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Benton County Jail is a county jail located in Benton County, Arkansas. Rated capacity: 508. Reported population: 578. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Benton County Jail is a historic county jail building at 212 North Main Street in Bentonville, Arkansas, United States. It is a two-story brick Classical Revival building, designed by A. O. Clark and completed in 1911. It has pronounced limestone corner quoining, and its main entrance is flanked by Ionic columns and topped by a gabled pediment. The building is notable as a rare smaller-scale work by Clark. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
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Capacity
508
Current population
578
Occupancy
114%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Arkansas
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 114% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Beaufort County Detention CenterWashingtonMaximumCounty jail222% occupancy
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- Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - TazewellTazewellMaximumCounty jail330% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
- Spartanburg County Main JailSpartanburgMaximumCounty jail152% occupancy
- Anderson County Detention CenterAndersonMaximumCounty jail183% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 114% · peers avg: 93% (+23%)
Capacity (beds)this: 508 · peers avg: 547 (7%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q19460478)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Benton County Jail. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/benton-county-jail
Chicago
"Benton County Jail." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/benton-county-jail.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-benton-county-jail,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Benton County Jail},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/benton-county-jail},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}