The Clark County Detention Center is at 30 Wall Street, Winchester, KY 40391, phone 859-745-0270, fax 859-745-0271. It holds people awaiting trial on Clark charges and people serving county sentences. Always use the person's full legal name when you call or write.

The roster shows who is in custody now and the charges. A brand-new booking can take time to show. VINELink confirms custody and can text you about release or transfer. For hearing dates on Clark cases, check KYeCourts public access.

Call 859-745-0270 first for visiting days and hours. Its rules bar cell phones, keys, food, drinks and large bags. Visitors must dress properly, anything brought in may be searched, and staff can turn away clothing they find improper. Clergy may visit with ID, avoiding meal times and after 9 p.m. Lawyers call 859-745-0270 for an in-person or Zoom visit. More in our visitation guide.

Bonds are paid to the clerk at the Governor James Clark Judicial Center, 17 Cleveland Avenue, P.O. Box 687, Winchester, KY 40392 (859-737-7264). Many people are released on recognizance after the pretrial screen, so check with the jail before paying. Read our bail guide for bond types and refunds.

Ask at 859-745-0270 which deposit methods the jail uses now and any limits or fees. Have the inmate's full legal name and date of birth ready, and keep any receipt in case a deposit does not post. Our money guide and commissary guide explain the usual choices at Kentucky jails.

Ask the jail at 859-745-0270 how to set up a phone account. Inmates call out, and calls are normally recorded, so avoid talking about the charges. Our phone guide and messaging guide cover common options for calls and electronic messages.

Put the inmate's full legal name on each letter and mail it to 30 Wall Street, Winchester, KY 40391. Call 859-745-0270 about current mail rules before mailing anything other than a plain letter, such as photos or books, since rules change. A return address belongs on every envelope. See our mail guide.

A person who cannot afford one asks the judge at arraignment, and if they qualify, the Richmond Trial Office (116 N. Second Street, P.O. Box 766, Richmond, KY 40475; 833-895-0580) is appointed. Relatives who give the office a case number can be told which attorney has the file. More in our court guide.

Phone the Clark sheriff at 859-744-4390, or let an attorney ask whether a warrant is active and what charge it lists. With a lawyer's help, a person can arrange to turn themselves in at Wall Street, and the lawyer can ask the judge about bond at the first appearance.

Minors are housed apart from adults. A detained youth in Kentucky must get a hearing within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice decides where youths go (502-573-2738) and contacts a parent.

Yes. Submit an Open Records Act request to Wall Street asking for the mugshot. In Winchester, news media can go through the sheriff for these images. An image captured by ICE calls for an ICE records request form. The U.S. Marshals do not hand out federal booking photos except for fugitives they are looking for.

Yes, whenever the U.S. Marshals choose Wall Street for a detainee. Federal defendants first appear at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 101 Barr Street, Lexington, KY 40507, 859-233-2503, and a detention hearing decides whether they are held. Search the federal prison locator for sentenced federal prisoners. Winchester families may contact Lexington's U.S. Marshals at 859-436-6750.

The Winchester jail (859-745-0270) is the place to confirm a detainer; ICE's statewide Louisville office answers at 502-625-6202.

Wall Street booking staff (859-745-0270) can confirm whether immigration has lodged paperwork, and ICE's Louisville number is 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the jail.
2. Once the Clark case allows release, Wall Street staff may keep the person up to 48 hours past release.
3. ICE must pick up the person in time, or the jail lets them go.
4. Find them with the ICE finder.

Some. Of 236 people listed there on Oct. 22, 2026, the corrections weekly report counted 31 as federal, in a jail with 156 beds; 859-745-0270 is the line to call.

After bond posts or a judge orders release, processing takes some time. The person gets back stored property and account money, minus fees. Plan a ride to Wall Street and call 859-745-0270 to ask about timing.

For state sentences, the Department of Corrections picks the prison or county jail. Check the KOOL lookup by name for the location, and see our prisons in Kentucky for addresses and phone numbers. New transfers can take time to appear.

The counties around Winchester book elsewhere. Lexington arrests go to the Lexington-Fayette County Detention Center, 859-425-2700. Madison has the Madison County Detention Center in Richmond, 859-624-4710, and Montgomery the Montgomery County Regional Jail in Mt. Sterling, 859-498-8747. Bourbon uses the Bourbon County Regional Detention Center in Paris, 859-987-2137, and Powell the Powell County Detention Center in Stanton, 606-663-6400. Estill arrests are taken to the Three Forks Regional Jail in Beattyville, 606-464-2598.

• Winchester Police Department, 16 S. Maple Street, Winchester, KY 40391: 859-745-7400
• Clark County Sheriff's Office: 859-744-4390
• Kentucky State Police Post 7, 699 Eastern Bypass, Richmond, KY 40475, 859-623-2404

In an emergency, call 911.