Fulton County is on the Missouri line, so people arrested in Mammoth Spring, Viola and Salem all end up in this small jail. The Fulton County Jail is in Salem, AR 72576, run by the sheriff's office.

The Fulton County roster is basic and may not show bond amounts. The jail desk can give the bond and next court date. Fulton County Inmate Search confirms custody. Ring 870-895-2601 for bond and charges.

A judge must find cause on a no-warrant arrest within 48 hours in Arkansas.

Misdemeanors stay in Fulton County District Court; felony cases climb to circuit court at the Salem courthouse. See Fulton court process.

In Salem, a bond paid in cash is held by the court and returned after the case if the defendant keeps every court date. A bondsman's fee is not returned. Ask the jail about the bond amount and how it can be paid. Full cash bond or a licensed bondsman at up to ten percent. See bail.

Fulton County shares a public defender office with neighboring Ozark counties. At first appearance in Salem, the judge asks about income before deciding. A public defender may be appointed if they can't pay.

The Salem jail has few staff, so visiting slots are limited. Call ahead and arrive early. About 30 minutes; call for the days and bring ID. See visits, remote.

The Salem jail lets inmates place calls, paid from an account a relative funds ahead of time. See phones, messages, tablets.

A deposit pays for commissary orders such as food, hygiene items and paper. See deposits and commissary.

Write the person's full name above the jail's Salem address and skip anything glued or decorated. See mail.

Children arrested in Fulton County aren't held at the Salem jail. A juvenile judge decides whether they go to a regional juvenile center or home with a parent. Juvenile court; ask the sheriff.

Salem jailers can get a doctor or hospital care for inmates when it's needed. Call with the person's medicines and doses. Call the jail about medical needs.

Because Fulton County's jail is small, people are sometimes moved to other counties. A call confirms where they are. Call 870-895-2601 to confirm custody and the visit day.

Officers from the U.S. Marshals, Homeland Security Investigations and the ATF carry out most federal arrests. Federal cases from Salem land in the Eastern District's Northern Division: 615 South Main Street, Room 312, Jonesboro, AR 72401. With questions, call the clerk at 870-972-4610. The pretrial services report guides the judge and looks at jobs, family and past cases. An initial appearance happens fast with a federal magistrate judge. The federal system has no bail table. The magistrate settles whether they go home at a release hearing guided by the Bail Reform Act.

Meanwhile, the Marshals Service usually holds the person in the Salem jail under contract. Start with the jail's inmate list; the listing may name the Marshals. Marshals staff in Little Rock track people in federal custody. Phone 501-324-6256. The office is at 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201. When prison time is ordered, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) chooses where they serve. Search on the federal locator once they leave the jail.

• During booking, the person's prints reach federal agencies. If ICE decides the person may be deportable, it may file an I-247A detainer to the Salem jail.
• Paying bond does not lift the detainer. The hold simply begins then.
• Through a detainer, ICE asks the sheriff to delay the release for up to two days. A weekend day doesn't pause the clock.
• During those hours, ICE can come to pick them up. No pickup by the deadline? Then the detainer lapses and staff should release them on the county case.
• Check the ICE detainee locator with an A-number plus home country. The locator also works by the full legal name, nation of birth and birth date when there's no A-number.
• Only ICE chooses where they go next.
• St. Rose, Louisiana, is home to ICE's office for Arkansas: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087 — call 504-318-2360 about the hold.

Prison sentences are carried out through the ADC. They usually wait in the Salem jail for a state transfer. State reception is next: paperwork, photos and tests happen there. ADC staff classify new arrivals after checking any gang ties, their risk level, and health and mental health care. The next step is a prison that fits them.

The ADC online lookup shows their unit. For prison details, open our Arkansas prison guide.

Yes. You can view Fulton County mugshots by name in the Fulton inmate roster.

Immigration officials share booking photos only through ICE's FOIA form and ICE's approval. Newsrooms after a jail photo should try the sheriff's office on 870-895-2601. Federal booking photos stay private. Federal policy limits release to a few cases: for someone who escaped, when the community must be kept safe now, or when sharing it could help make an arrest or warn people.

• Salem Police: 870-895-3478
• Fulton County Sheriff's Office: 870-895-2601

Mammoth Spring, Viola and rural areas use the sheriff.