The Clark County Jail is at 406 South 5th Street in Arkadelphia, AR 71923. Interstate arrests by state troopers usually end up here too.

For Clark, start on VINELink (Clark County). Then phone the Clark jail.

VINELink (Clark County) opens the statewide notification search. Enter the name to see whether they're in custody. Call for bond details.

Arkansas law gives 48 hours for a judge to find cause on a warrantless arrest. First appearance should come promptly after that.

Clark County District Court handles misdemeanors; circuit court handles felonies. See Clark court process.

Families either cover the entire sum in cash or bring in a licensed bondsman, who charges a fee of ten percent. Call 870-246-2222 for the amount first. See Clark bail.

In Arkadelphia, the judge asks about income and bills at first appearance. If a lawyer isn't affordable, the district public defender is appointed, and the person may pay a small fee later. The judge can name a public defender for someone who can't afford counsel.

The Clark County jail sets visiting by housing area, so days differ from inmate to inmate. Have the person's full name ready when you call, and arrive early for the ID check. Call to learn visit days and rules. Bring a photo ID. More at visits and remote visits.

Inmates in Arkadelphia can't get calls from outside, so relatives fund an account to receive theirs. Rates and fees come from the jail's phone contract, not the sheriff. Prepaid accounts let inmates call you. See phones, messages, tablets.

Cash on a Clark County inmate's books pays for snacks, hygiene items, stamps and paper. Ask the Arkadelphia jail whether it accepts cash at the lobby, online deposits or money orders. See deposit methods and commissary.

Clark County jail staff inspect every envelope. Send plain letters and photos without anything glued, taped or sprayed on them, and use a return address. Use their full name and the jail address. See mail rules.

Minors go to juvenile court, not the adult jail. The sheriff can tell you where they're held.

The Arkadelphia jail can only give medicines it has verified. When you call, give the drug name, dose and the pharmacy or doctor so staff can check it. Phone the jail so medical staff hear about prescriptions or risks.

Clark County bookings, bonds and visit days change quickly, so a short call can save a trip to Arkadelphia. Spell the name the way it appears on the person's driver's license. Call 870-246-2222 to check custody, bond and visiting.

It often begins when the Secret Service, the U.S. Marshals, the ATF, or IRS agents carry out the arrest. A federal case is filed in Arkansas's Western District, Hot Springs Division, at the federal building in Hot Springs: 100 Reserve Street, Room 347, Hot Springs, AR 71901. The Hot Springs office is not staffed; call the clerk's office at 833-853-0345. Pretrial services also interviews the person and sends a report for the court. Often by the next weekday, the person appears before a magistrate judge. The federal system doesn't use a bail table. The magistrate decides if they stay locked up at a bail hearing, using federal bail law.

During the case, the Marshals often hold the person in the Arkadelphia jail. Check the county inmate list first, where a Marshals hold might appear. This district's Marshals office knows where a federal prisoner is held: 479-289-7470 and 479-424-5000 (you can call either), 30 South 6th Street, Room 243, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Following sentencing to prison, a prisoner moves into a BOP prison. Track them through the federal inmate locator by register number.

• Jail prints are run through federal databases that ICE uses. Then ICE might file a detainer.
• Posting the bond doesn't erase the detainer.
• With the detainer, jail staff may keep them at most 48 hours longer than usual. A holiday does not freeze the clock.
• ICE agents usually collect them at the Arkadelphia jail during the hold. Deadline passed? Then the request has expired and staff must let them leave.
• This county falls under the St. Rose, Louisiana, field office; its phone is 504-318-2360, and its address is 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087.
• ICE's web search, the detainee locator, tells their current center; it needs the A-number and birth country. ICE also offers a name search when the number is unknown, which needs date of birth, the country they were born in and first and last name.
• ICE alone picks where they go next.

The state's prison system, the ADC, takes anyone given a felony prison term. First, they remain in the Arkadelphia jail until the ADC sends for them. The ride lands them at intake, where they get checked in. At intake, officers look at gang connections, their medical and mental health and their risk level. Their final step is a prison that suits their rating.

The ADC online lookup shows their unit once they arrive. The Arkansas prison guide covers each unit.

ICE pictures come out just through an ICE records request, and only if the agency agrees. Unreleased booking photos come from the sheriff's office; media may call 870-246-2222. Federal mugshots are kept private. The federal system keeps these photos back; the U.S. Marshals step in only to find someone who escaped, if there is an immediate safety need, or when release helps track them down or alert neighbors.

• Arkadelphia Police: 870-246-4545
• Caddo Valley Police: 870-246-6357
• Amity Police: 870-342-5822
• Clark County Sheriff's Office jail: 870-246-2222

Gurdon, Okolona and rural areas use the sheriff.