The Woodruff County Jail is at 890 Gregory Street, Augusta, AR 72006. With so few beds, some people may be housed in other counties.

No Woodruff roster is posted online, so check Woodruff County on VINELink first and call Woodruff jail staff to be sure.

Woodruff County on VINELink opens the sheriff's mobile app, which some browsers won't load. When that happens, phone Augusta with the person's name.

After a no-warrant arrest in Woodruff County, a judge has two days to say whether cause existed. The first appearance in Augusta follows.

District court in Augusta and McCrory handles misdemeanors; the Augusta circuit court tries felonies. Help: court process.

Augusta gives the full cash bond back when the case closes for a defendant who attended each date. Any bondsman fee (ten percent tops) is not repaid. Help: bail.

An Augusta judge can appoint the public defender for a defendant who can't pay.

Visit times at the small Augusta jail depend on staffing. Phone Gregory Street or look online first; a state ID is needed. Help: visits, remote visits.

Augusta jail calls are recorded. Gregory Street inmates call out on prepaid money from family. Help: phones, messages, tablets.

Woodruff County's small jail orders commissary once a week from the balance. An Augusta account pays for snacks and toiletries. Help: deposits, commissary.

Augusta deputies check letters for contraband and send back anything with tape or perfume. Full name, then 890 Gregory Street, Augusta, AR 72006. Help: mail.

Augusta and McCrory minors face juvenile court, where detention is decided.

The Augusta jail is small and depends on local doctors, so families should report medicines and conditions early. Call Augusta about medicine needs.

Woodruff County's 23-bed jail boards people elsewhere when it's full. Phone 870-347-2583 before driving to Gregory Street.

Agents from the FBI and IRS agents handle federal arrests, sometimes alongside local police. Federal cases from this area go to Arkansas's Eastern District, Northern Division, at the courthouse in Jonesboro: 615 South Main Street, Room 312, Jonesboro, AR 72401. Clerk staff there takes calls at 870-972-4610. An initial hearing is held fast, before a U.S. magistrate judge. Federal court has no bail schedule. The magistrate rules on release or detention at a detention hearing, using federal bail law. Pretrial services also interviews them and reports for the court.

Many federal detainees sit in the Augusta jail contracted by the U.S. Marshals. Start on the county roster first. The U.S. Marshals branch covering the Eastern District is at 600 West Capitol Avenue, Suite A328, Little Rock, AR 72201. Phone 501-324-6256 to learn the location of a federal prisoner. Following sentencing to prison, a prisoner transfers to federal prison (the BOP). Track the person with the BOP inmate locator after the move.

• During booking, the person's prints are sent to Homeland Security. ICE can then file a detainer with the Augusta jail.
• Posting the bond won't clear it.
• Under a detainer, ICE asks the Augusta jail to put off the release by up to two days. That's two straight days, measured from the moment they could leave.
• During that window, ICE can come to collect them. If the pickup doesn't happen, this should mean release.
• Only ICE picks the detention center.
• People can be moved between centers, so look at the ICE locator every few days using their A-number and birth country. Without an A-number, use DOB, native country, and the name as spelled on ID.
• Every Arkansas case goes to ICE's New Orleans ERO office: 181 James Drive W, St. Rose, LA 70087, 504-318-2360.

Felony prison terms are carried out under the ADC. They wait in the Augusta jail for a state transfer. The ride lands them at intake, and there new prisoners are checked in. Staff sort everyone based on gang ties, security risk, and medical and mental health needs. Last, they move to a unit that fits that rating.

Try the state inmate search by name or ADC number. For each unit, read Arkansas prison pages.

The sheriff's office, 870-347-2583, takes media requests for mugshots not posted online. Any ICE mugshot is released after an ICE FOIA request that ICE approves. Families and reporters cannot obtain federal booking photos. Mugshots taken by the Marshals get shared only for a few reasons: to find an escapee or fugitive, if it is required at once to keep people safe or if release helps catch them or alert the public.

• Augusta arrests: Woodruff County Sheriff's Office, 870-347-2583
• McCrory, Cotton Plant, Hunter, Patterson and rural areas: Woodruff County Sheriff's Office, same number