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 1, 2026.
Jefferson County, Arkansas, has about 64,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), and arrests there are reported to the FBI by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, three city agencies and two campus agencies. An arrest leaves the same records whoever makes it: the arresting agency's report, the record of anyone held at the county jail, and, if the Prosecuting Attorney files charges, a case in the Jefferson County Circuit Court. This guide says who keeps each one, what it costs and who may see it, with the arrest counts each agency reported.
This guide covers who makes arrests, how many arrests, booking and the jail, finding an arrest, copies, cities and common questions.
Related guides: Jefferson County public records, Arkansas arrest records, Arkansas inmate search and Arkansas criminal records.
Who Makes Arrests in Jefferson County
The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office is the county agency that reports arrests to the FBI for Jefferson County. It reported 231 arrests for 2025.
Arrests inside three of the county's cities are reported to the FBI by an agency of the city's own, listed here with the Census population and what each reported:
- Pine Bluff, 38,785 residents: 1,368 arrests reported for 2025.
- White Hall, 5,499 residents: 446 arrests reported for 2025.
- Redfield, 1,497 residents: 4 arrests reported for 2025.
A city on that list is reported separately whether the officers are the city's own or the sheriff's under contract; the FBI's list does not say which.
The Humphrey Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Jefferson County, so its arrests are not broken out for Jefferson County here.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Jefferson County: Southeast Arkansas College and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (campus police).
How Many Arrests Each Agency Reports in Jefferson County
Each agency reports its arrests to the FBI by month, and the FBI publishes them on the Crime Data Explorer. These are the full-year totals, all offenses, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026; a year with months missing or not reported is left out.
- Pine Bluff: 1,368 for 2025, 1,377 for 2024, 851 for 2023, 1,084 for 2022, 1,099 for 2021 and 1,474 for 2020.
- White Hall: 446 for 2025, 261 for 2024, 269 for 2023, 278 for 2022, 331 for 2021 and 252 for 2020.
- Jefferson County Sheriff's Office: 231 for 2025, 190 for 2024, 202 for 2023, 195 for 2022, 241 for 2021 and 310 for 2020.
- Redfield: 4 for 2025, 10 for 2024, 23 for 2023, 24 for 2022, 21 for 2021 and 18 for 2020.
Together, the four agencies with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,049 arrests that year. The same agencies with both 2025 and 2024 complete reported 2,049 in 2025 against 1,838 in 2024, up 11 percent.
Through April 2026, the four agencies with every month so far on file reported 755 arrests, against 574 in the same months of 2025.
Booking: Where People Arrested in Jefferson County Are Held
The county jail is where a person arrested in Jefferson County and kept in custody ends up, whichever agency made the arrest, though a city department may hold someone in its own cells first and a person cited and released at the scene is never booked. The jail's record of each person held, with the charges, is a public record of the arrest, and once the person is released or sentenced the record continues in the court file.
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 170 people, down from about 280 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 316 beds, and it ran at 87 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at jeffcoso.org/roster.php (page title: Inmate Roster | Current Inmates Booking Date Descending | Jefferson County Sheriff AR), phone 870-541-5351, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 1, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone who was 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.
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison; the Arkansas Division of Correction lists its inmates at doc.arkansas.gov/correction/online-services.
How to Find Out About an Arrest in Jefferson County
An arrest in Jefferson County can be traced in three places, depending on where the case stands: the custody page of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office described above, for anyone booked into the county jail; the case index of the Jefferson County Circuit Court, which shows whether charges were filed and the next court date (the court records page SearchSystems verified is at caseinfo.arcourts.gov/opad); the Prosecuting Attorney, which decides whether an arrest becomes a charge (its page is at jeffersoncountyar.gov/government/prosecuting-attorney, phone 870-541-5387).
Statewide, CourtConnect is the Arkansas Judiciary's free statewide case search.
Arkansas is one of the states that lets anyone look up another person's statewide criminal history: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public, through the Arkansas State Police. That record shows what agencies reported to the state, which is wider than one county's court index but can lag it.
Getting a Copy of an Arrest Record in Jefferson County
An arrest report belongs to the agency whose officer wrote it, and that agency releases it, not the court or the jail. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the agency must answer within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available, and it may charge the actual cost of copying.
- An arrest by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office: ask its records unit, reached through the office at 870-541-5351.
- An arrest in Pine Bluff, White Hall or Redfield: the records unit of the agency that reports for that city; the city guides linked above name each city's records office.
- An arrest by Southeast Arkansas College or the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff: the records office of the agency involved.
- A defendant who has been charged gets the report through the case: the Prosecuting Attorney, 870-541-5387, handles discovery for pending cases.
- The court file of a case that was filed: the Jefferson County Circuit Court, through the court records page at caseinfo.arcourts.gov/opad.
- Your own statewide record: a request to the Arkansas State Police Identification Bureau.
Cities in Jefferson County: Who Reports the Arrests
The FBI lists a separate arrest reporting agency for three of the six cities in Jefferson County: Pine Bluff, White Hall and Redfield. Altheimer, Wabbaseka and Sherrill have no separate reporting agency in the FBI's list.
Wherever in the county the arrest happens, a person kept in custody goes to the county jail and the case goes to the Jefferson County Circuit Court.
SearchSystems has a guide to the offices of these cities in Jefferson County, with the 2024 Census Bureau population; a city with its own arrest records guide opens there:
- Pine Bluff (38,785)
Frequently Asked Questions
How many arrests are made in Jefferson County each year?
Pine Bluff reported 1,368 arrests to the FBI for 2025, and the four agencies with every month of 2025 on file reported 2,049 between them.
How do I find out if someone is in jail in Jefferson County?
Look on the custody page of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office at jeffcoso.org/roster.php, or call 870-541-5351. It covers people booked into the county jail.
Where are people arrested in Jefferson County booked?
Those kept in custody go to the county jail, run by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office; a person cited and released at the scene is not booked.
Are arrest records public in Jefferson County?
The court files of criminal cases are public, and so is the statewide criminal history kept by the Arkansas State Police: the state runs an online name-based background check open to the public. The arrest report itself is released by the agency that made the arrest, under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.
How do I get a copy of an arrest report in Jefferson County?
From the agency that made the arrest: the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office for its own arrests, or the agency that reports for the city where it happened. Under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act the answer is due within 3 working days when the record is not immediately available.
Is this the official Jefferson 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.