It is the county's own jail, on Court Row in Greenville near the Judicial Building. Its main line is 270-338-2263. Besides Muhlenberg arrests, it holds people for McLean County. Call before you go to learn the current visiting schedule and the mail rules.

Enter a last name in the roster. Recent arrests might not appear right away. Check the birth date and county, since McLean inmates are listed too. VINELink sends custody alerts, and KYeCourts case lookup has the next court date.

Phone 270-338-2263 and ask which days are open, how to register, what ID is needed and whether screens are used instead of face-to-face visits. Check the rule on children before bringing any, and lock phones in the car. Our visitation guide covers common rules at Kentucky jails.

Pay the circuit clerk in the Judicial Building, 136 S. Main St., Greenville, KY 42345 (270-338-4850). Call the jail before you leave home, because pretrial staff may have freed the person on recognizance already. Carry a photo ID and the docket number to the window. Our bail guide and money guide walk through the steps and refunds.

Ask the jail at 270-338-2263 which deposit methods it uses, how much can be sent at once and what each method costs. Use the inmate's full legal name, since people from two counties are held there. Our money guide and commissary guide describe common options.

Inmates place outgoing calls from a prepaid account, and nobody can call in to them. Phone 270-338-2263 to learn how to open and fund an account. Calls can be recorded, so leave the charges out of the conversation. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Address it to the inmate's legal name at 108 Court Row, Greenville, KY 42345, and put your name and return address in the corner. Call 270-338-2263 for current rules on photos, cards and packages before mailing. Our mail guide explains typical rules.

The judge reviews income at arraignment and appoints the Madisonville Trial Office (1079 Thornberry Drive, Madisonville, KY 42431; 833-254-2468) for people who qualify. Relatives may phone Madisonville, share the docket number and ask for the attorney's name. Our court guide explains the next steps.

Yes. The jail takes arrests from McLean too, and families here often have cases in Madisonville, Hartford or Hopkinsville. The sheriff's deputies check local warrants at 270-338-3345, and the courts' free guest case search runs a statewide name search covering Hopkins, Ohio, Christian and the rest.

When a warrant outlasts a release, a defense attorney can arrange for the person to walk back into the Muhlenberg County Detention Center and press for reasonable bond. The circuit clerk at 136 S. Main St., Greenville, KY 42345, answers at 270-338-4850.

Juveniles are kept separate from adults. A detained youth gets a court hearing inside 48 hours, weekends and holidays excluded (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) handles placement and calls a parent.

Members of the public can put an open records request for a mugshot in writing to the jail on Court Row. The Muhlenberg sheriff also fields booking-picture requests from news media. ICE photos require the ICE FOIA page. The Marshals hand out federal booking pictures only during a manhunt.

They can be. The Court Row jail (270-338-2263) can confirm whether it is holding someone for the U.S. Marshals Service, which places federal defendants wherever it has space. A case from Muhlenberg begins at the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 423 Frederica Street, Owensboro, KY 42301, 270-689-4400 in Owensboro. At the detention hearing that follows, a magistrate weighs whether the Muhlenberg defendant can go home until trial. Sentenced federal inmates show up in the Bureau of Prisons locator. Greenville families can phone the Marshals' Owensboro office at 270-852-2645.

Start with the Court Row jail at 270-338-2263; its booking desk keeps any I-247A paperwork for Muhlenberg prisoners. ICE's Louisville office is at 502-625-6202. The steps run like this.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the jail.
2. When the state case ends custody, ICE may ask Greenville staff to keep a Muhlenberg inmate up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released on that case.
3. If ICE fails to pick the person up by then, the jail releases them.
4. Use the ICE search to locate them.

Once bail clears or a judge signs a release, staff still need some time for paperwork. The jail subtracts any fees, then hands back belongings and the rest of the account balance. Call 270-338-2263 for an estimate, and arrange a ride from Court Row ahead of time so the person is not left waiting downtown.

Until a transfer happens, the Court Row jail (270-338-2263) can say whether the person is still in Greenville. After that, the Department of Corrections chooses the spot, either a state prison or a county jail with state beds, and you can search the KOOL database by name or browse our guide to Kentucky prisons. Lookups can trail a transfer by several days, so try again later if the person does not appear.

McLean arrests come to Court Row, while Muhlenberg's other neighbors run their own jails. Hopkins has the Hopkins County Jail in Madisonville, 270-821-6704, and Christian the Christian County Jail in Hopkinsville, 270-887-4152. Ohio County uses the Ohio County Detention Center in Hartford, 270-298-4455, and Butler the Butler County Jail in Morgantown, 270-526-3505. Logan has the Logan County Detention Center in Russellville, 270-726-3696, and Todd the Todd County Detention Center in Elkton, 270-265-9966.

Muhlenberg County arrests may come from any of these agencies.

• The Greenville Police Department is at 200 Court Street, Greenville, KY 42345 and takes calls at 270-338-3133.
• The Central City Police Department answers at 270-754-2462.
• The Powderly Police Department picks up at 270-338-1225.
• Reach the Muhlenberg County Sheriff's Office at 270-338-3345.
• Kentucky State Police Post 2, 1000 Western Kentucky Parkway, Nortonville, KY 42442, 270-676-3313

Deputies and state troopers patrol outside Greenville, Central City and Powderly, including Bremen and South Carrollton. In an emergency, call 911.