Find Sebastian County Jail Roster

The Sebastian County Jail Roster covers people held at the Adult Detention Center in Fort Smith. The jail is at 801 South A Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901. You can call the jail at 479-783-4988 or open the online inmate portal to find a booking. The Sebastian County Sheriff's Office runs the jail and posts the roster on a public site. Use this page to look up an inmate, learn the mailing rules, find the right phone line, and request records. The Fort Smith site and the Greenwood District both feed into the same main jail.

Sebastian County Jail Roster Online

The Sheriff's Office runs a live inmate portal for the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center. Open arocportal.isoms.cloud to search the current jail list. The portal shows inmate name, age, race, sex, intake date, city, arresting department, and arresting officer. It also lists charges, bond amounts, and inmate class tags.

Inmate class tags on the Sebastian County Jail Roster include ADC COMMIT, PRE TRIAL FELON, FIRST APPEARANCE HOLD, and 309 INMATE. The tags help you see why a person is held and where they go next. ADC COMMIT means the inmate is headed for state prison. PRE TRIAL FELON means the case has not gone to trial yet.

The roster lets you search by full name, race, sex, and arrest date. It updates often as new bookings come in and people are released. Arresting departments include the Arkansas Department of Correction, Camden Police Department, and various county transport units.

Below is the state ADC portal, which is the best place to track an inmate who moved from Sebastian County jail to state custody. The ADC page at apps.ark.org/inmate_info covers people in long-term state prison.

The ADC portal above lets you filter by Sebastian County. Results show inmate ID, offense, and assigned unit. It is free and open to the public.

Sebastian County Sheriff's Office

The Sebastian County Sheriff's Office Records Department handles arrest record requests. The office is at 800 South A Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901, next to the jail. The Greenwood District phone is (479) 996-2145. Greenwood is the second county seat, and the Sheriff's Office keeps a small staff there too.

In 2023, the Sheriff's Office logged 776 adult arrests and 191 juvenile arrests. Offense counts included intimidation (239), simple assault (264), aggravated assault (258), kidnapping (4), forcible rape (3), and forcible fondling (6). The Inmate Inquirer Tool is the main way to pull current and recent arrest info without a phone call.

The Sebastian County Sheriff holds custody of the jail under Arkansas Code § 12-41-502. That statute gives the Sheriff charge of every inmate held in the detention center. The Sheriff's Office works with Fort Smith Police, Greenwood Police, and the Arkansas State Police on bookings.

Sebastian County Adult Detention Center

The Sebastian County Adult Detention Center is at 801 South A Street, Fort Smith, AR 72901. The main jail phone is 479-783-4988. The facility is open and staffed 24 hours a day.

The jail takes in people from Fort Smith Police, Greenwood Police, Sebastian County Sheriff's deputies, Arkansas State Police, and federal agencies. Bookings feed into the same Sebastian County Jail Roster portal. The facility holds men and women in separate pods. Mental health holds and medical needs go through the jail nurse.

Mail to inmates must include the full name, the inmate number, and the jail address. Check the Sheriff's rules before sending books or photos, since the jail rejects items that do not meet the rules. A short list of what is allowed is posted by the booking desk.

The Arkansas Sheriff's Association record for the jail is at arkansassheriffsassociation.com. It lists the Inmate Roster, Institution, Height, Description, Arrests, Release Date, Who's in jail, and Projected release date. A second listing is at arkansascountycourt.org.

Sebastian County Jail Roster Details

Each line on the Sebastian County Jail Roster shows a person in custody. The detail view has a mugshot, a full name, a date of birth, a booking date, a charge list, and a bond. Some bookings show as No Bond if the case is a hold or a serious felony. Others have cash, surety, or Own Recognizance bonds.

Bookings that come from Fort Smith Police are the largest share of the roster. Greenwood Police and county deputies add the rest. A small share of the roster is federal transport holds. The portal tracks when a person is moved to state custody and tags them ADC COMMIT. That tag is a flag that the inmate is headed to the Arkansas Department of Correction.

VINE at vinelink.com tracks inmate moves across Arkansas. Sign up for free alerts when a Sebastian County inmate is released or moved. VINE covers most county jails in the state.

Court Records and Jail Roster Cases

Sebastian County is split into two judicial districts. The Fort Smith District covers the north half and the Greenwood District covers the south half. Cases from both districts sit in the 12th Judicial Circuit. The Arkansas Judiciary case search at caseinfo.arcourts.gov shows filings and hearings in both districts.

The Arkansas Judiciary main site at arcourts.gov lists every court in the state. Court fines can be paid online at pay.arcourts.gov. Use the case number from the roster to find the file. Fort Smith has its own city court for ordinance cases and small fines.

Arkansas Code § 12-41-502 gives the Sheriff custody of the jail. The Arkansas Code § 12-27-113(2)(A) sets the rules for releasing Department of Correction records once an inmate moves out of the Sebastian County Adult Detention Center and into state custody.

FOIA and Sebastian County Jail Roster Records

Arkansas Code § 25-19-101 makes most jail records public. The Sheriff's Office has three business days to answer a FOIA request. Send your ask in writing. Name the records you want, the date range, and the inmate's full name. Drop the form off in person at 800 South A Street or send it by mail.

Juvenile files are closed under Arkansas Code § 9-27-309. Inmate medical records are blocked by Arkansas Code § 12-12-1707 and federal HIPAA. Copy fees apply. The Sheriff's Records Division may ask for payment in advance for large requests.

For a formal statewide background check, the Arkansas Crime Information Center runs the sex offender registry. The Arkansas State Police at ark.org/criminal sells a formal background check by mail. Crash reports tied to a Sebastian County stop are sold through crashreports.ark.org or buycrash.lexisnexisrisk.com.

Cities in Sebastian County

Sebastian County has two county seats, Fort Smith and Greenwood. Bookings from both areas feed into the same Sebastian County Jail Roster.

Nearby Counties

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