Greene County Detention Center Overview
Greene County Detention Center is operated by the Greene County Sheriff's Office at 1809 N Rockingchair Road in Paragould. It is the single detention facility identified in the Greene County facility map and serves the local jail population for the county. The jail holds pretrial detainees, people arrested by the sheriff's office or local police agencies, people serving local custody time, probation or parole holds, ADC-bound inmates, U.S. Marshals inmates reported in inspection materials, work-release inmates, ACT 309 inmates, and trustees. Paragould Police Department materials also direct jail-location questions to this same detention center, so an arrest by Paragould police does not mean there is a separate city jail roster to search.
The facility should not be described as a state prison. Arkansas Division of Correction materials do not list a state prison physically located in Greene County, and no BOP or ICE detention facility was found in Greene County, Arkansas. State, federal, and immigration locators still matter after transfer, sentencing, or detainer activity, but the Rockingchair Road jail remains the local booking point for Greene County jail records.
The official detention center page shows the local jail's service structure: in-house medical care staffed by Turnkey Medical, food service through Summit Food Solutions, commissary through Summit Food Solutions, phone service through Correct Solutions Group, and video visitation or messaging through TechFriends and JailATM. That vendor list is useful for families, but it should be checked directly with the jail before money, medication, or travel decisions are made.
The sheriff's official detention center page at greenesoar.gov/detention-center is the source for the facility's published capacity, vendors, mail directions, and jail phone contact.
Use the live sheriff page for current service rules because visitor schedules, mail processing, commissary access, and medication procedures can change faster than older inspection documents.
Greene County Detention Center Capacity and Population
The sheriff's detention page states that the Greene County Detention Center is capable of housing up to 440 inmates and maintains an average population of 350 inmates. The same page separately says the facility can house up to 40 work-release inmates, 12 ACT 309 inmates, and 8 trustees. Those figures should be read as specialized population categories connected to the county detention center, not separate jail buildings.
A 2023 Jail Standards inspection, conducted June 13, 2023 and referenced in a sheriff press release dated July 24, 2023, gives more facility detail. The extracted bed breakdown included booking and holding beds, male and female general population beds, trustee and ACT 309 beds, and low-risk, trustee, and work-release beds. The inspection described practical operational capacity at about 350 inmates, with a 2023 high of about 384 inmates. It also captured a routine-day mix that included pretrial felony or state inmates, U.S. Marshals inmates, county or ADC-bound inmates, and probation or parole inmates.
ACT 309 deserves careful wording. In Greene County, ACT 309 and work-release references do not turn the jail into a state prison. They describe state-custody or work-assignment statuses attached to a sheriff-operated county detention center. A person may appear in a local jail context while also being connected to an Arkansas DOC waiting-list, 309, or work entry.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Greene County Detention Center
For a recent Greene County arrest or current county-jail custody, start with the official Greene County inmate roster at greenesoar.gov/inmate-roster/search. The roster has Current, Released, Name, and Date options, a search box that accepts a first or last name, sorting links, pagination, and profile links. If the disclaimer page appears first, read it and continue only after understanding that the sheriff and detention center do not certify the roster as the final court record.
- Open the official Greene County inmate roster and choose Current, Released, Name, or Date depending on the search.
- Enter either a first name or a last name. The roster placeholder says first OR last name, so a full name is not always required.
- Use newest-to-oldest or oldest-to-newest sorting if the name is common or the booking date matters.
- Open the inmate profile to review the mugshot, booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charges, bond note, and VINELink icon when shown.
- Call the jail at 870-239-6334 before posting bond or relying on listed charges, case numbers, court dates, or release information.
If the person is not in the county roster, widen the search by custody type. Sentenced Arkansas state inmates and ADC waiting-list or ACT 309 entries are searched through the Arkansas DOC locator at inmate.ark.org. Custody notifications may be monitored through VINELink. Federal sentenced inmates are searched through the BOP locator, while immigration detention is searched through ICE ODLS. Those systems do not replace the Greene County jail roster for a new local booking.
Greene County Detention Center Address and Contact
Use the jail phone for current custody, roster timing, bond-confirmation questions, property-release details, medication drop-off confirmation, and visitor planning. The sheriff's separate 24-hour or non-emergency number is useful for sheriff's office contact, but the jail phone is the direct facility line published for detention center matters.
Greene County Detention Center
1809 N Rockingchair Road
Paragould, AR 72450
Jail: 870-239-6334
Sheriff 24-hour/non-emergency: 870-239-6343
Fax: 870-239-6344
Published office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Visiting Someone at Greene County Detention Center
Greene County's published detention page routes video visitation, messages, photos, commissary, and money deposits through JailATM.com, with TechFriends identified for video visitation and messaging. The local sheriff materials reviewed did not publish a complete in-person visitation schedule, visit length, dress code, visitor approval rule, or child-visitor rule. Do not assume an open lobby visit is available on a specific day without calling the jail first.
| Visit or Contact Type | Published Schedule | Where to Start |
|---|---|---|
| Video visitation | Local days and times not published in reviewed sheriff materials | JailATM.com / TechFriends; JailATM issue line 870-627-5476 |
| In-person social visitation | No official local schedule located | Call Greene County Detention Center at 870-239-6334 before traveling |
| Attorney or legal access | No public schedule located | Legal mail from an attorney goes to the jail address marked "Legal Mail" |
| Custody notifications | Not a visit schedule | Use VINELink after confirming the person's identity in the roster or DOC locator |
State prison visitation rules are different. If a person has transferred from Greene County to Arkansas DOC custody, follow the DOC facility's visitor approval, scheduling, phone-list, and video-visit rules rather than Greene County jail procedures.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Greene County Detention Center
The Greene County jail's mail and money rules are unusually specific. Regular inmate mail uses a Conway, Arkansas PMB address posted by the sheriff, while attorney legal mail, money orders, and notary mail route to the Rockingchair Road jail address with different attention or labeling requirements. Do not substitute Arkansas DOC prison mail rules for a person still housed at the county detention center.
| Service | Provider / Detail | Important Note |
|---|---|---|
| Regular inmate mail | 500 Amity Road Suit 5B PMB 53, Conway AR, 72032 | Use the address as posted by the sheriff for ordinary inmate mail. |
| Attorney legal mail | 1809 North Rockingchair, Paragould, AR 72450 | Mail from an attorney must be stamped "Legal Mail." |
| Money orders | Financial Director, 1809 North Rockingchair, Paragould, AR 72450 | All money orders must be labeled as money orders. |
| Notary mail | Notary, 1809 North Rockingchair, Paragould, AR 72450 | Use this routing only for mail requiring notary handling. |
| Commissary and deposits | Summit Food Solutions; access through JailATM.com | No local fee schedule was captured outside the portal. |
| Phone calls | Correct Solutions Group | No local phone-rate table was found in the reviewed jail materials. |
| Video, messages, photos | TechFriends / JailATM | For service issues, sheriff materials route users to JailATM at 870-627-5476. |
Property and Medication Notes
Property release is published for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The recipient needs valid identification, and the inmate must complete a property-release form before the jail releases property or money. The FAQ adds that property or money release requires the inmate's consent through that form.
Medication guidance has an important conflict in the official materials. The detention page says prescriptions may be dropped off from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily, subject to medical-staff approval, and says the facility is narcotic free. The FAQ says medications can only be dropped off Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Because both are sheriff-published directions, call 870-239-6334 before bringing medication. The FAQ also says only medications, Bibles, eyeglasses, or contacts may be dropped off.
Booking and Intake at Greene County Detention Center
Greene County official materials do not publish a full minute-by-minute intake procedure, but the roster and Arkansas jail standards outline the path. A person arrested by the Greene County Sheriff's Office, Paragould Police Department, or another local agency is generally transported to Greene County Detention Center unless another court or facility order applies. Arkansas jail standards require a jail log or detention record with intake and population details, including demographic information, arrest and confinement times, release time, reason for confinement, felony or misdemeanor classification, arresting or confining officers, and warrant or commitment data.
Public Greene County roster profiles show booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charges, and booking photo. Jail standards also address photographs, fingerprints, and DNA samples as required by state and federal law. Medical screening and ongoing care are handled through the facility's in-house medical operation. Specific housing units are not published for the public, but the jail does identify ordinary detainee housing separately from work-release, ACT 309, and trustee groups.
After booking, court and bond information can change. The inspected sample profile warns bond companies and people posting bail to contact detention staff for correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. For court-filed criminal cases, Greene County Circuit Clerk materials explain that many cases begin with an Information filed by the Prosecuting Attorney, supported by an affidavit for the Information and/or bench warrant; grand-jury indictment and appeals from lower courts are other paths.
Jail Standards, Programs, and Conditions
The sheriff's office published a July 24, 2023 press release titled "2023 Jail Standards Report Released," stating that Jail Standards officials conducted the yearly inspection on June 13, 2023. Sheriff Brad Snyder thanked detention center staff and described a goal of improving and meeting or exceeding state standards. The extracted inspection material described the bed breakdown, practical operational capacity, a routine-day population mix, 24-hour health care, jail-officer staffing, a chaplain program, a work-release program, and reentry services under review.
Programs and operations documented in the local materials include work release, ACT 309 work assignments, trustee status, in-house medical services, food service, commissary access, phone service, video visitation, messaging, property release, and prescription handling. No official GED schedule, substance-abuse-treatment schedule, religious-services calendar, grievance handbook, tablet-program detail, ACA accreditation statement, or local reentry-partner list was located in the reviewed Greene County sources.
ACT 309 inmates are state prisoners assigned to work duties in local detention facilities. In Greene County, the detention page says the commercial kitchen is staffed by ACT 309 inmates and lists 12 ACT 309 inmates as part of the facility's special population capacity. Work-release and trustee statuses also describe custody assignments within or connected to the county jail, not separate prisons.
Directions and Visitor Planning
The detention center address for maps and visitor planning is 1809 N Rockingchair Road, Paragould, AR 72450. The county courthouse and several court offices are at 320 West Court Street, so do not confuse the courthouse location with the jail. A person checking custody, bringing approved property, confirming medication drop-off, or asking about bond through dispatch should start with the Rockingchair Road sheriff and jail complex. A person paying certain court fines or checking court filings may need a court office instead.
No official turn-by-turn route, visitor lot map, parking-rate schedule, public-transit route, rail stop, ADA entrance description, or visitor-entry door diagram was located in the sheriff or county materials. Use a map app for current driving directions and call the jail before arrival if accessible parking, lobby access, property release, medication drop-off, or visitation availability matters that day.
Before traveling: Confirm custody, visitation access, medication rules, and property-release availability with Greene County Detention Center at 870-239-6334.