Ouachita County

The Detention Center

Ouachita County Sheriff's Department Detention

• Operated byOuachita County Sheriff's Office
• Jail address109 Goodgame St, Camden, AR 71701 (as given on the detention page)
• Jail line870-231-5300
• RosterCurrent roster, intake/release for the last 24 and 72 hours, and name search, served through the sheriff's iSOMS portal
• Beds and populationNot published on the pages opened
• What was triedOpened the sheriff's home, detention landing and roster time-frame pages and the iSOMS portal home. The Visitation and Bail Bonds footer pages were not returned by search and could not be opened. No county government domain was returned.
• Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directoryHolds: Male & Female; capacity 200; jail phone (870) 231-5300; jail administrator Cameron Owens. Checked 18 September 2026; an association directory, not a county source - https://arsheriffs.org/sheriffs/ouachita-county-sheriff/

Source: Ouachita County Sheriff's Office - Detention · checked 2026-09-18

• ✓The jail is named
• ✓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 Ouachita 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 David Norwood

• Runs the jailYes - the sheriff's site runs a Detention section and the 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
• Tenure publishedThe sheriff's home page states Sheriff David Norwood has served since 2009 and is the longest-standing sheriff in the county
• Office address109 Goodgame St, Camden, AR 71701
• Office line870-231-5300
• Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directoryLists David Norwood ('Elected in 2009'); office 109 Goodgame St., Camden, AR 71701, phone (870) 231-5300. Checked 18 September 2026; an association directory, not a county source - https://arsheriffs.org/sheriffs/ouachita-county-sheriff/

Source: Ouachita County Sheriff's Office - home · 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 judgeRobbie McAdoo — 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