Adult Detention Center Overview
The Harrison County Sheriff's Office Corrections Division operates the Harrison County Adult Detention Center in Gulfport under the county sheriff's correctional authority. Sheriff Matt Haley's administration page identifies the sheriff's office leadership and countywide law-enforcement role. The jail is the county's central adult detention facility and the main public roster facility for Harrison County. Sheriff research describes a mixed population: felony defendants, misdemeanor offenders, men, women, juveniles charged as adults, state prisoners, federal prisoners, and people awaiting mental-health commitment. That mix matters because a roster hit does not mean the same thing in every case. A person may be awaiting first appearance, waiting for trial, serving a short local sentence, held for another agency, or waiting for transfer to another custody system.
The Adult Detention Center is supervised within the Corrections Division under Warden Evan Hubbard and Deputy Warden Captain Elaine Lege. The sheriff's published material says the current facility was completed in 1990 for $20 million and is described by the sheriff as the largest county jail in Mississippi. The same official page says the jail historically exceeded design capacity, once reaching about 1,400 people before Hurricane Katrina. More recent sheriff statements put the average daily population in the 800 to 900 range over the last two years, while also stating that about 80 percent of the jail population is pretrial.
The sheriff's Corrections Division screenshot in the image below is the source for the facility history, capacity, population mix, and Work Center context. The source page is the official Corrections and Transport Division page.
Those official facility details explain why the Adult Detention Center page must be read as a county jail resource, not as a state prison profile.
Adult Detention Center Population
Harrison County Adult Detention Center has a design capacity of 760 beds, according to the sheriff's Corrections Division page accessed for the Harrison County research file on June 19, 2026. The same official source reports a recent average daily population of 800 to 900 people and a historic high near 1,400 before Hurricane Katrina. Vera/BJS-derived county trend data listed 765 people for 2024 and 744 for 2023, but those figures are county jail population data rather than a live head count for a specific housing unit.
| Measure | Official Detail |
|---|---|
| Pretrial share | About 80 percent, per sheriff Corrections Division narrative. |
| Corrections budget | Approximately $9.5 million, per sheriff Corrections Division narrative. |
| Assigned staff | About 225 staff, most correctional officers working directly with inmates. |
| Historic pressure | Population reached about 1,400 before Hurricane Katrina. |
Adult Detention Center Roster Search
The correct online lookup for Harrison County Adult Detention Center is the Harrison County Sheriff inmate-search page, which embeds the JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud jail roster. The sheriff page gives a key instruction: enter at least two characters in the Last Name field or the roster page remains blank. A first name can narrow common names, and the public JailTracker app may require a CAPTCHA before it returns rows. The jail docket is a public service, but the sheriff page warns that information can change quickly and that detention is not a conviction.
- Open the sheriff inmate-search page rather than a commercial roster mirror.
- Read the disclaimer and any bond notice before relying on the result.
- Enter at least two characters in Last Name, then add First Name if needed.
- Complete the CAPTCHA if the embedded roster prompts for it.
- Review the result for booking identifiers, charges, bond fields, holds, court fields, and release status when those fields are displayed.
The roster is the county jail channel. Sentenced state-prisoner status belongs in the Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search. Federal sentenced custody belongs in the BOP inmate locator, and immigration custody belongs in ICE's detainee locator. For custody notifications, Mississippi VINELink is another official channel.
The manifest image below comes from the official sheriff inmate-search page and shows the public path families use before entering the embedded JailTracker search.
The roster screenshot also preserves the local two-character last-name rule, which is easy to miss when a blank roster frame first loads.
Adult Detention Center Contact
Call the facility before traveling, sending funds, or assuming a person is still in custody. Jail records can change after bond, court order, transfer, medical transport, state pickup, or a hold review. The sheriff contact table lists the Adult Detention Center directly, and the Warden's Office is a separate correctional administration contact.
Harrison County Adult Detention Center
10451 Larkin Smith Drive
Gulfport, MS 39503
228-896-3000
Call for custody, lobby, visitation, and facility-entry questions.
Warden's Office
Harrison County Corrections Division
Gulfport, MS 39503
228-896-0677
Fax: 228-896-0613
The official sheriff contact page is the source for the detention center and division phone table.
Adult Detention Center Visits
The official inmate handbook states that all HCADC visits are video visits unless an in-person visit is approved by the Warden. Adult visitors must have government-issued picture ID. People under 18 must be with a parent. Anyone on Harrison County corrections facility grounds may be searched, including vehicles, personal property, and items in possession. Video visits are recorded and monitored. Dress-code violations can end or suspend visits, and inappropriate exposure can bring a suspension of at least 30 days for a first incident.
| Visit Type | Schedule / Access | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Video visit | Public day-by-day schedule not located in official research. | Recorded and monitored; account and device rules apply. |
| In-person visit | Only with Warden approval. | Government photo ID required for adults; minors must be with a parent. |
| Legal access | Handled separately from social visits. | Legal mail is opened only in the inmate's presence. |
Note: Confirm visit approval, current video procedures, and custody status with the jail before traveling to Larkin Smith Drive.
Adult Detention Center Mail
Harrison County uses scanned personal mail for jail inmates. The handbook format is specific: Harrison County Adult Detention Center; inmate's name, booked name, and docket number; cell block, section, and cell number; 4506 Marlena St. Unit 15; Bossier City, LA 71111. Incoming personal mail is scanned for kiosk access and then destroyed. Mail that cannot be scanned is returned. Packages, padded envelopes, envelope messages or drawings, third-party mail, inmate-to-inmate mail without Warden approval, vendor mail, bulk mail, newspapers, books, and magazines sent to the scan address are restricted or rejected.
| Service | Official Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | Use the Bossier City scan-mail address with booked name, docket number, and housing details. |
| Phone / messaging | Sheriff page references NCIC messaging; handbook references City Tele Coin phones. Verify current vendor with the jail. |
| Message cost | Official sources list incoming and outgoing messages at $0.25. |
| Phone card fee | Handbook lists a $1.50 processing fee for phone cards. |
Adult Detention Center Money
The handbook lists Premier Link as the canteen vendor and says deposits can be made through commissarydeposit.com or a lobby kiosk at HCADC or the Work Center. Kiosk payments may be made by cash or credit card. The handbook lists a $2.50 cash fee and a 10 percent credit-card fee. It also lists a $100 weekly canteen spending limit. Cash, money orders, and negotiable instruments are not accepted by mail, and inmates may not possess cash, checks, credit cards, money orders, or negotiable instruments.
| Item | Amount / Rule |
|---|---|
| Canteen limit | $100 weekly limit. |
| Cash kiosk fee | $2.50. |
| Credit-card kiosk fee | 10 percent. |
| Money by mail | Cash, money orders, and negotiable instruments not accepted. |
Adult Detention Center Intake
Intake at HCADC starts with a complete search, jail clothing, questions about health needs, and temporary housing. The handbook says the process affects health and safety, so inmates are expected to answer truthfully and cooperate. When moved from booking to housing, a person receives an identification wristband and issued property such as bedding, uniform items, shoes, towel, cup, spork, and hygiene items. Personal property is inventoried and stored unless released for pickup.
Classification follows intake. Before initial classification is complete, inmates are treated as close-supervision or maximum-confinement custody. Classification staff review charges, history, medical needs, special needs, housing, and program placement. Medical staff examine inmates within 14 days, and classification staff evaluate permanent custody level within five working days. Harrison County Justice Court holds jail court three times weekly for initial appearances, which is the first court link for many new bookings.
Adult Detention Center History
The Adult Detention Center has several local details that distinguish it from a generic county jail. It opened in 1990, cost $20 million, and later received more than $10 million in security and capital improvements. The sheriff's Corrections Division reports upgrades to cell doors and locks, control panels, perimeter detection, and CCTV. Harrison County also operates a law enforcement training academy opened in 2023, and corrections officer certification appears in the academy schedule, tying detention operations to local training capacity.
Recent public reporting includes in-custody death coverage and older federal civil-rights prosecutions involving former jail officers. Those items are part of the facility's public record context, but they do not replace current custody confirmation through the sheriff roster or direct jail contact. For records not shown online, the Public Records Division takes police report requests by mail or in person with state ID, while criminal-history/background requests must be made in person.
Note: Verify custody, visits, and money rules with HCADC before acting on a roster entry.