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.
Pope County, Arkansas, has about 65,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pope County is held at the county jail, run by the Pope 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: Pope County public records, Pope County arrest records, Pope County warrants, Pope County police reports, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Pope County
The county jail, run by the Pope County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Pope County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pope County Sheriff's Office at popecoso.org/inmates (page title: Inmates | Pope County Sheriff’s Office AR), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Pope County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 190 people, up from about 190 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 172 beds, and it ran at 109 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pope County has about 65,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 29 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pope County Jail
The Pope County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Russellville, Pottsville, Atkins and Dover make the arrests that end in a booking in Pope County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Pope County: the State Park at Lake Dardanelle State Park (state agency); Arkansas Tech University (campus police); the Pottsville School District (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Russellville's 585 for 2025, the Pope County Sheriff's Office's 229 for 2025 and Atkins's 73 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in Pope County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 935 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 Pope 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 Pope 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 Pope County?
Ask the Pope County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at popecoso.org/inmates.
How many people are in the Pope County jail?
About 190 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 172 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pope 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 Pope 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.