Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility Overview
Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility, often shortened to PCRDF, is operated by the Pulaski County Sheriff's Office. The facility serves as Pulaski County's primary adult county jail and the county's only long-term detention facility. PCSO describes it as the largest county detention facility in Arkansas. It opened in 1994 and was built around a direct-supervision model, meaning deputies are stationed inside housing units so they can monitor conduct, movement, and security conditions continuously.
The facility is used by Pulaski County and by municipal agencies that arrest people across Little Rock, North Little Rock, Jacksonville, Sherwood, Maumelle, and other county communities. Research from PCSO also says PCRDF supports 12 law-enforcement agencies and 33 state and local courts. Its population includes pretrial detainees, people serving local sentences, people held on warrants or court orders, Arkansas Department of Corrections-sentenced inmates waiting for transfer, and federal detainees when a U.S. Marshals Service custody agreement applies.
That mix means one person can move through several record systems during the same case. A new arrest may begin with a city police department, appear on the PCSO current roster after PCRDF intake, later produce a court record after charges are filed, and eventually move to the Arkansas DOC locator after a prison sentence. PCRDF is the local custody anchor for the first part of that path.
PCSO's detention overview is the source for many of the local operating facts about PCRDF.
The PCSO page matters because it distinguishes the county jail from Arkansas DOC prisons and from temporary municipal holding rooms.
Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility Capacity and Population
PCSO materials inspected during May 2026 state that PCRDF has 1,530 beds and houses more than 1,200 detainees daily. The same official detention materials report that the jail processes more than 20,000 inmates each year. A point-in-time Zuercher roster API query during the research pass returned 1,236 current records. That roster count should be treated as a research snapshot, not as a fixed daily population number.
The scale of PCRDF reflects Pulaski County's position as Arkansas's most populous county. Census context in the research file places the July 1, 2025 county estimate at 404,611 people and the 2020 Census count at 399,125. A county jail of this size is affected by city arrests, court schedules, bond decisions, state-prison backup, and transfers to Arkansas DOC after sentencing.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility
The correct public lookup for PCRDF is the PCSO-linked Zuercher current inmate roster. The portal is configured for current inmates housed in the facility. It is not a historical archive and should not be used as the only source when someone has been released, transferred to Arkansas DOC, moved into federal custody, or placed in immigration custody.
- Open the PCSO-linked Zuercher portal and choose Inmates if the portal shell appears first.
- Search by name. The Pulaski configuration also documents race, sex, and arrest-date filters when available.
- Read the result row for mugshot, name, race, sex, DOB, arrest date, held-for agency, and hold reason.
- Confirm that the person is currently housed in PCRDF, then use the hold or charge text to decide whether court, DOC, federal, or public-records follow-up is needed.
The Zuercher roster showed a current-custody table during the research pass.
The roster screenshot is useful because it shows the current-inmate focus and the visible mugshot and hold fields, which are different from court-record or state-prison search results.
Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility Address and Contact
The facility-map address used for PCRDF is 3201 West Roosevelt Road, Little Rock, AR 72204. PCSO detention and footer materials also show 2900 S. Woodrow, Little Rock, AR 72204 in some places. Because both addresses appear in official-source materials, this page preserves the discrepancy instead of choosing an unsupported correction. Call before traveling if the address matters for visitation, records, attorney contact, or delivery.
Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility
3201 West Roosevelt Road
Little Rock, AR 72204
501-340-7001
PCSO also shows 2900 S. Woodrow in some detention materials.
Visiting Someone at Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility
The current PCSO visitation page states that all visitation is canceled until further notice. No active public in-person schedule, visitor ID rule, dress-code rule, child-visitor rule, attorney-visitation process, or holiday schedule was visible in the inspected PCSO visitation source. That cancellation notice controls this page. Do not rely on older appointment references without checking PCSO first.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Monday | No current schedule published | Public visitation canceled |
| Wednesday | No current schedule published | Public visitation canceled |
| Friday | No current schedule published | Public visitation canceled |
| Saturday | No current schedule published | Public visitation canceled |
| Sunday | No current schedule published | Public visitation canceled |
PCSO's current visitation notice is the controlling county-jail visitation source found in the research.
The notice should be checked again before any trip to the jail because PCSO can change visitation status without the roster itself changing.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility
PCSO links several vendor channels for inmate services. Commissary and money deposits are handled through Access Corrections or Access Secure Deposits, with phone deposits through 866-345-1884, CashPayToday cash walk-in options, and a PCSO lobby kiosk that accepts credit card, debit card, and cash. PCSO links video, email, and mail services through JailATM, and inmate phone deposits through CSG Pay. The inspected PCSO pages did not publish detailed physical-mail restrictions, inmate phone rates, commissary limits, or video pricing.
The safest order is to confirm current custody first, then choose the correct vendor. A person who is no longer on the PCRDF roster may have been released, transferred to Arkansas DOC, moved into federal custody, or sent to another authorized placement. Vendor accounts and deposits should not be opened from an old booking rumor or a social-media post. Use the jail information line or the current roster before spending money.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | No detailed physical-mail format located beyond the facility address; verify with PCSO before sending mail. |
| Video / Email / Mail Portal | JailATM, linked by PCSO for video visitation and mail-related services. |
| Money Deposit | Access Corrections / Secure Deposits online, 866-345-1884 by phone, CashPayToday, or PCSO lobby kiosk. |
| Phone Deposit | CSG Pay, linked by PCSO for inmate-phone deposits. |
PCSO's commissary page identifies the deposit routes used for Pulaski County inmates.
The commissary source is specific enough to name the channels, but it does not support inventing per-transaction fees or spending limits.
Booking and Intake at Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility
PCRDF intake operates around the clock. PCSO states that intake must admit detainees safely and efficiently under Arkansas Jail Standards and applicable state and federal law. PCSO policy also includes not accepting custody without documented legal authority, such as an arrest authority, warrant, commitment, court order, or other lawful paperwork. After municipal temporary holding or arrest-site processing, people who require incarceration are transported to PCRDF.
The practical booking sequence is arrest or court order, transport, intake acceptance, identification, custody paperwork, medical and mental-health screening, classification, and appearance on the current Zuercher roster when the person remains housed in PCRDF. PCSO does not publish a guaranteed time for a booking to appear online. The roster should be treated as current but not instant.
About Pulaski County Regional Detention Facility
PCRDF has several operational details that make it more than a simple booking address. PCSO reports medical and mental-health screening for all booked inmates, prescription delivery twice daily, chronic care clinic five days per week, sick call seven days per week, mental-health services five days per week, and nursing coverage 24 hours a day. TurnKey Medical Department is named as the medical provider in the research file. PCSO also describes Aramark kitchen and laundry operations, including about 3,000 meals per day, about 50 diet trays, and about 50 laundry loads per day.
Programs include GED and testing support, Little Rock School District classes for juveniles under 18 housed in the facility, chaplain and religious programming, Bible study, counseling, and the CSI Academy. PCSO describes CSI Academy as a recovery and reentry program inside Arkansas's largest adult detention facility, with life-skills classes, peer recovery, pre-release training, welding, industrial manufacturing, culinary arts, and partners such as UAMS, Pulaski Technical College, Goodwill Industries of Arkansas, Wolfe Street Foundation, Natural State Recovery, St. Marks Baptist Church, Arkansas Community Corrections, and Arkansas DOC.
Note: Confirm custody, service availability, and visitation status with PCRDF at 501-340-7001 before traveling or sending funds.