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Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office hiring full-time correctional officers

The Lafayette County Sheriff’s Office is hiring full-time correctional officers, with starting pay of $48,088 a year, or $21.94 an hour.

Listed benefits include MS PERS retirement, employee health and life insurance, personal and medical days, and access to an on-site gym. Certifications are preferred but not required; new hires can earn them after they are hired.

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The office describes the work as serving the community and helping people in officers’ care return to Lafayette County as better neighbors. Applicants can complete the sheriff’s office employment application. Brenda Morgan is listed as the contact for questions at bmorgan@lafayettesheriff.net.

Source: Lafayette County Sheriff's Office.

Jon Myers

Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."