policy was found promising automatic mugshot removal after dismissal, acquittal, or expunction. Mississippi Section 99-19-71 governs eligible expunction routes. A person seeking removal should start with the court order and then contact the agency or court that holds the record. Commercial pay-to-remove sites are not a reliable official records path and are not needed for county record requests.
For the case side of a cleared or disputed matter, check court records after a jail arrest. The court record controls the legal status of the charge. The jail roster is only the booking and custody side.
State Federal Mugshot Differences
MDOC, BOP, and ICE records work differently from county jail mugshots. The MDOC inmate locator is for sentenced Mississippi prisoners. The BOP locator covers federal inmates from 1982 forward and does not operate like a county mugshot roster. ICE ODLS is a detainee locator, not a booking-photo gallery.
Lowndes Mugshot Record Context
The sheriff feed is VINE-backed, which is a useful local detail. A booking image in that feed is attached to a custody record, not a final court judgment. The same profile may also show a booked date, physical descriptors, custody status date, and reporting agency. It may not show full charge values in the same public snippet even when charge-array keys exist in the data. That is why the booking photo and the court case should be checked as separate records.
For a current inmate, the easiest path is the roster profile. For a released person, make a public-record request to the sheriff and include enough identifying detail for staff to locate the record. For a dismissed or expunged matter, use the court order and contact the originating office rather than relying on informal removal promises. If a photo appears on a non-official website, the county cannot always control that outside copy.
Lowndes Photo Request Details
A good booking-photo request is narrow. Give the full name, the approximate booking date, the known charge or case number if available, and the specific record sought. Ask whether the Sheriff's Office can provide inspection, an electronic copy, or a paper copy, and ask whether a fee applies under Mississippi Code Section 25-61-7. If the record is denied or delayed, Section 25-61-5 is the statute that frames timing and written explanation.
Do not assume that a mugshot should be used for screening, shaming, or proving guilt. A Lowndes County booking photo documents an intake event. A charge can later be amended, dismissed, reduced, or resolved in court. The court record, not the photograph, determines the legal result after arrest.
When in doubt, verify the custody record with the jail and the charge record with the court.
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