Johnson County Detention Center Overview
The Johnson County Detention Center is operated by the Johnson County Sheriff's Office. The facility and sheriff complex are listed at 301 Porter Industrial Road, Clarksville, AR 72830, with the sheriff's public 24-hour phone line at (479) 754-2200. County research identifies Sheriff Tom Hughes as the current sheriff and the county Detention Center department names Grant Nicely as Chief Deputy.
This is a county jail, not an Arkansas state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. The roster shows people held after arrests by the Johnson County Sheriff, Clarksville Police Department, Lamar Police, Franklin County Sheriff's Office in observed entries, and other agencies when the person is booked into the Johnson County facility. Records observed in the roster also include probation violations, parole holds, failure-to-appear matters, sentenced-to-ADC entries, and sentenced-to-ACC/RPF entries, so the population can include both new local bookings and people waiting on transfer or court action.
Official county and sheriff pages reviewed for this build did not publish a rated bed capacity, housing-unit layout, security classification, year built, parking map, ADA entrance notice, visitor entrance instruction, or formal jail history. Those omissions matter because a live roster count is not the same thing as designed capacity. Use the jail roster for current custody status, and use the jail phone line when the question involves a rule, schedule, entrance, property issue, or release detail that is not visible online.
Johnson County Detention Center Capacity and Population
The RPS-hosted Johnson County roster showed 10 inmates displayed out of 76 total current inmates when observed on May 29, 2026. That is a live public roster count for the Johnson County Detention Center, not an official capacity figure, average daily population, annual booking total, or overcrowding finding. The same research found no official local rated-capacity number on county or sheriff pages, so third-party bed counts are not used here as facility facts.
Arkansas VINE is relevant as a second custody-notification source because the Arkansas DOC VINE page says county jail data transfers every 15 minutes, while DOC data transfers hourly. VINE should still be treated as a notification and confirmation tool, not a replacement for the jail roster or a phone call when timing matters.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Johnson County Detention Center
The official practical lookup route is the RPS Johnson County Sheriff's Office jail roster, which the sheriff's site links as its detention center roster. Use it for current inmates, new inmates, and recent releases from the Johnson County Detention Center. The page is free to view, and the research found no login wall or public fee.
- Open the RPS Johnson County roster and choose Current Inmates for present custody, New Inmates for recent bookings, or Recent Releases for the recent-release list.
- Use Sort By, Select Name, and the page-size control. The roster behaves more like a sortable current list than a free-text name-search form.
- Confirm the record is tied to the Johnson County Detention Center and read the arrested date, arresting agency, charges, bond, court date, and court name when shown.
- If the person is not listed, call the jail at (479) 754-2200. The sheriff's FAQ says released-detainee information is handled through the Detention Center at that number.
For a visual example, the RPS roster source page captured for this project shows current inmate cards, roster controls, mugshot thumbnails, charge text, bond fields, and court-date fields.
The screenshot is useful because it shows the public-facing roster controls people actually use for Johnson County, including the current-inmates list, name selector, page-size selector, booking photos, charges, and bond or court information when those fields are available.
Use the Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate search when the roster says Sentenced to ADC, Sentenced to ACC/RPF, Johnson Co.309/Work, Johnson County Waiting List, or when family believes the person has moved from county custody to state custody. Use BOP inmate locator for federal Bureau of Prisons custody after federal sentencing, and use ICE ODLS for immigration detention. Those systems do not replace the county roster; they cover different custody systems.
Johnson County Detention Center Address and Contact
The jail and sheriff complex are on Porter Industrial Road, not at the county courthouse. Use the jail address for booking information, jail records, bond questions, property questions, or custody confirmation. The courthouse at 215 West Main Street is relevant for county government and some court-clerk functions, but it is not the detention center destination.
Johnson County Detention Center
301 Porter Industrial Road
Clarksville, AR 72830
(479) 754-2200
24-hour sheriff phone line; administrative office hours are generally Monday-Friday, 8:00 am-4:30 pm.
County sources also list sheriff business numbers 479-754-7724 and 479-754-7612, and the sheriff site lists fax (479) 754-2210. For emergencies, use 911. For records questions, the sheriff's FAQ points callers to Administration at 754-2200 during business hours for FOIA requests and report-copy questions.
Visiting Someone at Johnson County Detention Center
Official Johnson County pages found in the research did not publish a jail visitation schedule, video-visitation vendor, visitor approval process, dress code, lobby screening rule, minor-visitor rule, or no-contact visit procedure. The safe local instruction is to call (479) 754-2200 before traveling. Bring government photo identification if a visit is approved, and do not bring weapons, contraband, or unnecessary bags into any jail lobby.
The RPS-Inmate Info mobile app advertises jail hours, address, website, visitation rules, maps, and directions for agencies in the RPS system. That makes the app a possible supplemental channel, but the official research did not confirm a Johnson County schedule or vendor fee through the county or sheriff pages. Treat the app as an additional lookup option, not final authority over a jail visit.
| Visit type | Schedule | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| In-person jail visitation | Not published in official sources found | Call (479) 754-2200 before travel |
| Video visitation | Not published in official sources found | No local vendor or fee confirmed |
| Attorney or legal visits | Not published in official sources found | Legal visitors should confirm directly with the detention center |
| State prison visitation | Handled through Arkansas DOC after transfer | Separate from Johnson County jail rules |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Johnson County Detention Center
The research did not locate official Johnson County jail instructions for personal mail format, legal mail routing, book or magazine restrictions, commissary vendor, money-deposit vendor, deposit limits, debit-card fees, phone provider, tablet provider, or video-visit fees. Do not send money, books, packages, or mail based on third-party summaries until the detention center confirms the current rule.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | Official format not located; call before mailing and use the inmate name exactly as shown on the roster. |
| Legal mail | Official local procedure not located; attorneys should verify the correct legal-mail route with the jail. |
| Phone / video | No official provider, schedule, account setup, or fee table found. |
| Money deposit / commissary | No official Johnson County vendor, kiosk rule, online deposit option, limit, or fee table found. |
| State DOC money after transfer | Use Arkansas DOC online services after the person is in DOC custody; DOC rules are separate from the county jail. |
Booking and Intake at Johnson County Detention Center
A Johnson County booking usually begins with an arrest or warrant service by the sheriff, a city police department, or another agency that brings the person to the detention center. Public roster data then shows the parts of intake that are released publicly: name, race/sex/age, partial address, arrested date and time, arresting agency, booking photo, charges, bond when available, and court date or court name when scheduled.
The roster examples reviewed for this project included charges and statuses such as probation violation, theft of property, failure to appear, trafficking a controlled substance, assault on family or household member, parole hold, Sentenced to ADC, and Sentenced to ACC/RPF. Those examples show why a roster entry should not be read as a final court judgment. Booking charges and jail statuses can change when prosecutors file, amend, dismiss, or resolve charges in court.
For court follow-up, use Search ARCourts and the Johnson County court offices. District Court appears on some roster entries for misdemeanors, traffic, warrants, and early court settings, while Circuit Court handles felony and larger criminal matters. For custody alerts, Arkansas VINE is available by phone at 1-800-510-0415 and through VINELink; DOC says county jail data transfers every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day.
Records, FOIA, and Public Access
Arkansas public-records access is grounded in Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-105, which generally opens public records for inspection and copying during regular business hours unless a statutory exception applies. Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-103 defines public records broadly to include writings, recordings, electronic information, and data compilations kept for official functions, with public-office records presumed public. For Johnson County jail records, that does not mean every detail is automatically online or releasable. Juvenile information, sealed cases, active investigations, safety-sensitive material, medical data, and other protected details may be withheld or redacted.
The sheriff's FAQ says FOIA requests are handled by Administration at 754-2200 between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday-Friday. It also says incident and accident reports are usually ready within seven business days. If a request involves digital video or photos, the FAQ says the requester must provide a new, unopened external drive, with 500GB to 1TB recommended because file sizes can be large. Released-detainee information is handled by the Detention Center at 754-2200.
State correction rules also matter when a Johnson County detainee becomes a state prisoner or remains in the county jail while awaiting transfer. Arkansas DOC administrative rules include jail-facility, county jail backlog, county jail medical reimbursement, PREA, and state-prison visitation categories. Those rules do not create a Johnson County visitation schedule, but they explain why county jail records can overlap with DOC waiting-list, Act 309/work, and reimbursement records.
About Johnson County Detention Center
The detention center sits in a rural county where the sheriff's office covers a wide service area. The sheriff's FAQ describes local operating constraints, including large county coverage, civil paper service responsibilities, and limited winter-weather transport assistance during ice and snow. Those local details help explain why the jail roster is only one channel and why phone confirmation can be necessary before traveling from Clarksville, Lamar, Hartman, Coal Hill, Knoxville, Ozone, Hagarville, or another Johnson County community.
No official recent jail-construction project, capacity expansion, local consent decree, local overcrowding order, or jail litigation item was located in the research used for this page. No official local inmate handbook, program list, grievance page, commissary policy, or PREA page was found on the Johnson County sheriff or county pages. The published record is strongest for roster lookup, sheriff contact information, FOIA routing, and state/federal/ICE fallback paths.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, mail, money, and release details with the Johnson County Detention Center before traveling or sending anything.