The Henderson County Detention Center is at 380 Borax Drive, Henderson, KY 42420, phone 270-827-5560. Its programs include Class D work crews, GED study and reentry support.

The detention center's website posts a current inmates list that you can search by name. It shows people now in custody. If a name is missing, the booking may still be in process. VINELink confirms custody and can notify you of release or transfer. Look up the next hearing on KYeCourts public access.

Call 270-827-5560 before you plan a visit to ask about days, times and ID. Ask about days, hours, video visits, age rules for children and what ID is required. Leave phones and bags in the car. See our visitation guide.

Bond is paid in cash at the Henderson County Judicial Center, 5 North Main Street, P.O. Box 675, Henderson, KY 42419 (270-826-2405), with ID and a Social Security number. After screening, plenty of people are let go on recognizance. Read our bail guide and money guide.

Ask the jail at 270-827-5560 about current deposit methods, limits and fees. Have the inmate's full name and booking number ready when you call, and keep the receipt until the deposit shows on the account. Our money guide and commissary guide describe common deposit methods.

Ask the jail at 270-827-5560 how to open a phone account for your number. Inmates place calls out, and those calls are generally recorded, so leave the case out of the conversation. Our phone guide and messaging guide explain the usual setup.

Confirm the mailing address and rules with the jail at 270-827-5560 before sending anything. Write the legal name and booking number on the envelope, plus a full return address. Ask whether cards, stickers or photos are allowed. Our mail guide covers the basics.

The Henderson Trial Office (739 S. Main Street, Henderson, KY 42420; 833-254-2463) takes cases for those who qualify after the judge reviews their finances at arraignment. Family may call the trial office, case number in hand, to learn the assigned lawyer. See our court guide.

It's possible, since the city sits across the Ohio from Evansville. The Henderson sheriff's office will check for a local warrant at 270-860-5464. Statewide, the courts' free guest case search lists open Kentucky cases under a name, and Indiana's courts cover anything filed there.

A warrant left over after release is usually handled by returning to the Henderson County Detention Center at a time counsel sets, with bond requested then. The circuit clerk at 5 N. Main St., Henderson, KY 42419, answers at 270-826-2405 about missed court.

Youths are held separately from adults. In Kentucky, the law gives a held juvenile a court hearing within 48 hours, weekends and holidays excluded (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) arranges placement and notifies a parent.

Yes, a mugshot is available through an open records request to the jail. Henderson's sheriff is where news media can request booking photos. ICE photos take an ICE records request form. The Marshals hold back federal booking photos unless they want the public's help catching a fugitive.

Possibly, since the U.S. Marshals choose housing. A federal defendant is first brought to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 423 Frederica Street, Owensboro, KY 42301, 270-689-4400 in Owensboro, and a detention hearing settles custody. Look up sentenced federal prisoners in the federal prison locator. Owensboro's Marshals office, 270-852-2645, covers federal prisoners from Henderson too.

Borax Drive staff (270-827-5560) confirm detainers; ICE's Louisville office handles the immigration file at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE files Form I-247A with the detention center.
2. When the local charge would release the person, ICE can ask Borax Drive staff to hold a Henderson prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
3. Agents must pick up the person in that window, or the jail sets them free.
4. The ICE finder shows where they went.

The Oct. 22, 2026 weekly jail report from the state listed 494 inmates in 466 beds at the detention center (270-827-5560), and 179 of them were federal holds. Its 100-bed restricted custody center showed nobody housed that week. For court money, the circuit clerk (270-826-2405) offers ePay online and a drop box to the left of the judicial center's front entrance. Circuit court hearings are in person only; probate and traffic questions go to the district court judicial services line, 270-826-4755.

Release takes some time after the bond posts. Stored property and the remaining account balance are returned, less fees owed. Arrange a ride ahead of time, bring a photo ID for anyone picking up property, and call 270-827-5560 to ask when and where to pick them up.

The Borax Drive jail (270-827-5560) can confirm when someone was moved out. A prison term commits the person to Corrections custody (KRS 532.100); the department assigns state-sentenced people to a prison or a county jail. Search the KOOL lookup by name, or see our prisons in Kentucky for addresses and phone numbers. Transfers may take some time to appear online.

Henderson's Kentucky neighbors use other jails. Daviess arrests go to the Daviess County Detention Center in Owensboro, 270-685-8466. Webster and Union arrests go to the Webster County Detention Center in Dixon, 270-639-7020, and McLean arrests to the Muhlenberg County Detention Center in Greenville, 270-338-2263.

• The city police department sits at 1990 Barret Ct., Henderson, KY 42420, and its office line is 270-831-1295, with non-emergency dispatch at 270-827-8700.
• The county sheriff's office answers at 270-860-5464.
• Troopers work out of Kentucky State Police Post 16, 8298 Keach Drive, Henderson, KY 42420, 270-826-3312.

Deputies and state troopers patrol outside Henderson, including Corydon and Robards. In an emergency, call 911.