Clark County Jail Overview
Clark County Jail is operated by the Clark County Sheriff's Office. The county sheriff page states that the sheriff has custody of the county jail, serves as sheriff of the courts, keeps the public peace, executes summons, enforces court orders, serves court process, and makes arrests on warrants issued by the courts. That local role explains why Clark County Jail custody, warrants, bond, and court filings often connect during the first days after an arrest.
The official county sheriff page identifies Jason Watson as sheriff and gives the sheriff and jail address as 406 S 5th Street, Arkadelphia, AR 71923. The same county page publishes the main sheriff and jail phone number as (870) 246-2222, fax as (870) 246-3443, sheriff email as jason.watson@clarkar.us, and office hours as Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM. Those office hours are for the sheriff office public counter, not a promise that visitation, intake, or release processing follows the same schedule.
The Arkansas Sheriffs' Association Clark County directory adds the jail-specific items that are not all listed on the county page.
That directory lists the Clark County Jail capacity, hold type, jail phone, jail administrator, chief deputy, and chaplain contacts, so it is the strongest high-authority source for the facility facts below.
Clark County Jail Capacity
The Arkansas Sheriffs' Association lists Clark County Jail capacity as 50. It also lists the jail hold type as "Males Only." That hold-type entry should be read carefully because the official research did not locate a county page explaining female arrest handling, transfer practice, temporary holding, or contract housing. Anyone checking custody for a woman arrested in Clark County should still call the jail, because intake, transport, court appearance, or transfer practice can depend on the situation.
No official current Clark County Jail population count, average daily population, booking total, or year-by-year jail trend table was located in the inspected county, sheriff, DOC, or court sources. The reliable local number is the 50-bed capacity from the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directory. For a live count or current custody confirmation, the direct path is the jail phone line at (870) 246-2222.
Look Up Clark County Jail Custody
No official online Clark County Jail roster was located on the county or sheriff pages during the research pass. That means a current Clark County Jail inmate lookup should begin with direct contact, not with commercial inmate-search pages or unofficial jail directories. For a recent arrest, call (870) 246-2222 and have the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, and arresting agency.
- Call Clark County Jail at (870) 246-2222 for current local custody after a recent arrest.
- Ask whether the person is held in Clark County Jail, released, transferred, or listed with a hold from another agency.
- Ask whether bond has been set, whether a court date is visible, and which court or clerk should be contacted next.
- If the person was sentenced or moved to state custody, search the Arkansas DOC inmate locator instead of the county jail.
The Arkansas DOC locator is separate from Clark County Jail. It is for sentenced state inmates, transfers, DOC assignments, and certain state correctional statuses. The DOC locator includes a Clark County Waiting List option, which can matter when a person connected to Clark County is on a state waiting-list or backup status. For custody notifications, Arkansas VINE is also available and DOC describes it as free and anonymous.
Clark County Jail Address
For non-emergency public-counter questions, the jail and sheriff office use the same official address in downtown Arkadelphia. The address is close to the local court cluster, with the county courthouse on Clay Street, the prosecutor on Court Street, and the sheriff and jail on South 5th Street. Because the county page did not publish a visitor parking plan, public-transit route, or entrance instructions, call before making a trip for a visit, bond question, or records request.
Clark County Jail
406 S 5th Street
Arkadelphia, AR 71923
(870) 246-2222
Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM-4:30 PM
Clark County Sheriff's Office
406 S 5th Street
Arkadelphia, AR 71923
(870) 246-2222
Sheriff Jason Watson
The Arkansas Sheriffs' Association also lists Brian Wingfield as jail administrator and gives the jail administrator email as brian.wingfield@clarkar.us. Use the main phone first for custody or visit questions unless the jail directs otherwise.
Clark County Jail Visits
Official Clark County sources inspected did not publish a jail visitation schedule, visitor ID rule, dress code, video-visit vendor, attorney-visit process, child-visitor rule, locker policy, or prohibited-items list. Do not rely on pages for Clark County, Indiana or on commercial jail directory pages for Arkansas visitation. The correct Clark County, Arkansas source is the local jail at (870) 246-2222.
| Topic | Published Clark County Detail | What to Ask Before Arrival |
|---|---|---|
| Visit schedule | Not located in official sources | Ask whether visits are available that day and whether an appointment is required. |
| Visit type | Not located | Ask whether visits are in person, video, remote, attorney only, or suspended. |
| Identification | Not located | Ask what government photo ID or adult escort rules apply. |
| Dress code | Not located | Ask what clothing is barred and whether lockers are available. |
| Children | Not located | Ask whether minors may visit and whether the inmate must approve the visitor. |
State prison visitation rules are stricter and different. Arkansas DOC prison visitation uses approval and scheduling processes, plus entry searches and contraband restrictions. Those DOC rules should not be treated as Clark County Jail rules unless the jail confirms them, but they show why a call before travel is the safer step.
Clark County Jail Mail and Money
Clark County did not publish an official jail mail format, inmate phone vendor, video vendor, commissary vendor, lobby kiosk rule, online deposit link, or deposit fee schedule in the inspected sources. That absence matters. A letter or money deposit sent with the wrong name format, missing booking number, or outdated vendor can be delayed or returned.
| Service | Official Detail Found | Confirm With Jail |
|---|---|---|
| General facility address only | Ask for exact inmate-name format, ID requirement, return-address rule, and prohibited items. | |
| Phone calls | Provider not located | Ask which phone account system is used and whether calls are collect or prepaid. |
| Video visits | Provider not located | Ask whether video is offered and whether remote sessions have fees. |
| Money deposits | Vendor and fee not located | Ask whether the jail accepts lobby, mail, online, or phone deposits. |
| Commissary | Vendor and cutoff not located | Ask deposit cutoff, spending limit, and refund practice after release. |
Arkansas DOC money and mail services are not the same as Clark County Jail services. DOC online services say paper money orders are no longer accepted after May 31, 2025, and DOC links to trust and phone-service account tools. That notice applies to DOC services, not automatically to this county jail.
Clark County Jail Booking
Booking is the jail intake process after arrest. It can include identity checks, property inventory, medical screening, classification, arresting-agency paperwork, warrant checks, and a decision about holding or release. Clark County's official pages did not publish a detailed booking timeline or public intake policy, so avoid assuming when a person will be cleared, moved, or eligible for bond.
After booking, the next record path can split. The jail remains the place to check current custody, bond visibility, and whether a person is held on a warrant or detainer. The court path moves to Search ARCourts and the Clark County Circuit Clerk once charges, hearings, warrants, judgments, or dispositions are filed. The prosecutor's role comes into view when charges are reviewed and filed after the arrest.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, usually creating the custody record.
- Hold
- A custody flag from another agency, warrant, probation, parole, DOC, ICE, or federal authority.
- Detainer
- A request that the jail hold or notify another agency before release.
- Classification
- The jail or DOC process for assigning housing or security status.
Clark County Jail Transfer Context
Clark County Jail is a local county jail, not a state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center. No Arkansas DOC prison, federal BOP facility, ICE detention center, separate work-release annex, or regional jail was identified inside Clark County from official-source research. A person arrested locally may still leave the county jail if sentenced to state prison, taken on a federal matter, or transferred on an immigration issue.
| Custody Type | Use This Channel | Clark County Relevance |
|---|---|---|
| Recent local arrest or pretrial custody | Clark County Jail, (870) 246-2222 | Primary path when no official online county roster was found. |
| Filed charges and hearings | Search ARCourts | Shows public case information such as parties, filings, charges, events, and judgments. |
| Sentenced state inmate | Arkansas DOC inmate search | Use after state sentencing, DOC transfer, or state waiting-list status. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP inmate locator | BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to present; Arkansas federal facilities are outside Clark County. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | ICE custody is separate from Clark County Jail and Arkansas DOC. |
About Clark County Jail
The Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directory lists Sheriff Jason Watson as elected in 2011 and names Brian Wingfield as jail administrator, Raymond Funderburk as chief deputy, and Rick Mays as chaplain. It also lists Clark County population as 21,321 and county area as 883 square miles. Those details help frame the jail as a small local detention facility serving a mostly local custody role.
Official research did not locate a Clark County Jail programs page, work-release description, grievance policy, medical-request process, mental-health service page, inmate handbook, construction history, pod layout, accreditation item, or recent official jail-reform announcement. The one program-adjacent local detail found was the chaplain contact in the Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directory. Arkansas DOC has broader program and rule materials, but those are state-corrections materials and should not be presented as Clark County Jail programs.
Note: Call Clark County Jail before travel to confirm custody, visit access, entry rules, and any current local restrictions.