Montgomery County VINE Coverage
Mississippi calls its service SAVIN/VINE. The Office of Mississippi SAVIN/VINE Services says the program tracks MDOC offenders and people held by participating county jails. That distinction matters in Montgomery County. Published state material does not confirm that the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department feeds records into VINE. A live VINELink search may show the agency, but a missing agency or person cannot be treated as proof of release.
MDOC participation is documented. A person who entered state custody may generate an event through Mississippi SAVIN even if the county path is unclear. A local detainee may instead have been held at Carroll County Regional Correctional Facility in Vaiden. Historical records connect that facility to Montgomery County through billing rows, yet the current facility name omits Montgomery. Search the live service first, then call SAVIN or the sheriff if the expected agency does not appear.
Search Montgomery County VINE
Begin at VINELink and select Mississippi. Search for one person, not a broad group. An agency number is best when one is known. A name search needs more care because common names, spelling changes, and old aliases can produce the wrong match. Compare the date of birth, offender ID, agency, facility, and any other visible facts before opening a record.
- Choose Mississippi, then open the offender or custody search offered in the current interface.
- Enter the person's last and first name, or use an available offender ID for a narrower match.
- Compare the date of birth, ID, agency, and facility. Do not rely on a name alone.
- Open Record Details and write down the exact status, agency, event time, and identifiers shown.
- If the record says released, contact the named agency for the release disposition and destination.
The successful manifest capture shows the Mississippi VINELink search interface used for this person-specific check.
The screen is an entry point. It does not remove the need to match identity or verify a release with the office that created the event.
For a named-person search that spans county, court, MDOC, and federal sources, use the Montgomery County released-inmate search path. VINE is one focused alert tool within that larger record chain.
Note: Save the status wording and the time checked, since a later transfer or booking update can change what the live record displays.
Montgomery County VINE Result Fields
A VINE result is useful only when each field is read in context. The service may retain an out-of-custody result, or it may show a current custody status. Displayed fields vary by agency and record. The table lists the points that should be captured when available, along with the limit attached to each one.
| Field | What it can show | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| Name and ID | The person and agency identifier | Match both with other identity facts before relying on the result |
| Agency or facility | The system reporting the event | Use that agency for direct confirmation |
| Custody status | Current wording supplied to VINE | Copy the exact words instead of turning every change into “released” |
| Event or update time | When the source posted a change | It may reflect data entry, not the exact moment a door opened |
| Notification choices | Phone, text, or email options offered | Options can vary with the record and live interface |
A release-from-custody alert means the participating agency's booking system sent that event. It is fast notice. It does not by itself show that the person entered the community with no other hold. A transfer, temporary movement, return to custody, escape, or abscond-supervision event has a different meaning. “Abscond” means the agency alleges that a supervised person stopped complying or could not be located. It is not a discharge.
No result is also limited. The agency may not participate, the record may use another spelling or identifier, or a released entry may no longer appear. Try a verified ID and name variant, then call MS SAVIN or the last known custodian. Do not turn an empty screen into a claim that the person remains confined or has been released. A dated screenshot preserves what the interface showed, but an agency release record carries more weight.
Register Montgomery County Release Alerts
Registration may be completed through VINELink or by phone. The official MDOC notification page says anyone may register anonymously. MS SAVIN can also help during business hours at 601-359-5759. Automated service is available around the clock in English and Spanish at 888-967-7284, with TTY access at 866-847-1298.
- Open the matched person's record and choose “Get Notified” or the current alert control.
- Select an offered phone, text, or email method, then enter the requested contact destination.
- Complete the live verification or confirmation step. Automated phone registration traditionally uses a four-digit PIN.
- Choose the release or custody-change events offered for that record and save the registration.
- Keep the confirmation. If custody moves, check whether the registration followed the person.
- When an alert arrives, read or hear the full event and verify it with the named agency.
The PIN confirms receipt of automated calls and can prevent repeat calls. Screen labels and delivery choices can change, so follow the current prompts. Direct victims are not automatically enrolled. The MDOC Division of Victim Services can be reached at 601-359-5628 or 866-522-4087 for rights-based notification questions documented by the state.
Anonymous registration makes the service useful for notice without turning the alert into a request for a complete case file. Register against the correctly matched person and agency. If more than one person has the same name, do not enroll until an ID or date of birth separates the records. Each contact method should be kept current, and a registration confirmation should be saved with the offender identifier and date.
Note: A PIN protects alert delivery, but it does not certify the underlying event or reveal a destination that the reporting agency did not provide.
Follow Montgomery County Custody Transfers
Mississippi's Registration Link is the distinctive safeguard for Montgomery County searches. The feature can carry a VINE registration when a county offender moves into MDOC or another custody placement. That is valuable here because a person may move from Montgomery County responsibility to the regional facility in Carroll County, or from local detention into state custody. A disappearance from one source is not enough to call the event a community release.
When an alert arrives, compare the event type with the next agency. A transfer to Carroll County Regional, MDOC, USMS, or ICE means custody changed hands. If MDOC is named, search by MDOC ID and compare Entry Date, Location, Location Change Date, conviction county, and sentence facts. If the person moved to another local facility, ask that facility whether it accepted custody. Keep both events in order rather than collapsing them into one release date.
The official Mississippi SAVIN notification explanation documents release and movement events along with the Registration Link.
The state page shows why an alert trail should be followed through a move instead of ending when one county record drops away.
Confirm Montgomery County VINE Releases
A VINELink event should lead to the record custodian. For a Montgomery County arrest, contact the Montgomery County Sheriff's Department at 614 Summit Street, Winona, MS 38967, 662-283-3343, or jtompkins@montgomerycountyms.com. Ask which facility held the person. Request the actual release date and time, disposition, and destination or receiving agency when recorded and public.
If Carroll County Regional held the person, call 662-464-5440 and provide the booking number or Montgomery County billing agency when known. Ask whether “released” meant a return to the community or a transfer. For a state prisoner, the MDOC Inmate Search accepts first name, last name, or MDOC ID. Its Tentative Release Date is only a forecast. An actual discharge and sentence computation should be requested from MDOC Records at 601-933-2889 or through MDOC GovQA.
- Release
- An exit event recorded by one custodian. It may lead to the community or another legal status.
- Transfer
- A move from one agency or facility to another, not freedom from custody.
- Discharge
- The end of a sentence or supervision status as recorded by the responsible agency.
- Parole
- Release from confinement under conditions and continued state supervision.
A matched MDOC parolee record can corroborate that a state prisoner left confinement to parole even when the inmate-oriented search no longer gives the expected result. The Carroll/Montgomery Probation & Parole Office may then confirm the local reporting assignment that can be disclosed. MDOC Records remains the better source for a definitive past release date and type.
Montgomery County court records provide a separate check. Justice Court handles misdemeanors and preliminary felony work, while Circuit Court keeps felony judgments and later orders. A dismissal, bond order, sentence, or time-served ruling can explain the legal authority for a change. It may still omit the actual exit time or another hold. Pair the court order with the sheriff, regional-facility, or MDOC record before treating a VINE event as the full custody history.
County, State, Federal Boundaries
VINE is not the federal Bureau of Prisons locator, the ICE detainee locator, or a court docket. A federal prisoner should be checked through the BOP Inmate Locator. “Released” or “Not in BOP Custody” marks the end of BOP custody only. Another agency or federal supervision may still apply. USMS has no comparable public historical locator, so a federal docket, last facility, or USMS records request may be needed.
ICE's online locator is built for current immigration detention, not a historic release account. No result may reflect release, transfer, a spelling mismatch, or processing lag. Court records serve another role. A bond order, dismissal, judgment, or time-served ruling can explain why custody should change, but the order may not show when processing ended. The physical release time still comes from the facility record.