Woodruff County Jail Overview
Woodruff County Jail is the only detention facility identified in official Woodruff County research for the facility map. It is a sheriff-operated county jail run by the Woodruff County Sheriff's Office, not a separate corrections department. The official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Phil Reynolds and states that sheriff duties include operation of the jail, criminal investigations, traffic enforcement, and other law-enforcement responsibilities. That makes the sheriff the correct first contact for current local custody, booking, bond, visitation, jail records, and records-request routing.
The facility should be treated as a county jail. People held there may include newly arrested Woodruff County detainees, pretrial defendants, local sentenced inmates, and temporary holds pending court action, release, transfer, or state custody review. No official county source reviewed published a jail capacity, housing-unit layout, inmate handbook, separate jail administrator, jail roster, recent booking report, or mugshot gallery. Because those details were not located in official Woodruff County or Arkansas sources, a public custody search needs a layered path instead of a single roster link.
The official Woodruff County Sheriff page is the main county source confirming the sheriff and jail operation.
The sheriff source supports the local custody route, while statewide tools fill gaps when a person is transferred, sentenced, or connected to court events.
Woodruff Jail Lookup Path
No official Woodruff County online jail roster was located in the county sources reviewed. That fact changes the lookup order. Start with the Woodruff County Sheriff's Office for the live local question: whether the person is currently held at Woodruff County Jail. Then use Arkansas VINE for custody-status monitoring, Arkansas DOC for sentenced or state-ready status, Search ARCourts for filed charges, and federal or immigration locators only when the custody type points outside the county jail system.
- Call the Woodruff County Sheriff's Office with the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency.
- Search Arkansas VINE or call 1-800-510-0415 for custody alerts and county-jail status information.
- Use Arkansas DOC inmate search if the person may be sentenced, on a Woodruff County Waiting List, or listed as Woodruff Cty 309-In Jail.
- Search Search ARCourts or the newer Search ARCourts portal for filed charges and court events after the arrest.
- Use the BOP inmate locator or ICE detainee locator only for federal or immigration custody questions.
Arkansas VINE is a strong fallback for Woodruff County Jail because the DOC VINE page says county jail data transfers every 15 minutes. DOC data transfers every hour, while court and supervision information transfers daily. VINE can provide custody status, location, release events, transfer events, upcoming court hearings, and case disposition alerts, but the originating agency should still verify critical facts. The Woodruff County Sheriff AR app is listed in the Apple App Store and Google Play, but the store text reviewed did not confirm an inmate roster or warrant search feature.
Woodruff Jail Contact
For current custody, jail records, booking questions, bond information, and operational details not published online, use the sheriff contact path first. The official county contact page gives the county-government address and general public hours. The sheriff page gives the sheriff phone number. Jail-specific lobby hours were not separately published, so visitors should call before traveling for records, bond, visitation, or property questions.
Woodruff County Jail
500 North 3rd Street
Augusta, AR 72006
870-347-2583
County general office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Woodruff County Circuit Clerk
500 North 3rd Street
Augusta, AR 72006
870-347-2391
Use for court case files, dispositions, and filings after charges are filed.
The county general phone is 870-347-5206, but custody and jail-specific questions should route to the sheriff. The official county contact form warns that plain-text email is not secure for confidential, sensitive, or personal information. For jail records, call first and ask how the sheriff wants a public-records request submitted.
Who Woodruff Jail Holds
Woodruff County Jail can hold people arrested in Woodruff County, pretrial detainees waiting for court action, local sentenced inmates, and temporary holds pending transfer. A detainer or hold means another agency has an interest in the person before release. A state-ready or 309-style status means a person may be physically in a county jail while tied to Arkansas DOC status. Those categories are why the DOC locator can matter even though the Woodruff facility is a county jail.
No Arkansas DOC state prison is physically listed in Woodruff County, and no federal BOP prison or ICE detention center was located in official facility research for Woodruff County. A person arrested locally can still move to state prison after sentencing, federal custody after federal action, or immigration detention if ICE custody applies. Those systems are separate from Woodruff County Jail and should be searched through the official locator for that custody type.
Note: A Woodruff County arrest can start locally but later move to DOC, court, federal, or immigration systems.
Woodruff Jail Visiting Status
Official Woodruff County sources reviewed did not publish a jail visitation schedule, visitor approval process, video visitation vendor, dress code, child-visitor rule, attorney visit procedure, or prohibited-items list. Do not use Arkansas DOC prison visitation rules as Woodruff County Jail rules. State prison visitation has separate approval, scheduling, ID, and vendor rules controlled by ADC. A Woodruff County Jail visitor should call the sheriff before traveling and ask what entrance, identification, arrival time, and visitor limits apply that day.
| Topic | Official Woodruff County Status | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not located in official sources reviewed. | Call 870-347-2583 before travel. |
| Video visitation | No official Woodruff County vendor or schedule located. | Ask whether video visits are offered and how accounts are approved. |
| Visitor ID and dress code | Not published in official county materials reviewed. | Confirm ID, clothing, minor-visitor, and prohibited-item rules by phone. |
| Attorney visits | No public jail-specific process located. | Attorneys should call the jail or court directly for current access rules. |
Call before departure even if a family member recently visited. County jail schedules can change because of court movement, staffing, lockdowns, emergencies, transport, holidays, or medical needs. The county site did not publish visitor parking, accessible entrance, or locker details, so those questions should be part of the same call.
Mail Phone Money Status
Woodruff County did not publish jail-specific mail rules, inmate phone provider information, commissary vendor details, money-deposit methods, fee tables, tablet rules, or mail-scanning rules in the official sources reviewed. That absence should not be filled with commercial jail-directory claims. Use the physical sheriff address only after confirming the required inmate name format, whether a booking number is needed, and whether mail is accepted at that address for the person in custody.
| Service | Official Detail Located | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| No jail-specific format or mail policy located. | Ask for exact name line, booking number needs, address format, and restrictions. | |
| Phone calls | No provider or account setup page located. | Ask which provider handles calls and whether fees or account rules apply. |
| Money deposits | No kiosk, online, cash, money order, or vendor rule located. | Confirm accepted methods and fees before sending funds. |
| Commissary | No vendor or order schedule located. | Ask whether commissary is available and how deposits are posted. |
The Arkansas DOC mail and money rules are useful only after a person enters state custody. ADC digital mail, ADC inmate banking, ADC video visitation, and ADC prison vendor rules should not be applied to Woodruff County Jail unless the sheriff confirms the same procedure locally. For a sentenced person in DOC custody, use the DOC inmate information and mail/money pages instead of county jail assumptions.
Woodruff Booking and Intake
Booking is the jail intake step after arrest. It can include identity checks, fingerprints, property inventory, medical screening, a booking photo, custody classification, warrant checks, and entry of arrest charges. The Woodruff County official site does not publish a booking desk page, intake hours, booking-report feed, or booking-number search. A newly arrested person may also be released before a public search catches up, held on a warrant, transferred, or moved into court before a family member finds a record.
After booking, the first appearance and prosecutor review shape the court side of the case. Booking charges are arrest-stage allegations. Prosecutor-filed charges may be different. Use Woodruff County court records after jail arrest to follow filed counts, amended charges, future hearings, dispositions, and judgments. Use VINE for custody alert registration. Use a public-records request when the needed item is a past booking record, jail log entry, incident report, release date, or booking photo that is not available online.
Directions to Woodruff Jail
The Woodruff County Jail and sheriff contact path use the county-government location at 500 North 3rd Street in Augusta. From the U.S. 64 corridor, route into Augusta and continue to North 3rd Street. The official county about page identifies U.S. Highway 64 as a major east-west automobile corridor. From the east side of the county, U.S. Highway 49 is the major north-south route named by the county, with local streets connecting toward Augusta and the county-government block.
Visitors approaching from Interstate 40 should route north toward the county and the Highway 64 corridor. The county's official local context places Woodruff County north of I-40 and west of I-55. No official public-transit route for jail visitors was located in county materials. Visitor parking, accessible parking, step-free entry, lockers, and the correct public entrance were not published for the jail, so call before arrival if any of those details matter to the visit.
Audit and Population Caveats
Official online sources reviewed did not publish a current Woodruff County Jail daily count, rated capacity, average daily population, annual bookings, average length of stay, or demographic breakdown. The 2024 Arkansas Legislative Audit adds financial context but not a jail population count. It reports General Fund actual jail fees of $2,565 and actual law-enforcement expenditures of $898,465. It also reports a 2018 sales and use tax bond originally issued for $5,860,000 for jail and law-enforcement facility improvements, with remaining principal of $3,955,000. Those are financial figures, not custody statistics.
| Measure | Official Finding | Use With Care |
|---|---|---|
| Jail capacity | No verified official capacity located. | Do not use unofficial bed counts as fact. |
| Current population | No official public dashboard located. | Confirm current custody through sheriff or VINE. |
| Audit jail fees | $2,565 actual in the 2024 audit. | Revenue figure, not a booking count. |
| Jail and law-enforcement bond | $5,860,000 original issue, $3,955,000 remaining principal. | Facility funding context, not a condition or capacity finding. |
County financial reports can show jail fees, law-enforcement expenses, detention-facility funds, phone commission fund authority, and bonds for jail or law-enforcement improvements. They do not prove how many people are held today, whether the jail is crowded, which vendor handles phones, or how commissary is sold. For current population or operational details, the sheriff is the first source.