The Glasgow jail holds people awaiting trial from Barren, Metcalfe and Monroe, along with people serving county time and some state prisoners. The jail's main line is 270-651-8806. Use the full name from the booking record whenever you call or write.

The roster lists current inmates with charges and bonds. VINELink confirms whether someone is in custody and can alert you when they are released or moved. Court dates for local cases are on KYeCourts public access. A very recent booking may take time to appear.

Visiting rules for this jail change, so call 270-651-8806 before you go and ask about days, times, whether visits happen face to face or on video, and which ID is accepted. Dress modestly and leave phones in the car. Our visitation guide covers what most Kentucky jails expect.

For local charges, bond goes to the clerk's office at the Barren County Courthouse, 100 Courthouse Square, Glasgow, KY 42141 (270-651-3763). Arrests from Metcalfe or Monroe are bonded through those counties' clerks. Plenty of defendants leave after the pretrial screen without paying. Read our bail guide.

Call the jail at 270-651-8806 and ask which deposit options it takes now, such as a lobby kiosk, online deposit or money order, and any limits. Have the person's full name and booking number ready. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Inmates make outgoing calls only, and calls are recorded. Ask the jail at 270-651-8806 how to open a prepaid phone account for your number. Do not talk about the charges on the phone, because recordings can be used as evidence. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Ask the jail at 270-651-8806 for the current mailing address and rules before writing. Write the person's full booking name, plus your own return address. Read our mail guide.

People who cannot afford one can ask for the Glasgow Trial Office (312 Samson Street, Glasgow, KY 42141; 833-385-6055) at arraignment. The judge checks finances before appointing it. Relatives can call the Glasgow office with the case number to learn the lawyer's name. See our court guide.

Sometimes, particularly since this jail houses arrests from Metcalfe and Monroe as well. The deputies who serve local warrants will check at 270-651-2771. After talking with the sheriff, try the court system's free guest case search for a statewide list of cases; adding a driver's license number picks the right person out of several with one name.

A warrant still active after release is normally resolved at the Barren County Detention Center, and hiring defense counsel first lets bond be requested the same day. The circuit clerk at 100 Courthouse Square, Glasgow, KY 42141, reschedules missed court at 270-651-3763.

Teens are not housed with adults. A youth in detention must have a hearing within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) chooses placement and calls a parent or guardian.

Yes. Send a written Open Records Act request for the mugshot to the jail at 201 Samson Street, Glasgow, KY 42141. News media may obtain booking photos through the Barren sheriff. Immigration photos must be sought with the ICE records request form. Federal photos are withheld by the Marshals unless the subject is a fugitive they are hunting.

They can be, if the U.S. Marshals place them there. A person arrested on a federal charge first appears at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 241 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-393-2500, and a detention hearing decides custody. Sentenced federal prisoners are listed in the federal prison locator. Glasgow families may call the Bowling Green Marshals, 270-901-2108.

Samson Street staff (270-651-8806) confirm whether a detainer exists; the immigration case belongs to ICE in Louisville (502-625-6202).

1. ICE gives the jail Form I-247A.
2. After the Barren, Metcalfe or Monroe charge clears, ICE may ask Samson Street staff to hold a Glasgow prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released on that charge.
3. Agents must pick up the detainee before time runs out; otherwise the door opens.
4. Search the ICE finder to find them.

Yes, by the most recent state numbers. The DOC weekly jail census for Oct. 22, 2026 put 209 people in a facility rated for 178, about 117 percent. Staff at 270-651-8806 handle booking and property questions. Money for a bond goes to the Glasgow circuit clerk (270-651-3763), whose counter accepts cash and money orders, cashier's checks too, and cards for a convenience fee. Court costs and fines can be settled the same way or online through ePay once a case closes.

Release takes some time after bond posts or a judge signs an order. The person gets back property and leftover account money, minus allowed fees. Arrange a ride from Samson Street and call 270-651-8806 to ask about timing.

After sentencing, Corrections reviews the person and assigns a place to serve, which can be a prison or a county jail. Search the KOOL lookup by name, or see our prisons in Kentucky for prison addresses and phone numbers.

Metcalfe and Monroe arrests come to Samson Street; the other bordering counties use other jails. Warren has the Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, 270-843-4606, and Allen the Allen County Detention Center in Scottsville, 270-237-3226. Hart and Edmonson arrests go to the Hart County Jail in Munfordville, 270-524-2571.

Barren County police work is shared by these offices.

• The Glasgow Police Department is headquartered at 101 Pin Oak Lane, Glasgow, KY 42141; call 270-651-6165 for the office or 270-651-1175 for non-emergency dispatch.
• Cave City runs its own police force from 103 Duke Street, Cave City, KY 42127, at 270-773-2441.
• The Park City Police Department picks up at 270-749-5695.
• Call the Barren County Sheriff's Office at 270-651-2771.
• Kentucky State Police Post 3, 3119 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-782-2010

In an emergency, call 911.