Adults are held at the Carter County Detention Center on Crossbar Road in Grayson. Because Elliott County sends its prisoners there too, the list mixes both counties. The jail phone is 606-475-1606. If a fresh arrest doesn't show yet, the sheriff at 606-474-5616 can confirm it, and a pretrial officer interviews new arrivals before the first appearance.

Enter a last name on the roster and check the birth date to avoid mixing up people from Elliott. A new arrest can lag behind on the list for part of a day. VINELink sends updates by text or by voice call, and KYeCourts online search lists court dates for Grayson cases. If the name still won't come up, call 606-475-1606 and give the full name.

Call 606-475-1606 for visiting days, registration steps, ID rules and whether video visits exist. Ask about children ahead of time, including whether a minor needs a parent or guardian along and where phones and purses must be left. Arrive early and expect a search. Our visitation guide gives general tips.

Learn the amount from 606-475-1606, then take ID to the Justice Center on East Main Street and pay the clerk (606-474-5191). Saturday morning hours can help on weekends. Check with the jail first in case the person was already released. More on our bail guide and money guide.

The jail at 606-475-1606 explains deposit methods, limits and fees. Give the legal name and birth date so funds don't go to an Elliott prisoner by mistake. Money pays for snacks, hygiene items and calls, and any jail fees may be taken from it first. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Prisoners call out from a prepaid account and can't receive calls. Ask 606-475-1606 how to fund one. Calls are recorded and can be used in court, so talk about family and bills, not the charges. Lawyers have separate, private lines. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Confirm the mailing address and rules with 606-475-1606. Address the envelope with the prisoner's legal name and include your own return address. Staff open and check all mail except legal letters, and items that break the rules are sent back. Our mail guide lists common limits on photos and packages.

Call 606-475-1606, give the prisoner's name and ask for the shift supervisor. They can explain how medicine is managed and when property can be picked up. The Boyd County Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (108 28th Street, Catlettsburg, KY 41129; 833-385-6052) may raise health problems that affect the case.

A missed court date can turn up in the court search. Call the sheriff at 606-474-5616, or have a lawyer check and set up a time to turn yourself in. A lawyer can arrange the surrender and ask about bail at the first hearing.

Teens are kept apart from the adult jail on Crossbar Road. State law gives a jailed youth the right to see a judge within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) handles placement, and the case is heard in Grayson.

Yes, through the open records law. An open records request to the detention center is the standard way to ask for a mugshot. News media can ask the jail or the Carter sheriff for one the same way. ICE photos require the ICE records request form. Federal booking photos are different: the Marshals share them only to help catch a wanted fugitive.

It can happen when the Marshals rent a bed there. Federal cases from Carter go to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1405 Greenup Avenue, Ashland, KY 41101, 606-329-2465. Whether they stay locked up is argued at a detention hearing near the start. For anyone later sentenced, check the Bureau of Prisons search. Families can reach the U.S. Marshals in Ashland at 606-329-2587 about a federal hold.

Ask the Grayson jail (606-475-1606) if immigration has filed a hold; for ICE itself, dial its Louisville office at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the jail.
2. Once the Carter charge no longer keeps the person in, the jail may keep them for as long as 48 hours more.
3. When the window closes without an agent coming to pick the person up, the jail lets them go.
4. Search the ICE detainee finder to find them.

Release happens on Crossbar Road in Grayson. Paperwork follows once bail is posted, and any fees come out of the inmate's account before money and property are returned. Phone 606-475-1606 to ask about timing, and arrange transportation, since the jail does not provide one. Bring a phone charger and the person's ID if you have it.

After a state sentence, the person is sorted by security level and sent to a prison or to a county jail with a state contract. Look them up in the KOOL locator, or use our prisons in Kentucky guide for prison addresses and phone numbers. Moves can lag online for several days, so call the facility if a record looks old.

Carter's own jail on Crossbar Road also holds Elliott County prisoners. Boyd County arrests go to the Boyd County Detention Center in Catlettsburg, 606-739-4224, and Greenup County arrests to the Greenup County Detention Center in Greenup, 606-473-9660, which also takes Lewis County prisoners. Lawrence County arrests go to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, 606-297-5245. Rowan County has the Rowan County Detention Center in Morehead, 606-784-8457.

• Grayson Police Department, 320 E. Third Street, Grayson, KY 41143: 606-474-4308
• Olive Hill Police Department, 273 Hitchins Ave., Olive Hill, KY 41164: 606-286-2551
• Carter County Sheriff's Office: 606-474-5616
• Kentucky State Police Post 14, 5975 US 60, Ashland, KY 41102: 606-928-6421

Grayson and Olive Hill are the county's two cities, and each has its own department. In an emergency, call 911.