Stone County VINELink Release Coverage
Mississippi brands its victim-information program MS SAVIN and delivers the public search and notification service through VINELink. MDOC describes coverage for offenders in participating county jails and in state custody. Stone County’s mixed local and state population makes the contributing agency especially important. A person booked only on a local matter should be tied to the county facility record. An MDOC prisoner may be tied to the state source even while housed at the regional facility.
Coverage is not universal. A new Stone County booking may not appear at once, and a record may change after an agency sends an update. VINELink does not cover BOP custody as a replacement for the federal locator, and it does not turn an ICE transfer into a county community release. If a person is absent, check spelling and identifiers, verify that the expected agency participates, and call the jail. A no-result does not prove release.
The Mississippi VINELink entry is the official state-specific starting point.
The capture identifies the correct Mississippi service. Search results remain agency-fed status information and should be matched to the person with more than a name.
Search Stone County VINELink Records
Search for one person, not for a list of everyone recently released. Enter a full name or known ID, then compare the source agency and identifiers on each candidate. Variations in spelling can help locate a record, but they must not be used to merge two people. When several results share a name, compare age or date of birth when displayed, custody location, offender number, and agency.
- Open Mississippi VINELink and choose “Find an Offender” or the current search control.
- Enter the person’s full name or a known custody ID.
- Review all matching results without assuming the first name match is correct.
- Open the candidate and compare agency, identifiers, custody status, location, and displayed event details.
- Record the exact status or event wording and the retrieval time.
- If the record is absent or conflicts with the jail, contact the contributing agency.
For Stone County jail data, use the Stone County Sheriff contact route or call Stone County Correctional Facility at 601-928-7042 ext. 0. For an MDOC sentence, use the MDOC number and state Records route rather than asking the county to interpret a state sentence. A parole or earned-release-supervision location means the person may be outside a secure prison while still under MDOC jurisdiction.
Note: Save the source agency and retrieval time because custody status can change after the search.
Stone County VINELink Release Fields
VINELink display labels can vary with the contributing record. Preserve the exact text rather than promise one uniform “Released” field for every Stone County or MDOC result. A release event can refer to bond, sentence expiration, parole, or a handoff recorded by the source.
| Field or event | What it can show |
|---|---|
| Name and identifier | The person and custody record selected for review. |
| Source agency | The jail or corrections source contributing the event. |
| Custody status | The agency-fed current status or a reported custody change. |
| Facility or location | Where the source places the person, including a supervision location in some MDOC records. |
| Event and timestamp | The exact notification-layer event and the time associated with it, when displayed. |
| Notification choices | Available phone, email, or text registration routes. |
VINELink does not supply the Stone County statutory manner-of-release entry. The sheriff’s jail docket must say how long the person was confined and how released or discharged, with the release warrant or transfer receipt. Court records answer whether a charge was dismissed, resolved by plea or verdict, or remained pending. MDOC Records can supply a state time sheet, custody history, inactive-master status, or discharge certificate.
- Custody status
- The source agency’s current classification of the person’s custody record.
- Release event
- An operational change reported to VINE, not necessarily a full legal explanation.
- Transfer
- Movement to another custodian, which is not release to the community.
- Discharge
- The end of a custody or sentence status shown by the controlling official record.
Register Stone County Release Alerts
After selecting the correct record, choose “Notify Me of Status Changes” or the current equivalent. Registration may offer telephone, email, or text. The contact destination must be entered and confirmed. Phone registration uses a four-digit PIN, which lets the recipient acknowledge an automated call and stop repeated calls. The PIN does not prove that an event is correct.
- Select the matching Mississippi person and agency record.
- Choose the status-change notification control.
- Select phone, email, or text where the service offers it.
- Enter and verify the contact destination.
- Create and retain the four-digit phone PIN when registering calls.
- Review the person, agency, and chosen events before submission.
- Confirm “Yes, Register” or the current final control.
Keep contact information current. Never disclose a PIN or another person’s registration details. An alert may concern release, transfer, temporary movement, return to custody, escape, or supervision absconding. Read the actual event text and source. When an alert arrives, confirm it with Stone County, MDOC, or the destination agency before acting on a legal deadline or travel plan.
Registration is tied to the selected person and source record. Review that match again before submitting. If the service offers more than one contact channel, each destination should belong to the same lawful notification need and remain under the registrant’s control. Automated calls can repeat until acknowledged with the phone PIN. Email or text delivery can fail because of filtering, changed numbers, or service interruptions, so keep a separate record of the source agency’s contact information.
MS SAVIN lists 601-359-5759 for business-hours help, 1-888-967-7284 for round-the-clock assistance, and TTY 866-847-1298. Direct victims also have a separate formal MDOC Victim Services route and are not necessarily enrolled in VINELink automatically.
Stone County Transfer Alert Continuity
MS SAVIN has a distinctive “Registration Link” feature that can carry notification registration along a custody chain when a person moves between participating sources. That matters in Stone County because the regional facility can hold local detainees, MDOC inmates, and people who may later move to another authority. Without continuity, a county transfer could create a gap between one agency’s final event and the next source’s intake.
Continuity does not prove the destination received the person. When a Stone County event indicates transfer, retain the sending-agency record and identify the new custodian. For MDOC, compare the state offender location and MDOC ID. For another county, call that jail. For BOP or ICE, use the appropriate federal locator. A receiving-agency intake and Stone County transfer receipt together are stronger than the alert alone.
The local/state distinction can be subtle at the Stone County Correctional Facility. MDOC calls it a regional facility, while the county roster calls it the Stone County Detention Center. Those labels refer to overlapping operations at the same Wiggins address. A county-origin VINE event and an MDOC-origin event can therefore describe different records for the same person. Compare agency, booking number, MDOC ID, event time, and location before deciding that one source contradicts the other.
The MDOC MS SAVIN notification guidance describes the state layer and registration continuity.
The state guidance supports continued notice across participating custody sources, while independent destination verification still closes the custody chain.
Confirm Stone County VINELink Releases
A VINELink alert is secondary confirmation. It reports an event received from a participating system. For a durable Stone County answer, request the sheriff’s jail-docket entry, the release authority, and any transfer receipt. If the person was sentenced to MDOC, request the custody history, time sheet, or discharge certificate. If the issue is the case result, use the proper Justice, Municipal, or Circuit Court record.
| Situation | Best confirming source |
|---|---|
| County release event | Stone County jail docket and release warrant. |
| County transfer event | Transfer receipt plus receiving-agency intake. |
| MDOC release or supervision | MDOC custody history, location, and discharge record. |
| Federal custody | BOP locator and federal records, not VINELink. |
| Case outcome | The court docket or certified order. |
Data can lag. A court order may direct release while jail staff process another hold. An alert may use “release” for an event whose destination is another authority. If VINE and Stone County disagree, ask the jail how its electronic event was coded, then ask MS SAVIN for help with the notice. The agency custody record defines what happened.
For an older county event, request the Stone County jail-docket entry required by Mississippi Code § 19-25-63. Ask for confinement length, manner of release or discharge, the supporting release warrant, and any receiving officer’s transfer receipt. For a state sentence, the MDOC offender search may show a location and tentative date, but a time sheet or discharge certificate is stronger historical evidence. The parolee search and local Stone field office can clarify public supervision routing without proving the exact jail-door time.
The broader Stone County released inmate search explains how to route county, MDOC, court, BOP, and ICE records when one-person VINELink coverage is not enough.
Note: VINELink supports notice, while the contributing agency’s record supplies the lasting proof of release, transfer, or continued custody.