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.
Yell County, Arkansas, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Yell County is held at the county jail, run by the Yell 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Yell County
The county jail, run by the Yell County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Yell County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Yell County Sheriff's Office at yellcountyar.gov/elected-county-offices-officials/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff’s Office | Yell County AR), phone (479) 495-4881, 201 E. 5th St., PO Box 99, Danville, AR 72833, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 (479) 495-4881.
The Yell County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 45 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 81 beds, and it ran at 56 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Yell County has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Yell County Jail
The Yell County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Dardanelle, Danville and Ola make the arrests that end in a booking in Yell County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Yell County: the State Park at Mount Nebo State Park (state agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Yell County Sheriff's Office's 153 for 2025, Dardanelle's 151 for 2025 and Danville's 44 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Yell County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 356 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 Yell 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 Yell 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 Yell County?
Ask the Yell County Sheriff's Office at (479) 495-4881; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at yellcountyar.gov.
How many people are in the Yell County jail?
About 45 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 81 beds.
What is the phone number for the Yell County jail?
(479) 495-4881, the number on the page of the Yell County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Yell 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 Yell 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.