The Sebastian County Adult Detention Center is at 801 South A Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901, near the courts building downtown. Fort Smith, Barling, Greenwood and county deputies all book adults here.

Sebastian County Inmate Search lists everyone held, with booking date, charges and bond once set. If a Fort Smith arrest was only an hour or two ago, booking may not be finished. A federal arrest by marshals in Fort Smith is a separate system.

Under the Arkansas criminal rules, a judge looks at a warrantless arrest for reasonable cause no later than 48 hours afterward. At the first appearance, Fort Smith judges decide release conditions and whether the defendant needs an appointed attorney.

Sebastian County has a Fort Smith District and a Greenwood District. Fort Smith District Court and Greenwood's district court take misdemeanors and traffic. Felonies go to circuit court, mostly in Fort Smith. Look at the paperwork to see which building. More: court process.

Pay the full bond and Sebastian County refunds it when the case finishes, if the defendant came to every hearing. A licensed bondsman in Fort Smith may put up the bond in exchange for a nonrefundable charge (ten percent at most), sometimes with collateral. Call the detention center for the amount before you go. More: bail.

The Fort Smith public defender office handles many county cases. A defendant who can't pay a lawyer says so at first appearance, and the judge decides.

Being on the state line, holds from Oklahoma courts and federal agencies do come up. Ring the sheriff's office at 479-783-1051 to learn whether the booking carries any outside warrants or detainers. For Arkansas cases, run the name through Search ARCourts, the judiciary's statewide case search. An attorney can contact each issuing court about bond or extradition so you know what to expect before posting bond. The Circuit Clerk in Fort Smith fields felony case questions at 479-782-1046. Keep the booking number nearby.

Fort Smith visit slots open two weeks out and close a full day before the visit. Bring a government photo ID, and check the dress rules. Times change, so call or check online. More: visits, remote video visits.

People held on South A Street dial family members on a prepaid phone balance; Fort Smith may also offer paid messaging and tablet use. More: phones, messages, tablets.

Deposits go on the inmate's account and pay for food, hygiene items and phone time. More: deposits, commissary.

Use the inmate's full name, then 801 South A Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Plain paper and envelopes only. More: mail.

Fort Smith and Greenwood youth who must be held go to the Sebastian County juvenile detention center in Fort Smith, which has its own line at 479-783-3532. The juvenile judge decides how long a youth stays.

Let South A Street staff know about heart medicine, insulin, pregnancy or a history of self-harm, and the information gets passed to the nurses.

Sebastian County visits must be booked ahead, and an inmate in court that day may miss the slot. Phone 479-783-1051 to confirm custody, bond and your visit time.

A federal case often starts when the DEA, the FBI, or IRS agents carry out the arrest. Fort Smith is part of the Western District's Fort Smith Division, so hearings are set downtown in Fort Smith, 30 South 6th Street, Room 1038, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Clerk's phone: 833-853-0345. An initial appearance is held fast with a federal magistrate judge. There is no bail schedule for federal charges. A bail hearing decides detention or release, applying the Bail Reform Act. The court also gets a background report from pretrial services.

Meanwhile, the Marshals usually keep them in the Fort Smith jail by contract. Try the county roster, where U.S. Marshals custody may show. The Marshals Service office for this area sits at 30 South 6th Street, Room 243, Fort Smith, AR 72901. Dial 479-289-7470 and 479-424-5000 (call either number) to ask about the person. After a federal sentence, a prisoner transfers into a BOP prison, often weeks later. Follow them with the BOP locator.

• At booking, their prints are sent to federal databases. When ICE believes the person could be removable, it can file an I-247A detainer to the Fort Smith jail.
• Posting bail doesn't clear the ICE hold.
• Deputies get a request to wait before letting the person go for up to 48 hours while ICE plans a pickup. A weekend day doesn't pause the count.
• During that window, ICE can send officers to collect them. If the window passes, the jail should release the person.
• If deputies don't know, reach ICE's New Orleans field office at 504-318-2360; it is located at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087.
• To find the new center, open the detainee locator site, then give the A-number from ICE paperwork with their birth country. The locator also works by both first and last names, date of birth and nation of birth if you lack the A-number.
• The agency chooses the detention center.

Felony prison terms are handled by the Arkansas Division of Correction. The person usually waits in the county jail until the ADC picks them up. Their first ADC stop is an intake unit. During classification, staff weigh physical and mental health, custody level and gang connections. The next move is a unit that fits their needs.

Relatives can find them by name with the Division of Correction search. For each unit, read Arkansas state prisons.

Yes. The Sebastian County inmate search puts Sebastian mugshots beside each person held.

Pictures from an ICE booking are not given out on request. Instead, use an ICE records request, and the agency rules on it. It's the sheriff's call whether a photo is shared; media can call 479-783-1051. The public and reporters can't get federal mugshots as a rule. The U.S. Marshals Service, which handles them, releases one only in rare cases: to find someone who escaped, when people nearby need to be protected now or to aid a capture or warn the public.

• Fort Smith Police: 479-709-5000
• Barling Police: 479-452-1550
• Greenwood Police: 479-996-4119
• Central City Police: 479-452-6680
• Hackett Police: 479-638-8107
• Fort Chaffee Police: 479-484-2666
• Sebastian County Sheriff's Office: 479-783-1051

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