Adults arrested by Lexington police, University of Kentucky police, the sheriff's office or state troopers in this county go to the Fayette County Detention Center at 600 Old Frankfort Circle, Lexington, KY 40510. It is part of the urban county government's corrections division. If you can't find someone there, the question on nearby jails below gives each neighboring county's jail. VINELink also shows custody status across Kentucky jails, not just victim alerts.

Community Corrections (859-425-2700) or the District Criminal counter (859-246-2228) can take bail. Kentucky bans paid bail bondsmen, so money goes straight to the court clerk. After a Pretrial Services interview, a judge often releases low-risk people without money. Others pay full cash or a 10 percent deposit at the district courthouse counter (open 24 hours) or the jail lobby. Our bail guide lists the steps, and payment options covers online pay.

Personal letters go to an out-of-state scanning center, not the jail, with the full name and booking number written on the outside, while legal mail still goes to the jail; details are on our mail page. Video visits are free on site or about 10 cents a minute from home (see visiting rules). Inmates can only call out, and our phone guide explains how to set up an account. Messaging is covered under email and texting, and money for snacks under commissary and deposits.

For a family emergency, call 859-425-2700, give the full name and booking number, and ask staff to pass the news along.

Call 859-425-2700 and ask for property release; the inmate usually must sign a form first. If you worry about an injury or medical need, call the same number, give the full name and booking number, and ask that a supervisor check on the person. A lawyer can also request medical records.

Charges show in the lookup and the KYeCourts guest search. Free counsel is available from the Department of Public Advocacy's Lexington North (859-258-2377) and Lexington South (859-246-2906) offices at 163 W. Short St., Lexington, KY 40507. For court steps, see our court process page.

Yes, and because this detention center books people from all over Central Kentucky, a second case from another county is fairly common. The sheriff's office at 859-252-1771 can check its own warrants, and its fugitive unit page explains how those are handled. For other counties, run a name and birth date statewide on the courts' free guest case search.

Should a warrant still be active after release, a defense attorney can plan a surrender at the Fayette County Detention Center and request bond there. The circuit clerk's criminal division at 120 N. Limestone, Lexington, KY 40507, answers at 859-246-2224 about missed court dates.

Youths under 18 don't go to the adult jail. Once a minor accused of a crime is locked up, state law sets a 48-hour limit, with weekends and holidays excluded, for the detention hearing (KRS 610.265). Detained youths go to the Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 3475 Spurr Road, Lexington, KY 40511, 859-246-2806, operated by Kentucky's Department of Juvenile Justice. It has no public roster, and juvenile court records are confidential. Parents should call the center and the District Court Juvenile Division at 859-246-2234.

Start with the lookup entry, which may show a mugshot. Anyone can file an open records request with Community Corrections, and news media can direct requests to the sheriff's office or the jail. ICE photos must be requested at ICE FOIA. Federal booking photos are kept private. The exception is the U.S. Marshals Service, which may publish one when someone is a fugitive.

Charges brought by U.S. prosecutors land at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 101 Barr Street, Lexington, KY 40507, 859-233-2503. Within a day or two the person sees a magistrate judge, who decides on custody at a detention hearing. Until that hearing and often through trial, the Marshals decide where the person sleeps, frequently a local jail, so try the city lookup first. Their Eastern District headquarters is right here in Lexington and answers housing questions at 859-436-6750. After sentencing, the Bureau of Prisons takes over; search the BOP inmate locator by name or register number.

Community Corrections (859-425-2700) can confirm a detainer, and ICE's Louisville office answers immigration questions at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A, a detainer, to the jail.
2. After the Lexington case stops requiring custody, the detainer asks Community Corrections to hold a Lexington prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Agents must pick up the detainee before the 48 hours expire; if no one comes, Community Corrections releases them.
4. Search the ICE detainee locator with the A-number or name and country of birth.

Call 859-425-2700 to confirm whether a hold exists before posting bond.

Start with the city's own Community Corrections inmate information page, where the Search current inmates button opens the detention center's list of people now in custody, searchable by name. Check other spellings, a maiden name, or a birth date search in VINELink. Fresh arrests are sometimes slow to post. If the person is still missing, they may have been released, moved to a nearby county jail, or taken into federal custody. Call the jail at 859-425-2700 with the full name and birth date to ask.

Once bond clears or a judge signs a release order, the jail finishes paperwork and returns property. That can take a few hours. People leave from the jail at 600 Old Frankfort Circle, Lexington, KY 40510, so plan a ride. Any money left on the account is returned at release. Call 859-425-2700 to ask about timing.

After sentencing, a person goes to a state intake center to be classified, then to a prison that fits them. Search the KOOL offender search by name or number, and see our Kentucky state prisons guide.

Find the person in the lookup and copy the booking number and charges, then check the case in KYeCourts guest search once it is filed, since the charge there is the current one. Expect a Pretrial Services interview, then a bond set by a District judge. The District Criminal clerk at 150 North Limestone (859-246-2228) can say what bond was set; that counter is open around the clock except December 24 and 25, and our bail guide explains how to post it. Plan a ride from 600 Old Frankfort Circle, Lexington, KY 40510 once release is confirmed.

After a grand jury indicts, the case moves from District Court to Circuit Court at 120 North Limestone. The Circuit Criminal clerk in room C-103, 859-246-2224, can give the next court date and confirm whether a warrant or summons was issued. Appeals from a conviction are handled by the Circuit clerk's appeals section in C-33, 859-246-2147.

Juvenile cases are heard in District Court, and the juvenile clerk's office is room D-442 at 150 North Limestone, 859-246-2234. Only parents, guardians, the youth and their lawyer can see the file. Staff will not confirm details to other relatives.

University of Kentucky police are a full police agency with arrest powers on campus and nearby university property. Students and visitors they arrest go to the same detention center as Lexington police arrests, and the case goes to the same District Court. Campus discipline is a separate process run by the university and does not affect bond.

An arrest across the Fayette line is booked in that county instead. Scott County uses the Scott County Detention Center in Georgetown, 502-863-7880, and Woodford County the Woodford County Detention Center in Versailles, 859-873-3196. Jessamine County books into the Jessamine County Detention Center in Nicholasville, 859-885-4558. Madison County has the Madison County Detention Center in Richmond, 859-624-4710, with overflow at the Three Forks Regional Jail, 606-464-2598. Clark County keeps the Clark County Detention Center in Winchester, 859-745-0270. Bourbon County arrests go to the Bourbon County Regional Detention Center in Paris, 859-987-2137, which also takes Harrison, Nicholas, Pendleton and Robertson County prisoners.

The Lexington Police Department, 150 East Main Street, Lexington, KY 40507, answers at 859-258-3600, and the Fayette County Sheriff's Office at 859-252-1771. The University of Kentucky Police Department's non-emergency line is 859-257-8573. Kentucky State Police Post 12, 1250 Louisville Rd., Frankfort, KY 40601, covers Fayette at 502-227-2221. Community Corrections, which runs the jail, is at 859-425-2700, and the District Criminal counter takes pretrial bond questions at 859-246-2228.

Call 911 for an emergency.