This website is a private reference guide, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, change a visitation schedule, or retrieve an official booking record. Those requests must go to the government office or locator that controls the record.
Where to Start
For current Marion County jail questions, use the official sheriff and detention center contact information below. The jail operates around the clock, while administrative office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Marion County Sheriff's Office / Marion County Detention Center221 Randolph Road
Yellville, AR 72687
Mailing address: P.O. Box 366, Yellville, AR 72687
Phone / 24-hour non-emergency: 870-449-4236
Fax: 870-449-4869
The sheriff's contact page also warns that email is not monitored 24/7 and should not be used for confidential or sensitive information. Use these routes based on the record or custody question you have.
- For someone believed to be in the Marion County Detention Center, begin with jail inmate records and then call 870-449-4236 if timing or release status matters.
- For booking photos shown with roster cards, use the jail roster mugshots page and confirm official copies through the sheriff's records process.
- For charges, filings, dispositions, or official court copies after a jail arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Search ARCourts, and the appropriate Marion County clerk.
- For facility-specific visiting and jail operation details, use the Marion County Detention Center page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Arkansas prisoner, use the Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate locator rather than the county roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System, because those records are not maintained by Marion County.