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 September 26, 2026.
Malvern, Arkansas, in Hot Spring County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Malvern is held at the county jail, run by the Hot Spring 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 Malvern
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Malvern is held at the county jail, run by the Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office at hotspringcountysoar.gov/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=... (page title: Inmate Roster | Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), 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 Hot Spring County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2017 the jail held about 51 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hot Spring County has about 33,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 15 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hot Spring County Jail
The Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Malvern (filed by the FBI as Malvern Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Malvern.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Hot Spring County: the State Park at DeGray Lake Resort State Park and the State Park at Lake Catherine State Park (state agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Malvern's 318 for 2025 and the Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office's 65 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Hot Spring County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 383 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 Malvern arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Arkansas Division of Correction lists its inmates at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Malvern?
Look on the custody page of the Hot Spring County Sheriff's Office at hotspringcountysoar.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Hot Spring County jail?
About 51 on an average day in 2017, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hot Spring 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 Malvern 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.