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.
St. Francis County, Arkansas, has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in St. Francis County is held at the county jail, run by the St. Francis 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: St. Francis County public records, St. Francis County arrest records, St. Francis County warrants, St. Francis County criminal records, St. Francis County court records, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in St. Francis County
The county jail, run by the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in St. Francis County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office at stfranciscountysheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_ti... (page title: Inmate Roster | St. Francis County Sheriff AR | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The St. Francis County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 28 people, down from about 75 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 75 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
St. Francis County has about 22,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the St. Francis County Jail
The St. Francis County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Forrest City, Hughes and Madison make the arrests that end in a booking in St. Francis County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Forrest City's 348 for 2025, Madison's 10 for 2023 and Hughes's 5 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in St. Francis County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 353 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 St. Francis 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 St. Francis 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 St. Francis County?
Look on the custody page of the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office at stfranciscountysheriff.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the St. Francis County jail?
About 28 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 75 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in St. Francis 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 St. Francis 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.