Purpose of This Resource
Arkansas public-records law, including Ark. Code Ann. 25-19-105 and the definitions in 25-19-103, makes many government records available for inspection or copying. The difficult part is knowing which office or locator applies. The Craighead County Sheriff's Office runs the local jail roster for many pretrial detainees and short local custody stays. The Arkansas Department of Corrections keeps a separate statewide locator for sentenced prisoners. Federal and immigration custody have their own systems through BOP and ICE. This site brings the public roster, official locator links, facility details, visitation notes, and request steps into one county-focused reference.
Information Covered Here
The pages are organized around the questions people usually ask after an arrest or when checking a custody status in Craighead County.
- Lookup guidance for jail inmate records, jail roster mugshots, and court records after a jail arrest.
- Facility pages for the Craighead County Detention Center and Craighead County Juvenile Detention Center, including addresses, phone numbers, and visitation context.
- Step-by-step notes for the Craighead County roster and the Arkansas DOC inmate locator.
- Public-record request context for booking records, mugshots, and jail records through the county FOI page at craigheadcountyar.gov/how-do-i/submit.
Limits of This Site
This is a privately run reference site. It is not connected to Sheriff Marty Boyd, the Craighead County Sheriff's Office, the Craighead County Detention Center, the Arkansas Department of Corrections, any court, or any other government agency.
- It cannot release, hold, classify, or transfer anyone in custody.
- It cannot post bond, schedule visits, add commissary funds, or send money for a visitor.
- It cannot provide legal advice or interpret a criminal case for anyone.
- It cannot promise that every phone number, fee, office hour, roster entry, or address remains current.
Only the office that created or maintains a record can confirm current custody, charges, release status, or case activity. Public rosters and locators are useful starting points, but official confirmation must come from the sheriff's office, corrections department, court, or other originating office.
Search Partner Disclosure
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