They are held at the Crittenden County Detention Center on West Carlisle Street in Marion, the county's own jail. Arrests from anywhere in the county are booked there. Call 270-965-3185. For a very recent booking, the sheriff (270-965-3400) may know more before the roster updates. Either office will ask for a name and birthday. Federal prisoners make up much of its population. The state's weekly report for Oct. 22, 2026, counted 123 people in 133 beds, 71 of them held for federal agencies, while the jail's 39-bed restricted custody center for state inmates had 23.

Yes. Open the jail roster, search a last name and match the birth date. Only current inmates appear. VINELink sends release notices, and KYeCourts guest access shows hearing dates. Spellings can differ, so try a partial name if the first search finds nothing.

Visits have to be booked at least 24 hours ahead. Call 270-965-3185 for available times, ID rules and any video option. Kids need a parent or guardian with them. Everyone is screened, so leave valuables in your car. See our visitation guide.

Phone 270-965-3185 to get the figure and check that the person is still in custody. Then go to the clerk's temporary office at 208 S. Main St., Marion, KY 42064 (270-965-4200) with photo ID, and ask beforehand which payment works for bond. Our bail guide and money guide explain more.

Ask 270-965-3185 what deposit methods exist, plus limits and fees, and use the legal name. The account covers commissary purchases and calls, and the jail may take its fees first. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Inmates call out using a prepaid account; ask 270-965-3185 how to set it up. You can't call in. Every call is recorded and could be used in court, so avoid discussing the case. Our phone guide and messaging guide explain more.

Address letters to the inmate at the detention center, 208 W. Carlisle St., Marion, KY 42064, with the full legal name, plus a return address. Officers check everything but legal mail and send back banned items. Call 270-965-3185 with questions, and see our mail guide.

Call 270-965-3185 and request the shift supervisor. Describe the concern, for example missing medication, and give the name. Property questions go to the same officer. A Henderson Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (739 S. Main St., Henderson, KY 42420; 833-254-2463) lawyer can raise medical issues in court.

A missed court date might show on KYeCourts guest access. Ask the sheriff (270-965-3400). Turning yourself in with a lawyer present can help when bail is decided.

Youths are not housed with adults. A detained juvenile gets a hearing within 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) decides placement, and Crittenden District Court handles the case.

Yes, on request. Put an open records request on paper to the detention center, naming the person, the booking date and the mugshot. News media ask the jail or the sheriff through that process too. Immigration photos need a request on the ICE FOIA site. Federal photos are withheld by the Marshals except to catch a fugitive.

Possibly, if the U.S. Marshals have Marion beds under contract. A federal case from Crittenden is heard at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 501 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001, 270-415-6400, and custody there follows a detention hearing. Search the BOP inmate search for sentenced federal inmates. Marion relatives can try the Paducah Marshals line, 270-415-1706.

Marion's detention center on West Carlisle Street (270-965-3185) receives any detainer for its own prisoners and for those it boards from Lyon. Call ICE in Louisville at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends an I-247A detainer to the jail.
2. After the Crittenden case would let them go, the jail can keep them up to 48 hours.
3. ICE needs to pick the person up before those hours run out.
4. If ICE never arrives, the person is released.
5. Use the online ICE locator to find people ICE detains.

Out-processing starts after bail is paid and the release order reaches the jail. Belongings and any remaining account money come back after fees. Call 270-965-3185 for timing and set up a ride in advance.

Search the KOOL offender search by name to find the prison or county jail with state inmates that holds the person. Our Kentucky state prison list gives phone numbers and addresses. Records can lag after a move, so call the facility if needed.

Caldwell County has the Caldwell County Jail in Princeton, 270-365-6790, and Webster County the Webster County Detention Center in Dixon, 270-639-7020, where Union County prisoners are booked as well. Livingston prisoners go to the McCracken County Jail in Paducah, 270-444-4730. Lyon has no jail of its own; its prisoners are held in Marion at this jail, at the Marshall County Detention Center in Benton, 270-527-4760, or in Paducah. Hardin County is across the Ohio River in Illinois.

The County Attorney, on South Main (270-965-4600), handles misdemeanors. Felonies go to the 5th Circuit Commonwealth's Attorney a block away (270-965-1585), covering Crittenden, Union and Webster. The Henderson trial office of the public defender (833-254-2463) takes appointed cases. Marion police (270-965-3500) and KSP Post 2 in Nortonville (270-676-3313) make most arrests. Hearings are described in our Crittenden court guide.

The Marion Police Department answers at 270-965-3500, and the Crittenden County Sheriff's Office at 270-965-3400. Kentucky State Police Post 2 (1000 Western Kentucky Parkway, Nortonville, KY 42442) is at 270-676-3313.

Marion is the only city in Crittenden County. Outside Marion, sheriff's deputies and Post 2 troopers handle calls. In an emergency, call 911.