Newton County

The Detention Center

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• Operated byNewton County Sheriff's Office
• RosterThe sheriff's site publishes a current-inmates roster (Jasper, AR); at the time it was fetched its header read "Inmate Roster (0)"
• Former jailWikipedia (secondary, not a county source) describes the stone jail at Spring and Elm Streets in Jasper as a former lockup, National Register-listed in 1994, used until 2009 when a new jail opened
• What was triedOpened the sheriff's two roster pages. The pages opened give no jail name, beds, bond, visitation or fee information. No county government domain was returned by search.
• Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directoryHolds: Male & Female; capacity 30; jail phone (870) 446-5124; jail administrator Charity Richardson. Checked 18 September 2026; an association directory, not a county source - https://arsheriffs.org/sheriffs/newton-county-sheriff/

Source: Newton County Sheriff AR - Inmate Roster · checked 2026-09-18

• ✗The jail is named — not published
• ✓Who is in custody
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Newton County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-18. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Glenn Wheeler

• Runs the jailYes - the sheriff's office publishes the county inmate roster
• How the office is filledElected county sheriff, four-year term (Ark. Const. art. 7, § 46; Amendment 95)
• Statutory basisA.C.A. § 12-41-502 gives the county sheriff the custody, rule, and charge of the jail and all prisoners committed in the county
• Office address300 North Spring St, P.O. Box 312, Jasper, AR 72641
• Office line870-446-5124
• NameThe roster pages opened do not name the sheriff, so none is recorded
• Source of the nameName from the Association of Arkansas Counties directory, not a county page; checked 18 September 2026
• Office phone (directory)(870) 446-5124
• Also checkedNewton County Sheriff AR - Inmate Roster — https://www.newtoncountysheriff.org/roster.php (did not print the sheriff's name)
• Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directoryLists Glenn Wheeler ('Elected in 2019'); office 401 North Spring St., Jasper, AR 72641, phone (870) 446-5124. Checked 18 September 2026; an association directory, not a county source - https://arsheriffs.org/sheriffs/newton-county-sheriff/

Source: Association of Arkansas Counties — Newton County page (statewide directory, checked 18 September 2026) · checked 2026-09-18

The Judges

Arkansas circuit judges are elected on a nonpartisan ballot to six-year terms; the governor fills a mid-term vacancy by appointment until the next general election. They are state judicial officers, not county officials. Under Ark. R. Crim. P. 8.1 an arrested person goes before a judicial officer without unnecessary delay; depending on the court, that may be a circuit judge or a magistrate. Arkansas's "county judge" is the county's chief executive, not a judicial officer, and does not set bail.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-18

The County Judge and Quorum Court

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• County judgeWarren Campbell — the county’s chief executive, not a judicial officer; named in the Association of Arkansas Counties directory, checked 2026-09-18
• What they controlThe county judge and quorum court fund and build the jail: the detention budget, the building itself, and any dedicated jail sales tax.
• What they don'tCustody of the jail. Under A.C.A. § 12-41-502 the elected sheriff has “the custody, rule, and charge” of the jail and its prisoners.
• The quorum courtNo quorum court page was found on the county's own site