It is the county's own jail, on KY 225 outside downtown Barbourville. The main number is 606-546-6215. The jail posts set visiting days for men and women and offers video visits in the lobby and from home. See our visitation guide and mail guide before you go.

Search the roster by last name. A recent booking may not post right away. Confirm the birth date so you have the right person. VINELink can send alerts about a release or move, and KYeCourts public lookup lists the next court date.

In-person visits for women are on Sunday and Monday from 1 to 3 p.m., and for men on Wednesday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Video visits must be scheduled 24 hours ahead. Lobby video visits are free on weekdays from 8 to 4, while remote ones cost 20 cents a minute. See our visitation guide.

Pay the circuit clerk at the Knox County Courthouse Annex, 401 Court Square, Barbourville, KY 40906 (606-546-3075). Phone the jail beforehand; pretrial staff may already have let the person go without bail. Have your ID and the case number in hand. Our bail guide and money guide explain the steps and the refund.

Call the jail at 606-546-6215 for deposit choices, limits and fees, and give the inmate's full legal name. Account funds buy food, soap and similar items and cover call charges. Our money guide and commissary guide cover common options.

Inmates make outgoing calls only; family cannot call in. The jail's phone and video provider can be reached at 877-998-5678 to set up an account. Calls may be recorded, so never discuss the case. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Write the inmate's legal name and send it to 570 KY 225, Barbourville, KY 40906, with your return address in the corner. Rules on pictures, greeting cards and parcels change, so ring 606-546-6215 before sending anything besides a letter. Our mail guide covers typical rules.

A judge checks finances at the first appearance; eligible defendants receive the London Trial Office (217 S. Main St., Suite 201, London, KY 40741; 833-205-0826). Family can call the London office with the case number to learn who has the case. Our court guide explains what comes next.

The Knox sheriff's office (606-546-3181) can answer, or an attorney can check and arrange a voluntary surrender, which may help when bail is set.

Kids are housed away from grown inmates. A detained juvenile sees a judge inside 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) decides the placement and contacts the family.

You can file an open records request for a mugshot with the jail. Journalists and other news media may also seek booking photos from the sheriff's office. To get an ICE booking photo, file through the ICE records request portal. Federal booking photos come from the Marshals only when they are hunting a fugitive.

It may. Placement of federal defendants is decided by the U.S. Marshals Service. Knox federal cases open at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 310 South Main Street, London, KY 40741, 606-877-7910 in London, and a magistrate there rules at a detention hearing on jail versus release. Once a sentence is handed down, look in the BOP inmate locator. Barbourville families can call the Marshals' London office, 606-864-6993.

Barbourville staff (606-546-6215) can confirm the detainer; ICE's Louisville office, which covers all of Kentucky, answers at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the jail on KY 225.
2. After the Knox case stops requiring jail, Barbourville staff can hold the person up to 48 hours past release.
3. No ICE pickup within that window means release.
4. Check the ICE locator to find them.

More than it was built for. The detention center at 606-546-6215 listed 337 inmates against 294 beds in the Oct. 22, 2026 jail report from Kentucky Corrections, roughly 115 percent. Expect busy phone lines, and call the circuit clerk at 606-546-3075 about bond; that office takes cash, check or money order, plus ePay online.

Once bail is paid in full or the court signs off on release, the jail needs some time to finish paperwork. It deducts any fees, then gives back personal items and the remaining balance. Ring 606-546-6215 for a time estimate and line up a ride out KY 225.

Ask the Barbourville jail (606-546-6215) whether the person has left yet. After commitment to state custody (KRS 532.100), the Department of Corrections chooses the site, either a state prison or a local jail under contract. Search the KOOL search by name or check our state prisons page. Transfers may take several days to show up.

Every county bordering Knox has a jail of its own. Laurel has the Laurel County Correctional Center in London, 606-878-9431, which also takes McCreary arrests, and Whitley the Whitley County Detention Center in Williamsburg, 606-549-6013. Bell uses the Bell County Detention Center in Pineville, 606-337-5507, and Clay the Clay County Detention Center in Manchester, 606-598-2133.

• Barbourville Police Department takes calls at 606-546-4562.
• Corbin Police Department, at 805 S. Main Street, Corbin, KY 40701, answers at 606-528-1122.
• The Knox sheriff's office line is 606-546-3181.
• Troopers cover the county from Kentucky State Police Post 10, 3319 South US 421, Harlan, KY 40831, 606-573-3131.

Corbin lies partly in Knox, Laurel and Whitley counties. In an emergency, call 911.