Montgomery has its own jail, the Montgomery County Regional Jail on Chenault Lane in Mount Sterling, and the jailer's office there answers at 859-498-8747. If someone isn't on the roster, call the sheriff at 859-498-8705 to ask where the person was taken. A very recent arrest may still be in booking, and a person picked up on another county's warrant may be sent there instead.

Search the roster by last name and confirm the birth date. Fresh bookings can lag behind. VINELink will alert you to custody changes, and KYeCourts guest search shows charges and hearing dates.

Call the jailer's office at 859-498-8747 for visiting days, how to sign up, which ID to bring and whether video visits are offered. Kentucky rules (501 KAR 3:140) require jails to allow visits each week. Check before bringing a child. Our visitation guide covers common rules.

Get the amount from the jail, then post it with the clerk at the Montgomery County Courthouse, 1 Court Street, Mount Sterling, KY 40353 (859-498-5966). Call the jail first, since pretrial staff may already have released the person. Our bail guide and money guide explain each step.

Call 859-498-8747 to learn the deposit choices, limits and fees. Give staff the person's legal name and birthday to avoid crediting the wrong inmate. Our money guide and commissary guide list the usual options.

Calls only go out, paid from an account the inmate or family funds. Ask 859-498-8747 how to set one up. Every call is taped; don't discuss the charges. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Ask the jailer's office at 859-498-8747 for the right address and current rules. Print the inmate's legal name and add your own address up top. Our mail guide covers typical photo, card and package rules.

Call 859-498-8747, name the inmate, and ask for the supervisor on shift about medicine or property. Staff can explain how prescriptions brought from home are checked and when belongings can be picked up. Health concerns tied to the case can be raised with the Morehead Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (1225 US-60 West, Suite 104, Morehead, KY 40351; 833-514-8981), and the defense lawyer can ask the judge for help.

Call the sheriff at 859-498-8705 about a possible warrant, or have a lawyer check and plan a surrender. Coming in on your own can help when the judge sets bail.

Youths are kept away from adult inmates. A detained juvenile must get a court hearing within 48 hours, leaving out weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) handles placement and contacts a parent.

Yes. Ask the jail for a mugshot through an open records request. News media can request booking photos from the jail or the sheriff. ICE photos need the ICE FOIA page. For federal booking photos, the U.S. Marshals release them only while that person is wanted and not yet caught.

It can. Federal defendants go wherever the U.S. Marshals place them. Charges are brought at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 101 Barr Street, Lexington, KY 40507, 859-233-2503, and a detention hearing in Lexington decides whether the defendant stays jailed. After a federal sentence, use the federal inmate locator.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the jail.
2. Once the Montgomery charge no longer holds them, the county jail can keep the person as long as 48 hours past release.
3. If ICE never shows up to pick the person up, the county jail releases them.
4. Track them with the ICE online locator.

After bail is posted at the courthouse, the jail needs word from the clerk, and paperwork takes some time. Fees come out before money and property are returned. Phone 859-498-8747 for an estimated release time, and have someone ready to drive.

Corrections assigns people with state sentences to a prison or a county jail under contract. Search the KOOL offender lookup by name, or use our Kentucky prisons guide for addresses and phones. New moves can take several days to show.

Montgomery's neighbors book arrests in several jails. Bath and Menifee arrests go to the Three Forks Regional Jail in Beattyville, 606-464-2598. Bourbon and Nicholas arrests are taken to the Bourbon County Regional Detention Center in Paris, 859-987-2137. Clark has the Clark County Detention Center in Winchester, 859-745-0270, and Powell the Powell County Detention Center in Stanton, 606-663-6400.

• Mount Sterling Police Department, 35 S. Bank Street, Mount Sterling, KY 40353: 859-498-8899
• Montgomery County Sheriff's Office: 859-498-8705
• Kentucky State Police Post 8, 1595 Flemingsburg Rd., Morehead, KY 40351: 606-784-4127

Deputies and state troopers patrol outside Mount Sterling, including Camargo and Jeffersonville. Dial 911 for emergencies.