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The Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office maintains a long-term detention facility authorized to house 290 inmates. The agency operates three shifts per day with 15 Detention Officers on A Shift, 15 on B Shift, and 13 on C Shift to cover 12 pods, 144 holding cells, four special needs cells, one medical area cell, and one suicide prevention cell.  All processing, booking, and testing occur within this secured facility. Each new detention officer of the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office requires a certification with the Board on Jail Officer Standards and Training state course and complete 96 hours of the State of Mississippi Standards and Training Jail Board mandated basic training.  Also, the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office requires all detention officers to complete annual in-service training.

Major Melissa McCarter

Major Melissa McCarter standing in front of the flag of the United States of America.

601-482-9896

Major Melissa McCarter began her career with the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office/Detention Facility, December 2003. In July 2005, she received a promotion to corporal and shortly after that, to sergeant in October of the same year. In 2007 Major McCarter resigned to pursue a career as a certified Law Enforcement Officer at St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office, Louisiana, in 2007. In 2009 she moved back to Meridian where she re-joined the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Office as Captain of the Detention Facility, faithfully leading as the in-jail command, until her promotion to Major/Jail Commander in 2016, while maintaining her law enforcement certification. Major McCarter directs and oversees all administrative, operational, and personnel matters of the Lauderdale County Detention Facility.

 

 


 

Shift Leaders 

Lt. Miria Rainey

Lt. Miria Rainey with American Flag backdrop

A-Shift

Lt. Jodi Dowdy

Lt. Jody Dowdy 2nd Shift American Flag Background

B-Shift

Lt. Elizabeth Robinson

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C- Shift

 

 

Sgt. Katisha Smith

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A-Shift

 

 

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B-Shift

 

 


C-Shift


 

Jail Support

Lt. LaToya Bennett

Sgt. LaToya Bennett standing in front of the flag of the United States of America.
Classification

Sgt. Ruth Parker

Sgt. Ruth Parker standing in front of the flag of the United States of America.
JSCWP Supervisor

Lt. Edwina Maclin

Lt. Edwina Maclin standing in front of the flag of the United States of America.
NCIC

Sgt. Tommy Creer

Sgt. Tommy Creer standing in front of the flag of the United States of America.
Transport

Sgt. Cheryl Porter

Cheryl Porter standing in front of the flag of the United States of America.
Legal Claims Adjudicator

Lt. Amy Reynolds

Amy Reynolds standing in front of the flag of the United States of America.
Inmate Records

                                     

Casey Spears

Jail Admn Casey Spears with American Flag Backdrop

LCDF Administrative Assistant

Jeffrey Foreman

Facilities Supervisor Jeffrey Foreman in front of American Flag

Facilities Supervisor

                    

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