Hardy, Cherokee Village, Highland and Ash Flat arrests are booked here. The Sharp County Detention Center is at 84 Arnhart Street, Ash Flat, AR 72513.

The Sharp County roster lists names and booking dates, and charges may be shortened. Sharp County Inmate Search shows current inmates. Phone the jail for bond and court dates.

A warrantless arrest in Sharp County goes before a judge for cause review within 48 hours, under Arkansas rules.

District court in Ash Flat, with sessions in other towns, hears misdemeanors. Felony cases from Hardy, Cherokee Village and the rest of the county go to circuit court at the Ash Flat courthouse. See also: court process.

Ash Flat returns a cash bond in full once the case closes and every date was met. Bondsmen keep a fee capped at ten percent. See also: bail.

A Sharp County defendant without money for counsel can request the public defender.

Sharp County limits the number of visitors per inmate, so plan who goes. Visits last 30 minutes. Call or check online for the day, and bring ID. See also: visits, remote visits.

Ash Flat calls are recorded, and inmates can't receive calls from outside. Arnhart Street inmates make outgoing calls on family-funded accounts. See also: phones, messages, tablets.

Sharp County inmates use their balance for snacks, stamps and toiletries, ordered weekly. Money for an Ash Flat inmate covers commissary and calls. See also: deposits, commissary.

Ash Flat deputies open letters and refuse ones with stickers, perfume or cash. Full name, then 84 Arnhart Street, Ash Flat, AR 72513. See also: mail.

Cherokee Village or Hardy teens aren't held in the Ash Flat adult jail; a youth center is used when detention is ordered. The juvenile judge decides on detention for Sharp County youth.

Ash Flat jail staff can give verified medicines and arrange hospital care. Family calls help them confirm prescriptions. Phone the jail with health information.

Sharp County bookings change quickly, and a call confirms the person hasn't bonded out. Call 870-994-7329 to confirm custody, bond and visits.

Federal cases start with officers from Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshals, the FBI and the Secret Service, sometimes helped by local officers. A federal case goes to the Eastern District of Arkansas, Northern Division, at the federal courthouse in Jonesboro: 615 South Main Street, Room 312, Jonesboro, AR 72401. The clerk's line: 870-972-4610. A pretrial services officer also interviews the defendant and reports for the court. An initial hearing happens fast, before a magistrate judge. Unlike state court, the federal court will not use a set dollar amount. A release hearing applying the 1984 Bail Reform Act settles whether they can leave.

Search the local roster; there a federal hold might appear. Before trial, the Marshals Service can hold them in a county jail. The Marshals Service branch for the Eastern District sits at 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201. Call 501-324-6256 to learn the location of someone in federal custody. Sentenced people leave the county jail for the BOP after sentencing. Locate their facility through the BOP inmate locator.

• ICE hears about an arrest by way of fingerprints staff share. ICE may then send a detainer.
• Making the bond does not lift the ICE hold.
• The cap is 48 hours; the detainer just asks the sheriff not to let them out yet so ICE can get there. The jail may not stretch it past 48 hours.
• ICE agents may come for them within that window. Without an ICE pickup, this means they are released.
• ICE may move people more than once, so check the ICE locator from time to time using their A-number and country of birth. When nobody knows the A-number, fill in both first and last names, birth date and birth country.
• If the jail can't answer, call ICE's regional office on 504-318-2360; it sits at 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087.
• ICE alone decides the detention center.

Arkansas's prison system, the ADC, holds anyone given prison time. The person waits in the Ash Flat jail for a state transfer. The transfer ends at intake, where new prisoners are processed. There, the ADC checks gang ties, medical and mental health needs and security level. Their next move is the prison that suits them.

To follow the move, open the ADC online search. For visits and mail, read our Arkansas prison guide.

Yes. The Sharp County roster puts Sharp mugshots beside each person held. Old Sharp bookings may not stay posted.

If a booking picture hasn't been posted, press requests go to the sheriff's office at 870-994-7329. ICE intake photos are not given out by phone. Instead, use a FOIA request to ICE, which the agency reviews. Federal mugshots stay private, even for reporters. On the federal side, the mugshot is held by the Marshals and goes public only for a wanted fugitive, when it's required immediately to protect the public or when the photo helps catch them or warn the public.

• Ash Flat Police: 870-994-3061
• Cherokee Village Police: 870-257-5225
• Hardy Police: 870-856-2136
• Sharp County Sheriff's Office: 870-994-7329

Evening Shade, Highland, Williford and rural areas use the sheriff.