Scott County Jail Overview
Scott County Jail is the only county-run detention facility resolved from the facility map. It is operated by the Scott County Sheriff's Office, which names Randy Shores as sheriff and publishes the sheriff phone and fax. The county's official web presence does not provide a separate detention center page, jail administrator listing, roster portal, recent booking report, mugshot gallery, jail manual, or online request form.
The jail population served by this facility includes pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, people held on local warrants, people awaiting court, and some state-related 309/work or waiting-list statuses when they appear in Arkansas DOC data. Those DOC labels should not be treated as separate Scott County facility pages. They are custody statuses linked to state management after sentencing or classification.
Scott County Jail Capacity
The county site does not publish a current jail bed count. The research supports a historical capacity figure from the Vera Institute Incarceration Trends county dataset: Scott County jail rated capacity was listed as 70 beds for 2013 through 2019. Vera reported a 2019 total jail population of 31, including 29 pretrial and 2 sentenced people. Use those figures as historical county jail data, not as a live count from the sheriff.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 70 beds | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2013-2019 |
| Total jail population | 31 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2019 |
| Pretrial custody | 29 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2019 |
| Sentenced custody | 2 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2019 |
Look Up Scott County Jail Custody
No official online Scott County Jail roster was found on the county site or sheriff page. A current custody lookup therefore starts with direct sheriff contact. For court filings after an arrest, use Search ARCourts. For sentenced state prisoners, use Arkansas DOC, especially if the person may be listed as Scott Co.309/Work or Scott County Waiting List.
- Call the Scott County Sheriff's Office at (479) 637-4156 and ask whether the person is in current jail custody.
- Give the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest or booking date.
- Ask whether the person is still held, released, transferred, awaiting court, held for another agency, or waiting for Arkansas DOC placement.
- Search Search ARCourts for filed charges and court dates after the booking stage.
- Search the Arkansas DOC locator if the person has been sentenced or appears in state custody.
The Scott County inmate records page covers the full access chain for county jail, DOC, VINE, BOP, ICE, and records requests.
Scott County Jail Contact
The official county sheriff page gives one primary sheriff contact rather than a separate published jail line. The courthouse address is used because the county website ties public county offices to the courthouse complex, and the research did not locate a different public jail visitor address.
Scott County Jail
190 W. 1st St.
Waldron, AR 72958
(479) 637-4156
Fax: (479) 637-5219
County public hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
The official Scott County homepage gives the courthouse block and county hours. Call before relying on those hours for jail visits, bond, property, or records pickup because detention operations may use different procedures.
Scott County Jail Visits
No official Scott County Jail visitation schedule, mail rule page, video-visit vendor, commissary vendor, phone provider, or property-release rule was located in the county sources. That is a confirmed research gap. Do not assume Arkansas DOC prison visit rules apply to a county jail visit. DOC rules apply only when a person is actually in state custody.
| Topic | Published Scott County Jail Detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Not published on official county/sheriff site | Call the sheriff before arrival. |
| Video visitation | No county vendor located | Ask whether video visits exist and how to schedule. |
| No jail mailing format located | Confirm inmate name, booking number, and allowed mail. | |
| Money or commissary | No county vendor located | Confirm deposit method, fees, and posting time before paying. |
| Phone calls | No provider or rate located | Ask whether collect or prepaid accounts are used. |
Note: Bring government photo ID for any jail visit or records pickup unless the sheriff gives different instructions.
Mail Money and Phone Rules
Because Scott County does not publish jail mail and money rules online, confirm each step directly. Ask whether the jail accepts letters, photos, books, legal mail, or postcards, and ask for the exact inmate name and booking number format. For money, ask whether deposits are accepted at a counter, kiosk, online vendor, money order, or not at all. Do not send funds until custody is confirmed.
| Service | What to Ask Scott County Jail |
|---|---|
| Mail address | Exact mailing address, inmate identifier, rejected items, and legal mail rules. |
| Phone / video | Provider, account setup, rates, blocked numbers, and remote video access. |
| Money deposit | Accepted payment, vendor, fees, limits, and whether release or transfer changes the account. |
| Property | Release form, pickup hours, ID rules, clothing, medication, and authorization. |
For state prisoners, Arkansas DOC uses separate services. The DOC inmate banking page names CorrectPay and Access Corrections and says paper money orders are no longer accepted after May 31, 2025. Those rules should not be applied to Scott County Jail unless the jail confirms the same vendor or rule.
Scott County Jail Booking
A Scott County arrest usually moves through transport, jail arrival, identity confirmation, warrants and holds checks, booking paperwork, search, property inventory, booking photo, fingerprints, screening, and temporary holding or housing. The county does not publish a local booking manual, so the process should be read as the normal county jail path supported by Arkansas detention standards rather than a detailed Scott County operating policy.
Booking charges are not the same as final court charges. The prosecutor can file, amend, reduce, or decline charges after arrest. Bond may come from a warrant, schedule, or judge at first appearance. If a person is sentenced to state custody, future search usually moves from the county jail route to the Arkansas DOC locator. The court records after jail arrest page explains that charge path.
Scott County Jail Standards
Arkansas Criminal Detention Facility Standards give the statewide baseline for local detention facilities. The 2022 standards address inspections, documentation to county and circuit officials, environmental systems, fire detection, disabled detainee access, exits, intake and release areas, water, showers where applicable, secure property storage, temporary holding, toilets, and wash basins. Those standards are not a Scott County daily schedule, but they are the official statewide framework for jail conditions and inspection context.
Public records point: Arkansas FOIA, Ark. Code Ann. 25-19-105, is the main route for requesting nonexempt booking records, jail logs, and booking photos that Scott County does not post online.
Scott County Jail History
Scott County was formed in 1833 and Waldron is the county seat. The county website says the current courthouse was built in 1996 and is the seventh building to house county government, with three earlier courthouses destroyed by fire. This local history helps explain why jail, sheriff, and court records are described around the courthouse complex in official sources.
The historic Old Scott County Jail at 125 W. 2nd St. is listed in National Register data. It is useful local context, but it is not the operating jail and should not be used for current inmate visits or custody lookup.
The official sheriff page is the current local source for sheriff contact, while the official circuit clerk page is the route for circuit case records after arrest.
