It's a small county jail near the Lafayette courthouse, and arrests from Stamps, Bradley and Lewisville all come here. The Lafayette County Jail is on East 4th Street in Lewisville, AR 71845.

The online list for Lafayette County may lag a day behind real bookings in Lewisville. Lafayette County Inmate Search confirms custody. Phone the sheriff for bond.

There's also a Lafayette sheriff app for phones, on the Lafayette app for iPhone and Lafayette app for Android.

Within 48 hours a judge must find cause on any warrantless Lafayette County arrest.

Lafayette County keeps district court sessions in both Lewisville and Stamps for traffic tickets and misdemeanors. Felony charges are handled by the circuit judge who rides this south Arkansas circuit and sits in Lewisville. District court in Lewisville and Stamps; circuit court in Lewisville. See court process.

Cash for the whole amount, or a licensed bondsman whose fee may be ten percent. Ask the sheriff first. See bail.

A Stamps or Lewisville defendant fills out a short statement about income and debts. If the judge agrees a lawyer isn't affordable, the district's appointed defender takes over. Available through the Lewisville judge for those who can't pay.

Lewisville's lockup has only a handful of staff, and a visit may be canceled when deputies are out on calls. Visits run about 30 minutes; call for days and bring ID. See visits, remote.

From Lewisville, inmates reach family on calls charged to a prepaid balance. See phones, messages, tablets.

A Lafayette County inmate's account also pays for stamps and phone minutes, and whatever is left is returned at release. Deposited funds buy food and soap. See deposits, commissary.

Deputies in Lewisville open letters before delivery and reject anything with stickers, tape or perfume. Use their legal name and the jail address. See mail.

Lafayette minors go before the juvenile judge; ask the sheriff where they're held.

The Lewisville jail can get a doctor for an inmate or send them to a hospital in Texarkana or Magnolia. Families should call with medicine names and doses. Tell jail staff about medical issues.

The Lafayette jail is small, and inmates are sometimes moved to neighboring counties when it's full. Ring 870-921-4252 for custody and visit days.

Officers from the FBI and Homeland Security Investigations carry out federal arrests, sometimes alongside local police. The case is heard by the Texarkana Division of Arkansas's Western District, at the U.S. courthouse in Texarkana: 500 North State Line Avenue, Room 302, Texarkana, AR 71854. The Texarkana building has no clerk staff, so phone the clerk's office at 833-853-0345. Soon after booking, they meet a magistrate judge who reads the charges. Federal court uses no bail price list. The magistrate decides what conditions apply at a short hearing under the Bail Reform Act. Expect questions with a pretrial officer before court.

Before trial, U.S. Marshals usually house the person in the Lewisville jail through a contract. Check the county inmate list; there U.S. Marshals custody may show. The U.S. Marshals branch that serves the Western District is at 30 South 6th Street, Room 243, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Phone 479-289-7470 or 479-424-5000 (call either number) to find a federal prisoner. When the sentence is prison time, they go from the local jail to federal prison in time. Find their facility with the federal locator.

• Jail prints get checked with U.S. databases that ICE reviews. Then ICE might send a detainer.
• Under that form, ICE asks the jailers to keep them at most 48 hours past the scheduled release. Once those 48 hours are up, the detainer expires.
• Even after bond is paid, the detainer stays active.
• ICE officers usually take custody within those 48 hours. If ICE never shows, the jail should release them on the local case.
• Calls about Arkansas detainers go to ICE staff in St. Rose, Louisiana, at 504-318-2360; mail goes to 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087.
• Their next facility depends on ICE.
• Relatives can follow them online at the locator site, using the A-number plus where they were born. Anyone without the A-number can enter DOB, country of birth, and first and last name.

Felony prison terms are served under the ADC. They often wait in the Lewisville jail until the ADC picks them up. Next, they move to a reception unit for processing. Workers there rate them for health and mental health needs, security risk and gang connections. The next stop is a unit that matches them.

Try the ADC online search for their unit. For prison details, read our Arkansas prison guide.

Yes. Current Lafayette mugshots are shown in the Lafayette jail search with charges. A released person may drop off the Lafayette list.

Photos ICE took are not given out by phone; the path is a FOIA request to ICE, and the agency rules on it. The sheriff's office decides whether a photo is shared — the press line is 870-921-4252. U.S. mugshots are kept private, even for reporters. Media or family requests will not get one; U.S. Marshals share one only to find a wanted fugitive, if it's needed immediately to keep people safe or if the photo helps make an arrest or warn people.

• Lewisville Police: 870-921-4971
• Stamps Police: 870-533-4951
• Lafayette County Sheriff's Office: 870-921-4252