Arrests from Waldron, Mansfield's Scott County side and the national forest roads are booked here. The Scott County Jail is at 100 First Street, Waldron, AR 72958.

There's no Scott County inmate search site. Use VINELink for Scott County; then phone the Scott jail to confirm.

VINELink for Scott County shows people jailed in Waldron. Bond and court questions go to the sheriff.

Scott County follows the Arkansas 48-hour limit for a judge's cause decision after an arrest without a warrant.

District court in Waldron hears misdemeanors; the circuit judge takes felonies at the Scott County courthouse. Tips: court process.

When the whole bond is paid in cash, Scott County returns it at the end of the case if the defendant appeared every time. Bondsmen charge up to a tenth and keep it. Tips: bail.

Waldron defendants without money for an attorney ask the court for a public defender.

Visits last about 30 minutes. Call or check online for days and times, and bring ID. Tips: visits, remote visits.

Calls from the Waldron jail are recorded, and families can't phone in. First Street inmates call out from accounts relatives fund. Tips: phones, messages, tablets.

Scott County inmates use their balance for snacks, envelopes and phone minutes, ordered weekly. Deposits pay for Waldron commissary items. Tips: deposits, commissary.

Waldron deputies open letters before delivery and send back ones with tape, perfume or cash. Full name, then 100 First Street, Waldron, AR 72958. Tips: mail.

The juvenile judge decides whether a Waldron youth is detained and at which center.

Waldron is far from a large hospital, so jail staff need early word on any serious condition. Call 479-637-4156 about medications or risks.

Call 479-637-4156 before the trip to learn custody status, bond and visit days.

A federal case normally starts after agencies like the FBI, the DEA or the Marshals Service carry out the arrest. A federal case goes to Arkansas's Western District, Fort Smith Division in the federal courthouse: 30 South 6th Street, Room 1038, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Clerk's phone: 833-853-0345. An initial appearance comes quickly, before a federal magistrate judge. Federal court uses no bail chart. The magistrate rules on release and its conditions at a short hearing, using federal bail law. Pretrial services interviews them and reports for the court.

Search for them with the county roster. The Marshals in Fort Smith track anyone held on federal charges; call 479-289-7470 and 479-424-5000 (call either one). The office is at 30 South 6th Street, Room 243, Fort Smith, AR 72901. While it's open, the Marshals may hold them in the Waldron jail under contract. Following a prison sentence, they transfer into the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). Follow the person through the BOP locator.

• When someone is booked, fingerprints are shared with Homeland Security. Then ICE might lodge a detainer.
• Under the I-247A, ICE asks the Waldron jail to put off release for no more than two days. Saturday won't stop the clock.
• Paying the bond won't clear the detainer.
• Immigration officers usually come for them within those 48 hours. No pickup should mean they are released.
• The New Orleans area office in St. Rose is the field office that oversees Arkansas, at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087; dial 504-318-2360 for status updates.
• To see where they were moved, go to the ICE locator and enter the A-number from ICE paperwork with the country they were born in. Don't have the A-number? Enter their full name, native country, and birth date instead.
• Where they are sent is ICE's call.

Arkansas's prison system, the ADC, takes people sentenced to a felony prison term. First, they wait in the Waldron jail while the ADC schedules the move. Reception is the first step; forms, photos and medical checks. Classification staff screen everyone by security risk, gang links and their medical and mental health. Then, they go to a unit that fits them.

The ADC online lookup lists where they are housed when the move is done. Our Arkansas prison page covers visits and mail.

If an arrest photo isn't on the website, media requests go to the sheriff's office at 479-637-4156. Any ICE mugshot is only released after ICE's FOIA form and ICE's approval. Families and the press cannot obtain federal booking photos. It takes a clear reason. The Marshals share one only to find someone who escaped, if release would help catch them or alert the public or for immediate public safety.

• Waldron arrests: Scott County Sheriff's Office, 479-637-4156
• Mansfield-area, Boles, Parks and rural areas: Scott County Sheriff's Office, same number