Search Walnut Grove Correctional Facility Inmates

Walnut Grove Facility Overview

MDOC lists Walnut Grove Correctional Facility as a state facility at 1650 MS Hwy 492, Walnut Grove, MS 39189. The phone is 601-253-0700, and MDOC names Brady Sistrunk as superintendent. MDOC says the facility houses a capacity of 1,496 inmates and reopened in November 2021. It identifies programs including re-entry programs, alcohol and drug rehabilitation, vocational training, and security-threat-group management.

This is not a county jail. A person at Walnut Grove has entered state prison custody or state-prison placement. That means the MDOC locator, MDOC facility rules, and MDOC Records Department are the correct sources for sentence, facility, and custody questions. Local Leake County Jail records may still explain the original arrest, but they do not control state-prison status.

Walnut Grove Inmate Capacity

The MDOC facility page lists Walnut Grove Correctional Facility capacity at 1,496 inmates. The research did not locate a current day-by-day population count for Walnut Grove in the county file, so the capacity number should not be converted into an occupancy claim. Use MDOC for current population, facility assignment, and offender status.

Leake County also has a separate sheriff-run jail and a regional correctional facility. Those facilities serve different custody stages, so inmate lookup should start by identifying whether the person is in local jail, regional, or state-prison custody.

Look Up Walnut Grove Inmates

The correct lookup tool is the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search. The visible MDOC form allows search by name or MDOC ID number. Use the person's full name, or the MDOC ID number if known. For sentence time, jail credit, eligibility dates, facility placement, parole status, or state custody questions, contact MDOC Records Department rather than the Leake County sheriff.

1. Open the MDOC inmate search.
2. Choose Name or ID Number.
3. Enter first and last name or the MDOC ID number.
4. Check whether the result lists Walnut Grove Correctional Facility.
5. For sentence and time-credit questions, contact MDOC Records Department in writing.

Walnut Grove Facility Contact

Use the facility for site-specific visiting, mail, and program questions. Use MDOC Records for statewide offender records. The Leake County sheriff can help with a local arrest history or jail docket, but a sentenced state prisoner is under MDOC custody.

The MDOC Walnut Grove facility page is the official facility profile.

Facility pages are useful for contact and program details, while the locator is used to confirm a specific offender placement.

Visiting Walnut Grove Inmates

MDOC statewide visiting rules apply to state facilities. MDOC says visitation is a privilege, not a right, and visits may be revoked for rule violations or suspended based on conditions inside or outside facilities. Visitors need approval and must be on the inmate's visitor list. Adults need valid picture identification, and visitors, vehicles, property, and allowed items may be searched.

Walnut Grove Mail and Money

MDOC handbook material says MDOC facilities use cashless inmate accounting. Money transfers may be accepted online through Premier Services and in person through Western Union Agent Locations or QuickCollect. Mail rules are organized in the MDOC inmate handbook and cover addressing, privileged mail, magazines, and books. Always confirm the current mail format with Walnut Grove because missing MDOC numbers or facility-specific scanning rules can cause rejection.

Walnut Grove Programs

MDOC's Walnut Grove page identifies re-entry programs, alcohol and drug rehabilitation, vocational training, and security-threat-group management. These are state-prison programs, not county jail services. A person moving from Leake County Jail into MDOC custody may later be classified into a program or facility based on MDOC rules, sentence, custody level, and institutional needs.

Walnut Grove is also a major local signal because the Town of Walnut Grove has its own police department, but the research did not locate an official municipal jail page or city lockup roster. A local municipal arrest may still route into the county custody and court process unless the police department confirms another short-term holding arrangement.

Walnut Grove MDOC Records

MDOC Records Department is the correct path for offender time, jail credit, eligibility dates, facility placement, parole status, and other state custody questions. The research lists MDOC Records Department at P.O. Box 24388, Jackson, MS 39225, phone 601-933-2889, and MDOCRecordsDepartment@mdoc.state.ms.us. MDOC's general-public page says inmate records and public-records requests must be in writing and are not accepted by telephone, and it links to an online records request portal.

Victim notification is a separate state service. MDOC Division of Victim Services provides release-notification assistance to registered crime victims. Mississippi SAVIN/VINE can provide automated notifications, with registration through VINELink or MS SAVIN. These notification channels are not the same as the public MDOC inmate locator, but they can help registered users monitor release or custody changes.

Transfers to Walnut Grove

A Leake County arrest does not mean the person will go to Walnut Grove. The path usually starts with booking, first appearance, bond or detention decisions, prosecution, and sentencing. Only after state custody begins does MDOC placement control. Some people sentenced in Leake County may be assigned elsewhere in Mississippi, and some people at Walnut Grove may have cases from other counties. Use the MDOC locator to confirm the current facility instead of assuming the prison nearest the arrest county is the assigned prison.

That distinction helps avoid a common mistake. Leake County Jail records can explain the arrest, booking, release, or transfer receipt. Circuit Clerk and court records can explain the filed charge and sentence. MDOC records explain where the sentenced offender is housed now, what ID number is assigned, and which state-prison rules apply. For Walnut Grove, visitation approval, mail, money, programs, and phone questions should be checked through the MDOC facility path rather than county jail staff. The facility's local address in Walnut Grove is useful for mail and visits only after MDOC placement is confirmed.