The Arkansas County Jail sits at 1000 Ricebelt Avenue in DeWitt, AR 72042. It has room for roughly 150 people. Even when Stuttgart police make the arrest, the person usually rides down to DeWitt for booking, about a 25-minute drive south on Highway 165.

Use Arkansas County Inmate Search. The sheriff's roster asks whether you want current inmates or recent releases. Pick current, then scroll or search by last name. A booking that happened in the last hour or two might not be posted yet.

Arkansas Rule 8.1 calls for a first appearance without unnecessary delay. If the arrest happened without a warrant, a judge has to find reasonable cause within 48 hours, or the person must be let go. In a rural county like this, hearings often run on weekday mornings, sometimes by video from the jail.

Arkansas County District Court has a Stuttgart department and a DeWitt department for misdemeanors and early felony hearings. Felonies then move to circuit court, which also sits in both towns. The Arkansas County court process page walks through it.

Arkansas rules lean toward release on a promise to appear when that is enough. Otherwise the judge or a bond schedule sets an amount. You can pay it in full as a cash bond or hire a licensed bondsman. Under state law a bondsman may charge up to ten percent (never less than $50), and a few small state fees are added. Read our Arkansas County bail page and call 870-659-2064 for the exact figure before paying.

Yes, when the judge finds the person has no money for a lawyer. The request is made at that first hearing. The public defender for this judicial district handles appointed cases in both Stuttgart and DeWitt.

It's worth asking before you post bond, since an extra hold can keep someone inside. Deputies at the sheriff's office answer warrant questions at 870-659-2060. You can also run a name through Search ARCourts, the state's case search, to see open circuit and district court matters. If a warrant turns up, an attorney can often arrange a bond setting, and many people choose to surrender with counsel beside them. For case numbers or filing copies, the circuit clerk's Stuttgart office picks up at 870-659-2098, extension 1.

Visits must be set up ahead with jail staff, and each one is short. Some may be by video. Visitors need a photo ID. Days and hours shift, so call or look online first. See Arkansas County visitation and remote visits.

Inmates call out using prepaid accounts or collect calls; they can't take incoming calls. Messages and tablet use run through the jail's communications provider. Guides: phone accounts, messaging, tablets.

Deposits pay for commissary items like snacks and soap. Use the online, lobby or money order method the jail accepts. Details at inmate deposits and Arkansas County commissary.

Address the envelope with their full legal name plus booking number, then the jail address in DeWitt. Skip glitter, stickers and anything taped. Check our inmate mail guide for current rules.

A youth under 18 goes through the juvenile division of circuit court. The sheriff's office can tell a parent which juvenile detention center is holding the child, since small counties often share one.

Phone the jail and ask that the nurse or medical staff be told about prescriptions, pregnancy, diabetes or a suicide risk. A doctor's note or pharmacy label can be brought to the front desk.

Ring 870-659-2064 to check that your loved one hasn't already been released or moved, what the bond is now, and whether a visit is on the calendar.

Postal inspectors, the ATF, the Marshals Service, or Homeland Security Investigations make federal arrests. A federal case is heard by Arkansas's Eastern District, Delta Division, at the federal courthouse in Helena: 617 Walnut Street, Helena, AR 72342. No clerk works in Helena; call Little Rock at 501-604-5351. Often by the next weekday, they see a U.S. magistrate judge. Expect questions from pretrial services before court. U.S. court doesn't use a bail table. A judge settles the release terms at a short hearing following federal bail law.

Try the local inmate list, where the hold can be listed. Before trial, U.S. Marshals usually place federal prisoners in a nearby jail. The U.S. Marshals office for this part of the state is at 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201. Call 501-324-6256 to ask about the person. Once sentenced, they transfer from the county jail into federal prison in time. Locate their facility by using the Bureau of Prisons search.

• When someone is booked, their prints are checked against federal databases. ICE may then file a detainer (Form I-247A).
• Even with bond posted, this hold remains in place.
• Through the I-247A, ICE asks the jail to put off the release for at most 48 hours. That's two straight days, measured from release time.
• Within that window, ICE often sends officers to pick them up. If ICE never comes, this means release on the local case.
• Families can follow the person online through the locator site; it needs an A-number plus birth country. ICE also offers a search by name for families without the A-number; give it birth date, birth country and both first and last names.
• Only ICE chooses the detention center, and it can change.
• Write or call the New Orleans field office of ICE: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087; phone 504-318-2360.

State prison terms are handled through the ADC. They often wait in the DeWitt jail until the ADC picks them up, which may take weeks. The transfer ends at reception, where new prisoners get booked into the system. There, the ADC looks at security level, their medical and mental health and gang connections. Their last stop is a unit that fits their rating.

The ADC inmate search shows their unit after intake. The Arkansas state prison page has prison addresses.

Yes. Mugshots taken at the Arkansas jail post in the Arkansas County inmate search. A released person may drop off the Arkansas list.

Newsrooms wanting a jail photo should start with the sheriff's office on 870-659-2060 and ask what the office will release. Federal agencies don't hand out booking photos to reporters or families. A federal mugshot gets out only through the Marshals, to find a wanted fugitive, if release would help track them down or warn people or when people nearby must be warned now. Anyone seeking an ICE mugshot must go through a FOIA request to ICE; release is ICE's call.

• Stuttgart Police: 870-673-2171
• DeWitt Police: 870-946-2496
• Arkansas County Sheriff's Office, southern district in DeWitt: 870-659-2060

Gillett, Almyra, Humphrey and the rural parts of the county rely on deputies.