Madison County Jail Roster
The official Madison County inmate roster is linked from the Madison County Sheriff's Office and the sheriff's citizen resources page. It is hosted at the Madison County RPS current roster, a Relativity/RPS page that was public and free in the research pass. The roster is the county-level channel for people arrested in Madison County who are in the local jail or holding-facility process, plus people shown on the short-term new-booking and recent-release tabs.
Madison County uses a small local custody footprint. The sheriff's public contact page lists Dispatch and Jail at 201 West Main Street in Huntsville, and the sheriff's careers material describes the current operation as a 24-hour holding facility. Sheriff Ronnie Boyd leads the Madison County Sheriff's Office, and the about page names Lola Mitchell as Jail Administrator. The public roster supplies more custody detail than the sheriff's static pages, because no separate Madison County jail policy page was found for visitation, commissary, housing, or booking lobby rules.
County roster records are not the same as Arkansas Department of Corrections, federal, or immigration records. A same-day Madison County arrest normally starts with the county roster and the jail phone line. A sentenced state prisoner is searched through the Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate search. Federal sentenced custody belongs in the BOP inmate locator, and immigration detention belongs in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.
Use Madison County Roster
A Madison County jail roster search works differently from a free-text statewide database. The roster page has tabs, sorting controls, a Select Name dropdown, and a page-size selector. If the current list is refreshing, the page may briefly show no inmates and a prompt to refresh. That temporary state should not be treated as proof that nobody is in custody.
- Open the Current Inmates roster from the sheriff site or by direct URL.
- Choose the tab that fits the custody question: Current Inmates, New Inmates, or Recent Releases.
- Use Sort By to scan by arrested date or name, especially when the list is short.
- Use Select Name only after the dropdown has names. It is a list of returned names, not a blank search box.
- Open or read the roster card for charges, bond if shown, court date if shown, booking photo, and release time when applicable.
- If the person is missing, call Madison County Dispatch and Jail at (479) 738-2320 before assuming release or transfer.
The New Inmates and Recent Releases tabs are both 48-hour tools. They are useful when a person bonded out quickly, was booked on a warrant and released, or transferred before the current-roster tab was checked. Older booking history is not presented as a yearly archive in the public roster, so older Madison County inmate records may require a specific public-records request to the sheriff's office.
The Madison County current roster screenshot shows the county's roster controls and inmate-card layout.
The screenshot is useful because Madison County's custody lookup depends on tabs and returned roster cards rather than a large search form.
Madison County Search Controls
The roster controls reflect the actual access path for Madison County inmate records. The research did not find fields for booking number, date of birth, housing unit, or free-text charge search on the public county roster. The ADC, BOP, and court portals have their own fields and should not be confused with the county jail roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | Tab/link | No | Shows people currently listed by the Madison County roster. |
| New Inmates | Tab/link | No | Shows people booked in the last 48 hours. |
| Recent Releases | Tab/link | No | Shows people released in the last 48 hours. |
| Sort By | Radio/link control | No | Observed options were Arrested Date and Name. |
| Select Name | Dropdown | No | Contains names already returned by the active tab. |
| Select Page Size | Dropdown | No | Observed page-size options were 10, 20, and 30. |
| Refresh Now | Button/link | No | Appears when the current inmate list is refreshing. |
Madison County Roster Card
A Madison County inmate record on the public roster is a roster card, not a complete jail file. It can show a booking photo thumbnail, name, demographic shorthand, address city or blank address field, arrest timestamp, charge text, bond amounts, court dates, and release time for recent-release cards. It did not show full date of birth, booking number, street address, housing pod, warrant number, judge, physical description, or bond type in the inspected public snippets.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Photo | Public booking image thumbnail with alt text tied to the listed name. |
| Name | Full listed inmate name, often in last-name-first order. |
| Race/Sex/Age | Demographic shorthand, such as race, sex, and age, not full date of birth. |
| Address | City and state when populated; exact street address was not visible. |
| Arrested | Arrest or booking timestamp shown with date and time. |
| Released | Release date and time on new-inmate or recent-release cards when applicable. |
| Charges | Plain-language charge lines, warrant text, or hold wording. |
| Bond | Dollar amount when present, sometimes one amount per warrant or charge line. |
| Court Date | Future court date and time if the roster card includes it. |
Charge text on the jail roster should be read as booking or arrest information. It may differ from the formal charge filed later in court. For filed charges, dispositions, judgments, and public court events, use Search ARCourts or contact the Madison County Circuit Clerk.
Madison County Lookup Channels
Madison County inmate records require a fallback chain because each system covers a different custody stage. The county roster is the first stop for local detention. The jail phone line is the verification channel when the roster is refreshing, incomplete, or unclear. Arkansas FOIA is the route for older booking records or records that have dropped from the 48-hour tabs, subject to exemptions. Court records and criminal-history checks use separate systems.
| Custody or Record Need | Where to Look | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current county custody | Madison County current roster | Can show a temporary refresh state. |
| Booked in last 48 hours | New Inmates tab | May include people already released. |
| Released in last 48 hours | Recent Releases tab | Older releases drop off the tab. |
| Direct custody check | Dispatch and Jail, (479) 738-2320 | Staff may route records questions to a formal request. |
| Older booking record | Madison County Sheriff's Office records request | No dedicated online FOIA form was located. |
| Sentenced state custody | ADC inmate search | Not for ordinary same-day county bookings. |
| Federal custody | BOP inmate locator | Covers federal custody from 1982 forward and no county mugshots. |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | County hold wording does not prove final ICE location. |
| Custody notification | VINELink | Notification tool, not a complete records archive. |
Note: Confirm custody with the jail before sending money, traveling for a visit, or relying on a bond amount.
Madison County Jail Contact
The only confirmed detention facility in the facility map is Madison County Jail. The official sheriff contact page separates the jail and dispatch address from the administrative office. That distinction matters for inmate records because a person looking for immediate custody, bond, or transfer status should start with jail/dispatch, while older records, business-hours questions, and mail routing may require the administrative office or mailing address.
Madison County Jail
201 West Main Street
Huntsville, AR 72740
(479) 738-2320
Visitation and inmate-mail rules were not published in the sheriff pages located.
Madison County Sheriff's Office
220 North Gaskill
Huntsville, AR 72740
(479) 738-5612
Administrative office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Madison County Booking Records
Madison County booking detail is visible mostly through the roster rather than a written jail policy. A local arrest, warrant service, or agency hold can lead to transport to the Madison County jail or active intake point. Jail staff then record the public roster fields that were observed in the research, including the name, demographic shorthand, city or address field, arrest time, charges, bond if present, court date if present, and booking photo.
The New Inmates tab is important because Madison County bookings can be brief. Research examples included entries where a person was booked and released in the same short window. The Recent Releases tab can help when a person was in jail but is no longer on the current list. A release on the roster does not prove the case ended, and it does not erase court obligations. Search ARCourts or the clerk can show what happened after the jail booking.
- Booking
- The jail intake event that creates public roster data.
- Hold
- A custody reason tied to another agency, warrant, detainer, or transfer request.
- Bond
- Money or court-set conditions that may allow release before case disposition.
- PR bond
- Personal recognizance release based on a promise to appear, if ordered by the court.
Visits Mail and Money
Madison County did not publish a detailed official jail page for in-person visitation, video visits, inmate mail, commissary deposits, phone accounts, tablets, or money limits in the source set. The safest records advice is to call the jail before sending anything or traveling. Do not assume that the sheriff's mailing address is the right inmate-mail format, because the research identifies it as a sheriff's office mailing address rather than a confirmed inmate-mail address.
| Topic | Madison County Finding |
|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not published on official sheriff or county pages located. |
| Video visitation vendor | Not published. |
| Visitor ID and dress rules | Not published; confirm by phone before travel. |
| Inmate mail format | Not published; ask for exact name and ID format. |
| Online deposit vendor | Not published. |
| Commissary fees or limits | Not published. |
ADC rules should not be copied onto Madison County Jail. For example, ADC's state-prison money rules apply to ADC inmates, not necessarily local Madison County detainees. If a person has moved to state custody, follow ADC mail, money, and visitation rules after locating the person through the ADC search.
Madison County Mobile Lookup
The Madison County roster links to the RPS-Inmate Info mobile app. The Apple App Store listing and Google Play listing describe a free Relativity/RPS app with booking, mugshot, charges, PBR, court date, 24-hour arrested and released updates, jail address, jail website, jail map, directions, and visitation-rule features. The public web roster already shows current, new, and recent-release data, so the app is best treated as a mobile access channel, not a separate official Madison County database.
The RPS-Inmate Info app listing shows the roster-related features advertised by the vendor.
The app listing matters for Madison County because the sheriff-linked roster points users to the same vendor ecosystem for mobile roster access.
Older Madison County Records
When a Madison County inmate record is no longer on the current, new, or recent-release tabs, the next route is a specific records request to the proper custodian. Arkansas FOIA generally allows public-record inspection and copying by Arkansas citizens during regular business hours unless an exemption applies. The research did not find a Madison County Sheriff's Office online FOIA form for jail records, booking photos, incident reports, or older roster entries.
A useful request should identify the person, approximate arrest or booking date, date of birth if known, charge or warrant text if known, and the exact record sought. Examples include a booking sheet, booking photo, release date, arrest report, jail incident report, or warrant copy. For court filings after arrest, send the request to the court or clerk, not to the jail.
Note: Arkansas FOIA has exemptions for some law-enforcement, juvenile, sealed, security, and confidential records.