Pike County, Mississippi — The Jail, the Sheriff, the Judges

The Detention Center

Pike County Detention Center

Operated byPike County Sheriff's Office
Contact address1201 B North Clark St., Magnolia, MS 39652 (sheriff's site)
Detention center phone(601) 783-2324
AdministratorMajor Jewel Hines, Detention Center Administrator
WardenHerbert Young
Food/canteen vendorSummit Foods — independent vendor; orders delivered weekly on Fridays
Jail AdministratorMajor Jewel Hines, Detention Center Administrator (warden: Herbert Young)

Source: Pike County Sheriff's Department — Detention Center: Administrator · checked 2026-09-29

Transparency rating

1/10Closed

✓The jail is named
✗Who is in custody — not published
✗Beds and daily population — not published
✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
✗Deaths in custody — not published
✗PREA audits — not published
✗Independent inspection — not published
✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
✗How to post bond — not published
✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Pike County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-29. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

Year builtNot found
Original costNot found
Paid for byNot found
BedsNot found

Since then

Not found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Bryant "Wally" Jones

Runs the jailYes — county page lists 'housing and protection of prisoners' among the sheriff's duties; by law the sheriff is the jailer (Miss. Code 19-25-71)
How the office is filledElected, four-year term (county page)
Office address1201 B North Clark St., Magnolia, MS 39652

Still needed

Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail

Source: Pike County — Sheriff's Department page · checked 2026-09-29

The Judges

Mississippi's circuit judges are elected state judges who hear felony cases. Bail is often first set at an initial appearance by a justice court judge, elected by district within the county, or by a county or municipal judge.

Who sets bail in Pike County

Circuit Court: Mississippi's Fourteenth Circuit Court District, which also serves Lincoln and Walthall. Circuit judges are elected district-wide to four-year terms and hear felony cases.
Justice Court: Pike County's justice court judges are elected by district within the county and often set bail at the first appearance.

Still needed

The county's bond schedule
Share of the jail population held pretrial
Median time from booking to first appearance

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-29

The Board of Supervisors

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

What they controlThe county budget, including the sheriff's office and the jail, and the jail building itself. Five supervisors, each elected from a district. In fifteen counties, the county also runs a regional correctional facility that holds state prisoners under a contract with the Department of Corrections.
What they don'tDay-to-day operations. By law the sheriff is the jailer of the county and hires the jailers (Miss. Code 19-25-71). No state agency inspects the jail.
NoteBoard page introduces the five supervisors but posts no minutes, agendas or budget; it links only to a Facebook page.
The boardPike County Board of Supervisors
Where the jail money is decidedNot found

Notes on the record

Two official sites: county site co.pike.ms.us and sheriff site sheriff.pikecountyms.gov (both confirmed Pike County, Mississippi).
Sheriff's site has a Pike County Detention Center section naming the administrator and warden and listing staff.
Visitation, Inmate Commissary, Canteen, Chapel, Facility Upgrades and Tip Line pages all read only 'Coming soon!'.
No inmate roster on either site; the sheriff's site links only to the statewide VINE service.
Summit Foods page names the canteen vendor and delivery day but publishes no prices.
No bond guidance, PREA, deaths, inspection, contract or budget material found. Administrative Review page reads 'Coming soon!'.
Board of Supervisors page posts no minutes, agendas or budget. Board Facebook page exists (not counted).
Directory lead gave 2109 Jessie Hall Memorial Rd.; the sheriff's own site gives 1201 B North Clark St., Magnolia.
What was tried: pikecountyms.gov root and chancery.pikecountyms.gov (PROVENANCE_REQUIRED).
State inspection/oversight: Mississippi has no state agency that inspects county jails. The State Department of Health's jail inspections ended when the Legislature stopped funding them in 2017.

These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Pike County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).

How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?

Your VOTE is POWERFUL.

The sheriff is elected. So are the supervisors who pay for the jail, and the judges who set bail.

Names verified 2026-09-29 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered