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 October 4, 2026.
Stone County, Arkansas, has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Stone County is held at the county jail, run by the Stone 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: Stone County public records, Stone County arrest records, Stone County warrants, Stone County police reports, Arkansas arrest records and Arkansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Stone County
The county jail, run by the Stone County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Stone County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Stone County Sheriff's Office at stonecountysheriff.com (page title: Stone County AR Sheriff's Office), phone 870-269-3825, 1009 Sheriffs Drive Mountain View, AR 72560, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 870-269-3825.
The Stone County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 51 people, up from about 43 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 39 beds, and it ran at 110 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Stone County has about 13,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 40 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Stone County Jail
The Stone County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Mountain View make the arrests that end in a booking in Stone County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Stone County: the State Park at Ozark Folk Center State Park (state agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Stone County Sheriff's Office's 158 for 2025 and Mountain View's 62 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Stone County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 220 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 Stone County 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 Stone County?
Ask the Stone County Sheriff's Office at 870-269-3825; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at stonecountysheriff.com.
How many people are in the Stone County jail?
About 51 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 39 beds.
What is the phone number for the Stone County jail?
870-269-3825, the number on the page of the Stone County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Stone 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 Stone 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.