The Campbell County Detention Center sits at 601 Central Avenue, Newport, KY 41071; its number is 859-431-4611. Visitors may leave only approved prescription drugs and glasses for an inmate. Keep the inmate's full name plus birth date or jacket number handy when you call or send anything.

The roster shows current inmates, charges and bond. VINELink reports custody and can alert you when someone leaves or moves. KYeCourts public access lists court dates. A new arrest may take a few hours to appear online.

All visits are by video. Remote visits run every day from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Lobby kiosk visits run Monday to Thursday 1 to 4 p.m. and weekends 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. No visits happen 11 a.m. to noon, 5 to 6 p.m., or on Fridays. Book on the family account website, not by phone. See our visitation guide.

Visitors must be 18 with photo ID, or come with an adult. Lobby visits are booked ahead online like remote ones. Dress and behavior rules apply on camera, and a visit can be ended for breaking them. Our visit guide has more tips.

Bond amounts show under each photo on the roster, and bond is paid in cash through the court clerk. Account deposits do not count toward bond. See our bail guide for bond types and refunds.

The lobby cashier machine takes cash or cards at any hour. You can also use the online deposit service, or send a money order made out to Campbell County Detention Center to 601 Central Avenue, Newport, KY 41071, with the inmate's name and birth date or jacket number on the memo line. Each deposit costs $3.25. See our money guide.

Commissary spending is capped at $100 per 7 days. If an inmate owes the jail, 25 percent of each deposit goes to that debt. Phone money is kept separate and is not taken for debt. See our commissary guide.

Inmate calls go through the jail's phone provider. Add phone money at the lobby machine, on the family account website, or by calling 877-998-5678. Inmates with a texting device can send messages for $4 a month plus 10 cents each. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Inmate letters are not opened at the jail. Address them to the inmate's name and ID, Campbell County Jail, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. New paperback books, two at a time, must ship straight from a seller to the inmate at 601 Central Avenue, Newport, KY 41071. See our mail guide.

The Newport Trial Office of the public defender (601 Washington Avenue, Suite 300, Newport, KY 41071; 833-514-8985) represents people who qualify. A judge looks at finances during arraignment. Family members can ask that office, with the case number, who is handling the case. See our court guide.

Where people cross between Covington, Cincinnati and this side of the river every day, a second case turns up fairly often. The sheriff's office checks for a local warrant at 859-292-3833. The courts' free guest case search then shows every Kentucky case under a name statewide, and Ohio's own courts cover anything filed across the river.

After release, a remaining warrant is normally handled by surrendering at the Campbell County Detention Center with a northern Kentucky defense attorney. The circuit clerk at 330 York St., Newport, KY 41071, answers missed-date questions at 859-292-6314.

A child held in Campbell County goes before a district judge at the courthouse on York Street (859-292-6314) within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays, and is kept apart from adults (KRS 610.265). Placement goes through the Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738), which tells parents where the child is.

The roster often shows a photo. The jail takes open records requests in writing and answers within 5 business days. News media may also request booking photos from the sheriff. ICE photos need the ICE records request form. Federal mugshots are withheld unless the Marshals release one to help find a fugitive.

Federal arrests in Campbell go to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 35 West Fifth Street, Covington, KY 41011, 859-392-7925. The first hearing and any detention hearing go before a magistrate judge. Between hearings the U.S. Marshals decide where the defendant stays, sometimes the jail on Central Avenue itself. Their nearest office is in Covington, a short drive west, at 859-392-7918. After sentencing, search the federal prison locator.

The Campbell County Detention Center (859-431-4611) first receives the detainer, Form I-247A, and ICE runs its regional field work out of ERO Louisville, reachable at 502-625-6202. Then, once the Campbell case ends or bond is posted, ICE may ask the Newport detention center to keep that inmate up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, under 8 CFR 287.7(d). Agents have to pick the person up before that time runs out, or the hold ends. A person ICE takes may be sent to one of its facilities in another state, and the ICE finder shows where.

Corrections assigns state prisoners after intake testing and classification. Some serve shorter felony terms in county jails. Check the KOOL lookup for the current location and our prisons in Kentucky for prison addresses.

Then look in that county's jail. Covington and the rest of Kenton County book at the Kenton County Detention Center, 859-363-2400. Pendleton County arrests go to the Bourbon County Regional Detention Center in Paris, 859-987-2137.

1. Open the roster; the bond, if set, is listed under the person's photo.
2. Check KYeCourts public access for the charge and court date.
3. Call the circuit clerk, 859-292-6314, with bond questions, and read our bail guide first.
4. Set up a video visit for someone 18 or older with photo ID.

Misdemeanor cases are prosecuted by the Campbell County Attorney, 859-491-4025. Felonies that a grand jury indicts are handled by the Commonwealth's Attorney for the 17th Circuit, 859-292-6490. Neither office gives legal advice to the family of the accused; that is the defense lawyer's role.

The detention center takes open records requests and, under Kentucky's open records law, has five business days to respond. Ask for a booking photo or a record by name and booking date.

The state Department of Corrections weekly jail report for October 8, 2026 listed 412 people in the 561-bed Newport jail, so it was running below capacity, unlike many Kentucky jails. A separate restricted custody center with 124 beds was empty that week.

Ten cities have their own departments. Newport Police are at 998 Monmouth Street, Newport, KY 41071, with a main line of 859-292-3680 and a second listing at 859-292-3666. Alexandria Police work from 8236 West Main Street, Alexandria, KY 41001 (859-635-4126), and Bellevue Police from 616 Poplar Street, Bellevue, KY 41073, where administration answers at 859-261-1122 or 859-292-4234. Cold Spring Police are at 5700 East Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, KY 41076 (859-441-6289), and Highland Heights Police at 176 Johns Hill Road, Highland Heights, KY 41076 (859-441-8956 or 859-441-8575). Southgate Police are at 301 W. Walnut, Southgate, KY 41071 (859-441-7473).

Fort Thomas Police can be reached at 859-441-6562, Dayton Police at 859-261-1471, Silver Grove Police at 859-441-6390 and Wilder Police at 859-581-8884. The Campbell County Sheriff's Office (859-292-3833) and Kentucky State Police Post 6, 4265 U.S. Highway 25, Dry Ridge, KY 41035 (859-428-1212), patrol outside the police cities, including California, Crestview, Melbourne, Mentor and Woodlawn. The county's non-emergency dispatch number is 859-292-3622, and for emergencies you should call 911.