Union County Jail Roster & Inmate Search

About the Union County Jail

The Union County Detention Center, also referenced as the Union County Criminal Justice Facility, is a county detention center in Union County, Arkansas. Charlie Phillips is the Union County sheriff, and Jim Sanders is the jail administrator.

The facility has an official capacity of 215. It may house pretrial detainees, people held on local misdemeanor matters, people accused of felony offenses, and state Act 309 work-release inmates.

Facility

Union County Detention Center / Union County Criminal Justice Facility

Address

250 American Road, El Dorado, AR 71730

Main Phone

(870) 864-1970

How the Union County Inmate Search Works

The roster at the top of this page serves as the Union County inmate search. The official roster is titled Inmate Confinements and is presented through Citizen Connect for the Union County Sheriff’s Office.

Individual records may display the inmate’s name, age, race, gender, booking date, arresting agency, arrest date and time, detailed charges, total bond amount, and Cash/Surety or Secured bond classification.

Users can review Current Confinements, Admits by Date Range, Charges, and Arresting Agency. Additional options include Last 24 Hours, Last 7 Days, custom start- and end-date searches, charge filters, and arresting-agency filters. Custom date-range searches are limited to 31 days or less.

The official roster interface does not provide a dedicated text field for searching directly by name or booking number. Records must instead be located through the available confinement, date, charge, and arresting-agency options.

The Union County jail roster tracks physical booking, provisional intake charges, bond information, and immediate custody status. It is not a court docket or a court-record search. Formally filed charges, docket entries, judicial orders, scheduled events, dispositions, and judgments are maintained through the court system.

Posting Bail at Union County Jail

Bail is set by the court, not by the jail. The presiding judge determines the bond amount and any supervision requirements individually during the defendant’s first appearance.

The roster may show a total bond amount and identify the bond as Cash/Surety or Secured. Licensed private surety bonds and bail bondsmen are accepted in Union County.

Before arranging a bond or traveling to the facility, call the Union County Detention Center at (870) 864-1970 to confirm the current bond amount, classification, case number, release conditions, and accepted payment method.

Sending Money to an Inmate

The Union County Detention Center operates a regulated prisoner commissary system. Call the jail at (870) 864-1970 to confirm the currently approved method for depositing money into an inmate’s account before attempting a transaction.

Inmate Communication

City Tele-Coin Company, Inc. provides inmate phone service at the Union County Detention Center. Family members can establish an account through City Tele-Coin, and the published in-state call rate is $0.35 per minute.

Video calls are also available through City Tele-Coin. Contact the facility for current phone rules beyond the published account and rate information.

Before mailing correspondence, contact the facility to confirm the approved inmate mailing address, required inmate-identification format, and permitted contents.

Visitation at Union County Jail

Visitation is available every day from 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. The Union County Detention Center supports remote offsite video visitation and onsite visitation components through City Tele-Coin Company, Inc.

Call (870) 864-1970 before planning a visit to confirm scheduling, visitor requirements, inmate eligibility, and whether the visit will be conducted onsite or remotely.

Union County Court Information

Criminal cases in Union County may be handled by the Union County Circuit Court or the Union County District Court.

The Union County Circuit Court is a general-jurisdiction trial court within Arkansas’s 13th Judicial Circuit. It has exclusive jurisdiction over felony cases and associated lesser offenses.

The Union County District Court is part of the 35th Judicial District, District Four, El Dorado Department. It handles misdemeanor criminal offenses, municipal violations, and traffic infractions.

Criminal cases may involve arraignment, bail hearings, pretrial proceedings, trial, sentencing, and other case events. The hearing notice controls the date, time, location, and format of a court appearance.

Search ARCourts is the Arkansas Judiciary’s official public court-record system for courts using the Contexte Case Management System. It replaced the former Public CourtConnect platform.

Search ARCourts provides basic case information for all Arkansas circuit courts and participating district courts. Users may search by a person’s or business’s name, search by case number, or use advanced filtering options.

Available public details may include the parties, presiding judge, docket filings, links to selected filed PDF documents, charges, dispositions, future scheduled events, and judgments. Some records are excluded from public internet access under Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19 and state law.

Court

Union County Circuit Court

Address

Union County Courthouse, 101 North Washington Avenue, Suite 201, El Dorado, AR 71730

Phone

(870) 864-1940

Judicial District / Circuit

Arkansas 13th Judicial Circuit

Court

Union County District Court, El Dorado Department

Address

250 American Road, Suite A, El Dorado, AR 71730

Phone

(870) 864-1950

Judicial District / Circuit

35th Judicial District, District Four

Clerk

Chief District Court Clerk April Bagley