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Lowndes County Adult Detention Center

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Lowndes County Adult Detention Center is a county jail located in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Rated capacity: 288. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

288

Current population

—

Occupancy

—

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

—

Region

Mississippi

Security level

Maximum

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

Amendments of the United States Constitution by (1) failing to provide conditions of confinement that offer prisoners reasonable safety and protection from vio.lence, and (2) holding conditions violate the constitutional rights of prisoners in state or local correctional facilities. prisoners and staff members. They required closing entire housing units and transferring in to restore order to the facility. The situation has been of such concern that in September 2013, conditions with the assistance of an appointed monitoring team.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

For purposes of this letter, the term "prisoner" refers to all individuals housed at the Jail. plant deficiencies, and unsound security procedures. As discussed further in this letter, we

Practical info

prisoners in the Jail beyond their court-ordered release dates.3

Known issues

[doj-cripa 2015-01-01 — Hinds County Adult Detention Center (Mississippi)] deficiencies. We conclude that Hinds County ("County") violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution by (1) failing to provide conditions of CRIPA authorizes the U.S. Department of Justice to seek equitable relief where conditions violate the constitutional rights of prisoners in state or local correctional facilities. physical harm and posed an ongoing risk of serious harm to individuals in the Jail.

Documented human-rights cases

Contact & address

527 Martin Luther King Junior Drive, Columbus 39701
(662) 329-5816
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Capacity (beds)this: 288 · peers avg: 547 (47%)

Data completeness

86%

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@misc{worldprisons-lowndes-county-adult-detent,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Lowndes County Adult Detention Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/lowndes-county-adult-detention-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-25}
}