Sheridan, Arkansas: the Grant County lockup
Grant County is a small county between Little Rock and Pine Bluff, with Sheridan as its seat. Arrests are held at the Sheridan Detention Center on Gatzke Drive, which houses about 100 people. Check Grant roster or call the sheriff at 870-942-8925.
The Gatzke Drive detention center
The Sheridan Detention Center is at 304 Gatzke Drive in Sheridan, AR 72150, the same address as Sheridan police.
Back to questions ↑Grant County lookup
Grant County Inmate Search uses the statewide notification lookup to confirm custody. Call the sheriff for bond.
Back to questions ↑Court deadlines
Arkansas allows a judge up to 48 hours to approve a no-warrant arrest. A first appearance follows in Sheridan.
Back to questions ↑Sheridan courts
District court in Sheridan hears misdemeanors; circuit court hears felonies. See Grant court info.
Back to questions ↑Bond
In Sheridan, the bond is paid whole in cash or arranged through a licensed bondsman whose charge stays at or under ten percent. Ask the sheriff the amount before paying. See bail.
Back to questions ↑A free lawyer in Grant County
Sheridan judges assign a public defender to defendants who show they have no money for one.
Back to questions ↑Visits in Sheridan
Visits can last up to an hour. Sheridan staff give out the visiting schedule by phone, and the desk checks a photo ID. See visits and remote visits.
Back to questions ↑Keeping in touch by phone
Sheridan inmates can only call out. Family opens a calling account with money on it, and every call is recorded. Family sets up a prepaid account so the person can call out. See phones, messages, tablets.
Back to questions ↑Money for commissary
Grant County inmates use deposited funds to shop the weekly commissary list. See deposits and commissary.
Back to questions ↑Letters to Gatzke Drive
Grant County staff open letters to check for contraband. Use plain paper and a return address. Write their full name above the jail address. See mail.
Back to questions ↑Grant County minors
Youth arrested in Sheridan aren't held in the adult lockup. The juvenile judge decides on detention and placement. Juvenile court handles them; ask the sheriff where.
Back to questions ↑Health
Grant County deputies on Gatzke Drive will take a sick inmate to a Sheridan clinic or the hospital, but routine pills need a family member to report what was prescribed. Phone the jail so medical staff know about medications.
Back to questions ↑Call Sheridan first
Grant County's lockup holds around 100 people and sometimes boards inmates elsewhere. Confirm before you drive. Call 870-942-8925 to confirm custody, bond and visiting.
Back to questions ↑Arrested by federal agents? How it works here
It often starts when Homeland Security Investigations, IRS agents, or the U.S. Marshals make an arrest. Federal cases from Sheridan land in Arkansas's Eastern District, Central Division, which meets in Little Rock: 500 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201. Clerk's phone: 501-604-5351. The first court date is held quickly with a federal magistrate judge. Pretrial services meets them and reports for the court. The federal system doesn't use a bail schedule. The magistrate decides whether they go home at a short hearing under federal bail law.
Meanwhile, the Marshals Service can place them in local jails under contract. Search the local roster right away, where the hold might appear. The U.S. Marshals branch that serves this part of the state is at 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201. Phone 501-324-6256 to find someone in federal custody. Once there is a prison sentence, they transfer to a BOP prison. Locate them with the BOP inmate locator.
Back to questions ↑Did ICE place a hold on a family member? Here are the steps
- Jail prints get compared with national records that ICE uses. ICE can then lodge a detainer at the jail.
- Forty-eight hours is the most: ICE's request only asks jail staff not to let them out yet until officers arrive. Weekends and holidays count toward the time.
- Posting bail will not erase it. The hold simply begins then.
- During that window, ICE may come to collect them. If ICE misses the deadline, staff is supposed to free them.
- Transfers between centers happen, so look at the ICE locator now and then using the A-number and country of birth. Don't have the A-number? Enter nation of birth, DOB, and the person's full name instead.
- Every Arkansas case is run from the New Orleans ERO office, located at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
- ICE alone picks the next facility.
How will the move from the Sheridan jail to the ADC happen?
Prison sentences are served under the ADC. Until then, they remain in the county jail while the state sends for them. The trip lands them at reception, and there they get checked in. Classification staff review each person for gang ties, security level, and medical and mental health needs. Their final move is a unit that fits those results.
The ADC inmate search lists where they are housed once they arrive. The Arkansas prison page covers prison addresses.
Back to questions ↑Are there Grant County mugshots I can look up?
No. Look up a person in the Grant County inmate search for Grant booking details. The Grant list shows inmates without mugshots. The City of Sheridan hosts this roster for the Grant County Sheriff's Office.
For a picture taken in ICE custody, families and media use a FOIA request to ICE, and ICE can deny it. The sheriff's office, 870-942-8925, handles press requests for mugshots that aren't public. Federal booking photos are not shared with the public or the media. The federal system holds booking pictures back; the Marshals make an exception only for someone who escaped, for immediate community safety, or when release could help catch them or alert neighbors.
Back to questions ↑Grant County police and sheriff
- Sheridan Police: 870-942-4642
- Grant County Sheriff's Office: 870-942-8925
Grant County contacts
- Roster
- Grant County Inmate Search
- Detention center
- Sheridan Detention Center, 304 Gatzke Drive, Sheridan
- Sheriff
- 870-942-8925
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