They're housed at the Barren County Detention Center, 201 Samson Street, Glasgow, KY 42141, 270-651-8806. Monroe has no lockup of its own, so arrestees are driven north to Glasgow. Barren and Metcalfe prisoners share the building, so tell staff the person came from Monroe and give the legal name and birthday. The Monroe sheriff (270-427-6944) can confirm whether an arrest was made. Barren's jail had 209 inmates for 178 beds in the Kentucky Corrections report for Oct. 22, 2026, and 41 women were on its secure side. Monroe County's estimated 2025 population was 11,191.

Yes, the inmate roster. Enter a last name, then check the birth date and arresting agency so you don't confuse two people with the same name. Fresh bookings can take time to appear; phone 270-651-8806 if no match shows up. Sign up on VINELink for status alerts and use KYeCourts guest portal for court dates.

Phone 270-651-8806 to learn the visiting hours, how to register and which ID is required. Minors need an adult parent or guardian along, everyone is screened, and a dress code applies. Plan to arrive a little early for check-in. Our visitation guide has the general rules.

Get the amount from the jail, then go to the Justice Center in Tompkinsville, where the circuit clerk (270-487-5480) accepts cash, checks and money orders with photo ID. Plenty of defendants get out without paying after the pretrial interview. Read our bail guide and money guide.

Staff in Glasgow at 270-651-8806 can explain how to deposit, the limits on each deposit and any fees. Use the exact name from booking so the funds post to the right account. The balance covers snacks, toiletries and calls, and whatever remains goes back to the person at release. Our money guide and commissary guide explain more.

Yes. Calls run on prepaid accounts, and jail staff can describe the rates and how family members add funds. Every conversation is recorded and may end up with prosecutors, so details of the case belong in talks with the attorney only. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Use the inmate's booked legal name and the Samson Street address of the jail, plus your return address. Staff inspect every piece except legal mail and send back anything not allowed. Our mail guide covers photo limits, and 270-651-8806 can answer questions.

Phone 270-651-8806 and ask for the shift supervisor, describe the concern and give the prisoner's full name and birth date. Items taken at booking are handled by the same staff. When a client's health is at stake, attorneys from the Glasgow Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (833-385-6055) may take it straight to the bench. See our court page.

It's possible. The county touches the Tennessee line, and families sometimes have cases in Macon County there, as well as in Burkesville or Scottsville courts. The sheriff's deputies check local warrants at 270-427-6944. Kentucky cases appear statewide on the courts' free guest case search under a name, and Tennessee's courts cover their own.

Leftover warrants after a release are usually cleared at the Glasgow jail, by appointment through a defense lawyer who handles bond. The circuit clerk at 300 N. Main St., Tompkinsville, KY 42167, answers at 270-487-5480 about missed court.

Youths are not held with adults in Glasgow. A detained juvenile receives a hearing within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). Placement is arranged through the Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738), and Monroe District Court hears the case.

Yes. The jail in Glasgow takes written open records requests; give the person's name and booking date and state that you want the mugshot. Reporters from news media file that same letter with Glasgow or with the Monroe sheriff. Immigration photos go through the ICE FOIA page, while federal booking photos come from the Marshals solely during a manhunt.

It's possible under a U.S. Marshals agreement. A federal charge from Monroe goes to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 241 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-393-2500; a magistrate holds a detention hearing on whether the person stays jailed before trial, and the Marshals arrange housing. Sentenced federal prisoners appear in the federal inmate locator. Tompkinsville relatives can reach the Bowling Green Marshals at 270-901-2108.

Tompkinsville arrests are boarded on Samson Street in Glasgow (270-651-8806), where an immigration detainer would be entered. ICE's Louisville office answers at 502-625-6202.

1. Immigration officers send an I-247A detainer to the jail.
2. Once the state case allows release, ICE may ask Glasgow to hold a Monroe inmate up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
3. Agents must pick up the detainee before those hours expire.
4. With no pickup, the person goes free.
5. Follow any transfer on the ICE detainee locator.

Out-processing starts once bail posts and Glasgow has the order. Belongings and leftover account money come back less any fees. Call 270-651-8806 for a time estimate and arrange a ride for the trip back to Monroe.

Look in the Corrections KOOL lookup for the prison or leased bed now assigned, and in our Kentucky prison directory for phone contacts. Right after a transfer the record may still list Glasgow, so search again, ideally by state ID number.

Barren and Metcalfe County arrests go to the same Barren County Detention Center in Glasgow, 270-651-8806, that holds Monroe's. Allen County has the Allen County Detention Center in Scottsville, 270-237-3226, and Cumberland County prisoners are housed at the Adair County Regional Jail in Columbia, 270-384-5701.

The Tompkinsville Police Department answers at 270-487-6191. The Fountain Run Police Department is reached through Fountain Run City Hall at 270-434-3544, and the Gamaliel Police Department at 270-457-6518. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office is at 270-427-6944, and Kentucky State Police Post 15 (1118 Jamestown St., Columbia, KY 42728) is at 270-384-4796.

Outside Tompkinsville, Gamaliel and Fountain Run, sheriff's deputies and Post 15 troopers patrol the county. Anyone facing an emergency should dial 911.