You'll find the Perry County Detention Center at 511 Aplin Avenue, Perryville, AR 72126. With so few beds, overflow inmates can be moved to a neighboring county.

No Perry roster is posted online, so check VINELink for Perry County first and call Perry jail staff to be sure.

VINELink for Perry County lists current bookings. A person moved to another jail for space may not appear, so the sheriff's desk is the surest answer.

For an arrest made without a warrant, Arkansas law has a judge look at the facts within two days. Bond and counsel come up at the first appearance in Perryville.

Misdemeanors and traffic cases go to Perry County District Court. Felony charges land in circuit court at the Perryville courthouse. Read more: court steps.

Perryville returns a cash bond paid in full when the case is finished, if no court date was skipped. A bondsman licensed by Arkansas charges a fee of not more than ten percent, which is not given back. The sheriff's office gives the amount. Read: bail.

Tell the Perryville judge if you can't pay for an attorney; the public defender's office may take the case.

It's a wise step. The sheriff publishes a current warrant list, and the office at 501-889-2333 can tell you about holds from other agencies too. A name search on Search ARCourts, Arkansas's statewide court lookup, can catch cases from neighboring counties. If something turns up, a lawyer can ask the issuing judge for a bond amount so everything is posted at once. The Circuit Clerk in Perryville can help with felony case numbers at 501-889-5126. Keep the booking number handy.

Perry County visits must be set up at least 24 hours early and up to about a week out. Adults show a state ID. Call or check online for open slots. Options: visits and video visits.

People held here dial out collect or prepaid. Families add funds ahead of time so calls go through. Read: phones, messages, tablets.

Perry County's jail is small, and a modest weekly deposit covers most needs. A Perryville balance buys extra food, soap and writing paper. Read: deposits, commissary.

Address it with the inmate's full name, then 511 Aplin Avenue, Perryville, AR 72126. Rules: mail.

Perryville youth arrested on a delinquency charge go before the juvenile court. If held, they're placed at a regional juvenile center, and deputies will tell parents which.

Phone 501-889-2333 about prescriptions, pregnancy or suicide risk so jail staff pass it to medical.

Call 501-889-2333 to make sure the person is still there, to learn the bond, and to book a visit.

A federal case normally begins when the Secret Service, postal inspectors, and the DEA make an arrest. U.S. charges from Perryville go to the Eastern District of Arkansas, Central Division, sitting in Little Rock: 500 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201. The clerk's line: 501-604-5351. Expect a first hearing in front of a magistrate judge soon after booking. You won't find a bail chart in federal court. A detention hearing works out if they stay locked up, under the federal Bail Reform Act. Plan on questions from a pretrial officer; the answers go to the judge.

Some federal prisoners sit in the Perryville jail rented by the U.S. Marshals. Search for them on the sheriff's roster. The U.S. Marshals office covering this part of the state sits at 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201. Phone 501-324-6256 to find the person. Once there is a federal sentence, they is sent to the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Track the person with the BOP locator after the move.

• ICE hears about most arrests through fingerprints staff send. ICE may then file a detainer.
• Making bond won't remove it; the 48 hours just start then.
• Through a detainer, ICE asks the Perryville jail to put off the release for up to 48 hours. Saturday won't stop the count.
• ICE agents often take custody during the hold. Time up and no ICE? In that case the detainer lapses and the sheriff must let them leave on the county case.
• To learn where they were moved, open the Online Detainee Locator System, then give their A-number and the country they were born in. The locator works too with the name they were booked under together with country of birth and birth date when you lack the A-number.
• Their next facility is up to ICE.
• This county falls under the ICE field office based in St. Rose, Louisiana, reachable at 504-318-2360; the office is at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087.

Anyone sentenced to state prison will serve that time under the Arkansas Division of Correction (ADC). Before that, most people stay in the Perryville jail until the ADC has room. The ride lands them at reception, where new prisoners are checked in. There, the ADC reviews physical and mental health, security level, and any gang ties. Their next step is a prison that fits their rating.

The ADC online lookup lists their unit. The state prison page covers every state unit.

Any ICE mugshot is only released through ICE's FOIA form that ICE approves. Non-public mugshots go to the sheriff's office; reporters may phone 501-889-2333. Federal booking photos are kept private. Federal policy limits release to three situations: to find a fugitive or escapee, if it's required immediately for community safety, or if posting it helps catch them or alert the public.

• Perryville, Bigelow and Houston arrests: Perry County Sheriff's Office, 501-889-2333
• Adona, Casa, Fourche and rural roads: Perry County Sheriff's Office, same number