The St. Francis County Detention Center is at 2124 South Washington, Forrest City, AR 72336. People in the federal prison are found through the federal inmate locator, not here.

The county roster covers only the St. Francis County jail, not the federal prison nearby. St. Francis County Inmate Search shows people held by the county. Phone the jail for bond details.

The Arkansas 48-hour rule applies: a judge reviews cause for an arrest made without a warrant. The first appearance follows.

Forrest City District Court handles misdemeanors; felonies go to circuit court in Forrest City. Guide: court process.

Full cash bonds are refunded in Forrest City when the case is over, provided the defendant made each court date. Bondsmen charge as much as ten percent, kept as their fee. Guide: bail.

St. Francis County defendants who can't pay can ask for the public defender.

With Interstate 40 running through Forrest City, outside holds are fairly common. Call the sheriff's office at 870-633-2611 and ask whether the booking lists any warrants or detainers. For a broader view, check the name on Search ARCourts, the Arkansas courts' public case search, which covers cases filed around the state. If another warrant exists, an attorney can ask that court to set bond so everything is posted together. The circuit clerk's office can help with felony case numbers at 870-261-1715.

Visit rules have changed over time at this jail. Call or check online before going, and bring photo ID. Guide: visits, remote visits.

Inmates on South Washington call out using money families add. Guide: phones, messages, tablets.

In Forrest City, deposits buy food, soap and calling minutes. A Forrest City account pays for commissary. Guide: deposits, commissary.

South Washington mail is opened and searched; plain paper is the safest choice. Full name, then 2124 South Washington, Forrest City, AR 72336. Guide: mail.

Juvenile court in Forrest City handles minors and chooses whether they are detained.

Daily pills at the Forrest City jail start only after staff confirm them, often from a family call. Tell South Washington staff by phone about any daily medicine.

St. Francis County visiting rules have changed in recent years, so ask for the current schedule before going. Phone 870-633-2611 for custody, bond and visiting.

Federal cases are made by teams from the DEA, IRS agents, or Homeland Security Investigations, at times with deputies. U.S. charges from this area land in the Delta Division of Arkansas's Eastern District, at the federal courthouse in Helena: 617 Walnut Street, Helena, AR 72342. The Helena office is not staffed; questions go to the clerk in Little Rock at 501-604-5351. An initial appearance comes quickly, before a magistrate judge. Expect questions from a pretrial officer before court. Cash isn't the main question in a federal case. The magistrate weighs flight risk and danger during a release hearing, under the Bail Reform Act.

While it's open, the Marshals often place them in local jails through a contract. Start on the county roster first. If not, call the Marshals office for the Eastern District in Little Rock at 501-324-6256 (600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201). Once there is sentencing to prison, they move into BOP custody. Locate them on the BOP inmate locator by name.

• ICE finds out about the arrest from booking prints deputies send. ICE can then send a detainer with the sheriff.
• A posted bond won't clear the detainer.
• Under a detainer, ICE asks the jailers to push back release by up to 48 hours. Weekend days are not skipped; the window stays 48 hours.
• Immigration officers often come for them during the hold. If ICE never shows, the sheriff should free them.
• To reach ICE's New Orleans area office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, tel. 504-318-2360.
• The agency chooses the next facility.
• Look up a detained relative at the Online Detainee Locator System once ICE takes custody, using the A-number with birth country. Without an A-number, type in the name they were booked under plus birth date and home country.

Prison sentences are carried out under the ADC. For now, most people wait in the Forrest City jail until the state schedules the move. The ride ends at reception, where new prisoners get checked in. ADC staff rate everyone by security level, gang links and health and mental health care. Last, they transfer to the unit that suits them best.

You can look up the person by name in the state inmate lookup. For prison details, read Arkansas state prisons.

Yes. Current St. Francis mugshots are shown in the St. Francis booking roster with charges.

If a photo isn't posted, the media may call the sheriff's office, 870-633-2611. Families and the press cannot obtain federal mugshots. Pictures taken by the U.S. Marshals get shared only in narrow cases: for a wanted fugitive, when posting it helps catch them or alert neighbors or if there's an immediate risk to the public. ICE photos become available just via ICE's online FOIA request, with no promise of release.

• Forrest City Police: 870-633-3434
• Colt Police: 870-633-9170
• Palestine Police: 870-581-2489
• St. Francis County Sheriff's Office: 870-633-2611

Hughes, Madison, Widener, Wheatley and rural areas use the sheriff.