They stay at the Three Forks Regional Jail, 2221 Fairground Ridge Road, Beattyville, KY 41311. Phone 606-464-2598 with the legal name and birth date, because people from other counties are housed there too. Right after an arrest, the sheriff (606-464-4120) or Beattyville police can confirm where the person went. Three Forks was well over capacity on Oct. 22, 2026, when the corrections department counted 280 people in 182 beds. Lee County had about 7,297 residents in 2025, Census data show.

Yes. Use the inmate roster by surname and check the birth date, since other counties house people there. If a new arrest hasn't posted, call 606-464-2598. VINELink sends custody alerts and KYeCourts public case search lists hearings.

Phone 606-464-2598 to learn the visiting schedule, sign-up steps, what identification works and any remote video option. Anyone under 18 comes only alongside a parent or guardian, and staff search each visitor before entry. A security event can scrub the schedule, so phone before driving to Fairground Ridge Road, and arrive early enough to complete check-in. Our visitation guide has more.

Get the amount from Three Forks, then pay the circuit clerk upstairs in the courthouse (606-464-8400). Pretrial screening can lead to release with nothing paid, and Kentucky allows no commercial bondsmen. Identification with a photo is required, and the clerk's receipt should be saved until the case is over. Our bail guide and money guide explain more.

Ways to deposit, caps and charges vary, so start with 606-464-2598, and spell the name exactly as it appears at booking. Money left after fees buys commissary items and phone time, and any balance is returned at release. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Inmates call out on prepaid accounts that relatives fund; 606-464-2598 can explain setup and costs. Recordings of every conversation are kept and can reach the Commonwealth's Attorney, so talk about anything except the charges. Rates and connection rules can change, so ask before funding a large balance. Our phone guide and messaging guide cover more.

Get the address and mail policy from 606-464-2598. Envelopes need the legal name and the sender's address. Officers open and check everything except attorney correspondence, and contraband is returned. Our mail guide covers photos.

Ring 606-464-2598 and ask for the supervisor on duty, giving the inmate's name and birthday and describing the issue. Property questions go to the same number. The Stanton Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (452 Washington St., Stanton, KY 40380; 833-895-0582) represents qualifying defendants and can raise serious health problems in court; see our court page.

Yes, and it's common, since Three Forks takes in people from Owsley, Wolfe and other counties besides this one. The sheriff's office can tell you about local warrants at 606-464-4120. For the rest of the state, one name search on the courts' free guest case search, with the county left open, shows open cases statewide.

Should a warrant still stand at release, the person can return to the regional jail at a time a lawyer has arranged, and the lawyer can seek release terms. The circuit clerk at 256 Main St., Beattyville, KY 41311, answers at 606-464-8400 about missed dates.

Not at Three Forks; Lee District Court hears youth cases, and the Beattyville clerk (606-464-8400) has dates. Kentucky allows at most 48 hours of juvenile detention, weekends and holidays aside, before a hearing (KRS 610.265). The judge then returns the youth to a parent or has the Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) arrange placement. Parents can call the clerk at 606-464-8400.

Yes, on request. Send Three Forks a written open records request with the inmate's name and arrest date, and identify the mugshot as the record wanted. Reporters from news media outlets may go through the sheriff. ICE photos require the ICE FOIA page. Federal mugshots stay withheld unless the Marshals are seeking a fugitive.

It may, if the Marshals contract for space. Lee federal defendants appear at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 101 Barr Street, Lexington, KY 40507, 859-233-2503, where a detention hearing decides pretrial custody. After sentencing, check the Bureau of Prisons locator. Beattyville relatives can reach the U.S. Marshals deputies who work out of Lexington, 859-436-6750.

The Fairground Ridge jail is in Beattyville itself, so Lee families can ask at the window or call (606-464-2598) about an immigration detainer. ICE's Louisville office is 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends Three Forks an I-247A detainer.
2. After the Lee charges would end custody, ICE can ask Three Forks to hold the prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, per 8 CFR 287.7(d).
3. Agents are required to pick up the inmate before the deadline.
4. Without a pickup, release goes ahead.
5. Use the ICE online detainee locator to follow transfers.

Out-processing starts once the bail reaches Three Forks. Belongings and leftover funds are returned less fees. 606-464-2598 can offer a rough time; have transportation waiting, because a release can happen late in the evening.

The Kentucky DOC offender lookup gives the current prison or county jail with state inmates; our guide to Kentucky prisons has phone numbers for each facility. When someone was moved recently, the record might lag behind, so search again before calling.

Jackson County has the Jackson County Detention Center in McKee, 606-287-4551, and Powell County the Powell County Detention Center in Stanton, 606-663-6400, with overflow sent to Three Forks. Estill, Owsley and Wolfe arrests are booked at the Three Forks Regional Jail in Beattyville, 606-464-2598, the same jail Lee uses. Breathitt prisoners go to Three Forks or to the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard, 606-436-4032.

The County Attorney's office on Main Street in Beattyville (606-464-9966) handles district court charges. Felony indictments come from the 23rd Circuit Commonwealth's Attorney in Irvine (606-726-0127), who also serves Estill and Owsley. Appointed lawyers come from the public defender's Stanton office (833-895-0582). Beattyville police (606-560-1978) and KSP Post 7 in Richmond (859-623-2404) keep arrest paperwork. The regional jail sits on a ridge above town along KY 11, and visitors should leave extra time on the hill road. Our criminal court page walks through each hearing.

The Beattyville Police Department answers at 606-560-1978, and the Lee County Sheriff's Office at 606-464-4120. Kentucky State Police Post 7 (699 Eastern Bypass, Richmond, KY 40475) is at 859-623-2404.

Outside Beattyville, sheriff's deputies and Post 7 troopers patrol the county. Call 911 in an emergency.