This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, pull an official booking record, or change a court record. Use the official offices and portals below for those tasks.
Where To Look
For Lincoln County jail questions, the safest published local contact is the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and jail contact listed by the Association of Arkansas Counties. Call before visiting because official online jail details are limited and the newer detention-center location has not been confirmed on an official county jail page.
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office / Jail Contact
Sheriff Steve Young
300 S. Drew St.
Star City, AR 71667
Phone: 870-628-4271
Jail information line: 870-628-4271
Fax: 870-628-6256
Published public hours: not located in official online sources; call before visiting.
Court records and state or federal custody use different offices and portals. The list below routes common needs to the source most likely to hold the record.
- For a current local detainee, start with jail inmate records and the sheriff's office at 870-628-4271.
- For a booking photo, check jail roster mugshots and ask the sheriff how to request a booking record under Arkansas FOIA, Ark. Code ยง 25-19-105.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Search ARCourts at caseinfonew.arcourts.gov/opad, or the Circuit Clerk, Cindy Glover, 300 S. Drew St., Room 103, Star City, AR 71667, 870-628-3154.
- For Lincoln County District Court matters, use District Court contact Tammy Smith at 870-628-4904, fax 870-628-6442.
- For a specific facility, use the facility pages for Lincoln County Detention Center, Cummins Unit, and Varner/Varner Supermax Unit listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Arkansas state prisoner, search the Arkansas DOC locator at inmate.ark.org.
- For custody notices, use VINELink Arkansas or call 1-800-510-0415.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.