Search Grant County Inmate Population

Grant County Inmate Population

Grant County, Arkansas uses the Sheridan Detention Center as the practical local jail facility identified in official sources. The building is a City of Sheridan Police Department detention center, not a state prison and not a separately documented county-owned jail. The official city detention page says it houses male and female inmates for local, state, and federal agencies. That means the Grant County inmate population can include new arrests, pretrial detainees, sentenced local inmates, state backup-list or Act 309 style holds, and people held for another agency when accepted by the facility.

The county source picture matters. The Grant County officials page names Sheriff Pete Roberts, but the detention building details come from the City of Sheridan. The clean way to read local custody is this: Grant County has an elected sheriff, Sheridan operates the approved municipal detention center, and people arrested in the county may be booked or held through that detention center when it is the local custody point. A failed online search does not prove release, because no official current Grant County or Sheridan online roster was located in the research sources.

Grant County Jail Population Data

The most useful hard numbers come from two kinds of sources. The official Sheridan detention page gives facility facts, such as original beds, expansion, current stated capacity, staffing, and municipal detention status. Vera's county dataset gives historical jail-population measures for Grant County. These figures should not be blended into a current daily census. The research did not locate an official live daily population count for the Sheridan Detention Center or a current local roster that can be counted from the public web.

The official Sheridan Detention Center page is the source for the building capacity and local status. Vera Incarceration Trends is the source for the county historical jail measures. The Grant County inmate population should be read with the source year attached, since a jail count can move with arrests, court dates, releases, transfers, and state backup-list activity.

Grant County Inmate Trends

Vera's trend table shows that Grant County jail population and capacity both rose well above the early historical baseline by the 2000s. The 2013 row shows a total jail population below the rated capacity reported by Vera. The 2005 row is different: Vera lists a population over rated capacity. Those older figures line up with the local history that the Sheridan detention building opened in the late 1990s and expanded soon after.

Trend data is useful for population context, but it is not a same-day lookup tool. A current custody question still needs the detention center phone line, VINELink, court records, or a state/federal locator depending on the person's status. The Vera table also helps explain why one local jail can serve several legal roles at once, including pretrial custody, local sentences, and holds from outside agencies.

Who Is Held Locally

The Grant County inmate population is not limited to one kind of case. Local jail custody can start with a sheriff's arrest, a Sheridan Police arrest, a warrant, a court commitment, or a hold from another agency. The official detention page states that the Sheridan facility houses people for local, state, and federal agencies. It also states that Sheridan is one of only two Arkansas municipalities operating approved detention centers, which makes the local structure unusual for Arkansas.

The 2013 Vera row breaks the county population into pretrial and sentenced groups, with pretrial detainees forming the larger part of the count. Vera also reports male and female jail-population figures, plus race and agency-hold measures. These are historical measures, not current profiles. Use them for population scale and makeup, then use current custody channels for a person-specific search.

• Pretrial custody: Vera lists 66 Grant County pretrial detainees in 2013.
• Sentenced custody: Vera lists 17 sentenced jail inmates in the 2013 row.
• Male and female custody: Vera lists 68.61 male and 14.39 female jail-population measures for 2013.
• Agency holds: The official facility page says the jail houses inmates for local, state, and federal agencies.
• DOC labels: Arkansas DOC search options observed include Grant County Waiting List, Sheridan City 309-In Jail, and Sheridan City Jail.

Grant County Jail Standards

Capacity and public access are governed by more than one source. Arkansas FOIA defines public records and opens nonexempt public records to inspection and copying. Jail and detention standards come from Arkansas criminal detention facility law and the Arkansas Minimum Standards for Adult Criminal Detention Facilities. Those standards matter because the Sheridan Detention Center is described by the city as an approved municipal detention center.

Public records are not the same as full online access. A booking sheet, arrest report, or booking photo may be a public record when no exemption applies, but ongoing law-enforcement investigations, juvenile records, sealed records, medical information, security details, and court-rule limits can restrict release. That is why a written request should identify the record, date, person, agency, and case number if known.

Grant County DOC Custody

The Arkansas Department of Corrections has no prison physically listed in Grant County, so a state-prison search should use the statewide locator rather than a local jail page. Arkansas DOC search can show sentenced prisoners, state custody records, county waiting-list labels, and Sheridan city jail labels. These are DOC record labels. They do not create a separate Grant County state-prison facility.

The Arkansas DOC FY 2024-2025 county jail fiscal summary gives a current state-level picture of Grant County backup-list interaction. For the Grant County Backup List, the ADC inmate section shows 154 invoices, $129,880 in original invoice amount, 126 returned, $110,920 reimbursement requested, and $106,680 paid by June 5, 2025. The jail subtotal shows 176 invoices, $143,240 original, 143 returned, $121,640 reimbursement requested, $115,960 paid, and a $5,680 balance owed. That is financial and custody-system evidence, not a daily roster.

The Arkansas DOC inmate search form shows how state custody searches differ from a local jail phone inquiry.

Use the DOC image as a reminder that state custody search fields differ from local jail booking questions.

Search Grant County Inmate Population

No official online current Grant County jail roster or Sheridan inmate gallery was located on the county, city, or detention center pages reviewed. The lookup path therefore starts with the detention center and then branches by custody type. Current local custody is a jail phone question. Filed charges are a court-record question. State prison records are a DOC question. Federal and immigration custody use separate national systems. No official Grant County Sheriff or Sheridan Police mobile app with an inmate roster or warrant lookup was located in the sources reviewed.

For a new arrest, have the person's full name, date of birth if known, arresting agency, and approximate arrest date. Do not send sensitive information through a general web contact form unless the office says to do so. The official Grant County contact page warns that plain email is not secure for confidential or personal details.

1. Call Sheridan Detention Center at (870) 942-5512 for current local custody.
2. Call Sheridan Police non-emergency at (870) 942-4642 for city-police detention building questions that are not emergencies.
3. Use VINELink Arkansas for custody notification where a record is available.
4. Search ARCourts when a court case or filed charge may exist.
5. Use Arkansas DOC, BOP, or ICE when the person is in state, federal, or immigration custody.

Grant County Roster Alternatives

A normal online roster search table cannot be built for Grant County from the official local sources because no current local roster interface was found. The most accurate substitute is an access-channel table. It shows which source answers which part of the custody question and prevents the common mistake of searching a prison locator for a same-day jail booking.

The official Sheridan Police Department page gives both the detention center phone and police non-emergency line. The official Sheridan bond sheet page gives a separate bond/fine reference, but staff or the court must still confirm whether a person is bondable and where payment is accepted.

Grant County Inmate Records

Because a public Sheridan or Grant County inmate-profile page was not located, local online field claims should stay narrow. Jail staff may be able to confirm whether a person is in custody, and formal booking material may need a public-records request to the agency that created or keeps the record. A local booking record may include name, arresting agency, booking date, charge label, bond or release status, and booking photo when releasable, but those fields were not verified on a public local roster.

Arkansas DOC profiles are different. The state profile can show an inmate photo, ADC number, name, physical descriptors, birth date, initial receipt date, facility, mailing address, custody classification, good time class, PE/TE date, total time, aliases, and sentence history. That is a prison record, not a same-day jail booking sheet.

County Jail Versus Prison

The Grant County inmate population search should follow custody status. County jail custody covers arrest, booking, bond, first appearance, local sentences, and agency holds. State prison custody starts after conviction and commitment to Arkansas DOC. Federal custody and immigration custody are separate systems, even if a person was first arrested in Grant County.

Grant County has no DOC prison listed in the county, no BOP institution in the county, and no ICE detention facility located in the research. The correct search path is based on who holds the person now, not where the arrest began.

Grant County Court Records

A jail booking charge is not the final court charge. After arrest, the prosecutor may file, amend, or decline charges. The District Court handles many misdemeanor, city, county, ordinance, traffic, civil, and small-claim matters. The Circuit/County Clerk keeps circuit and juvenile court records, prepares dockets, and issues summons, warrants, subpoenas, and writs authorized by Circuit Court for delivery by the sheriff.

Use the Arkansas Judiciary's Search ARCourts information page and the public portal for filed case information. Search ARCourts can show parties, judge, filings, charges, dispositions, future events, judgments, and links to some public court documents, subject to Administrative Order 19 limits. For custody records tied to a current booking, use Grant County jail inmate records first. For booking photos, use Grant County jail mugshots and records-request guidance.

The Search ARCourts public portal begins with participant and case-search paths.

Court results should be read as case records, not as proof that a person remains in jail.

Grant County Detention Facility

Grant County has one local detention facility identified in the facility research: Sheridan Detention Center. The official city page says the detention center was built with a local sales tax, opened with 36 beds, expanded to approximately 100 inmates, has sixteen employees, and houses male and female inmates for local, state, and federal agencies. It is a city-jail/local municipal detention center, not a state prison.

• Sheridan Detention Center - city-operated approved municipal detention center serving Sheridan and Grant County custody needs.

The official detention center source shows the local facility facts used here.

The local detention source is strongest for capacity, staffing, agency-hold scope, and the city-operated jail structure.

Grant County Custody Terms

Several terms appear across jail, court, and DOC records. Clear definitions help separate a jail booking from a court case and a state-prison record.

Booking

Jail intake after arrest, usually creating a custody record and basic charge label.

Pretrial detainee

A person held before final disposition of the case.

Detainer

A hold or notice from another agency that can affect release.

DOC

Arkansas Department of Corrections, the state prison and correction system.

PE/TE date

An Arkansas DOC parole or transfer eligibility date that may change under state rules.

Grant County Inmate FAQ

Is there an online Grant County inmate roster?

No official current Grant County or Sheridan online jail roster was located in the county, city, or detention center sources reviewed. Start with the Sheridan Detention Center phone line for current local custody, then use VINELink, Search ARCourts, Arkansas DOC, BOP, or ICE depending on the person's status.

What is the current Grant County inmate population?

An official current daily population was not located. The researched public figures include Vera's 2013 Grant County jail population of 83 against a rated capacity of 96, and the City of Sheridan's current stated detention-center capacity of approximately 100 inmates after expansion.

Does Grant County have a state prison?

No Arkansas DOC prison was physically listed in Grant County in the official DOC facility review. Sentenced state prisoners from Grant County should be searched through Arkansas DOC, where Grant County and Sheridan-related labels may appear in state records.

Are mugshots online?

No official local Grant County or Sheridan mugshot gallery was located. Booking photos may need a public-records request to the proper agency when releasable, while Arkansas DOC profiles often show state-prison photos for sentenced inmates.