Monroe County Detention Facility Overview
Monroe County Detention Facility is operated by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and functions as the county jail for Monroe County, Arkansas. The official jail page identifies it as a long-term facility for adult male inmates. It receives people arrested and taken into custody for booking and incarceration, then holds pretrial detainees, post-conviction county inmates, and inmates awaiting transport to the Arkansas Department of Correction.
The facility is not a state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention center. People sentenced to state prison after a Monroe County case may remain at the jail while waiting for Arkansas DOC placement, but the statewide DOC locator becomes the right search channel after transfer or when a DOC waiting-list status is involved. The research found no separate city jail, county annex, BOP institution, ICE facility, or Arkansas DOC prison physically in Monroe County.
Monroe County Detention Facility Capacity
The strongest stable population fact is the official capacity published by the sheriff. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office jail page lists the Monroe County Detention Facility as having capacity for 40 inmates. It also states that the jail houses adult male inmates and holds both pretrial and post-conviction people, including those awaiting transport to Arkansas Department of Correction.
The research inspected roster pages on May 29, 2026 and found a live-data conflict: one current-roster crawl showed zero, while the name-order roster showed 23 entries. Because a roster count can change and the same-day crawl differed, capacity is a better stable number than a hard current census. Call the facility line for a same-day custody count or specific inmate status.
Monroe County Detention Facility Roster Lookup
The official lookup channel for Monroe County Detention Facility is the Monroe County Sheriff's Office roster system. The roster choice page links to current inmates and to the 48-hour release list. The current list is a list-style roster rather than a conventional name-search form. It can show inmate name, booking number, booking date and time, charges, a profile link, and a mugshot thumbnail for some entries.
- Open the Monroe County Detention Center Inmate Roster choice page.
- Use Current Inmates for people believed to be in custody now, or the 48 Hour Release link for very recent releases.
- Scan the list or use browser find because the visible roster does not provide a standard last-name search box.
- Record the displayed name, booking number, booking date and time, and charge text before calling the facility.
- If the person is not listed, call 870-747-3811 and ask whether the person is in intake, released, transferred, awaiting DOC, or held by another agency.
A missing roster result does not prove there was no arrest. A person may still be in intake, may have bonded out, may have aged off the 48-hour release list, may be booked under a variant name, or may have moved to DOC, BOP, or ICE custody. For a broader custody search across systems, the Monroe County inmate population hub separates county jail, DOC, federal, and immigration channels.
Monroe County Detention Facility Contact
The sheriff site gives one public contact point for the Sheriff's Office and Detention Facility. The same phone number is used as the 24-hour non-emergency line and for jail status questions. Because the facility also handles county communications, callers may reach dispatch or routing staff rather than a separate records desk. Emergency calls should go to 911, not to the non-emergency line.
Monroe County Detention Facility
200 South Main Street
Clarendon, AR 72029
870-747-3811
Administrative office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Use the phone line for current custody, bond amount, release eligibility, holds, visitation eligibility, mail procedure, and records questions. The sheriff contact form warns that email is not monitored 24 hours a day and that plain-text email is not secure for sensitive information.
Monroe County Jail History
The official jail page gives Monroe County Detention Facility a specific local history. Construction on the current facility started in 1987 and finished in 1988. The Old Jail still stands behind the current jail. In July 1988, inmates were moved from the Old Jail into the new facility after businesses across from the jail burned and smoke was getting into the old jail.
The official Monroe County jail page is the local source for the facility details shown below.
The screenshot source supports the facility-specific facts used here: the 40-inmate capacity, adult male population, construction history, visitation schedule, commissary money rule, and communications role.
Monroe County Detention Facility Visitation
Monroe County Detention Facility publishes a daily visitation window. The official jail page states that visitation is daily from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Each inmate is allowed a 20-minute visit. The page also says each inmate is allowed five visitors per visitation list, and every visitor must show valid picture ID.
Visitors must create an account through NCIC.com and request to schedule a visit. The jail page says the visitor receives a notification if the request is approved or denied. Approval is not automatic. The research found prior sheriff press-release titles showing visitation procedures have changed before, so visitors should call 870-747-3811 before traveling, especially around holidays, staffing changes, weather, lockdowns, or emergency conditions.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Length | Setup | ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inmate visitation | Daily, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. | 20 minutes | Create NCIC.com account and request a visit | Valid picture ID required |
The official page does not clearly distinguish whether current visits are on-site, remote video, or a mixed process. Confirm the current visit type, visitor entry point, parking, minor-visitor rules, dress code, and inmate eligibility before arriving.
Mail and Commissary Money
The local commissary rule found in the official jail source is narrow and specific: inmates may receive money for commissary, and all monies must be in the form of a money order. No Monroe County online deposit vendor, kiosk deposit rule, phone deposit vendor, or commissary fee table was located in the official county sources. Do not apply Arkansas DOC online deposit rules to Monroe County jail detainees.
| Service | Local Rule Located | What to Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Commissary fund | Money may be received for inmate commissary. | Ask how to make the money order payable and where to send or deliver it. |
| Payment form | All monies must be money orders. | Ask whether cash, cards, checks, kiosk, or online payments are rejected. |
| A June 13, 2024 press-release title says inmate incoming mail procedure changed. | Call before mailing because the detailed policy was not retrieved. | |
| Phone or video | No county rate page or vendor fee table was located. | Confirm current phone, video, and account rules with the jail. |
Mail details should be verified by phone. The sheriff press-release archive includes a 2024 item titled New Procedure for Inmates Incoming Mail, but the detailed text could not be retrieved during research. That means old third-party mail instructions may be wrong. Do not assume a mail-scanning vendor, envelope rule, or address format unless the jail confirms it.
Booking at Monroe County Detention Facility
The sheriff's jail page says all persons arrested and taken into custody are transported to Monroe County Detention Facility for booking and incarceration. Booking is the local custody step before many court records are available. The roster may show the booking number, date and time, charge text, and sometimes a thumbnail image after the booking is entered into the public system.
Arkansas detention standards require intake and jail-log records that document confinement and release times, reasons for confinement, offense classification, officers, warrant or commitment data, and detainee information. Some of that information may be internal, protected, medical, or not visible online. For public portions not shown on the roster, ask the sheriff or records custodian for a focused booking or jail-log record by name, date, and booking number.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held in jail while a case is pending and before final conviction or sentencing.
- Post-conviction county inmate
- A person serving a county sentence or held after a conviction while local custody still applies.
- DOC transport
- Movement from county jail to Arkansas state prison custody after sentencing or state placement.
- Detainer or hold
- A separate agency or court order that can keep a person in custody even when local bond is posted.
Monroe County Jail Communications Role
Monroe County Detention Facility is broader than a housing unit. The official jail page describes it as the heart of Monroe County communications. It handles public-service calls, radio traffic, 911 calls, and fire calls for the Sheriff's Office, Clarendon Police and Fire, Holly Grove Police and Fire, Maddox Bay Fire, and Roe Fire. It also assists with radio traffic for Arkansas State Police, Game and Fish, Arkansas Highway Patrol, and the 1st Judicial Drug Task Force.
This communications role explains why callers may reach a line that also serves emergency-service routing and non-emergency law-enforcement functions. Keep custody questions short and specific. Give the person's full name, booking date if known, and booking number if visible on the roster. Do not send Social Security numbers, bank data, medical details, or other sensitive information through the public web contact form.
Monroe County Jail to DOC
People held at Monroe County Detention Facility may later move into Arkansas DOC custody after conviction and sentencing. The official jail page specifically says the facility may hold inmates awaiting transport to Arkansas Department of Correction. Once a person is moved to DOC or appears in a DOC waiting-list status, the county roster may no longer be the right search tool.
| Custody Stage | Search Channel | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | Monroe County roster | Current jail custody and 48-hour releases for the county facility. |
| State prison or waiting list | Arkansas DOC inmate search | State custody, DOC facility status, and Monroe County Waiting List clues. |
| Federal sentence | BOP inmate locator | Federal prisoners from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE detainee locator | Immigration custody, not Monroe County criminal court records. |
Note: Call 870-747-3811 before visiting or mailing because local visitation and mail rules have changed in past sheriff notices.