The Detention Center
Randolph County Detention Center
- Operated byRandolph County Sheriff's Office
- Jail address1510 Pace Road, Pocahontas, AR 72455
- Jail line870-892-8888 (24 hours); administrative hours M-F 8:00am-4:30pm
- RosterCurrent inmates published on the sheriff's own domain, with a 48-hour release list; 76 listed when read on 18 September 2026
- Beds published by the countyNot published
- Departments pageThe sheriff's 'Departments & Services' page reads 'Details coming soon'
- What was triedrandolphcountysheriff.org home, roster-choose, roster.php, message and departments-and-services pages were opened. The county site ee-randolph.ark.org/departments redirected between https and http in a loop and could not be read. randolphcountyso.org appeared in search but is not Randolph County, Arkansas and is not cited. Commercial lookup sites (randolphjailroster.org, jailexchange.com, arkansassheriffsassociation.com, countyjailroster.net, arkansasprisonroster.org) were not opened or cited.
- Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directoryHolds: Males & Females; capacity 100; jail phone (870) 892-8888; jail administrator Mandy Scott. Checked 18 September 2026; an association directory, not a county source - https://arsheriffs.org/sheriffs/randolph-county-sheriff/
Source: Randolph County Sheriff AR - Roster Choose · checked 2026-09-18
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✓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
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
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Kevin Bell
- Runs the jailYes - the sheriff's site lists the Randolph County Detention Center and publishes its custody 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: the county sheriff shall have the custody, rule, and charge of the jail within the county and all prisoners committed in the county
- Name as publishedSigned 'Sheriff Kevin Bell' on the sheriff's 'Message From Sheriff' page, which refers to the upcoming 250th anniversary of independence in 2026
- Office address1510 Pace Road, Pocahontas, AR 72455; 870-892-8888 (24 hours)
- Arkansas Sheriffs' Association directoryLists Kevin Bell ('Elected in 2019'); office 1510 Pace Rd., Pocahontas, AR 72455, phone (870) 892-8888. Checked 18 September 2026; an association directory, not a county source - https://arsheriffs.org/sheriffs/randolph-county-sheriff/
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Randolph County Sheriff AR - Message From Sheriff · 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. No circuit number or judge was confirmed from a page that could be opened.
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-18
The County Judge and Quorum Court
They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.
- County judgeBen Wicker — 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
Notes on the record
- The sheriff's own domain, randolphcountysheriff.org, was read: it names the Randolph County Detention Center and publishes a live roster (76 people on 18 September 2026) and a 48-hour release list.
- No beds, bond guidance, rates, PREA material or housing agreements were published on the sheriff pages opened; the departments page says 'Details coming soon'.
- The county government's site redirected in a loop and could not be read, so budget, quorum court minutes and any inspection report there are unexamined rather than confirmed absent.
- County seat is not recorded because no county page could be opened; the jail and sheriff's office are in Pocahontas.
- Randolph County, Missouri was researched last session; every page used here names Pocahontas, Arkansas.
- Arkansas law requires each county jail to be inspected at least annually by a governor-appointed district criminal detention facility review committee (A.C.A. § 12-26-107), against mandatory state minimum standards. The written report goes to the district's administrative judge and to the county judge; state law does not require it to be published, and no public state repository of the reports was located.
- A.C.A. § 12-12-315 requires anyone with knowledge of a death in jail custody to notify the county coroner, the prosecuting attorney and the sheriff; it is a notification duty to officials, not a public-reporting law, and no public Arkansas list or dataset of jail deaths was located.
- County seat from CCCarto's Arkansas county-seat list (https://www.cccarto.com/countyseats/arkansas/), checked 18 September 2026; it names ten two-seat counties, including Franklin (Ozark and Charleston).
- Arkansas form: an elected County Judge (chief executive) and a Quorum Court (legislative body). The county's site (ee-randolph.ark.org) could not be read, so no names, minutes or budget are recorded.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Randolph County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the justices of the peace on the quorum court who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-09-18 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered