It's on the edge of Huntsville, and arrests from Huntsville, Hindsville and rural Madison County are booked here. The Madison County Detention Center is at 5643 Business Highway 412 in Huntsville, AR 72740.

Madison County Inmate Search shows who is in custody, including people held for other counties. Call the sheriff for bond details.

Arkansas judges have 48 hours to confirm cause after a warrantless arrest. The first appearance in Huntsville follows soon after.

District court in Huntsville handles misdemeanors. Felonies go to circuit court at the Huntsville courthouse. See court info.

You can pay the full bond, which comes back at the end if the person makes every hearing, or use a licensed bondsman who keeps a fee of up to ten percent. Deputies can quote the bond by phone. See bail.

Madison County shares its public defenders with neighboring Ozark counties, and the Huntsville judge asks about income before appointing one. The Huntsville judge can appoint a public defender at first appearance.

Call the jail for the visiting schedule, and bring a photo ID. Rules can change with staffing. See visits and remote visits.

Inmates in Huntsville place outgoing calls billed to a prepaid account a relative opens. See phones, messages, tablets.

A Huntsville inmate's balance is also used for phone time, and family deposits are the main source. Deposited funds buy snacks, soap and paper at the jail store. See deposits and commissary.

Write the person's full name, then the jail's Huntsville address. Letters and photos only. See mail.

The juvenile judge decides if a youth is held; the sheriff can say which juvenile center.

Huntsville jailers won't give a pill until a pharmacy or doctor backs it up, so a family call with the details speeds that along. Call so the jail's medical staff hear about prescriptions or risks.

Phone 479-738-2320 and ask whether they are still in Huntsville, what the bond is, and when visits run.

It usually begins after groups such as the U.S. Marshals, IRS agents, the Secret Service, and the DEA make an arrest. This county falls under Arkansas's Western District, Fayetteville Division; court dates are set at the courthouse in Fayetteville, 35 East Mountain Street, Room 510, Fayetteville, AR 72701. With questions, phone the clerk at 833-853-0345. Expect a short interview with pretrial services before court. Soon after booking, the person goes before a magistrate judge. Cash isn't the main question in federal charges. A judge weighs risk to others and to the case at a short hearing per the Bail Reform Act.

Check the county jail list first; there a Marshals hold can be listed. During the case, the Marshals often keep federal prisoners in a county jail. Calling the Marshals at 479-289-7470 or 479-424-5000 (call either) may confirm where they are held. Its address is 30 South 6th Street, Room 243, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Following sentencing to prison, the person moves into federal prison (the BOP). Locate the person through the BOP locator.

• Jail prints get run with national databases that ICE reviews. ICE can then send a detainer.
• A posted bail doesn't clear the detainer.
• Under the detainer, the jail may keep them at most 48 hours after they would have left. Weekends and holidays count toward the time.
• During that window, ICE may come to pick them up. If the pickup doesn't happen, this means they are released.
• Families can reach ICE's New Orleans area office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, tel. 504-318-2360.
• Their next facility depends on ICE.
• A free online tool, the detainee locator, tells their current center by A-number and birth country. No ICE number? The name option takes first and last name together with DOB and birth country.

If a judge orders prison time, the person is now a state prisoner under the Arkansas Division of Correction. Until then, they wait in the Huntsville jail until the state sends for them, sometimes for weeks. The ride lands them at reception, and there they are checked in. There, the ADC looks at security risk, medical and mental health needs and gang connections. Their final step is a unit that matches them.

To find them, use the ADC inmate search. The state prison guide explains visits and mail.

Yes. Mugshots taken at the Madison jail post in the Madison County jail roster.

Media outlets after a booking picture should start with the sheriff's office at 479-738-2320. Any federal mugshot isn't public, even to reporters. There must be a strong reason. The U.S. Marshals publish one only for a wanted fugitive, when it is needed at once to protect the public or when posting it helps make an arrest or warn people. Anyone seeking an ICE booking photo must go through ICE's FOIA form, and ICE decides.

• Huntsville Police: 479-738-2610
• Madison County Sheriff's Office: 479-738-2320

Hindsville, St. Paul, Kingston and rural areas use the sheriff.