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 on September 24, 2026.
Cross County, Arkansas, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cross County is held at the county jail, run by the Cross 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.
Related guides: Cross County public records, Cross County arrest records, Cross County warrants, Cross County criminal records, Cross County court records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cross County
The county jail, run by the Cross County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Cross County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cross County Sheriff's Office at crosscountysheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=d... (page title: Inmate Roster | Cross County AR 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 Cross County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 86 people, up from about 78 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 143 beds, and it ran at 60 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cross County has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 53 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cross County Jail
The Cross County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Wynne, Parkin and Cherry Valley make the arrests that end in a booking in Cross County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Cross County: the State Park at Parkin Archeological State Park and the State Park at Village Creek State Park (state agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Wynne's 390 for 2025, the Cross County Sheriff's Office's 192 for 2022 and Cherry Valley's 24 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Cross County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 424 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 Cross County 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 Cross 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 Cross County?
Look on the custody page of the Cross County Sheriff's Office at crosscountysheriff.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Cross County jail?
About 86 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 143 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cross 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 Cross County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.