The Bullitt County Detention Center is at 1671 South Preston Highway, Shepherdsville, KY 40165; call 502-543-7263. The jail does not accept property from visitors, so do not bring clothing or other items. Keep the person's full name and birth date handy when calling.

The roster lists current inmates and charges. VINELink reports custody and can tell you by alert when a transfer or release happens. KYeCourts public access shows court dates. Fresh arrests sometimes need several hours before they show.

In-person visits are suspended until further notice. Kiosk visits are held in the lobby visit booth, Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 3:20 p.m. To set one up, call 702-829-3001; visits run through the jail's phone provider. Bring photo ID. See our visitation guide.

Weekday bonds from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. go to the judicial center; other times, use the jail's door 118. Bring cash in exact change. The jail stops taking bonds at set times each weekday. See our bail guide for every rule.

Use the lobby kiosk with cash or a card at any hour, use the jail's online deposit service, or call 800-622-8166. Money orders are accepted only when sent by post. Account money pays for commissary items. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Inmate phones go through the jail's phone provider. For phone questions or account trouble, call 877-998-5678. Calls may be recorded, so do not discuss the case. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Use a plain envelope with only the address and stamp, written to the inmate's name at Bullitt County Detention Center, 1671 South Preston Highway, Shepherdsville, KY 40165. Staff may read it, except privileged legal letters. Inmates may get 4 photos a month, up to 4 by 6, on photo paper. See our mail guide.

People sentenced to serve weekends pay all fees at booking. Work release fees are paid weekly with no exceptions. Ask the jail at 502-543-7263 for the current fee amounts before a sentence starts, so there are no surprises at check-in.

Those who qualify receive the Bullitt County Trial Office of the public defender (650 North Buckman Street, Shepherdsville, KY 40165; 833-254-2465). A judge reviews finances at arraignment. Relatives who have the case number may phone that office to ask which attorney has the file. See our court guide.

To learn whether a warrant is out, phone the Bullitt County Sheriff's Office at 502-543-2514, or turn yourself in with a lawyer. Arranging the surrender in advance usually speeds up the bond decision.

By law, youths are held away from adults. A detained juvenile gets a court hearing within 48 hours, weekends and holidays aside (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) handles placement and tells parents where the child is.

Bullitt booking photos are available by open records request to the jail. News media may also ask the sheriff's office. ICE photos require the ICE records request form. Federal mugshots are not released unless the Marshals share one to help find a fugitive.

Federal arrests from Bullitt go to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 601 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202, 502-625-3500. A magistrate judge holds the first hearing and any detention hearing. Bullitt sits just south of Louisville, so the federal case, the courthouse at 601 West Broadway and the Marshals' district office are all a short drive north. The U.S. Marshals decide where a defendant waits, sometimes in a local jail, and answer placement questions at 502-588-8000. Search the federal prison locator after sentencing.

Immigration detainers on Form I-247A for Bullitt arrests first go to the detention center on South Preston Highway (502-543-7263), and the agency's nearest office is ICE ERO Louisville (502-625-6202). Then the detainer lets ICE request that Shepherdsville staff keep the person as long as 48 hours past their release time, and the clock starts only when Bullitt charges no longer keep them in state custody. Should agents fail to pick the person up by the Shepherdsville deadline, Shepherdsville staff release them. Detainees often go to an immigration center outside Kentucky, so use the ICE finder to trace them.

Corrections decides where state prisoners go after intake testing. Lower-level felons sometimes stay in a county jail for their whole term. See the KOOL lookup for the current location and our prisons in Kentucky for prison addresses.

Yes. An arrest across the line is usually booked where it happened. Louisville arrests go to Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, 502-574-8477. To the south and east are the Hardin County Detention Center in Elizabethtown, 270-765-7717, and the Nelson County Correctional Center in Bardstown, 502-348-1860. Spencer County arrests are taken to the Shelby County Detention Center in Shelbyville, 502-633-2343. VINELink checks every Kentucky jail at once.

1. Search the roster and copy the booking number.
2. Open KYeCourts public access to read the charge and see when court is.
3. Call the circuit clerk, 502-543-7104, to learn the bond. Bonds of $10,000 or more and property bonds must be handled at the clerk's office.
4. Read the bail guide before you bring money; the jail takes exact cash only.

The Bullitt County Attorney, 300 South Buckman Street, Shepherdsville, KY 40165, 502-543-1505, prosecutes misdemeanors and handles first felony hearings. The Commonwealth's Attorney for the 55th Circuit, 502-543-4157, takes indicted felonies to trial in Circuit Court.

The state Department of Corrections weekly jail report for October 8, 2026 counted 308 people in a jail with 259 beds, and 23 more in the county's separate 64-bed non-secure unit. When the main jail is over capacity, booking and kiosk visit slots can back up, so call 502-543-7263 and check the visiting page before you make the trip.

Yes. If the person also has a warrant or open case in Jefferson County, Louisville Metro Corrections, 502-574-8477, can pick them up once the Bullitt case allows release. The same is true for warrants from other counties. Ask the jail whether any hold is on file before you post bond, because paying bond here will not cancel another county's warrant.

Yes. The detention center lists fees for people a judge sentences to serve weekends or to work release. The judge's order sets the schedule; the jail sets the fee. Call the jail for the current amounts and reporting times before the first weekend.

Five cities run their own police. The Shepherdsville Police Department is at 634 Conestoga Parkway, Shepherdsville, KY 40165 (502-543-2923), and its front desk is open Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to noon. Mount Washington Police work from 180 Landis Lane, Mt. Washington, KY 40047 (502-538-8143), and Lebanon Junction Police from 271 Main Street, Lebanon Junction, KY 40150 (502-833-2244). Hillview Police answer at 502-955-6808 and Pioneer Village Police at 502-957-6548.

The Bullitt County Sheriff's Office (502-543-2514) and Kentucky State Police Post 4, 954 Cameron Ponder Drive, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 (270-766-5078), patrol outside those cities, including Fox Chase, Hebron Estates and Hunters Hollow. Non-emergency dispatch is 502-543-7074, and for emergencies you should call 911.