The Adair County Regional Jail on Greensburg Street in Columbia holds them. It is the county's own jail, and arrests from anywhere in Adair County are booked there. The jail's number is 270-384-5701. If a recent arrest does not show online, try the sheriff's office at 270-384-2776. Space is tight there. The state Department of Corrections jail count for Oct. 22, 2026, showed 93 people in 51 secure beds, while the jail's separate 31-bed restricted custody center for low-risk state inmates held 21. Adair County itself had about 19,423 residents in 2025, the Census Bureau estimates.

Yes. Use the jail roster, type a last name and check the birth date to be sure. Only people currently in custody appear. VINELink sends release alerts, and KYeCourts case portal lists upcoming court dates.

Call 270-384-5701 to learn the visiting days, the sign-up process, which IDs work and if video visiting exists. Kids need an adult relative or guardian with them. Everyone is searched, so leave phones and bags in your vehicle. Our visitation guide has more.

Call 270-384-5701 first, both for the figure and to check that no release has happened. Next, take payment and a photo ID to the circuit clerk at the judicial center (270-384-2626), asking ahead which payment forms are accepted. See our bail guide and money guide.

Call 270-384-5701 to learn the ways to deposit, the limits and the fees, and use the person's full legal name. Deposits pay for snacks, supplies and calls, and the jail can subtract what it is owed. Our money guide and commissary guide explain more.

Yes, using a prepaid phone account; 270-384-5701 can explain how to open one. Calls go out only, so you can't phone an inmate. All calls are recorded and can end up in court, so don't discuss the case. Read our phone guide and messaging guide.

Check the mailing address and rules by calling 270-384-5701. Put the inmate's legal name on the front, plus your return address in the corner. Officers read everything except legal mail and send back what isn't allowed. Our mail guide explains photos and other details.

Phone 270-384-5701 and ask to speak with the shift supervisor. Describe the problem, like a missed prescription, and give the person's name. Property questions go to the same supervisor. A Columbia Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (111 Jamestown St., Columbia, KY 42728; 833-254-2467) lawyer can raise medical concerns with the judge.

It happens, especially when an older case is still open. Sheriff's deputies serve what local judges sign and will say at 270-384-2776 whether one is on file. For a statewide picture of the cases tied to a name, the free Court of Justice guest search covers every county, so charges from Russell or Taylor show up too.

After release, a standing warrant is usually handled by surrendering at the Adair County Regional Jail with a lawyer who has already raised bond. Adair's circuit clerk at 201 Campbellsville St., Suite 101, Columbia, KY 42728, takes missed-date questions at 270-384-2626.

Juveniles are never housed with adults. A youth who is detained gets a court hearing within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) chooses where the youth stays, and Adair District Court hears the case.

Yes. Write to the regional jail with an open records request; include the name, the booking date and the word mugshot. News media follow the same steps with the jail or the sheriff. For photos held by immigration officials, use the ICE FOIA request page. Federal photos stay private unless the Marshals are hunting a fugitive.

Possibly. The jail on Greensburg Street (270-384-5701) takes federal detainees only under a bed contract with the U.S. Marshals. The U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 241 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-393-2500 handles federal charges from Adair County, and a detention hearing settles custody there. Use the BOP lookup to search sentenced federal prisoners. Columbia relatives can reach the U.S. Marshals Bowling Green office at 270-901-2108.

1. The Adair County Regional Jail (270-384-5701) receives an I-247A detainer from ICE Louisville (502-625-6202). A defense lawyer can ask the jail for a copy so the family knows which office filed it.
2. Once the local charge would let the person out, ICE may ask Adair's regional jail to hold them up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, as 8 CFR 287.7(d) allows.
3. ICE needs to pick the person up inside that window.
4. If ICE doesn't come, the Greensburg Street jail lets the person go.
5. Use the ICE online locator to find someone in ICE custody.

After bail is paid, release follows once the jail has the release paperwork. The person leaves with their things and leftover account money, after fees. Call 270-384-5701 to ask about timing, and have transportation lined up before you go.

Enter the name in the KOOL offender lookup. The record names the prison, or the county jail with state beds, where the person is. Our Kentucky prisons page lists addresses and phone numbers. Moves may take a few days to update, so call the facility if the record looks stale.

Cumberland County arrests are brought to this same Columbia jail. Taylor County books into the Taylor County Detention Center in Campbellsville, 270-789-1909, with overflow at the Three Forks Regional Jail, 606-464-2598, and Green County arrests are divided between those two jails. Metcalfe County prisoners go to the Barren County Detention Center in Glasgow, 270-651-8806. Russell County keeps the Russell County Detention Center in Jamestown, 270-858-6900, and Casey County the Casey County Detention Center in Liberty, 606-787-9097.

Adair County arrests may come from any of these agencies.

• The Columbia Police Department, 116 Campbellsville St., Columbia, KY 42728, answers at 270-384-4119.
• Reach the Adair County Sheriff's Office at 270-384-2776.
• The Kentucky State Police Post 15, 1118 Jamestown St., Columbia, KY 42728, answers at 270-384-4796.

Columbia is the only city in Adair County, and its police department is listed above. Deputies and state troopers patrol outside Columbia. Call 911 for emergencies.