Allen County inmates are held at the Allen County Detention Center on Wood Street in Scottsville. Whether city police, deputies or troopers make the arrest, booking happens there. Its phone is 270-237-3226. A brand-new booking can lag online; the sheriff at 270-237-3210 can confirm it sooner.

Search the roster by last name, then compare the date of birth. Only people in custody now are shown. For release notices by text or voice call, register with VINELink. Court dates are on KYeCourts. If nothing turns up, try a different spelling.

Visiting days and registration rules are available by phone at 270-237-3226. Ask first whether children need a parent or guardian with them. Lock phones and bags in your car and expect a search at the door. Our visitation guide has general tips.

1. Call 270-237-3226 for the bond amount and type.
2. Take ID and payment to the clerk at the Judicial Center (270-237-3561).
3. Confirm with the jail that release is being processed.

More detail is in our bail guide and money guide.

The jail at 270-237-3226 can explain deposit choices, limits and fees. Spell the inmate's name exactly as booked. Account money pays for commissary items like snacks and hygiene products and for phone time, and the jail can deduct its own charges first. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Only when they call you. Prisoners place outgoing calls from a prepaid account that family members fund; 270-237-3226 can explain how. Every word is recorded, and prosecutors may use it. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Ask 270-237-3226 for the correct mailing address and rules. Use the inmate's full name and add your return address. Staff inspect all letters except legal mail. Stickers, perfume and similar items get returned. Our mail guide lists common limits.

Phone 270-237-3226 and ask for the supervisor on duty. Explain the problem briefly, such as a missed prescription or a recent injury. The supervisor can also tell you how property is released. A lawyer from the Bowling Green South Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (1001 Center St., Suite 300, Bowling Green, KY 42101; 833-444-0135) can raise health issues in court if needed.

A skipped court date might appear on KYeCourts. The sheriff at 270-237-3210 can answer directly, or an attorney can look and plan a surrender and argue bail at the first appearance.

Not to the adult jail on Wood Street. State law requires a hearing within 48 hours for a detained youth, leaving out weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) decides placement, and the case is heard in Scottsville District Court.

Yes. A written open records request to the detention center is how to ask for a mugshot. Reporters at news media outlets may file that request too, or ask the sheriff. Immigration photos go through the ICE FOIA portal. Federal photos stay private, since the Marshals release them only for wanted fugitives.

It can, if the U.S. Marshals arrange bed space. A federal arrest anywhere in the county is a case for the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 241 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-393-2500. That number reaches the clerk's office, open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central time, which can confirm a case number and the next hearing date. There is no fixed money schedule; at a detention hearing a federal magistrate weighs flight risk and danger; a federal pretrial officer talks with the defendant beforehand. While the case is open the person may sit in a contract county jail, so check the Wood Street roster too. The Marshals' Bowling Green office answers at 270-901-2108. After a federal sentence, look the person up in the BOP prisoner search.

An ICE detainer on Form I-247A first goes to the Allen County Detention Center (270-237-3226), while ICE's closest field office, ERO Louisville, takes calls at 502-625-6202. Then, with that form, ICE is allowed to ask the detention center to keep someone as long as 48 hours beyond the moment of release, and that clock starts only once state custody on the Scottsville case is over. If no agent picks the person up within that window, the jail lets them go. Someone already moved by ICE can be found with the ICE locator.

Release paperwork starts after bail is paid. Any fees owed are taken from the inmate's account before money and belongings are returned. Call 270-237-3226 for an estimate and arrange a ride, since the jail does not provide one.

The KOOL database shows where Corrections has placed someone, whether in a state prison or a county jail under contract. Our Kentucky prison directory lists contact details. A new transfer can take several days to appear online.

The online list catches up only after booking is finished. Deputies at the detention center take fingerprints and a photo, run a records check and do a health screening first, and a Pretrial Services officer then talks with the person so the judge has a report before ruling on release. Call 270-237-3226 and give the legal name plus date of birth. Ask four things: is the person still in processing, already out on bond, at a hospital, or picked up on a warrant from a different county such as Warren or Simpson and moved there?

Yes, quite often. City officers and county deputies write a citation with a court date for most misdemeanors instead of jailing the person, as long as they seem likely to show up, and the case then goes to Allen District Court (270-237-3561). A statute makes that the rule (KRS 431.015). Assault, DUI, protective order violations and a few other charges are exceptions. A cited person never appears on the roster. The court date will be in the district court at the Allen County Judicial Center, 200 W. Main St., Scottsville, KY 42164. Skipping it lets a judge issue a warrant, so look the name up on KYeCourts or ask the clerk at 270-237-3561.

A district judge, working from a short report. Pretrial Services checks identity and record and gives a risk score, and low-risk people charged with lesser offenses are usually let go on their own recognizance or with an unsecured amount (KRS 431.066). Others get a money figure, set with the person's ability to pay in mind. Our bail guide for this county covers the forms the judge can pick, the 10 percent deposit and how refunds work.

Families pay at the circuit clerk's counter in the Allen County Judicial Center, 200 W. Main St., Scottsville, KY 42164. The state court directory lists cash, local checks, money orders, credit cards and the ePay option there. Call 270-237-3561 or 270-237-4734 before driving over to learn the exact figure and whether that charge allows the 10 percent deposit. Have a photo ID with you, plus the inmate's exact name. Keep the receipt: the deposit is refunded once the case closes, less fees, if every hearing is attended. More steps are in our bond guide.

No. In Scottsville, bond money goes only to the circuit clerk (270-237-3561) or, after hours, wherever the jail directs, since Kentucky outlaws for-profit bonding companies (KRS 431.510) and nobody can legally charge you a premium. Anyone who phones claiming to be a bonding agent, or asks for a gift card, wire transfer or app payment to free a relative, is running a scam. Hang up and call the detention center yourself at 270-237-3226.

Local cases are heard at the Allen County Judicial Center, 200 W. Main St., Scottsville, KY 42164, where the circuit clerk's number is 270-237-3561. Allen District Court takes misdemeanors, traffic counts and first steps in felony cases, and felonies that reach indictment go up to Circuit Court. The County Attorney, at 201 W. Main Street, Suite 203, Scottsville, KY 42164 (270-237-3117), prosecutes the lower-court charges. The Commonwealth's Attorney for the 49th Judicial Circuit, which also includes Simpson County, has offices at 107 Robey Street, Suite 1, Franklin, KY 42134 (270-586-5326). Our court guide walks through arraignment, preliminary hearing and grand jury.

The request is made to the judge at the first hearing, and the court has the defendant fill out a sworn financial statement and then decides whether to appoint the public defender. Cases from this county go to the Bowling Green South Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (1001 Center St., Suite 300, Bowling Green, KY 42101; 833-444-0135). Talk to that attorney about the facts of the case, not to relatives over the jail phone, since every jail call is taped and prosecutors may listen.

Search the person's name in KYeCourts once the case is filed; it lists charges, case numbers and upcoming dates. The roster may show booking charges as well. Clerks at 270-237-3561 can read the case information to you or explain how to view the file at a public terminal. Charges can still change after arrest: the prosecutor may amend them, and a grand jury decides on any felony indictment.

Phone 270-237-3226 and confirm three things: the person is still in custody, the bond amount and type, and what time the release desk can process paperwork. If you plan to pay at the courthouse, also call 270-237-3561 to check the clerk's hours. Bring a photo ID, the full legal name and date of birth, and arrange a ride for when release finishes.

Not at the Wood Street jail. Barren County uses the Barren County Detention Center in Glasgow, 270-651-8806, which also takes Metcalfe and Monroe County prisoners. Simpson County arrests go to the Simpson County Detention Center in Franklin, 270-586-5351, and Warren County arrests to the Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, 270-843-4606. Across the Tennessee line, an arrest is a Tennessee case.

• The Scottsville Police Department is reached through the city's 911 dispatch office at 270-237-3611.
• The sheriff's office answers at 270-237-3210.
• Kentucky State Police Post 3, at 3119 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101, takes calls at 270-782-2010.

Scottsville is the only city in the county. The sheriff and state troopers handle calls outside city limits. Dial 911 for emergencies.