The Oldham County Detention Center is at 3405 KY 146, La Grange, KY 40031; call 502-222-3500. ICE detainees are housed here as well. Have the inmate's full name and ID number ready when you call or write, since staff use it to find records.

Search the roster by name. VINELink confirms custody and can send you a text or alert about a release or transfer. KYeCourts public access shows upcoming court dates. Someone just arrested may not appear online for several hours.

Visits are offered daily, and each inmate gets two 40-minute visits a week. Schedule through the jail's family account website or 877-998-5678; jail staff cannot schedule visits for you. Plan ahead, because slots fill up. See our visitation guide.

Bond is paid in cash at the circuit clerk in the judicial center on West Main Street. Account deposits at the jail do not count toward bond. See our bail guide for bond types, refunds and the traffic safety program.

Deposit through the jail's online deposit service, by phone at 855-836-3364, at the black lobby kiosk, or by sending a postal money order in the inmate's name to 3405 KY 146, La Grange, KY 40031. Commissary is delivered weekly. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Phone time is sold through the jail's family account website (877-998-5678). Staff may listen to calls later, so keep details of the charges off the line. See our phone guide and messaging guide for setup tips and costs.

Family mail goes to: inmate name and ID number, Oldham County Jail, KY, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. Mail sent elsewhere is rejected. Use white paper no bigger than 8.5 by 11 with a return address; no stamps, stickers, homemade cards, colored ink or cash. See our mail guide.

Legal mail and money orders go straight to the jail: inmate name and ID number, Oldham County Jail, KY, 3405 KY 146, La Grange, KY 40031. Up to 10 photos on photo paper are allowed with family letters. Attorneys can call 502-222-3500 and pick option 3 to book time with a client. Our mail guide and visitation guide have more detail.

People who qualify are given the LaGrange Trial Office of the public defender (208 Parker Drive, Suite 1B, La Grange, KY 40031; 833-895-0581). The judge decides at arraignment after a look at income. With the case number in hand, relatives can ask that office which attorney took the file. See our court guide.

To check for a warrant, ask the Oldham County Sheriff's Office at 502-222-9501, or surrender with a lawyer. Turning yourself in with counsel at your side can lead to a faster bond review.

Juvenile charges from La Grange are heard in the district court's juvenile session, and the clerk (502-222-9837) can give a family the hearing date. By statute a detained youth is held in a secure juvenile facility or a setting juvenile justice officials approve, and is owed a hearing within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice decides placement (502-573-2738) and notifies a parent.

Oldham mugshots can be requested under open records from the jail. News media can also get a mugshot through the sheriff's office. For ICE photos, use the ICE records request form. Federal booking photos stay private unless the Marshals release one to help catch a fugitive.

Federal arrests from Oldham go to the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 601 West Broadway, Louisville, KY 40202, 502-625-3500. A magistrate judge holds the first appearance and a detention hearing. Because the jail on KY 146 takes federal and ICE prisoners, a federal defendant may stay in La Grange while the case runs in Louisville. The U.S. Marshals make that placement, and their Western District office, 502-588-8000, can confirm it. Search the federal prison locator once the person is sentenced.

Since this jail (502-222-3500) houses ICE detainees, staff can say whether a hold exists; ICE's Louisville office answers at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE files Form I-247A with the jail.
2. After the local case no longer holds the person, the jail may keep them for up to 48 hours past release.
3. ICE must pick up the person before those hours run out; otherwise the jail releases them.
4. Since this jail houses ICE detainees, some stay here; others go to a facility in another state.
5. Search the ICE finder.

For state prisoners, see the KOOL lookup, which lists the current facility. Corrections makes the choice after intake. Our prisons in Kentucky has prison addresses and contact details.

An arrest just outside Oldham is booked by that county. Louisville arrests go to Louisville Metro Department of Corrections, 502-574-8477, and Shelby arrests go to the Shelby County Detention Center in Shelbyville, 502-633-2343. Henry and Trimble have no jails, so their arrests are taken to the Carroll County Detention Center in Carrollton, 502-732-9499. VINELink shows which jail has the person.

1. Look the person up on the roster and keep the booking number handy.
2. Read the charge and first court date in KYeCourts public access.
3. Call the circuit clerk, 502-222-9837, about the bond; Oldham takes cash only, as our bail guide explains.
4. Schedule one of the two weekly 40-minute visits once the person is staying.

The Oldham County Attorney, 100 West Jefferson Street, Suite 5, La Grange, KY 40031, 502-222-9655, prosecutes misdemeanors and runs the Traffic Safety Program, 502-222-7342, for some traffic cases. Felony indictments are prosecuted by the 12th Circuit's Commonwealth's Attorney, 502-222-2045.

Personal letters go to the scanning address on our mail page, but legal mail and postal money orders still go straight to the jail at 3405 Kentucky 146, La Grange, KY 40031. Put the inmate's full name on every envelope.

No. The weekly jail count from the Department of Corrections for October 8, 2026 showed 268 people in a 330-bed building, one of the few large Kentucky jails with room to spare. Visits run daily, two 40-minute sessions a week; see our visiting guide.

The circuit clerk's schedule on kycourts.gov lists Circuit Court criminal dockets on the first Thursday at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. and the fourth Thursday at 1 p.m. Family Court hears domestic violence cases on the first, third and fourth Friday at 10 a.m. For a case question, call Circuit at 502-222-9837, District civil at 502-222-5621 or District traffic at 502-222-0522.

La Grange Police are at 121 West Main Street, La Grange, KY 40031 (502-225-0444). Pewee Valley Police, at 312 Mt. Mercy Drive, Pewee Valley, KY 40056, are reached through Pewee Valley City Hall (502-241-8343). Prospect sits partly in Oldham County, and its police answer at 502-228-1150. Crestwood Police are dispatched by Oldham County Central Dispatch, which also takes non-emergency calls for La Grange police at 502-222-0111.

The Oldham County Sheriff's Office (502-222-9501) and Kentucky State Police Post 5, 160 Citation Lane, Campbellsburg, KY 40011 (502-532-6363), patrol outside La Grange, Pewee Valley, Prospect and Crestwood, including Goshen, Orchard Grass Hills and River Bluff. For emergencies, call 911.