Local arrestees go to the Harlan County Detention Center on Highway 38 outside Evarts. Phone 606-837-0096 with the person's legal name. Shortly after an arrest, the sheriff (606-573-1313) or the city police department that made it can tell you whether booking is complete.

Yes. Type a last name into the inmate roster and check the birth date to avoid mix-ups. VINELink sends release notices, and KYeCourts guest search lists hearings. Fresh bookings can take time to post.

Families can set up video visits from home through the jail's tablet system. Call 606-837-0096 for on-site visiting rules, schedules and ID requirements. Minors need a parent or guardian. Our visitation guide explains more.

First phone 606-837-0096 so you know the figure and that the inmate hasn't left. Then bring cash, a money order or a local bank check to the justice center clerk in Harlan (606-573-7114), carrying photo ID; nothing is paid at the jail. See our bail guide and money guide.

Yes. Deposits go through the jail's tablet system; 606-837-0096 can explain the steps, caps and charges. Enter the legal name exactly as booked. After fees, money covers commissary items and communication. Our money guide and commissary guide have details.

Inmates use tablets, and families can send text messages and photos through the same system. Ask 606-837-0096 how to set up an account for calls. Everything is monitored and can be used in court, so don't discuss the case. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Regular mail is scanned and delivered to inmates on tablets, so originals aren't handed over. Legal mail must be marked as legal and is opened in front of the inmate. Inmates can't write to other inmates. Call 606-837-0096 for the correct address. Our mail guide covers photos.

Phone 606-837-0096, request a supervisor, name the inmate and explain the worry, perhaps a dose that was skipped. Staff there also handle property questions. A Harlan Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (120 Professional Lane, Harlan, KY 40831; 833-254-2462) lawyer can bring health issues to the judge. Have the medication list handy.

KYeCourts guest search may show a missed court date, and the sheriff (606-573-1313) can answer questions. A lawyer can schedule a surrender in Evarts and argue bail at the first appearance.

Not to the adult jail. A youth in detention must get a hearing within 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) chooses placement, and Harlan District Court hears the case.

Yes, under the open records law. Write the jail in Evarts an open records request, list the name and arrest date, and specify the mugshot. The sheriff also handles news media requests for one. ICE photos need the ICE FOIA page. The Marshals release a federal mugshot only to help find a fugitive.

Only when the jail has agreed to rent beds to the U.S. Marshals, who decide where federal detainees stay. Harlan's federal prosecutions belong to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 310 South Main Street, London, KY 40741, 606-877-7910; pretrial custody is argued at a detention hearing. Search the BOP locator for anyone already sentenced. Harlan families can reach the London Marshals office at 606-864-6993.

The Evarts detention center (606-837-0096) can confirm a detainer is on file; the immigration case runs through ICE's Louisville office, 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends an I-247A detainer to the jail.
2. After the state charge stops holding them, the inmate can be kept 48 hours more at most beyond that release.
3. ICE must pick up the person within that time.
4. If not, the jail releases them.
5. The ICE locator lists people in ICE custody.

The detention center at 606-837-0096 reported 241 people for 227 beds on Oct. 22, 2026 in the Kentucky DOC weekly census, a little over capacity. If you are posting bond, the circuit clerk at 606-573-7114 takes cash, a money order, or a personal check from a bank in the area; checks from farther away are not on that list. ePay is available for fines and costs.

Release paperwork begins when the bail payment reaches the jail. Belongings and any account balance are given back, less fees. Ask 606-837-0096 about timing and have someone ready to drive, because the jail sits outside town on Highway 38.

Run the name through the KOOL search, which points to the prison or county jail with state inmates. Our Kentucky prison directory lists numbers. Recent transfers sometimes need several days to register.

Each Kentucky county next to Harlan books arrests at its own jail. Bell County uses the Bell County Detention Center in Pineville, 606-337-5507. Letcher County has the Letcher County Jail in Whitesburg, 606-633-5163, and Leslie County the Leslie County Detention Center in Hyden, 606-672-3548; both send overflow to the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard, 606-436-4032, which is also Perry County's jail. An arrest across the Virginia line is a Virginia case.

• Harlan Police Department, serving the county seat: 606-573-1121
• Benham Police Department, serving the city of Benham: 606-703-5959
• Cumberland Police Department, reached through Cumberland City Hall: 606-589-2106
• Evarts Police Department, reached through Evarts City Hall: 606-837-2477
• Loyall Police Department, reached through Loyall City Hall: 606-573-6396
• Lynch Police Department, reached through Lynch City Hall: 606-848-2873
• Harlan County Sheriff's Office: 606-573-1313
• Kentucky State Police Post 10, 3319 South US 421, Harlan, KY 40831: 606-573-3131

Deputies and state troopers patrol outside the six cities with police, including Wallins Creek. Call 911 in an emergency.