The Lee County Jail is at 15 East Chestnut Street, Marianna, AR 72360, with the sheriff's office.

The quickest way is a call to 870-295-7775. The state prison search covers people sentenced to the Division of Correction, not people in the county jail.

After that review, the Lee County first appearance in Marianna sets bond and addresses whether the person needs an appointed lawyer. A judge in Arkansas has 48 hours to find cause on a warrantless arrest.

District court in Marianna takes misdemeanors; circuit court takes felonies. See court process.

The whole bond can be posted in cash and returned after the case if the person shows up to every hearing. A licensed bondsman can also post it, keeping a fee of up to ten percent. Confirm the number with deputies first. See bail.

Lee County is part of a Delta judicial district, and its public defenders cover Marianna and neighboring courthouses, often on set court days. Marianna judges assign public defenders to people who qualify.

A Lee County visit lasts roughly half an hour. The days change, so phone 870-295-7775 first, and bring an ID with your picture. See visits, remote.

The Marianna jail does not put incoming calls through. Inmates call out, billed to a prepaid account that family opens with the jail's phone provider. See phones, messages, tablets.

Deposits pay for snacks, soap, stamps and other commissary items. Ask the sheriff's office which deposit methods Lee County accepts. See deposits and commissary.

Write the person's full name, then 15 East Chestnut Street, Marianna, AR 72360. Plain letters and photos are safest. See mail.

A child arrested in Lee County goes before the juvenile judge rather than district court. If detention is ordered, the youth is placed at a center outside Lee County that deputies can name.

Phone the sheriff's office so jail staff know about prescriptions, pregnancy or mental health concerns.

The Lee County link on the state site goes to the prison search, not this jail, so a phone call is the reliable check on someone held in Marianna. Call 870-295-7775 for custody, bond and visits.

Most federal arrests usually involve the FBI, IRS agents, or postal inspectors, sometimes helped by city police. This county belongs to Arkansas's Eastern District, Delta Division, so hearings are held downtown in Helena, 617 Walnut Street, Helena, AR 72342. That Helena building is unstaffed, so call the clerk in Little Rock at 501-604-5351. The first court date happens quickly, before a federal magistrate judge. There will be questions from a pretrial officer before court. Different from state court, federal judges won't look up a bail amount. A detention hearing guided by federal bail law sorts out what conditions apply.

Before trial, the Marshals Service can keep them in a nearby jail under contract. Look them up with the county roster; the listing may name the Marshals. This district's Marshals staff can tell you where they are: 501-324-6256, 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201. Sentenced people leave the local jail for a BOP prison. Track their facility through the federal locator.

• Booking prints are checked with U.S. records that ICE uses. ICE can then file a detainer.
• ICE asks jail staff to keep them for up to 48 hours once they would normally go free. A holiday does not freeze the count.
• A posted bail won't end the detainer.
• Immigration officers can collect them within that window. If ICE never shows, the sheriff must release them.
• After pickup, their name should show up on the detainee locator — search with A-number and birth country. Without an A-number, type in their full name with the day they were born and birth country.
• Families can reach ICE's field office near New Orleans at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, tel. 504-318-2360.
• Where they are sent is ICE's call.

Arkansas's prison system, the ADC, takes people given a felony prison term. The person often waits in the Marianna jail for a state transfer. The first ADC stop is a reception unit for processing. At intake, officers look at how much security they need, medical and mental health needs, and gang links. The final stop is a unit that fits their needs.

To find them, check the ADC online search. The Arkansas state prison page lists every state unit.

Mugshots taken by ICE have to be asked for through ICE's online FOIA request; ICE decides. The sheriff's office decides what to release; media can call 870-295-7775. Federal mugshots are not made public, even for reporters. On the federal side, a booking photo stays with the Marshals and goes public only for someone who escaped, if release helps find them or alert neighbors, or when there's an immediate threat to the community.

• Marianna Police: 870-295-2508
• Lee County Sheriff's Office: 870-295-7775