Editing Lincoln County, Arkansas (section)

===Public safety===
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is the primary law enforcement agency in the county. The agency is led by the Lincoln County Sheriff, an official elected by countywide vote every four years.

The county is under the jurisdiction of the Lincoln County District Court, a [[Arkansas District Court|state district court]].<ref name="harvp|Directory|2017|p= 45">{{harvp|"Directory"|2017|p= 45}}.</ref> State district courts in Arkansas are courts of [[original jurisdiction]] for criminal, civil (up to $25,000), small claims, and traffic matters.<ref name="jd" >{{cite web |author= Staff of the Arkansas Judiciary |title= Arkansas Court Structure |url= https://courts.arkansas.gov/sites/default/files/Arkansas%20Court%20Structure.pdf |date= September 2, 2014 |publisher= Arkansas Judiciary |access-date= July 31, 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161223021248/https://courts.arkansas.gov/sites/default/files/Arkansas%20Court%20Structure.pdf |archive-date= December 23, 2016 |url-status= dead }}</ref> State district courts are presided over by a full-time District Judge elected to a four-year term by a districtwide election. The district is subdivided into the Star City (city), Star City (county), Gould, and Grady departments. All departments of Lincoln County District Court are located at 300 South Drew, and are presided over by one District Judge, who is elected in a countywide election.<ref name="harvp|Directory|2017|p= 45"/> Superseding district court jurisdiction is the [[Arkansas Circuit Courts|11th West Judicial Circuit Court]], which covers Jefferson and Lincoln counties. The 11th West Circuit contains six circuit judges, elected to six-year terms circuitwide.<ref>{{harvp|"Directory"|2017|p= 25}}.</ref>

====State prisons====
[[File:CumminsUnitSignArk.jpg|thumb|The [[Cummins Unit]] is one of two prison units in Lincoln County]]

The [[Arkansas Department of Correction]] operates two prisons in [[unincorporated area]]s in the county.<ref>"[http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/facilities/facilities5.html#varner Varner Unit]." [[Arkansas Department of Correction]]. Retrieved on July 18, 2010. "28 miles south of Pine Bluff off Highway 65 in Lincoln County."</ref><ref>"[http://www.adc.arkansas.gov/facilities/facilities2.html#cummins Cummins Unit]." [[Arkansas Department of Correction]]. Retrieved on August 15, 2010.</ref> The [[Varner Unit]] is located in [[Varner, Arkansas|Varner]],<ref>"[http://www.telegram.com/article/20100929/APA/309299588 New hearing ordered for 3 in Ark. scout deaths]." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at the ''[[Worcester Telegram]]''. Wednesday September 29, 2010. Retrieved on March 5, 2011. "Damien Echols is interviewed in the visiting area of the Arkansas Department of Correction Varner Unit prison in Varner,"</ref> and the [[Cummins Unit]] is near Varner.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=DM&p_theme=dm&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0ED3D5BC90C67787&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Arkansas killer plans no more appeals He is to die Wednesday in '84 death of trooper]." ''[[Associated Press]]'' at ''[[The Dallas Morning News]]''. April 18, 1995. Retrieved on March 5, 2011. "[...] and he was transferred to the death watch cell at the Cummins Unit near Varner."</ref>