Camden, East Camden, Stephens and rural Ouachita County arrests are booked here, a short distance from downtown. The Ouachita County Detention Center is at 109 Goodgame Street, Camden, AR 71701.

Ouachita County Inmate Search shows people held, with booking dates and charges. Bonds show after a judge acts.

An Arkansas judge must decide on cause within 48 hours when someone is arrested without a warrant. The Camden first appearance follows.

District court handles misdemeanors; circuit court at the Camden courthouse handles felonies. See court process.

Camden refunds a full cash bond when the case wraps up and the defendant attended each hearing. Bondsmen licensed in Arkansas take as much as ten percent and keep it. Goodgame Street staff can give the bond figure. See bail.

Camden's judge decides on appointed counsel after hearing about the defendant's job, rent and dependents. A Camden judge can appoint one for someone who can't afford a lawyer.

Visits may be by video. Call or check online for how to schedule, and bring photo ID for on-site visits. See visits and remote video visits.

Camden jail calls are recorded, and prosecutors can listen, so keep the talk off the case. Goodgame Street inmates dial out; families fund the calls ahead of time. See phones, messages, tablets.

In Camden, the balance also covers video visit fees, where offered, and money left over goes back at release. Deposits cover snacks, hygiene items and calls. See deposits and commissary.

Ouachita County deputies inspect mail and refuse letters with stickers, glitter or anything taped inside. Use the inmate's full name and 109 Goodgame Street, Camden, AR 71701. See mail.

The juvenile judge handles minors. Held youth go to a juvenile center; deputies can say which.

Call the detention center so medical staff are told about medicines or risks.

Ouachita County visits may be on video, and a call tells you whether to drive in or log on from home. Call 870-231-5300 to confirm custody, bond and visits.

A federal case often starts when agencies like the Secret Service, the FBI, or the U.S. Marshals carry out an arrest. U.S. charges from this county are heard in Arkansas's Western District, El Dorado Division, which meets in El Dorado: 101 South Jackson Avenue, Room 205, El Dorado, AR 71730. Clerk's phone: 833-853-0345. Expect a short interview from pretrial services before court. Often by the next weekday, they meet a magistrate judge who explains the charges. Bail isn't a fixed amount in federal court. Under federal bail law, the judge runs a release hearing to decide the release terms.

Search the local jail list first, where the hold may show. The Marshals Service office for the Western District is at 30 South 6th Street, Room 243, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Call 479-289-7470 or 479-424-5000 (call either one) to learn the location of the person. Some federal detainees stay in the Camden jail contracted by the U.S. Marshals. Following a federal sentence, they move to BOP custody. Follow them on the BOP locator by name.

• ICE finds out about the arrest from fingerprints staff share. ICE can then file a detainer with jail staff.
• The detainer lets the jailers keep the person for 48 hours tops beyond the moment they'd walk free. Saturday won't stop the count.
• Paying bond does not remove the ICE hold.
• Immigration officers can take custody within that window. Deadline passed? Then the detainer lapses and staff lets them go.
• Loved ones can follow the detainee online at the Online Detainee Locator System; it needs the A-number plus where they were born. There's also a search by name when the number is unknown; give it the name they were booked under, birth date, and nation of birth.
• Every Arkansas case is run from ICE's New Orleans field office, located at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
• Only ICE decides which center they go to.

Arkansas's prison system, the Division of Correction, takes anyone given state time. First, they stay in the Camden jail while the state finds a bed. The first state stop is an intake unit. There, officers check custody level, gang links, and medical and mental health needs. The last step is a unit that suits them.

Check the ADC online search to see where they are. For each unit, open Arkansas prison pages.

Yes. Current Ouachita mugshots are shown in the Ouachita County roster with charges.

The sheriff's office decides which photos go out; media can call 870-231-5300. Photos ICE took are not shared by phone. The route is an ICE FOIA request, and the agency then decides. The public and the press cannot get federal mugshots in most cases. The rule is tight: the Marshals release a mugshot only for an escapee or fugitive, to help an arrest or alert the community or for urgent public safety.

• Camden Police: 870-836-5755
• East Camden Police: 870-574-2900
• Stephens Police: 870-786-5480
• Ouachita County Sheriff's Office: 870-231-5300

Bearden, Chidester, Louann and rural areas use the sheriff.