Montgomery County Inmate Population
The Montgomery County inmate population is centered on one local facility, the Montgomery County Jail in Mount Ida. The jail is operated by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office and handles adult county detainees, people booked on local charges, short county sentences, holds, body attachments, and people waiting for release or transfer processing. No separate sheriff annex, city jail, regional jail, state prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention center was identified in Montgomery County from the official sources reviewed.
That single-facility map matters for search accuracy. A person newly arrested in Montgomery County should be checked through the county roster or by calling the jail. A person sentenced to the Arkansas Division of Correction should be checked through the state DOC locator. Federal sentenced prisoners belong in the BOP locator, federal pretrial custody may involve U.S. Marshals channels, and immigration detention belongs in ICE's detainee locator. VINELink is available in Arkansas as a custody notification fallback.
Montgomery County Inmate Statistics
The best sourced population data in the research comes from the Vera Institute Incarceration Trends county dataset. Vera's 2019 Montgomery County, Arkansas row reports a small rural jail population, not a large urban detention system. The sheriff's live public roster is separate from these annual data points. On May 29, 2026, the roster showed no current or released public entries, but that roster count can change quickly and should not be treated as the county's annual jail population.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rated jail capacity | 12 beds | Vera Incarceration Trends county CSV, 2019 |
| Total jail population | 9 | Vera, 2019 |
| Pretrial custody | 7 | Vera, 2019 |
| Sentenced custody | 2 | Vera, 2019 |
| Admissions | 67.5 | Vera, 2019 compiled dataset estimate |
| Total jail population rate | 180.72 per 100,000 age 15-64 | Vera, 2019 |
| Live public roster display | 0 current / 0 released | Sheriff roster, May 29, 2026 point-in-time view |
Montgomery County Jail Trends
Vera's recent captured rows show the Montgomery County inmate population ranging from 7 to 9 people from 2014 through 2019. Rated capacity moved from about 11 to 12 beds in the same period. The 2019 total of 9 people against 12 listed beds suggests the county was below Vera-listed capacity that year. Because the county jail is small, a change of one or two people can shift rates, percentages, and public roster impressions in a way that would be less visible in a large county.
| Year | Total Jail Population | Rated Capacity | Pretrial | Sentenced | Admissions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 7 | 11.17 | 5.44 | 1.56 | 0 |
| 2015 | 7 | 11.33 | 5.44 | 1.56 | 5 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11.5 | 7 | 2 | 36.25 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11.67 | 6.22 | 1.78 | 88 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11.83 | 6.22 | 1.78 | 72.25 |
| 2019 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 67.5 |
Decimals in Vera admissions, pretrial, and sentenced fields come from dataset estimation and aggregation. They should be read as compiled historical measures, not literal fractions of a person in a jail cell.
Who Is in Montgomery County Jail
The county jail population is not the same as the state prison population. In the 2019 Vera row, pretrial custody accounted for most of the Montgomery County jail population, with 7 pretrial people and 2 sentenced people. The same pattern appears in earlier recent rows, where pretrial figures exceed sentenced figures. That fits the county jail role: short-term local custody before case resolution, bond, release, sentence completion, or transfer.
- Pretrial detainees are people held while charges, bond, or court appearances are pending.
- Short county sentences may remain in the jail when handled locally.
- Body attachments are court orders, often in child-support matters, that can require custody until a judge or cash condition clears the hold.
- Transfers can move a person from the county roster to DOC, federal, or immigration systems.
The Vera demographic rows for 2019 listed 9 male detainees and 0 female detainees, with all 9 in the white category in that source row. Small-county demographic figures can reflect rounding, suppression, and annual averages. They should not be used to describe today's live roster or every booking.
Laws Behind Montgomery County Records
The local access rule starts with the sheriff FAQ: most Sheriff's Office records are public information under Arkansas FOIA and can be viewed or copied for a nominal fee. The same FAQ says records can be withheld when they involve open criminal investigations, certain personnel records, juveniles, or records sealed or expunged by court order. The county also cannot give public criminal-history information from ACIC or NCIC databases.
Key record rules:
Arkansas FOIA, Ark. Code Ann. 25-19-105 generally opens public records for inspection and copying unless an exemption applies.
Ark. Code Ann. Title 12, Chapter 26 creates the state framework for criminal detention facility standards and oversight.
Arkansas Minimum Standards for Adult Criminal Detention Facilities require jail logs or detention records that track intake and population information.
Ark. Code Ann. 16-90-1409 and 16-90-1410 provide routes to seal some arrest or dismissed-case records when statutory conditions are met.
Search Montgomery County Inmates
The official sheriff roster is the first search channel for the Montgomery County inmate population. It has current and released views, no login requirement, and no visible name-search boxes in the captured source. Users should check the roster count, switch between current and released views, and then call the jail if the roster is empty, delayed, or unclear.
- Open the current Montgomery County inmate roster.
- Check whether the page lists current detainees or shows "Inmate Roster (0)."
- Use the released view when trying to confirm a recent release.
- Call 870-867-3151 and ask for the Detention Center if the public roster does not answer the custody question.
- Search Arkansas DOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink when custody may have moved out of the county jail.
The sheriff's homepage lists the official Mount Ida agency details and 24-hour phone line.
That homepage anchors the jail roster, sheriff contact, local phone, and county context in one official source.
Montgomery County Roster Controls
The roster controls are simple. They help with current versus released custody status, but they do not replace a full records request or state criminal-history search. The page also auto-refreshes every five minutes through page code, but the sheriff does not state that a new booking must appear within that time.
| Control | Type | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| Inmate Roster count | Display | Shows the number of entries visible in that roster view. |
| Show Released / Current | Toggle link | Switches between people currently listed and released-roster entries. |
| Order By Name | Sort link | Orders visible entries by name when entries exist. |
| Pagination | Navigation | Appears above and below the roster shell. |
| Search fields | Not shown | No first name, last name, DOB, booking number, or facility search box was captured. |
What Montgomery County Records Show
Because the live roster was empty when inspected, no public inmate profile was available for field-by-field capture. The confirmed public fields are the roster count, the current/released split, sort, pagination, and page refresh behavior. The confirmed internal booking tasks are stronger: the sheriff Administration page says detention staff conduct computer book-in, fingerprinting, photographing, searching, change-out, and housing cell-block assignment.
- Booking
- The jail intake event that starts a local custody record after arrest.
- Current roster
- The sheriff's public view for people presently listed in county custody.
- Released roster
- The sheriff's public view for released entries when the page lists them.
- DOC
- The Arkansas Department of Corrections system for sentenced state prisoners.
- VINELink
- A custody-status and notification network linked by the sheriff's jail page.
County Jail vs State Prison
The most common search mistake is checking the wrong custody system. The Montgomery County jail roster is for local jail custody. Arkansas DOC is for sentenced state custody and county-to-DOC transfer status. BOP and ICE cover still different systems. Each locator answers a different question.
| Montgomery County Jail | Arkansas DOC | Federal / ICE | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Pretrial, short local sentences, holds, release processing | Sentenced state prisoners and some waiting-list statuses | Federal sentenced inmates or immigration detainees |
| Where to search | Sheriff current/released roster | DOC inmate search | BOP or ICE ODLS |
| Local facility in county | Yes, Montgomery County Jail | No DOC prison listed in Montgomery County | No BOP or ICE facility identified in Montgomery County |
Montgomery County Jail Services
The sheriff jail page links several practical services for the Montgomery County inmate population. It says inmates are allowed one free on-site video visit each weekend, scheduled 24 hours ahead by calling the Detention Center. Visits are available Saturday or Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. No cellphones are allowed during visitation, juveniles must be with an adult, and late arrival causes lost visit time.
For money and communication, the page sends commissary purchases to CommissaryDeposit and phone, text, and video services to CityTeleCoin. It does not publish local fees, spending caps, order cutoffs, refund rules, or remote-video rates. It also does not publish a full mail format. The only personal-item drop-off rule located is narrow: prescription medication in the inmate's name and original container may be dropped off, while outside food and drinks are not allowed.
State and Federal Inmate Search
The Arkansas DOC locator has more search fields than the county roster. It can search by ADC number, county, first and last name, facility, gender, offense category, age, and race after the user accepts a disclaimer. The facility dropdown includes a Montgomery County waiting-list category, which may help after sentencing when a person has not yet physically moved into a prison unit.
The DOC inmate hub also links state-prison mail, money, commissary, handbook, programs, and victim services. Those DOC rules are separate from Montgomery County jail visitation, CommissaryDeposit, and CityTeleCoin rules. Federal sentenced inmates should be checked through BOP. Immigration detainees should be checked through ICE ODLS. VINELink remains useful for custody notifications when a reader needs alerts rather than a complete case file.
The Arkansas DOC inmate search shows why state custody is a separate route from local Montgomery County inmate population lookup.
The DOC form is built for state correction records, not the county jail's current and released roster shell.
Montgomery County Detention Facility
Only one detention facility page is needed for Montgomery County based on the official facility map. The Montgomery County Jail is the local intake and release-processing site for county custody. The sheriff Administration page names the detention administrator as Merle Buxton and describes detention staff as handling receiving, intake, release, booking, fingerprints, photos, searches, change-out, and housing assignments.
- Montgomery County Jail - sheriff-operated county detention facility for local pretrial detainees, short county sentences, holds, body attachments, and transfer or release processing.
Montgomery County Custody Context
Montgomery County is a rural west central Arkansas county in the Ouachita National Forest. The sheriff homepage describes mountains, rivers, Lake Ouachita, hiking, fishing, hunting, camping, and visitors as part of the county profile. The office says it serves about 800 square miles and works with Arkansas State Police, Arkansas Game and Fish, Arkansas Forestry Commission, U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
That context helps explain why a Montgomery County arrest may involve an agency other than the sheriff's office. The Pay Tickets page lists Montgomery County District Court ticket routes for Arkansas State Police, Arkansas Game and Fish, Arkansas Highway Patrol, U.S. Forest Service, and the sheriff's office. The Information and Alerts page also has hiker and alarm forms tied to local terrain and dispatch needs.
Montgomery County Inmate FAQ
How big is the Montgomery County inmate population?
Vera's 2019 county dataset reports a total jail population of 9 and rated capacity of 12 beds. The sheriff's roster showed no public current or released entries when inspected on May 29, 2026, but that live roster count is only a point-in-time public interface result.
How do I search the Montgomery County inmate population?
Start with the sheriff's current roster, check the released view, then call 870-867-3151 and ask for the Detention Center if the public page does not show the person. Use Arkansas DOC for sentenced state prisoners.
Does Montgomery County have a state prison?
No Arkansas DOC prison was identified in Montgomery County on the official DOC facilities list. State prisoners from Montgomery County should be searched through the statewide DOC locator, not a local prison page.
Are booking photos guaranteed online?
No. The sheriff Administration page confirms photographing during intake, but the public roster was empty during inspection, so public mugshot display could not be verified from a live Montgomery County entry.