Madison County Jail Overview
Madison County Jail is operated by the Madison County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Ronnie Boyd. The official contact page lists Dispatch and Jail at 201 West Main Street, Huntsville, AR 72740, with the dispatch and jail phone line at (479) 738-2320. The sheriff's administrative office is separate, at 220 North Gaskill in Huntsville, and the sheriff's mailing address is P.O. Box 476. The public research names Lola Mitchell as Jail Administrator.
The facility should be read as a county jail and 24-hour holding facility, not as an Arkansas Department of Corrections prison. It serves people arrested in Madison County before release, court appearance, transfer, or state or federal custody. The public sheriff site does not publish housing-unit details, a current rated capacity for the holding facility, a pod layout, medical-unit rules, work-release details, or a full visitation manual. The most useful public jail data is the roster, which shows current inmates, new bookings, recent releases, mugshot thumbnails, charges, bonds where present, and court dates where present.
The sheriff's about page screenshot in the manifest comes from the Madison County Sheriff's Office about page.
The sheriff's leadership page helps tie the Madison County Jail record system to the local office that operates the facility and maintains jail contact channels.
Madison County Jail Capacity
The official sheriff and county pages reviewed for Madison County did not publish a current bed count for the present 24-hour holding facility. That matters because a page about Madison County Jail should not turn news about the new jail into a claim about current operating capacity. The strongest local official fact is that dispatchers and jailers are trained for the sheriff's 24-hour holding facility, with duties expected to become more separated as the new jail becomes operational.
Separate from the current facility rules, local news sources reported a major jail transition. Arkansas Advocate reported a proposed 1% sales tax for operating and maintaining a new 148-bed county jail. A 40/29 News follow-up reported voter approval, construction expected to be complete in summer 2025, and Sheriff Boyd's statement that the jail should be fully functioning sometime in 2026. A prior 40/29 News report said county land was purchased east of Huntsville on U.S. 412 for the project. Those figures describe the new-jail project, not a published current visitor rule or daily population count.
Look Up Madison County Jail Inmates
The correct online lookup for Madison County Jail is the sheriff-linked Relativity/RPS roster at the Madison County current inmate roster. The roster has tabs for current inmates, new inmates booked in the last 48 hours, and recent releases in the last 48 hours. It also has Sort By controls, a Select Name dropdown, page-size choices, and a Refresh Now option when the list is updating. It is free and public, and no paid account was encountered during research.
- Open Current Inmates when checking whether a person is listed in Madison County Jail now.
- Use New Inmates for a booking from the last 48 hours, especially after an arrest or warrant service.
- Use Recent Releases when a person may have posted bond, been released, or transferred in the last 48 hours.
- Use Sort By and Select Name to scan the listed records. The Select Name field is a dropdown of visible roster names.
- Call the jail at (479) 738-2320 if the roster is refreshing, incomplete, or unclear.
The current-roster image in the manifest comes from the official Madison County RPS roster.
The roster image shows why Madison County Jail custody checks should start with tabs and roster controls rather than a countywide name-search box.
Madison County Jail Contact
Use the jail line for active custody questions, release status, current visitor instructions, and whether a person has been moved to another agency. Use the administrative office for sheriff business, records routing, and in-person office matters during posted weekday hours. The court and circuit clerk are also downtown, so callers should keep jail custody, sheriff administration, and court records separate.
Madison County Jail
201 West Main Street
Huntsville, AR 72740
(479) 738-2320
Dispatch and Jail line
Madison County Sheriff's Office
220 North Gaskill
Huntsville, AR 72740
(479) 738-5612
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Madison County Jail Visits
Madison County Sheriff's Office did not publish a detailed jail visitation page in the official sources located during research. No confirmed schedule, video vendor, dress code, child-visitor rule, attorney-visit process, holiday schedule, or visitor entrance map was found. The RPS-Inmate Info app listing advertises jail hours, address, website, visitation rules, map, and directions, but the Madison-specific rules were not visible in the public web capture.
Before traveling, call Madison County Jail at (479) 738-2320. Ask whether visits are available that day, whether the person is still in the Madison County facility, what photo ID is required, what items are barred, and whether the new jail transition has changed the public entrance. A roster listing can change after bond, court action, transfer, or a hold from another agency.
| Topic | Madison County Jail Finding |
|---|---|
| In-person visitation schedule | Not published on located official sheriff or county pages. |
| Video visitation vendor | Not published in the public sheriff pages reviewed. |
| Visitor ID rules | Not published. Confirm before travel. |
| Dress code | Not published. Confirm with the jail. |
| Attorney visits | Not published in located public text. |
Madison County Jail Mail
The official Madison County sources did not publish inmate mail format, a mail-scanning policy, prohibited-mail rules, a commissary vendor, online deposit instructions, a lobby-kiosk policy, phone-pricing details, or deposit fees. Do not assume the sheriff's mailing address is the correct inmate mail address without asking. The public roster also does not show booking numbers, so mail or money instructions may require direct confirmation from the jail.
| Service | Published Detail |
|---|---|
| Inmate mail format | Not published in located official Madison County jail sources. |
| Mail address | Sheriff mailing address is P.O. Box 476, but inmate mail use must be confirmed. |
| Money deposits | No online county-jail deposit vendor or fee schedule found. |
| Commissary | No local commissary order rules found. |
| Phone or video provider | No county jail provider or rate table found. |
ADC money and mail rules should not be imported into Madison County Jail. The Arkansas Department of Corrections has separate state-prison banking, mail, phone, and visitation procedures. Those state rules can matter after a Madison County defendant is sentenced or transferred, but they do not establish Madison County Jail's local deposit process.
Madison County Jail Booking
Madison County booking details are visible mainly through the roster, not through a posted jail-policy manual. A person may be arrested by the Madison County Sheriff's Office, Huntsville Police, Arkansas State Police, or another agency, then booked into the county facility or another active intake point during the new-jail transition. The public roster can then show a booking photo, name, race, sex, age, address city field, arrested date and time, charges, bond where present, court date where present, and release date when the person has left custody.
Several fields a family member might expect are not visible in the public roster examples. Booking number, date of birth, exact street address, housing unit, physical description, bond type, warrant number, and judge or magistrate name were not shown. A bond amount on the roster should be treated as a starting point, not final release advice. Call the jail before trying to post bond because a warrant, no-bond hold, transfer order, federal matter, or immigration detainer can change release eligibility.
- Hold
- A custody reason for another agency or court that may prevent release on a local bond alone.
- Bond
- Money or court-set conditions that may allow release before the next court date.
- County waiting list
- An ADC category for people in county custody while waiting for state placement.
Madison County Jail Transfers
Madison County Jail is the local starting point for many arrests, but it is not always the last custody system. A person sentenced to state prison may leave the county roster and appear in the Arkansas ADC inmate search. ADC's search fields include ADC number, county, last name, first name, facility, gender, offense category, age, race, and a required disclaimer checkbox. The facility list did not show a state prison physically located in Madison County.
Federal and immigration custody need different tools. Use the BOP inmate locator for federal sentenced inmates and some federal custody statuses from 1982 forward. Use ICE ODLS for immigration detention. No federal BOP prison or ICE over-72-hour detention facility was found in Madison County during research. A local roster hold or transfer note should be verified with the agency that actually has custody.
Note: Confirm custody, visitor rules, mail format, and deposit options with Madison County Jail before traveling or sending funds.
Madison County Jail Records
Older jail records, booking photos outside the 48-hour release window, and details missing from the roster may require a public-records request. Arkansas FOIA generally allows Arkansas citizens to inspect and copy public records unless an exemption applies. For Madison County jail records, the practical custodian route starts with the sheriff's administrative office, the jail phone line, and the mailing address. A narrow request should name the person, date, record type, and whether the request is for a roster card, booking photo, release record, or other jail record.
Court records are separate from jail records. The roster may list an arrest charge or warrant text, but formal court filings must be checked through Search ARCourts, Madison County Circuit Clerk, or the local district court as appropriate. Jail charges can be amended, declined, reduced, or dismissed after prosecutor review. For a broader custody overview, the county inmate-population hub links the Madison County Jail roster with state, federal, and notification channels.