The county sheriff of each county in this state shall have the custody, rule, and charge of the jail within his or her county and all prisoners committed in his or her county, and he or she may appoint a jailer for whose conduct he or she shall be responsible.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 3 - Correctional Facilities and Programs
Chapter 41 - Local Correctional Facilities
§ 12-41-503. Management of local jail populations
§ 12-41-504. Feeding and keeping prisoners
§ 12-41-505. Expenses and support
§ 12-41-506. Expenses of municipal prisoners held in county jails
§ 12-41-507. Securing of county jail
§ 12-41-508. Duty of grand jury
§ 12-41-509. Commitment to jail of another county