Arkansas Prison Communication Directory

Arkansas operates its state prison system through the Arkansas Division of Correction, which manages facilities spread across the state's diverse geography, from the Ozark highlands in the northwest to the Arkansas Delta in the east. The Delta region is home to several large state prison farms, including the Cummins Unit in Lincoln County, one of the most historically significant correctional institutions in the South. Arkansas's 75 counties each operate their own detention facilities under county sheriff oversight, and the size and resources of these jails vary considerably between urban counties like Pulaski and Washington and the smaller rural counties of the eastern and southern parts of the state.

JPay is the primary platform for Arkansas Division of Correction state facilities, covering messaging, money transfer, and photo sharing. Securus and GTL handle phone and video services at state prisons and county jails. The Pulaski County Detention Facility in Little Rock, which serves as the jail for the state's most populous county, operates under its own provider contract. Arkansas also has a notable federal Bureau of Prisons presence in St. Francis County, where the Federal Correctional Institution Forrest City includes both a low-security and a medium-security facility on the same campus. Federal inmates at Forrest City and elsewhere in Arkansas require CorrLinks for electronic messaging.

Arkansas families researching inmate communication often find that the relevant information is scattered across the state DOC website, individual county sheriff pages, and provider portals that do not consistently reflect which facilities they serve. Whether you are trying to reach someone at an ADC state prison, a county jail in Fayetteville or Fort Smith, or the federal complex in Forrest City, this directory organizes the provider and facility information for Arkansas so you can identify the right platform and get started without sorting through multiple disconnected resources.