The Hancock County Public Safety Complex is in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. ICE’s 2025 report identifies Hancock County as owner and operator, while its 2024 report names the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office; ICE’s fiscal year 2026 detention statistics list the complex as holding ICE detainees.
Facility quick reference
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Facility name | Hancock County Public Safety Complex |
| Operator | Hancock County (2025 ICE report) |
| Street address | 8450 HIGHWAY 90 |
| City, State, ZIP | Bay St. Louis, MS 39520 |
| How ICE uses it | ICE houses people here under an intergovernmental service agreement (IGSA) with the local government that runs the jail. |
| ERO field office | New Orleans Field Office |
| ICE detainee locator | locator.ice.gov |
| Last verified | 2026-10-23 |
ADP = average daily population; ALOS = average length of stay, both FY2026 averages (not a same-day count). Source: ICE Detention Management, FY2026 (released 2026-07-20).
How to find someone held here
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is ICE’s online locator. The Sheriff’s contact page lists 228-466-6900 for the Sheriff’s Office at 8450 Highway 90. As of October 23, 2026, the Sheriff’s pages publish no facility roster or mail instructions.
Video visitation. The Sheriff’s visitation page sets video-visitation days by housing section: for example, sections AB, AF and AC on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month for 30 minutes, and section AE on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday for one hour. It says visitation hours are 8 AM to 2 PM, with check-in by 1:30.
Money, phone calls and mail
The Sheriff’s FAQ page distinguishes two accounts: phone-account deposits use www.allytg.com, while commissary/tablet/kiosk deposits use www.correctpay.com.
The same page says a Correct Pay kiosk is available to the public at the facility. Its directions are to enter through the double doors labeled Justice Court, turn right through a second set of double doors labeled Jail, and find the kiosk on the left wall.
ICE’s 2025 inspection report names Tiger as the commissary provider. As of October 23, 2026, the Sheriff’s web pages do not publish mail instructions.
Oversight and inspections
ICE’s 2025 report describes an ODO assisted self-inspection process (OASIP) from April 1 to May 8, 2025, including an on-site visit on May 8, 2025. ODO found compliance with all 10 NDS 2019 standards reviewed, with no deficient standards or deficiencies. The report says ODO received the completed corrective action plan for the May 2024 inspection, which, in ODO’s words, “likely resolved the previous deficiencies ODO cited.”
The May 7 to 9, 2024 special review, under NDS 2019, found 31 deficiencies across 5 standards. Those are historical findings from that review; the later OASIP reported the results above.
Related resources
- All ICE detention facilities
- All facilities under the New Orleans Field Office
- Know your rights
- Find an immigration attorney
Last verified: 2026-10-23
General information, not legal advice. Deposit, visiting, phone and mail arrangements are set by the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office and its vendors and can change at any time; details above were checked against the Sheriff’s and county’s own pages and ICE’s published documents on October 23, 2026. The jail’s own current instructions take precedence over this page. For a specific case, contact a licensed immigration attorney or a BIA-accredited representative.