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Poinsett County Detention Center Overview

The Poinsett County Detention Center is operated by the Poinsett County Sheriff's Office at the county law-enforcement complex in Harrisburg. It is the primary detention facility for arrests made in Poinsett County and for custody events routed through the sheriff's office. Official research found no separate county annex, city jail with its own public roster, regional jail, state prison, federal BOP facility, or ICE detention facility inside Poinsett County. The public-facing custody channel is this detention center and the sheriff's current inmate roster.

The detention page describes a broad county-jail population. Poinsett County Detention Center can house people charged and awaiting trial, people arrested on warrants, county-sentenced inmates, municipal-court sentenced inmates, parole or probation holds, people sentenced to and awaiting state prison or Community Corrections beds, and other-agency holds. The page also says the facility can house subjects accused of all charge levels. Pretrial confinement is described as a way to ensure appearance in court, while sentenced inmates are serving punishment imposed after conviction.

The official detention center page screenshot comes from the sheriff's detention center source, which also names Jail Administrator Byron J. Carter, Jr.

The source confirms that facility-specific information should stay centered on the sheriff's detention center, not a separate city or state prison page.

Poinsett County Detention Population

Official county sources reviewed did not publish a rated capacity for Poinsett County Detention Center. That number should not be guessed. The supported capacity fact is narrower: KAIT reported that a 20-bed jail expansion was completed on May 6, 2025, and quoted Sheriff Kevin Molder describing the jail as about 30 years old and still needing more work to maintain capacity. The research also observed 98 current inmates on the sheriff roster on May 29, 2026, but that was a point-in-time roster count, not an average daily population.

State-corrections records add context but do not create a local rated capacity. Arkansas DOC county jail fiscal records showed Poinsett-related Act 309, work, and backup-list activity in fiscal year 2024-2025. Those categories matter because the detention center can hold people who have been sentenced or are waiting for state beds. They are not the same as a public jail capacity rating.

Poinsett County Detention Roster Lookup

The correct public lookup for Poinsett County Detention Center is the official Poinsett County inmate roster. It covers current county-jail custody and includes a released-inmate path linked from the sheriff site. It is not the Arkansas DOC locator, which covers sentenced state prisoners and state-corrections placements. It is also not the BOP or ICE locator. Use the county roster first for pretrial detainees, warrant arrests, local sentences, and new bookings at this facility. The broader local process is covered on the jail inmate records page.

1. Open the sheriff's current inmate roster and accept the disclaimer if prompted.
2. Use the current tab for people believed to be housed at Poinsett County Detention Center, or the released tab for a recent release.
3. Search by first or last name. The roster also allows name, date, newest, and oldest sorting.
4. Open the profile to review the mugshot, booking number, age, gender, race, booking date and time, charges, and profile warning.
5. Call 870-578-2116 before posting bond or relying on charges, bail, or case numbers because the profile warns that these details can change after court.

For state custody, check the Arkansas DOC inmate search after sentencing, Act 309 status, work-release status, or state waiting-list placement. For custody notices, VINELink Arkansas can provide notification options. Federal and immigration locators apply only after transfer into those systems.

Poinsett County Detention Contact

The detention center and sheriff's office use the same public address. Office hours in the sheriff footer are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., while the main non-emergency phone is listed as a 24-hour line. The same phone number is the key fallback when the roster fails, a bond amount needs confirmation, or a property pickup needs to be checked before travel.

For records access, no dedicated sheriff FOIA form was located. A person seeking a booking record, booking photo, or detention record should call first to identify the custodian and then send a written request with the inmate's name, booking number if known, date range, and requested record type. The sheriff contact page has a web form, but it warns that email is not monitored 24 hours a day.

Poinsett County Detention Visits

The official sheriff pages reviewed did not publish a full in-person or video visitation schedule for Poinsett County Detention Center. No visit days, visit length, dress code, video vendor, visitor registration rule, or approval procedure was located in the public text. The accurate instruction is to call the detention center before traveling, especially because custody status, medical restrictions, discipline, court movement, and facility operations can change visit access.

Do not apply Arkansas DOC video visitation costs or Securus scheduling rules to Poinsett County Detention Center unless staff confirm that the county jail uses that process. The DOC rules apply to state prisoners and state services, not automatically to a county jail detainee.

Poinsett County Mail and Money

Poinsett County Detention Center publishes detailed mail, commissary, money, and property rules through the detention FAQ. Regular inmate postal mail moved to Smart Communications and MailGuard scanning effective July 1, 2024. Standard letters, postcards, and cards go to a Florida processing address, then are scanned into kiosks. Books are handled differently and may be mailed to the Harrisburg detention center if they are softback and addressed to the inmate.

The FAQ screenshot source is the sheriff's detention center FAQs page, which lists MailGuard, CSG Pay, Tiger Commissary, books, and property rules.

Those vendor details are specific to Poinsett County Detention Center and should not be replaced with state-prison deposit rules.

Poinsett County Property Rules

Property release is one of the more specific local procedures found in the research. Inmate property or money release requires an inmate Property Release request form and valid photo ID from the person picking up the property. Pickup is limited to Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The FAQ also states that ADC sentenced inmates cannot release clothes, which is important when a person has moved from local jail status into a state-sentenced category while still held at the county facility.

Call before a property trip. A roster entry can change after court, and the facility may need to confirm whether the inmate has approved the release.

Poinsett County Booking Intake

County-specific booking steps are not published as a full local procedure, but the official roster fields and Arkansas jail-log rule show the required record path. A person arrested by a Poinsett County deputy, city police officer, Arkansas State Police trooper, warrant service, or another agency may be brought to Poinsett County Detention Center for local booking. Intake creates jail records, property handling, identity records, photo and fingerprint steps, charge or warrant entries, and screening before housing or release decisions.

Public jail records then appear through the sheriff roster if the system publishes the entry. The visible profile fields include booking number, booking date and time, name, mugshot, age, gender, race, and charges. Court events may change the charge or bail status later. If the person is sentenced to Arkansas prison but held locally while waiting for placement, the Arkansas DOC locator and state fiscal records may become relevant along with the county roster.

Pretrial detainee

A person held before trial or case disposition, often because bond has not been posted or a hold exists.

Act 309

An Arkansas state-corrections status involving state inmates housed or working in county jail settings.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency that can block release even when one local bond is paid.

Classification

The jail's housing and security review after booking.

About Poinsett County Detention

Published program and condition details are limited. The detention page says deputies and civilian staff are responsible for making productive use of inmates' time while not inflicting further punishment, but it does not list GED classes, treatment programs, religious services, grievance steps, a medical contractor, or a PREA report. The strongest recent facility fact is the May 2025 local news report that the jail added 20 beds. The strongest daily-use facts are the official roster, MailGuard scanned mail process, CSG Pay deposits, Tiger Commissary orders, and property-release rules.

No official Poinsett-specific consent decree, DOJ jail investigation, death-in-custody report, accreditation record, or active jail-conditions lawsuit was located in the reviewed sources. Arkansas law still requires jail logs and detention records, and state law also has death-notification duties for deaths in police custody or jail. Those are legal context points, not proof of a local incident.