Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center Overview
Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center is operated by Pulaski County Juvenile Detention at 3001 West Roosevelt Road in Little Rock. The research identifies it as a staff-secure juvenile detention facility, not a county adult jail and not a state prison. The facility serves youth ages 10 to 18 when a Pulaski County Circuit Court orders detention. County materials also say referrals from other counties may be accepted as space allows, but Pulaski County youth have priority.
The distinction matters for families and for anyone trying to find a custody record. Adult jail pages often discuss public booking rosters, mugshots, bond entries, and current-inmate tables. That approach does not fit this facility. Juvenile records are generally restricted, and the research instructions specifically warn that this page must not imply adult-style public inmate search, mugshots, or routine public roster access for youth.
The facility should also be separated from the adult Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility even though both are in the Roosevelt Road area. PCRDF is a county adult jail operated by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office, while this center is a youth detention facility tied to juvenile court authority. A youth's school, family, safety, medical, and court interests can make disclosure more limited than an adult booking record.
Pulaski County's juvenile detention overview is the facility-specific source for the youth detention description.
The county overview supports treating this as a youth detention and court-order facility, not as a public adult roster page.
Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center Capacity and Population
The facility map and juvenile-detention research identify the center as a 32-bed staff-secure facility. Its population is limited to youth ages 10 to 18 who are ordered detained by Pulaski County Circuit Courts, with space-available referrals from other counties. No public adult-style daily roster count, demographic breakdown, mugshot table, or booking-photo archive is documented for this youth facility in the research materials.
That limited public data should not be treated as a gap to fill with adult jail assumptions. The correct reading is that the facility's population is defined by juvenile court custody and youth-detention rules. Families should use the parent and guardian information line and juvenile court channels instead of trying to force a juvenile matter through the adult PCSO/Zuercher inmate roster.
The Pulaski-priority referral detail is also important. County materials indicate that youth from other counties may be accepted only as space allows, while Pulaski County youth have priority. That makes the published bed count a facility-capacity fact, not a promise that any specific outside referral will be accepted or that public occupancy figures are available.
How to Look Up a Youth at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center
There is no documented public adult-style roster for youth held at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center. The PCSO-linked Zuercher current-inmate roster is for the adult county jail population at Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility and should not be used as a public mugshot or inmate-search tool for juveniles. Juvenile custody information is generally restricted and should be handled through parent, guardian, attorney, juvenile court, or authorized family channels.
If an online search shows no result, that does not prove the youth is not detained. It may simply mean the question is being asked in the wrong system. Adult current-custody systems are designed for public jail information, while juvenile detention questions depend on relationship, authorization, and the court's handling of the matter. Keep notes on the time of the call, the number called, and any direction staff provide.
- Confirm whether the situation involves a youth detention order from Pulaski County Circuit Court rather than an adult booking at PCRDF.
- Use the juvenile detention phone number, 501-340-6691, or the parent/guardian information line, 501-340-6697.
- Have the youth's name, date of birth, relationship to the youth, and any known court or case context ready.
- If the facility cannot release information to you, ask which juvenile court, attorney, or family channel is authorized for the next step.
For adults who were arrested in Pulaski County, the correct search path is different. Adult current custody goes through the PCRDF roster; sentenced state-prison custody goes through the Arkansas DOC inmate search; federal and immigration custody use separate federal channels. Those systems should not be blended with restricted juvenile-detention matters.
Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center Address and Contact
The juvenile facility is located next to the broader Roosevelt Road detention corridor in Little Rock, but it has its own contact route and population rules. The facility phone listed in the research is 501-340-6691. The parent and guardian information line is 501-340-6697. Those phone channels are more appropriate than the adult jail information line when the question concerns a detained youth.
Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center
3001 West Roosevelt Road
Little Rock, AR 72204
501-340-6691
Parent/guardian information line: 501-340-6697
Visiting Someone at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center
Juvenile detention visitation and parent information are handled through county juvenile detention materials rather than the PCSO adult jail visitation page. The adult PCRDF visitation notice says adult jail visitation is canceled until further notice, but that adult-jail notice should not be converted into juvenile visitation rules. For this facility, the research points families to the county parent-information page and the parent/guardian phone line.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | Verify with juvenile detention | Parent/guardian channel |
| Wednesday | Verify with juvenile detention | Parent/guardian channel |
| Friday | Verify with juvenile detention | Parent/guardian channel |
| Saturday | Verify with juvenile detention | Parent/guardian channel |
| Sunday | Verify with juvenile detention | Parent/guardian channel |
Families should not assume that youth visitation, phone, school, medical, or court contacts mirror adult jail practice. A juvenile court order, custody status, youth safety rules, and relationship to the youth may affect what staff can confirm.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center
The research file does not document an adult-style commissary, money-deposit vendor, inmate phone deposit portal, JailATM video account, or public mail rule page for the juvenile facility. That absence should be preserved. Families should ask the juvenile detention center or parent/guardian line what communication, clothing, property, school material, and approved-contact rules apply to a specific youth.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Use 3001 West Roosevelt Road only after confirming youth mail rules with juvenile detention. |
| Phone / Contact | Call 501-340-6691 or parent/guardian line 501-340-6697 for authorized communication instructions. |
| Money Deposit | No public adult-style commissary or deposit channel documented for the juvenile center in the research. |
Intake and Court-Ordered Detention at Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center
The research describes the juvenile center's population as youth ages 10 to 18 ordered detained by Pulaski County Circuit Courts. That differs from ordinary adult jail intake, where an adult may be booked at PCRDF after arrest, transport, paperwork acceptance, identification, medical screening, and roster entry. Juvenile detention depends on youth-court authority and youth-specific custody rules.
When a family member is trying to understand whether a youth is detained, the useful questions are not the adult roster questions. Ask which court ordered detention, whether the caller is authorized to receive information, who the youth's attorney or court contact is, and whether parent/guardian procedures apply. If staff cannot disclose details, that may reflect juvenile-record restrictions rather than a failure to find a public record.
Because the facility serves youth, intake questions may also involve parent notification, school continuity, health needs, medications, approved contacts, and release planning. The research does not provide a public checklist for those steps, so this page does not invent one. The practical path is to use the juvenile detention contact numbers and follow the instructions given for the specific youth and court order.
About Pulaski County Juvenile Detention Center
The facility's role is local and narrow: staff-secure youth detention for court-ordered juvenile custody. It is part of Pulaski County's broader custody landscape, but it is not part of the adult PCRDF roster and should not be described with adult mugshot language. The county's detention ecosystem includes the adult county jail, temporary municipal holding in Jacksonville, District Court holding cells in North Little Rock, and Arkansas DOC prison facilities in the county. The juvenile center occupies a separate juvenile-court lane.
The most important public-access point is restraint. Do not assume a youth's record is public because adult Pulaski jail records are visible in Zuercher. Do not assume booking photos, public charges, bond lines, or adult hold reasons are available. Juvenile, sealed, expunged, medical, victim-identifying, and court-protected information may be withheld or redacted under Arkansas public-record boundaries and juvenile court practice.
Note: Use the parent/guardian line before traveling, visiting, sending mail, or assuming any youth custody detail is public.