Facilities · Jail
Sebastian County Adult Detention Center
Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas · capacity 356
Also reported as Fort Smith jail; Sebastian County Detention Center; Sebastian County Jail; Sebastian County jail; Sebastian county jail.
15 deaths are recorded here, from 1874 to 2025; 13 by name.
- undetermined 6
- suicide 3
- illness 2
- lynching 2
- neglect 1
- other person 1
Lawsuits over deaths here have brought at least $6.1 million in settlements and awards, for 2 people.
The people
- Christopher Cody Burns September 3, 2025
- Juan M. Salazar-Lopez June 19, 2025
- Larry E. Schuster October 2024
- Daniel Lewis White July 2022
- Larry Eugene Price Jr. August 29, 2021
- Jacob W. Honeycutt July 31, 2020
- Lewis Coleman Shores November 2018
- John Davenport September 15, 2018
- Adrian Alexander Goodwin July 24, 2018
- Amanda Potter July 19, 2014
- Michael Benton Casey October 26, 2013
- Chamar Alexander West August 31, 2013
- Gary Van Wolf September 18, 2010
- Name not reported March 23, 1912
- Name not reported August 3, 1874
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.