The Greenup County Detention Center is at 100 Laurel Street, Greenup, KY 41144, phone 606-473-9660. The jail also holds some people from Lewis County, so check the county on a roster entry before calling. Call the jail to confirm visiting and commissary details.

Search the roster by last name. A brand-new booking may not show right away, so try again later if needed. VINELink confirms custody and can send a message about release. Court dates and charges are on KYeCourts public access, searchable by name or case number.

Call 606-473-9660 first to learn the current visiting days, whether visits are by video, and what ID is needed. Ask about rules for children too. Keep phones and bags in your vehicle, and arrive early in case of a line at check-in. See our visitation guide.

Pay the circuit clerk at the county Courthouse Annex, 101 Harrison Street, Greenup, KY 41144 (606-473-9869). Check with the jail first, because the pretrial review can lead to release on recognizance. Our bail guide and money guide explain more.

Call the detention center at 606-473-9660 to ask about deposit options, limits and fees. Give the inmate's legal name and booking number so the money reaches the right account. Our money guide and commissary guide explain the common choices.

Ask the jail at 606-473-9660 how to set up a calling account for your phone. Inmates make the calls; you cannot call in. Calls can be recorded, so keep the case out of it. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Ask the jail at 606-473-9660 for its mailing rules before you send anything, including limits on photos and enclosures. Use the inmate's legal name and include your return address, or the letter may be sent back. Our mail guide has more.

At arraignment, the judge reviews income and bills, then and appoints the Boyd County Trial Office (108 28th Street, Catlettsburg, KY 41129; 833-385-6052) for those who qualify. Relatives can call the Catlettsburg office with a case number to find the assigned lawyer. See our court guide.

Yes, especially since the jail also houses Lewis arrests and many residents have ties to Ashland. Call the sheriff at 606-473-7037 about any Greenup warrant. The courts' free guest case search then lists open cases statewide, while Ohio's courts cover anything across the river.

Once the person is out, a remaining warrant can be cleared by returning to the Greenup County Detention Center on a day a defense attorney has arranged, bond included. The circuit clerk at 101 Harrison St., Greenup, KY 41144, takes missed-date questions at 606-473-9869.

Teens are kept separate from adults and are not held at the Laurel Street jail with grown inmates. Kentucky gives a detained juvenile a court hearing within 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) handles placement and reaches out to a parent.

Yes. Ask the jail for the mugshot through an open records request. Reporters at news media outlets may go to the Greenup sheriff instead. For ICE photos, use the ICE records portal. The U.S. Marshals release federal booking photos only to help find a fugitive.

It might; federal housing is the Marshals' call. Ashland is where a new federal case begins, at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 1405 Greenup Avenue, Ashland, KY 41101, 606-329-2465, and a detention hearing there settles whether the person stays locked up. Once sentenced, people can be found in the federal prison locator. For a federal detainee, families can reach Ashland's Marshals office, 606-329-2587.

Laurel Street staff (606-473-9660) can confirm a detainer, and ICE in Louisville (502-625-6202) runs the immigration side.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the Laurel Street jail.
2. Once the case permits release, ICE can ask Laurel Street staff to keep their prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
3. ICE must pick up the person in that period, or the jail frees them.
4. Check the ICE finder to find them.

It is well past its rating, holding 136 inmates for 98 beds, or 139 percent, in the Oct. 22, 2026 Kentucky corrections jail summary. Calls to 606-473-9660 may take a few tries.

Release takes some time after bail is paid. Property and the account balance are handed back, minus fees. Phone 606-473-9660 for an expected time and line up a ride home, since the jail sits away from the cities of Flatwoods and Russell.

State-sentenced people are placed by the Department of Corrections in a prison or county jail. Search the KOOL lookup or see our prisons in Kentucky. A transfer can take days to appear, so call the prison if the search comes up empty.

Greenup's neighbors use their own jails or share one. Boyd has the Boyd County Detention Center in Catlettsburg, 606-739-4224, and Carter the Carter County Detention Center in Grayson, 606-475-1606. Lewis arrests are booked either at the Greenup jail or at the Mason County Detention Center in Maysville, 606-564-3621.

Greenup County police work is shared by these offices.

• Flatwoods Police Department, 2513 Reed Street, Flatwoods, KY 41139, 606-836-8189
• The Bellefonte Police Department, which covers the city of Bellefonte, picks up at 606-325-0608.
• Greenup Police Department, reached through Greenup City Hall, 606-473-7331
• The Raceland Police Department looks after the city of Raceland; its line is 606-836-8621.
• The City of Russell Police Department looks after the city of Russell; its line is 606-836-3822.
• South Shore Police Department, serving the city of South Shore, reached through South Shore City Hall, 606-932-6144
• For the city of Worthington, call the Worthington Police Department at 606-836-6144.
• Wurtland Police Department, serving the city of Wurtland, reached through Wurtland City Hall, 606-836-9166
• Reach the Greenup County Sheriff's Office at 606-473-9833.
• Kentucky State Police Post 14, 5975 U.S. 60, Ashland, KY 41102, 606-928-6421

For an emergency, call 911.