The Butler County Jail on North Main Street in Morgantown holds them. The county operates the jail, and arrests from Rochester and Woodbury are booked there as well. Call 270-526-3505. If a new arrest isn't online yet, the sheriff's office (270-526-3676) may help.

Yes. The roster and the alert service are separate tools. Type a surname into the inmate roster and confirm the birthday. Only people in custody right now are listed. VINELink can alert you about a release, and KYeCourts guest search shows court dates.

Ask 270-526-3505 about visit times, how to register, required ID and whether video visits are an option. Minors need a parent or legal guardian present. Visitors are searched, so personal items stay in the car. Our visitation guide explains more.

First phone 270-526-3505 to confirm the bond and that the person is still being held. Next, go to the circuit clerk at the courthouse (270-526-5631) and bring photo ID. Our bail guide and money guide have the details.

Call 270-526-3505 for deposit options, limits and fees, and give the person's full legal name. The account pays for commissary items and calling time, and the jail can deduct fees first. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Yes, with a prepaid calling account; ask 270-526-3505 to explain setup. Calls only go outward from the jail. Calls are recorded and prosecutors may listen, so keep the case off the phone. Our phone guide and messaging guide explain more.

Call 270-526-3505 to confirm the address and the rules. Put the person's legal name and your own return address on it. Every piece of mail except legal mail is opened and checked, and items that aren't allowed are returned. Read our mail guide for photos and more.

Call 270-526-3505 and ask for the supervisor on duty. Share the concern, such as a missing medication, along with the person's name. That supervisor can also help with property. A lawyer from the Bowling Green North Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (1001 Center St., Suite 301, Bowling Green, KY 42101; 833-254-2458) can bring health problems to the judge.

A missed hearing might be visible on KYeCourts guest search. Call the sheriff (270-526-3676) to ask. Turning yourself in alongside a lawyer can help when bail is decided.

Youths are held separately from adults. Detained youths get a court hearing inside 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) decides placement, and Butler District Court takes the case.

Yes. A signed open records letter to the jail, naming the person and booking date, can get you the mugshot. News media request booking photos through that same jail-or-sheriff route. Photos held by ICE have to be requested on the ICE records request page. Federal photos are kept back by the Marshals except during a fugitive search.

It may, when the Marshals contract for space there. Federal charges from the county go to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 241 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-393-2500, where a detention hearing decides custody. Find sentenced federal inmates through the federal inmate locator. In Morgantown, a federal hold is something Morgantown families raise with U.S. Marshals deputies in Bowling Green (270-901-2108).

Morgantown's jail sits beside the courthouse on North Main, and its booking desk (270-526-3505) sees an I-247A as soon as ICE faxes it. For ICE, call the Louisville field office at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends the jail an I-247A detainer.
2. Once state custody would end, the jail can hold the person as long as 48 hours past that point.
3. ICE must pick the person up inside that period.
4. If ICE does not show, the person goes free.
5. Look up people ICE detains in the ICE detainee locator.

Out-processing starts once bail is paid and the jail gets the release order. Property and leftover account money are handed back after fees. Ask 270-526-3505 how long it should take, and line up a ride beforehand. Staff cannot process anyone out until the court's paperwork arrives.

Search the KOOL search by name. It will show a prison or a county jail with state inmates. Our list of Kentucky prisons gives phone numbers and addresses. Records sometimes trail a transfer by several days; phone the facility when a name is missing.

Muhlenberg County holds arrests at the Muhlenberg County Detention Center in Greenville, 270-338-2263, which also takes McLean County prisoners. Ohio County has the Ohio County Detention Center in Hartford, 270-298-4455, and Logan County the Logan County Detention Center in Russellville, 270-726-3696. Warren County books into the Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, 270-843-4606, Grayson County into the Grayson County Detention Center in Leitchfield, 270-259-3636, and Edmonson County arrests are housed at the Hart County Jail in Munfordville, 270-524-2571.

Misdemeanors are prosecuted by the County Attorney at 110 N. Main in Morgantown (270-526-3316). Felonies go to the 38th Circuit Commonwealth's Attorney on East Ohio Street (270-526-3871), an office shared with Hancock and Ohio. Appointed counsel comes from the Bowling Green North public defender office on Center Street (833-254-2458). Morgantown police (270-526-3557) and KSP Post 3 (270-782-2010) handle most arrests. Hearings are explained in our Butler court page.

The Morgantown Police Department is reached through Morgantown City Hall at 270-526-3557, and the Butler County Sheriff's Office answers at 270-526-3676. Kentucky State Police Post 3 (3119 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101) is at 270-782-2010.

Morgantown, Rochester and Woodbury are the cities in Butler County. The Morgantown police number above is answered through city hall. Rochester and Woodbury have no police of their own, so sheriff's deputies and Post 3 troopers patrol them, just as they patrol the rest of Butler beyond Morgantown. Dial 911 in an emergency.