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Prairie County Detention Center Overview

The Prairie County Detention Center is operated by the Prairie County Sheriff's Office. Official research identifies it as the only detention facility in Prairie County, and the sheriff's detention page says it holds detainees for each city. That means arrests from Des Arc, Hazen, DeValls Bluff, Biscoe, and other local agencies route through the county jail rather than a separate public city-jail page.

The building opened in 2015 and sits beside the county courthouse in Des Arc. The sheriff page states that the jail can hold up to 50 detainees. It also refers to "309 inmates," which should be read in Arkansas Act 309 or 309/work context unless the county later confirms another meaning. The RPS roster examples support that reading because entries can include local arrests, probation or parole holds, HOLD FOR ADC, ADC-309, and Hold for U.S. Marshals.

Prairie County Detention Center Population

Prairie County's population facts should be dated because the roster changes. The sheriff detention page gives a stable published capacity of up to 50 detainees. During the May 29, 2026 research inspection, the RPS current roster showed 10 inmates visible out of 56 total. If the roster total and sheriff-published capacity are directly comparable, that point-in-time count was above the stated capacity. That is a cautious comparison, not an official inspection finding.

The facility population is broader than ordinary pretrial county defendants. RPS examples include Prairie County Sheriff's Office arrests, Hazen Police Department arrests, Des Arc Police Department arrests, Arkansas State Police arrests, Arkansas Probation and Parole holds, ADC-related entries, Act 309 entries, and U.S. Marshals holds. That mix is important when deciding whether to use the county roster, Arkansas DOC locator, BOP locator, or a direct jail call.

Look Up Prairie County Detention Center Inmates

The correct public lookup path for this facility is the Prairie County RPS roster and RPS-Inmate Info app, not a state prison search. The sheriff's detention page specifically directs users to download RPS-Inmate Info for the Prairie County Detention Center roster. The RPS web roster is also available at the Prairie County current inmate roster, with tabs for current inmates, new inmates, and recent releases.

1. Open the RPS current roster or the RPS-Inmate Info app named by the sheriff.
2. Use Current Inmates for someone believed to be in custody now.
3. Use New Inmates for a person booked in the last 48 hours.
4. Use Recent Releases if the person may have bonded out or been released in the last 48 hours.
5. Change page size or sort by name when scanning a larger public list.
6. Check age, race, sex, arresting agency, arrest date, charges, bond, and court name before assuming identity.
7. Call 870-256-4138 when the roster does not answer a current custody, bond, visit, or release question.

The RPS-Inmate Info App Store listing describes roster, mugshot, booking, release, jail, map, and directions features for participating counties.

The app route is locally important because the sheriff page points to it, while the researched sheriff-site roster endpoint displayed zero inmates during inspection.

Prairie County Detention Center Contact

The jail and sheriff's office share the courthouse-square address in Des Arc. The detention center number is the direct route for jail-specific questions. The sheriff's office 24-hour number is separate and is answered around the clock for sheriff office matters. The contact page warns that email is not monitored at all times, so urgent custody, safety, medical, release, and bond issues should not be routed through a web form.

Visiting Prairie County Detention Center

Prairie County does not publish a fixed jail visitation schedule in the official sources reviewed. The sheriff FAQ says visitation rules changed during COVID-19 and may vary, and it directs people to call Prairie County Jail at 870-256-4138 for current visitation information. That local instruction should be treated as the rule because no official visitor calendar, dress code, visitor approval form, video-visit vendor, or visit-length schedule was located.

Visitors should also confirm parking, visitor entrance, and accessibility details before arrival. The official research places the jail beside the courthouse, but it did not locate visitor-lot rules, public-transit options, ADA entrance details, or parking rates.

Prairie County Jail Phone and Money

The sheriff FAQ gives practical rules for phone contact, property, money, and commissary. A newly booked detainee may call a bondsman or lawyer and one person to say where they are or try to arrange bond. Later calls require phone cards bought through the commissary company. The FAQ asks people not to call the sheriff's department to speak with an inmate or pass messages unless it is an emergency.

Because no official vendor name, kiosk process, online deposit link, or fee schedule was located, those details should be confirmed with the jail before money is sent or brought to the facility.

Prairie County Detention Center Property

The allowed-property details in the sheriff FAQ are specific and useful. The jail permits limited clothing and clear hygiene items, while outside food is not allowed. Toothbrushes are not accepted because the department provides them. These rules can change, so the detention center should be called before bringing property to the courthouse-square facility.

Booking at Prairie County Detention Center

Prairie County does not publish a full booking manual, but the roster fields and FAQ show the basic process. A local, city, state, probation/parole, ADC, or federal-related agency brings the person to the jail. Jail intake creates the custody record. The public roster may then show a mugshot, name, race, sex, age, address city or state if shown, arrest date and time, arresting agency, charges, bond, court date, and court name.

Public RPS entries do not show every detail. Booking number, date of birth, housing unit, statute code, bond type, case number, medical data, and safety flags were not observed in the public text. For urgent medical, medication, attorney, safety, bond, or release questions, the correct local instruction is to call the jail, not to use the website contact form.

Prairie County State and Federal Holds

Some people at Prairie County Detention Center may have a custody status that points outside the county process. HOLD FOR ADC, ADC-309, Prairie-related DOC waiting-list language, probation/parole holds, and Hold for U.S. Marshals are all different from a simple local pretrial booking. These labels affect whether bond will release the person and which lookup tool is useful next.

There is no Arkansas DOC prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention facility identified in Prairie County. State and federal tools are fallback lookup channels for custody stage, not separate Prairie County facility pages.

About Prairie County Detention Center

The facility's local role is shaped by Prairie County's small and rural geography. The county has two county seats, Des Arc and DeValls Bluff, and the jail is on the courthouse square in Des Arc. The sheriff's services page names a local law-enforcement ecosystem that includes the Prairie County Sheriff's Department, Hazen Police Department, DeValls Bluff Police Department, Des Arc Police Department, Arkansas State Police, and Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Those agency names can appear in the roster's Arrested By field.

The detention page says jail staff are responsible for feeding detainees, medicating detainees, and meeting general well-being under state standards. It also says the center employs full-time jailers plus a part-time swing position shared with dispatch. Jail Administrator Sharon Castleberry is listed on the sheriff administration page with weekday availability. Those facts describe operations, but they do not create a public promise about housing location, medical details, or internal classification records.