They are held at the Fulton County Detention Center, in Fulton County. The county keeps no full jail in Clinton. The Hickman County jailer's office oversees taking people to the Fulton County Detention Center. That jail also holds Fulton County's own arrests, so confirm the birth date when you search, and call 270-236-2405 if the person does not appear. The Fulton County jail works largely as a state facility. Corrections counted 385 people in its 449 beds on Oct. 22, 2026, and 285 of those inmates were Class D felons doing state time. The county is one of Kentucky's least populated counties, with about 4,372 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate.

Look the person up on the Fulton County Detention Center inmate list. New bookings can lag on the roster. Match the birth date, since Fulton County inmates are on the same list. VINELink sends custody alerts, and KYeCourts public case search shows the next court date in Clinton.

Ring 270-236-2405 and ask which days work, how to register, what ID to bring and whether screens replace face-to-face visits. Clear any children with staff first. Phones and purses belong in your vehicle. Our visitation guide explains common rules at Kentucky jails.

Learn the amount from the jail in the city of Hickman, then carry cash to Clinton, where the circuit clerk (270-653-3901) works out of the annex on South Washington Street. Some defendants are released without money after pretrial screening (KRS 431.066), so ask first. Our bail guide and money guide explain each step.

The jail in the city of Hickman (270-236-2405) can explain how to deposit, the maximum per transfer and what it costs. Because two counties share the building, include the person's legal name and birthday with every payment. Our money guide and commissary guide list common options.

People held there can only dial out, using an account relatives pay into. Staff at 270-236-2405 explain how to start one. Assume calls are recorded and avoid talking about the charges. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Address letters to the inmate's full legal name at 2010 South Seventh Street, Hickman, KY 42050, with your return address in the corner. Call 270-236-2405 for the current rules on photos, cards and packages. Our mail guide covers common rules.

A judge reviews the defendant's finances at arraignment and, if eligible, assigns the Paducah Trial Office (405 Clarence Gaines St., Paducah, KY 42003; 833-895-0577). Relatives can phone Paducah with the docket number and ask which attorney got the file. Our court guide explains what comes next.

The sheriff's deputies (270-653-2241) can tell you, or an attorney can find out. Walking in with a lawyer instead of waiting to be picked up puts counsel beside the defendant when a judge sets bail.

Children are kept out of the adult jail. A detained youth goes before a judge inside 48 hours, weekends and holidays aside (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) arranges where the youth stays and notifies the family.

Mugshot requests go to the Fulton County jail in writing under the Open Records Act. The sheriff also takes such letters from newspapers, TV stations and other news media. An ICE booking photo needs a filing on the ICE FOIA request page. The Marshals release federal photos only when they are looking for a fugitive.

Possibly; Fulton's lockup (270-236-2405) keeps a list of everyone it houses. The U.S. Marshals pick where federal defendants are housed. The case itself is opened at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 501 Broadway, Paducah, KY 42001, 270-415-6400 in Paducah; a magistrate decides pretrial custody at a detention hearing. After sentencing, check the Bureau of Prisons locator. Clinton families can ask the Paducah Marshals at 270-415-1706.

Clinton has no lockup, so a detainer on a prisoner from Clinton is entered at the Fulton facility down the river (270-236-2405). For immigration questions, ICE's Louisville office answers at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the jail in the city of Hickman.
2. Once the Clinton case no longer keeps the person jailed, Fulton staff may hold them as long as 48 hours past release.
3. Without an ICE pickup within that window, the person walks out.
4. Search the ICE online detainee locator to find them.

People walk out of the jail in the city of Hickman, not in Clinton. Paperwork starts after bail is posted, and fees come out before property and money are returned. Call 270-236-2405 about timing and arrange a ride back to Clinton.

After classification, Corrections sends the person to a state prison or to a contract county jail. Search the Kentucky DOC offender lookup by name or read our guide to Kentucky prisons. A transfer may take days to appear.

Graves County has the Graves County Jail in Mayfield, 270-247-9829. Carlisle arrests go to the Ballard County Detention Facility in Wickliffe, 270-335-3691. Fulton arrests stay at the Fulton County Detention Center in Hickman, 270-236-2405, the same jail Hickman County uses. Mississippi County, Missouri, and Obion and Weakley counties in Tennessee also border the county.

• Clinton Police Department, reached through Clinton City Hall: 270-653-6419
• Hickman County Sheriff's Office: 270-653-2241
• Kentucky State Police Post 1, 8366 U.S. Highway 45 North, Hickory, KY 42051, 270-856-3721

Deputies and state troopers patrol outside Clinton, including Columbus. Dial 911 for emergencies.