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Izard County Jail Overview

The Izard County Sheriff's Office detention page identifies the Izard County Detention Facility and Dispatch Center as the county's long-term lockup. It is operated by Sheriff Charley Melton's office at the same Melbourne building that houses the sheriff's department, the Izard County District Clerk, and the 24-hour Dispatch Center. Lt. Sherry Davidson is listed by the sheriff as jail administrator, and jail staff are the local source for custody, bond, property, and visit questions.

This is not a state prison. People arrested in Izard County are brought to the detention center and held until bond, release, sentencing, or transfer. The sheriff also states that people sentenced to the Arkansas Department of Correction may remain at the county facility until DOC intake bed space is available. That explains why a person can still appear on the Izard County jail roster after a prison sentence has been ordered, but before the state system has received the person.

The sheriff page says the facility was built in 2003 and describes it as a state of the art detention and dispatch center. It separates male and female inmates and also separates violent and non-violent offenders. Detention officers must complete a 40-hour Jail Standards class, according to the county page, and also receive dispatch and DataMaster Breathalyzer training.

The official detention page is the source for this facility image. The screenshot comes from the sheriff's detention and dispatch page, which lists the jail administrator, facility capacity, visitation rule, and dispatch duties.

The image is useful because the facility's public role is broader than jail housing alone. It also shows why calls about visits, property, bond, and local emergency dispatch all route through the same sheriff office phone system.

Izard County Detention Capacity

The county jail's size matters when reading the Izard County inmate population. The sheriff lists capacity as 34 local inmates plus four state Act 309 inmates. Act 309 inmates are Arkansas state inmates assigned to work in county facilities. In Izard County, the sheriff says they help with food preparation, laundry, housekeeping, and maintenance. They are not the same as newly arrested local detainees.

On the research inspection date, the sheriff's current roster heading showed 24 current inmates. That number is a roster snapshot, not an official average daily population. It should be used as a point-in-time online count only, because recent arrests, releases, court orders, and transfers can change the list.

Look Up Izard County Jail Inmates

The correct public lookup for this facility is the Izard County Sheriff current inmate roster. The roster is free and public. It is a browse-and-filter roster rather than a typed full-text search box. Records observed on the roster included mugshots, names, booking numbers, booking dates, charge descriptions, profile links, and bond fields when a bond was listed.

1. Open the official sheriff roster and check the current-inmate view first.
2. Browse by booking date, use the name tab, or use the A-Z letters in the alphabetical view.
3. Open the public profile to review the booking number, charges, bond field, and warning note.
4. Call detention staff at 870-368-4203 before posting bond or relying on charge and case-number details.

Profile pages warn that charges and bail amounts may change after court appearances and may not be current. For that reason, the phone fallback is not just a backup for people without web access. It is the county's own instruction for bond companies and anyone trying to post bail, verify charges, or get case numbers.

Izard County Jail Contact

The public counter address is the same address used for the jail, sheriff's office, detention dispatch center, and District Clerk. The sheriff's published office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., while dispatch operates around the clock. For emergency response, call 911. For inmate custody, bond, visit scheduling, or property questions, call the main sheriff number and ask for the jail.

For records that are no longer on the roster, the sheriff administration route is the local starting point. A written Arkansas FOIA request should identify the record type, name, booking number if known, date range, and preferred copy method. The sheriff's contact page warns that ordinary email is not secure for sensitive personal information.

Izard County Jail Visits

Visitation for the Izard County Detention Facility is appointment based. The sheriff's detention page states that visits are held on Sunday and must be scheduled by calling the jail by the Wednesday deadline. Each prisoner may receive one short visit, and each visitor must bring valid picture identification. The page gives an Arkansas driver's license or state ID card as examples.

Call before traveling if the visit depends on a new arrest, a possible release, a bond posting, or bad weather. The county does not publish a separate visitor entrance, parking map, or public transit route for the jail.

Izard County Jail Mail Money

The official sources reviewed did not publish a county jail inmate mail format, commissary company, deposit kiosk, remote video provider, phone vendor, tablet vendor, or fee schedule for the Izard County Detention Facility. Do not assume that state prison mail or money rules apply to this jail. County jail property and money questions should be confirmed with detention staff at 870-368-4203.

Izard County Booking Intake

Booking at this facility creates the local jail record. Based on the sheriff roster and detention page, the process starts when an arrested person is brought to the jail, booked under a local booking number, photographed, and listed with charge descriptions and booking date if the person is shown online. Jail placement then follows facility separation rules for male and female inmates and violent or non-violent offender categories.

The county roster is not the same as a court disposition. A booking charge is an allegation or custody entry, while formal court charges may later be filed, changed, reduced, or dismissed. For filed court records after an arrest, use Search ARCourts and the court record path. For a broader walkthrough of booking fields, the Izard County jail inmate records page explains the roster and public profile fields.

Izard County Dispatch Center

The facility's dispatch role is a distinctive local feature. The sheriff says the 24-hour Dispatch Center handles sheriff calls, county fire departments, emergency medical services, local Arkansas State Police, Arkansas Game and Fish, and Arkansas Forestry officers. Emergency 911 and other emergency calls are directed through dispatch for the proper paging response.

Dispatchers also page weather spotters during severe weather and set off tornado sirens when Izard County is under a Tornado Warning. The sheriff page adds that enhanced wireless 911 has operated since October 2008 through grant funding. Those details matter for visitors because rural travel, severe weather, and emergency activity can affect a trip to the Melbourne facility.