Welcome to the Newton County Sheriff web page. Here you will find information about our office and descriptions of our duties, plus our office address and telephone numbers. Please feel free to contact us if we can be of service to you.
Duties and Responsibilities
The Sheriff is elected at-large and serves a four-year term. The Sheriff’s law enforcement duties include keeping peace within the county. Administrative duties include serving as the county’s jailor, submitting a budget of his office to the Board of Supervisors, keeping Mississippi Department Reports, and keeping a jail docket.
Joedy Pennington, Sheriff
300 Access Rd
Decatur, MS 39327
Phone: 601-635-4401
Fax: 601-635-5768