The jail sits on the courthouse square in Des Arc, and DeValls Bluff, Hazen and Hickory Plains arrests come here too. The Prairie County Jail is at 200 Court House Square, Des Arc, AR 72040.

Prairie County Inmate Search shows who is held in Des Arc. The sheriff can give bond and charge details.

Arkansas requires a judge to review the cause for a warrantless arrest within 48 hours.

Prairie County has a northern district in Des Arc and a southern district in DeValls Bluff, so check which courthouse is listed. District court hears misdemeanors; circuit court hears felonies. Info: court process.

Full cash bonds come back after the case for defendants who never missed court. Licensed bondsmen keep their fee, which can be ten percent. Ask the sheriff for the amount. Info: bail.

Prairie County defendants without funds can ask the judge for a public defender.

Visits must be scheduled ahead. Call or check online to see open times, and bring photo ID. Info: visits, remote visits.

Prairie County calls are taped, and nobody outside can ring the Des Arc jail and be connected to an inmate. Des Arc inmates call out from a prepaid account. Info: phones, messages, tablets.

Prairie County deposits also cover phone time, and money left at release goes back to the inmate. A Des Arc balance buys snacks and personal items. Info: deposits, commissary.

Des Arc deputies check letters for anything hidden under tape or stamps before passing them on. Full name, then 200 Court House Square, Des Arc, AR 72040. Info: mail.

The juvenile judge decides where a youth is held; deputies can tell parents.

A rural jail like Des Arc's sends emergencies to hospitals in Searcy or Stuttgart; routine pills need family to call them in. Call 870-256-4137 about medicines or health risks.

Visits in Prairie County have to be scheduled, and court in DeValls Bluff can pull someone away for the day. Phone 870-256-4137 to confirm custody, bond and a visit time.

It usually begins after officers from IRS agents, the ATF, the FBI or Homeland Security Investigations make an arrest. Cases out of Des Arc belong to the Central Division (Eastern District of Arkansas), at the courthouse in Little Rock: 500 West Capitol Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72201. The clerk there takes calls at 501-604-5351. Soon after booking, they meet a federal magistrate judge. The court also gets a report from pretrial services about work, family and record. The federal system doesn't use a bail chart. The judge rules on whether they can leave at a detention hearing following the 1984 Bail Reform Act.

Try the sheriff's roster, where a federal hold can be listed. The U.S. Marshals branch for the Eastern District sits at 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201. Dial 501-324-6256 to find the person. Until sentencing, U.S. Marshals may hold federal prisoners in a nearby jail through a contract. A federal prison term sends the person out of the local jail into a Bureau of Prisons facility. Use the Bureau of Prisons locator to find their facility by name or register number.

• Jail prints get run against U.S. records that ICE reviews. ICE may then send a detainer.
• The detainer allows the sheriff to keep the person for two days at most beyond the moment they'd walk free. It's two straight days, counted from release time.
• A paid bail doesn't end the detainer.
• ICE officers may take custody at the jail during the hold. When no one comes, staff must let them go.
• The office for Arkansas is ICE's New Orleans ERO office, at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.
• Check the ICE detainee locator by typing the A-number and home country. No A-number handy? The name option needs first and last name, along with date of birth and home country.
• ICE itself decides where they go next.

State prison terms are handled by the ADC. They wait in the Des Arc jail for a state transfer. Their first ADC stop is a reception unit. Classification staff classify each person by security risk, gang ties and physical and mental health. The next stop is a prison that matches them.

The ADC online lookup shows the current unit after intake. The Arkansas prison page covers each unit.

Yes. You can view Prairie County mugshots by name in the Prairie inmate roster. If the photo is missing, ask the Prairie jail.

Newsrooms wanting a booking picture can start with the sheriff's office at 870-256-4137. For an image taken by immigration officers, families and media use an ICE FOIA request; the agency may say no. U.S. booking photos are not released to the public or the media. Marshals policy limits sharing to three cases: for someone who escaped, if the photo may help make an arrest or warn the public or when it's required immediately to keep people safe.

• Des Arc, Hazen and Hickory Plains arrests: Prairie County Sheriff's Office, 870-256-4137
• DeValls Bluff, Ulm and rural areas: Prairie County Sheriff's Office, same number