Cleburne County AR Detention Center

Cleburne County AR Detention Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 501-362-8144

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Cleburne County AR Detention Center is a medium-security detention center located at 914 S 9th St Heber Springs, AR which is operated locally by the Cleburne County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Cleburne County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Heber Springs Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

The Detention Center has a capacity of 90 inmates and houses both male and female inmates, they do not house juveniles. The Detention Center utilizes ACT 309 inmates from the Arkansas Department of Corrections to cook, clean, do yard work and work on vehicles.

MAIL – Inmates receive their mail daily. All inmate mail going out and coming into the Detention Center is checked for contraband. Legal mail is the only exception.

MEDICAL – Inmates may request to see the nurse once a week by filling out a request stating the reason for medical attention. The nurse is on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for emergencies.
If an inmate is on medication they should bring their medicine with them or have a family member bring it to the Detention Center in the original bottle with a non-expired prescription. Medicine is dispensed as ordered by the nurse and/or the inmates’ doctor.
Inmates are required to co-pay for their doctor, nurse and dentist visits. They are also required to pay for their medication and prescriptions.

WORK RELEASE – Some inmates are allowed to do work for the City of Heber Springs and Cleburne County to help pay their fines and court costs. These inmates are used to collect trash along the roads in Cleburne County.

If anyone has any questions about the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Detention Center or about the inmates please call the phone numbers listed above.

visitation Info

Cleburne County Detention Center – Visitation

• Saturday and Sunday during the hours of 9AM-4PM.
• Visitors must be put on the inmates’ visitation list and must show ID when they arrive to visit.
• Inmates are only allowed 20 minutes to visit, unless additional time is approved earlier by the Sheriff or Jail Administrator.

People wishing to visit inmates with the last names beginning with the letter A-M need to contact the jail to arrange visitation on Thursday prior to the visitation on Saturday. People wishing to visit inmates with the last names beginning with the letter N-Z need to contact the jail to arrange visitation on Friday prior to the visitation on Sunday.

All arrangements may be made only during the hours of 7:30 A.M. to 7:30 P.M. 

The Detention Center does not accept any food or clothing from the outside.