The Pike County Inmate Population
The local custody center for Pike County, Arkansas is the Pike County Jail, which also appears in the roster system as Pike County Detention Center. The official sheriff source identifies Travis Hill as sheriff, places the jail at 305 Industrial Park Dr in Murfreesboro, and describes it as a men's and women's correctional facility. That means the Pike County inmate population is not one narrow class of people. It can include people arrested by the sheriff's office, Murfreesboro police, Glenwood police, Arkansas state agencies, or courts that issue commitments or warrants.
The Pike County Sheriff's Office identifies the facility as a 74-bed jail. Live public roster counts are different from capacity. During research on May 29, 2026, the Tiger current roster showed 55 total inmates, while the official OCV sheriff feed returned 56 entries during a separate inspection. Those two figures should be treated as live observations, not as a fixed average. Intake, release, bond posting, court transport, and state transfer can all change the roster count during the day.
The official Pike County Sheriff's Office web app is shown at the sheriff's public home page. The image below is useful because it ties the roster environment to the local sheriff identity, office address, and jail operations rather than to a commercial lookup site.
When a custody search begins from the sheriff source, the reader is starting from Pike County's own public-safety system before moving to court, state, or federal databases.
Pike County Inmate Population Statistics
Pike County has a small county population, so jail numbers can look large in relation to local size even when the raw count is modest. The U.S. Census QuickFacts source listed Pike County's 2020 population as 10,171 and its July 1, 2025 estimate as 9,964. In that setting, a roster count in the mid-50s is a meaningful local custody footprint. Still, a roster count is only a point-in-time view. A current-inmates page counts people held at that moment. It does not replace an annual average, a booking total, or a full jail operations report.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Observed active roster count | 55 total inmates | Tiger Pike County Detention Center roster, May 29, 2026 |
| OCV public feed entries | 56 entries | Pike County Sheriff's Office OCV inmate feed, May 29, 2026 |
| Rated bed capacity | 74 beds | Pike County Sheriff's Office welcome source |
| 2019 jail population | 51 | Vera Institute incarceration trends data |
| 2019 annual jail admissions | 168.25 | Vera Institute incarceration trends data |
| 2025 county population estimate | 9,964 | U.S. Census QuickFacts |
Pike County Inmate Population Trends
The long view shows why Pike County jail data needs dates next to every figure. Vera Institute data recorded a jail population of 60 in 2011, 8 in 2015, 44 in 2016, and 51 in 2019. The 1999 national jail census table listed 12 people at the Pike County Jail on June 30, 1999. Those figures come from different reporting periods and should not be blended into one live average, but they do show that Pike County's jail count has moved over time.
| Year | Jail Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 12 | Prisoners of the Census / BJS jail census table, June 30 count |
| 2010 | 51 | Vera trend data also listed 274.5 annual admissions |
| 2011 | 60 | Vera trend data listed capacity at 61.5 for that year |
| 2013 | 24 | Vera trend data listed 262.5 annual admissions |
| 2015 | 8 | Vera trend data listed 219 annual admissions |
| 2016 | 44 | Vera trend data listed 230.25 annual admissions |
| 2019 | 51 | Vera trend data listed 40 male and 11 female jail population counts |
Small counties can show sharp percentage swings from a modest number of bookings, releases, court orders, or transfers. A few added jail beds or a few releases can shift the local rate more than the same change would in a large county. For that reason, the safest Pike County inmate population language separates historical Vera data, current roster snapshots, official capacity, and state reimbursement records.
Who Makes Up Pike County Inmates
The research did not locate a current official Pike County annual jail report with pretrial, sentenced, race, age, felony, misdemeanor, or agency-hold breakdowns. The public systems do show some fields on individual records. Tiger profiles can show age, sex, height, weight, race, hair, eyes, glasses, booking number, booking date, arresting agency, scheduled release date, charge descriptions, charge type, bond amount, and fine amount. The OCV sheriff feed can expose name, inmate ID, age, race, gender, booked date, custody status metadata, image links, and charge arrays.
- Pretrial detainee
- A person held after arrest while the criminal case is still pending.
- Sentenced inmate
- A person held after a court has imposed a jail or prison sentence.
- Act 309 or work category
- An Arkansas state-custody category that can be tied to county jail custody or reimbursement.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another agency that may affect release or transfer.
Vera's 2019 data gives one historical sex breakdown for the Pike County jail population: 40 male and 11 female. It does not answer every question about current custody status. For current demographics, users have to read the active roster record, then confirm unclear details with the jail or the court that created the order.
Pike County Jail Capacity
The Pike County Sheriff's Office describes the jail as a 74-bed correctional facility. Older or third-party datasets have listed slightly different capacity values, including 76 in some Jail Data Initiative historical metadata, but the current local sheriff source should control public copy. No official Pike County jail inspection report, annual report, accreditation report, major overcrowding litigation, or death-in-custody report specific to the jail was found in the inspected sources. That absence is only a research result. It is not proof that no such report exists.
Capacity should also not be confused with a roster count. If the public current-inmates page shows a count, that count can rise or fall with recent arrests, releases, first appearances, bond decisions, court commitments, transport to other counties, or transfer into Arkansas DOC custody. Population pressure is best assessed with dated sources, not with one screen capture.
Note: The sheriff-listed 74-bed capacity is the current local figure used here; live roster counts should be checked at the time of need.
Pike County Inmate Population Laws
Arkansas law and statewide detention rules shape what can be seen about the Pike County inmate population. Jail records, court records, and booking photographs are not governed by one single rule. A jail roster is a custody record. A court docket is a court record. A mugshot is an image tied to booking and identity. Each record type can have public access limits for juveniles, sealed cases, victim details, medical information, protected addresses, or law-enforcement concerns.
Key Statutes and Rules:
Arkansas FOIA, Ark. Code Ann. Title 25, Chapter 19 gives the baseline public-record framework for inspection and copying, subject to exemptions.
Ark. Code Ann. Section 25-19-105 is the public-record access section cited in the Arkansas Attorney General FOIA Handbook.
Arkansas Criminal Detention Facility Standards require detention facilities to keep accurate intake, jail log, release, population, and operational records.
Arkansas Supreme Court Administrative Order 19 controls public access limits for court records shown through Arkansas case systems.
Arkansas Act 450 / HB1437 addresses exploitative booking-photo publish-for-pay practices.
Pike County and State Custody
State prison custody is separate from the Pike County Jail roster. The Arkansas Department of Corrections inmate information page points users to Arkansas DOC public inmate search for sentenced state custody. The DOC search form includes Pike-related options such as Pike Co.309/Work and Pike County Waiting List. Those labels do not mean Pike County has a state prison. The official Arkansas DOC facilities list did not show a prison unit physically located in Pike County.
The DOC county jail fiscal summary for FY 2024-2025 showed Pike County reimbursement categories, including county-jail backup list and Act 309 or work entries. This supports the point that some people in or from Pike County may have state-connected custody status even while the local jail remains the physical custody point. Once a person moves into a state prison, the county roster is no longer the best lookup tool.
Search Pike County Inmate Population
The strongest Pike County inmate population search starts with official local sources. The sheriff's web app includes an Inmate Search feature backed by an OCV inmate feed. The Tiger Pike County Detention Center roster is a second practical view with current inmates, recently booked inmates, and recently released inmates. The two systems can overlap while showing different counts or fields because live feeds update at different moments.
The Tiger current roster is shown below. It is useful for quick browsing, but the profile page carries the detailed booking and charge fields.
The roster screen confirms why a Pike County jail search should move from the list row to the inmate profile before a reader relies on charges, bond, or release details.
- Start with the Pike County Sheriff's Office Inmate Search feature or the Tiger current-inmates roster.
- Scan the current roster list by name, gender, and age. Tiger does not show a keyword search box.
- Open the Select Inmate profile instead of relying only on the list row.
- Review booking number, booking date, arresting agency, scheduled release field, demographics, charges, bond, and fine amounts.
- Check the recently booked and recently released 72-hour views if the person is not on the active list.
- Use VINELink, Search ARCourts, Arkansas DOC, BOP, or ICE when the local roster does not match the custody question.
Pike County Current Inmate Lookup
The Pike County Detention Center Tiger roster is not a name-search form in the way many statewide databases are. The inspected roster had navigation for Current Inmates, Recently Released, Recently Booked, Refresh Results, and Select Inmate action links. The current list displayed Action, Name, Gender, and Age. A user who needs charge or bond detail should open the profile. Browser find can help scan the list, but that is not the same as a database search box.
| Roster Area | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | Browsable list | No | Shows active roster rows with Select Inmate links. |
| Recently Booked | 72-hour list | No | Shows recent intake records when entries are present. |
| Recently Released | 72-hour list | No | Shows recent releases that may no longer appear on the active roster. |
| Refresh Results | Page control | No | Updates the displayed roster view. |
| Select Inmate | Profile link | Yes, for detail | Opens booking, charge, bond, fine, image, and demographic fields. |
| Keyword box | Not found | Not available | No keyword search box was found on the Tiger roster pages. |
The OCV sheriff feed can show more app-style inmate records, image links, custody data, charge arrays, and VINE-style notification links. Because the front-end display can vary by device and app route, the durable search rule is simple: start official, open the record, and confirm urgent custody questions with the jail.
Pike County Inmate Record Fields
A Pike County inmate record is not a final court judgment. It is a custody and booking record. The public Tiger profile can show the booking number, booking date and time, arresting agency, scheduled release date, age, sex, height, weight, race, hair, eyes, glasses, charge description, charge type, bond amount, fine amount, and a mugshot image area. The OCV feed can add inmate ID, booked date, custody status metadata, image URLs, and charge arrays.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking Number | The jail's booking identifier for the custody event. |
| Booking Date | The date and time tied to jail intake. |
| Arresting Agency | The agency connected to the arrest or booking record. |
| Charges | Booking or hold descriptions that may change after prosecutor or court review. |
| Bond Amount | A listed amount when the public profile displays one, not a promise of release eligibility. |
| Scheduled Release | A release field that may show N/A or require direct confirmation. |
Pike County Released Inmate Records
A missing current roster result does not prove the person was never booked or is free from all custody. The person may have been released, moved to another jail, transferred into Arkansas DOC custody, booked under a different name spelling, held on a state or federal matter, or not yet visible in the public feed. The Tiger recently released view is useful because it separates recent release records from current inmates. During research on May 29, 2026, that view showed three total released entries.
For older booking materials, the practical public-record path is to ask for the record type. A request can seek a booking sheet, jail log entry, arrest report, incident report, release record, or bond record. It should include the person's full name, approximate booking date, date of birth when lawful and useful, and the requested format. Arkansas FOIA does not make every detail public. Redactions can apply.
Note: Court records are searched through Arkansas court systems, while jail records are requested from the jail or sheriff custodian.
Pike County Jail vs Prison
The most common lookup mistake is searching the wrong custody system. Pike County Jail covers local custody. Arkansas DOC covers sentenced state custody and state-related categories. BOP covers federal inmates, and ICE ODLS covers immigration detention records that meet ICE's locator rules. VINELink helps with notifications in participating Arkansas custody systems, but it should not replace the roster, court docket, or direct jail confirmation.
| Question | Pike County Jail | Arkansas DOC | Federal / ICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who is covered | Local arrests, pretrial detainees, short county sentences, and some holds | Sentenced state inmates and state custody categories | Federal criminal custody or immigration detention |
| Primary lookup | Sheriff Inmate Search or Tiger roster | Arkansas DOC public inmate search | BOP inmate locator or ICE ODLS |
| Best use | Current local custody and recent 72-hour booking or release views | Post-sentence state custody or Pike-related DOC categories | Transfers, federal sentences, or immigration detention questions |
| Limit | Live roster can lag or omit nonpublic details | Not every Pike arrest becomes a DOC record | Results do not prove freedom from all other custody |
Pike County State Federal Search
Search ARCourts, Arkansas DOC, BOP, ICE, and VINELink each answer a different question. The Search ARCourts public case portal can show public case information for courts using Contexte, including parties, filings, charges, dispositions, future events, judgments, and public documents when available. The VINELink Arkansas system can support custody-status notifications from participating agencies.
The BOP inmate locator searches federal inmates by register number or name filters and covers federal inmates from 1982 to the present. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System searches by A-number and country of birth or by biographical data, and ICE states that ODLS does not show persons under 18. ICE's Detention Reporting and Information Line is 1-888-351-4024 on weekdays except holidays from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Pike County Detention Facilities
The facility map found one local detention facility for Pike County. No Arkansas Division of Correction prison unit, Federal Bureau of Prisons facility, or dedicated ICE detention facility was found physically located in the county. The local jail is still connected to wider custody systems because people can be transferred, sentenced, held on state categories, or searched through notification tools after the local booking stage.
- Pike County Jail - Also shown as Pike County Detention Center, this is the county jail for local arrests, pretrial detainees, short county sentences, and state-connected custody categories reflected in Arkansas reimbursement data.
Pike County Inmate Population FAQ
How large is the Pike County inmate population? The live Tiger roster showed 55 total inmates during research on May 29, 2026, and the OCV sheriff feed returned 56 entries during a separate inspection. Those are live observations. The official sheriff source lists 74 beds, while Vera historical data listed a 2019 jail population of 51.
How do I search for a Pike County inmate? Start with the official sheriff Inmate Search feature or the Tiger Pike County Detention Center current roster. Open the inmate profile for booking, charge, bond, fine, image, and demographic fields. If no result appears, check recently booked, recently released, court, DOC, VINELink, BOP, or ICE channels as the facts require.
Does Tiger have a keyword search box? No keyword box was found on the inspected Tiger roster pages. The roster works mainly as a browsable list with Select Inmate profile links. Users may need to scan the list or use browser find.
Are charges on the roster convictions? No. Booking charges are not final court outcomes. Prosecutors and courts can file, amend, dismiss, consolidate, or resolve charges after booking. Court status should be checked through Search ARCourts or the proper clerk.
Where are Pike County jail mugshots shown? Booking images can appear in the OCV feed and in the Tiger profile mugshot area when available. A photo helps identity review, but it does not prove guilt and should not be republished through commercial mugshot channels.
What if the person moved to state prison? Use Arkansas DOC public inmate search. Pike-related DOC categories can appear in the state search even though there is no DOC prison unit physically located in Pike County.