The Garland County Detention Center is at 3564 Albert Pike Road, Hot Springs, AR 71913, west of downtown. Hot Springs police, Hot Springs Village officers, deputies and troopers all book there.

Garland County Inmate Search shows the sheriff's current inmate list with mugshots, booking dates, charges and bond amounts once set. Search by last name.

Arkansas Rule 4.1 says that when someone is arrested without a warrant, a judge must find reasonable cause within 48 hours. The first appearance follows, typically on a weekday morning by video. The judge sets bond there and asks about a lawyer.

Garland County District Court in Hot Springs handles misdemeanors, traffic and early felony hearings. Felonies are tried in circuit court at the Garland County courthouse on Ouachita Avenue. Read the Garland court overview.

Some charges have a preset bond; others wait for the judge. Pay the full amount in cash and it comes back after the case if all appearances are made. Or hire a licensed bondsman, whose fee can't exceed ten percent plus small state fees, and that fee is gone for good. Call 501-622-3660 for the amount. See Garland bail.

Hot Springs defendants without money for counsel may request the public defender's office at first appearance.

Visits are free and have been held Thursday through Sunday, from around noon into the evening. Visitors must register and bring a photo ID. Days and hours can change, so check online or call first. See Garland visits and video from home.

Outgoing calls only, paid from a prepaid account. Messages and tablets go through the same provider. See phone accounts, messages, tablets.

Money on the account buys food, hygiene items and phone credit. Deposits can be made online or at the lobby. See funding and commissary.

Envelopes need the inmate's legal name and jail number above the jail address. See mail rules for banned items.

A minor is handled by the juvenile division of circuit court, and Garland teens are kept apart from Albert Pike Road in a youth facility. The sheriff's office can tell parents where.

Call and ask jail staff to pass prescriptions and health concerns to medical. Report self-harm risk right away.

Garland County doesn't take bond by gift card or payment app. Hang up and call the jail yourself.

Ring 501-622-3660 to make sure they're still in custody, confirm the bond and check that visiting is open that day.

It normally starts when groups such as the ATF, the DEA, or IRS agents carry out an arrest. Federal hearings for this county happen in the federal courthouse in Hot Springs, 100 Reserve Street, Room 347, Hot Springs, AR 71901, for the Hot Springs Division of Arkansas's Western District. The Hot Springs office is unstaffed, so call the clerk's office at 833-853-0345. Plan on a short interview with a pretrial officer before court. Usually the next court day, they appear before a federal magistrate judge for a first hearing. Unlike state court, a federal judge won't use a set dollar amount. A bail hearing applying the Bail Reform Act settles release or detention.

Start with the sheriff's roster; the listing may name the Marshals. Deputy marshals in Fort Smith know the location of people in federal custody. Phone 479-289-7470 or 479-424-5000 (you can call either). Its office is at 30 South 6th Street, Room 243, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Meanwhile, the Marshals usually place them in a nearby jail. Following sentencing to prison, the person is sent into BOP custody. Track the person with the BOP locator by name.

• ICE learns about most arrests by way of booking prints staff send. ICE may then issue a detainer.
• Under the detainer, jail staff can hold them at most two days longer than usual. A holiday doesn't pause the 48 hours.
• Paying bail will not cancel this hold.
• ICE officers usually take custody in person within that window. Deadline passed? At that point the detainer lapses and the jail must let them leave.
• If deputies don't know, call ICE's New Orleans field office on 504-318-2360; it sits at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087.
• Loved ones can track them on the web at the locator site, which asks for the A-number and where they were born. The locator works too by the exact name, country of birth, and DOB when the A-number is unknown.
• ICE alone chooses the detention center.

Prison sentences are served by the ADC. For now, the person waits in the county jail until the state sends for them. Their first stop in prison is an intake unit where staff process them. There, officers weigh gang connections, physical and mental health, and custody level. After that, the ADC sends them to a unit that fits them.

Use the state inmate search for their unit. Our Arkansas prison guide has prison addresses.

Yes. The Garland County jail roster puts Garland mugshots beside each person held. Some Garland entries load the photo slowly.

Mugshots show up on the county inmate list next to each name. To ask about a booking photo that isn't public, the media can reach the sheriff's office, 501-622-3660. Federal agencies don't release mugshots to reporters or families. Federal policy keeps sharing to a few situations: to find a fugitive or escapee, for urgent public safety or to aid a capture or warn people. For a photo snapped by immigration officers, the only route is an ICE FOIA request, and a release isn't promised.

• Hot Springs Police: 501-321-6789
• Hot Springs Village Police: 501-922-0011
• Garland County Sheriff's Office: 501-622-3660

Mountain Pine, Lonsdale, Fountain Lake and Lake Hamilton areas outside city limits are covered by deputies.