Detention Center

 

There have been at least five jails built since the Madison County Sheriff's Office was formed.

The first known jail was built in Livingston in 1833. The 1833 jail no longer exists.

The second jail was built in Canton on Center Street about 1834. The 1834 jail is reported to have burned prior to 1870, possible during the Civil War.

 

In 1870, a jail was built on Fulton Street which was used until 1969. Tradition states that the 1870 jail was built with bricks from the 1833 jail. The 1870 jail is currently used by the Madison County Historical Society.

In 1968 a seventy four bed jail was built located south of Canton on U.S. Highway 51. The 1968 jail was abandoned in 1991 and demolished in 2000. The site will be used for new office space for the Sheriff's Office.

In 1991, a 250 bed jail and Sheriff's Office was opened next to the 1968 jail. This site is now the current Sheriff's Office.

The Madison County Sheriff's Office operates a 250 bed jail that opened on April 1, 1991. Inmates may be housed in one, two, four, eight, ten, or twenty man cells. Handicapped cells are available for inmates with disabilities. Kitchen, laundry, and medical facilities are
located inside the Detention Center. The facility houses both pre-trial and sentenced inmates. Visitation is conducted by cellblock, Monday through Friday. Persons desiring to visit inmates should contact the jail in advance to determine what cellblock the inmate is in and the visitation time for that cell block.

In March 2001 ground was broken for a new 144 bed addition to the current jail.

As with other areas of the Sheriff's Office,
our correctional officers receive structured
training to ensure the best situation possible
both for inmate and officer safety. All
Detention Officers are now certified by the
State of Mississippi. The Detention Center is
frequently inspected by state and federal
agencies to insure compliance with state and
federal laws and guidelines governing
detention facilities. The Madison County
Detention Center has always scored above average on these evaluations.

 

To Contact the Detention Center:
2935 U.S. Highway 51
Canton, Mississippi 39046
601-855-0739
601-859-2345
601-355-0379
1-877-736-2883 - Toll Free in MS

 

One of the newly constructed PODS

Madison County Detention Center

Sheriff Toby Trowbridge, Jr.