Montgomery County Jail Roster Overview
The official Montgomery County jail roster is published on the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office website. It has a current inmate roster and a released inmate roster. At inspection on May 29, 2026, both views displayed "Inmate Roster (0)." That is a live roster state, not a statement that the jail has no annual inmate population or no future bookings.
The roster is a public list view, not a broad name-search database. The captured page showed a current/released toggle, an "Order By: Name" control, pagination, and page code that refreshes every 300,000 milliseconds, or five minutes. The sheriff site does not promise that a new booking appears within five minutes. If a Montgomery County inmate record is missing, the practical next step is to call the jail information line.
The official roster source can be seen on the Montgomery County current roster page.
The screenshot shows why users need fallback channels: the roster interface may be available even when no public entries are listed.
Use the Montgomery County Roster
A Montgomery County inmate lookup should begin with the sheriff's roster because that is the county's official public custody list. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest time, and likely arresting agency ready. Bookings in Montgomery County may involve sheriff deputies, Arkansas State Police, Arkansas Game and Fish, U.S. Forest Service law enforcement, or other agencies working in the county.
- Open the official current inmate roster and check the count at the top of the page.
- Use the released-roster link if the person may have bonded out, completed processing, or been released before the search.
- Use the name order control where available. No first-name, last-name, booking-number, or date-of-birth search box was captured.
- If no inmate appears, call 870-867-3151 and ask for the Detention Center.
- If the person has been sentenced to state prison, search the Arkansas DOC locator instead of the county roster.
The released roster uses the same public shell as the current roster. It was also empty at inspection, so no sample released profile could be opened or verified.
Montgomery County Roster Fields
The Montgomery County inmate records interface is unusually limited in the captured state. It does not show a keyword box. It does not require login or payment. Its useful features are the current/released split and the ability to order a visible list by name when entries exist.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inmate Roster count | Display label | N/A | Showed "Inmate Roster (0)" on both captured roster views. |
| Show | Link/toggle | No | Current view links to Released; released view links back to Current. |
| Order By | Link/toggle | No | Name ordering was visible. URL uses an order-by parameter. |
| Pagination | Display/link | N/A | The shell displayed page navigation even with no listed inmates. |
| Name search | Not present | N/A | No first-name or last-name search fields were visible. |
| Login | Not present | N/A | No account, registration, or payment requirement was visible. |
Montgomery County Inmate Profile Limits
No current or released inmate profile was available when the roster was inspected. For that reason, the public research does not verify that Montgomery County entries show mugshots, charges, bond, booking number, housing unit, court date, arresting agency, or release date. The sheriff Administration page confirms that jail intake includes computer book-in, fingerprinting, photographing, searching, change-out, and housing assignment, but those internal steps do not prove which fields appear publicly.
| Field | What the Research Confirms |
|---|---|
| Roster count | Visible on both current and released roster pages. |
| Current/released status | Visible through separate current and released views. |
| Name | Not observable in a live entry because no entries were listed. |
| Mugshot | Not observable publicly, although photographing is part of local intake. |
| Charges and bond | Not observable on a Montgomery County profile in the captured roster state. |
| Housing or release status | Not observable beyond the current/released page split. |
The sheriff's Administration page supplies the official booking-process details behind local inmate records.
That source is important because it confirms intake tasks without overstating what the public roster displayed during inspection.
County, State, Federal Lookup
Montgomery County inmate records cover local jail custody. They do not replace the Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate search, the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. A person arrested in Montgomery County may start in the county jail, later appear on a DOC waiting-list or state-prison record after sentencing, or leave the local roster after a transfer.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County pretrial or short sentence | Montgomery County sheriff roster | Local jail custody and released-roster entries when listed. |
| Sentenced Arkansas prisoner | Arkansas DOC locator | State custody, DOC facility status, county waiting-list categories, and offender filters. |
| Federal sentenced inmate | BOP inmate locator | Federal prison custody, not county jail bookings. |
| Immigration detainee | ICE ODLS | ICE custody, separate from the sheriff roster. |
| Custody notifications | Arkansas VINELink | Notification and custody-status alerts where supported. |
Montgomery County Jail Facility
The public facility map resolves to one local detention facility for this build: Montgomery County Jail, also described in the research as the Montgomery County Detention Center. It is operated by the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office in Mount Ida. Vera's county dataset lists 12 rated beds for 2019, while the sheriff site does not publish a current rated capacity.
Montgomery County Jail
225 Fairgrounds Rd.
Mount Ida, AR 71957
870-867-3151
Administrative office: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; jail phone listed 24 hours.
Booking Process in Montgomery County
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office describes the Detention Facility as responsible for receiving, intake, and release processing for all prisoners. The named intake tasks are computer book-in, fingerprinting, photographing, searching, change-out, and housing cell-block assignment. Detention staff also control entrances and exits, monitor security video systems, and observe inmates in housing areas.
Those steps explain why a Montgomery County inmate record may exist before a court case is complete. Booking starts the jail record. Prosecutor review and court filings happen separately. A person may also be held on a warrant, body attachment, bond condition, short county sentence, or transfer process. If the person was arrested with a warrant, the sheriff FAQ says the warrant generally lists the bond amount. If the arrest was without a warrant, bond is set under Arkansas law and later court action.
Request Montgomery County Booking Records
When the online jail roster does not answer a records question, use the sheriff's public-records route. The sheriff FAQ says most Sheriff's Office records are public under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act and are available for viewing or copying for a nominal fee. It also lists limits: open criminal investigations, certain personnel records, juvenile records, and records sealed or expunged by court order may be withheld.
The same FAQ draws an important line around criminal-history checks. The Sheriff's Office may release information available under Arkansas FOIA, but it cannot provide ACIC or NCIC criminal-history or background information. Broader statewide criminal-history checks belong with Arkansas State Police or ACIC, not the county jail records counter.
Montgomery County Jail Visitation
After a Montgomery County inmate record confirms local custody, visitation rules come from the sheriff's jail page. Inmates are allowed one free on-site video visit every weekend. Visits should be scheduled 24 hours ahead by calling 870-867-3151 and asking for the Detention Center. Visitors should arrive early with valid identification and check in with the front desk.
| Visit Type | Days | Time | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-site video visit | Saturday or Sunday | 8:00 a.m.-3:45 p.m. | One free visit each weekend; schedule 24 hours ahead; no cellphones; juveniles with adult. |
| Remote video | Not published locally | Not published locally | CityTeleCoin is linked for video calls, but local pricing and schedule were not published. |
| Attorney visits | Call jail | Call jail | No separate public attorney-visit rule was located. |
The official sheriff jail page is the source for the local visitation, commissary, CityTeleCoin, and VINELink details.
The jail page also makes clear that family should confirm current rules before bringing property or scheduling a visit.
Contact and Money After Lookup
The sheriff jail page does not publish a full inmate mail format. Call the Detention Center before mailing letters, books, photos, or other items. The page does publish a strict personal-item rule: no outside food or beverages may be brought for inmates, and the only drop-off items allowed are prescription medications prescribed to that inmate in the original container.
Commissary purchases are routed through CommissaryDeposit. Phone time, text messages, and video calls are routed through CityTeleCoin. The sheriff page does not publish fees, spending limits, refund rules, call length, or commissary order cutoffs, so those details should be checked with the jail and vendor before money is sent.
Note: Confirm custody with the jail before sending money, scheduling a visit, or relying on a roster entry.