Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Batesville, Arkansas, in Independence County, has about 12,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Batesville is held at the county jail, run by the Independence County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Batesville
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Batesville is held at the county jail, run by the Independence County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Independence County Sheriff's Office at independencesheriff.org/current-inmate-list (page title: Independence County Sheriff's Office, AR), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Independence County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 33 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 125 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Independence County has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 9 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Independence County Jail
The Independence County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Batesville (filed by the FBI as Batesville Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Batesville.
The Cave City Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Independence County, so its arrests are not broken out for Independence County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Batesville's 322 for 2025, the Independence County Sheriff's Office's 187 for 2025 and Pleasant Plains's 1 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Independence County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 510 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Batesville arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Independence County serves the sentence in a facility of the Arkansas Division of Correction, whose inmate locator is at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Batesville?
Look on the custody page of the Independence County Sheriff's Office at independencesheriff.org/current-inmate-list. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Independence County jail?
About 33 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 125 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Independence County go?
To a facility of the Arkansas Division of Correction; its inmate locator is at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
Is this the official Batesville website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.