The Pike County Detention Center in Pikeville holds adults arrested by every agency in the county. Its published phone number is 606-432-6291. Call before you go to confirm the location, hours and what to bring, and know the person's legal name and birthday so staff can find them quickly.

The weekly jail count from the Department of Corrections for October 8, 2026 showed 359 people in 346 beds.

Start with the jail roster. VINELink shows custody status and where a person is held, and it can call or text you when they are released or moved. KYeCourts public access lists court cases and hearing dates once charges are filed.

Bond is accepted by the Pike County Judicial Center, 175 Main Street, P.O. Box 1002, Pikeville, KY 41502 clerk, 606-433-7557. After the pretrial screen, a judge may release someone who signs a promise to appear and pays nothing. Call ahead to confirm the amount and accepted payment. Our bail guide and money guide explain each step.

Call the jail at 606-432-6291 for current visiting hours and how to book. Bring a valid photo ID, dress modestly, and expect a search. Children usually need an adult with them. Our visitation guide explains how video and in-person visits commonly work at Kentucky jails.

Ask the jail at 606-432-6291 how to add money and how to set up a phone account. Funds cover commissary items such as snacks and soap. Our money guide, commissary guide, phone guide and messaging guide cover the usual options.

Ask the jail for its current mailing address and rules before you write. Use the person's full legal name, and include your return address. Never send cash, and avoid stickers, glitter or staples, which jails commonly reject. See our mail guide for more tips.

People who qualify are represented by the Pikeville Trial Office of the public defender (126 Trivette Drive, Suite 102, Pikeville, KY 41501; 833-254-2461). The judge decides at the first appearance. Family can call the office with the case number to learn which lawyer was assigned. Our court guide lays out the steps of a case.

For a warrant check, call the sheriff's office at 606-432-6260, or go to its office at 146 Main Street, Suite 204, Pikeville, KY 41501; a lawyer can also check for you. Anyone who knows where a wanted person is can use the sheriff's tip line, 606-766-5555. A planned surrender with counsel, on a weekday, can mean a quicker hearing on bond and fewer surprises.

Youths are kept out of adult areas. Kentucky law calls for a hearing within 48 hours for a detained juvenile, excluding weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The state Department of Juvenile Justice chooses placement, 502-573-2738.

Check the roster; if no photo appears, ask the jail for the mugshot in writing. Reporters seeking a booking photo for the news media should write to the sheriff's office. For ICE photos, file the ICE records request form. Federal mugshots stay private; the only exception is when the Marshals release one to track down a fugitive.

After a federal arrest in this area, the U.S. Marshals office in London (606-864-6993) handles custody, and the detention center (606-432-6291) can say whether the person was booked there. The Eastern District's notice for its former Pikeville division sends Pike County matters to the London office, so the case goes to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 310 South Main Street, London, KY 40741, 606-877-7910. After the initial appearance, a magistrate judge may schedule a detention hearing a few days out to decide if the person stays in custody. The U.S. Marshals can place federal defendants in any contract jail, so check rosters. After sentencing, search the federal prison locator. Pikeville cases are now handled from London; the Marshals there answer 606-864-6993.

The Pikeville detention center (606-432-6291) confirms whether a detainer exists; ICE's Louisville office, 502-625-6202, covers eastern Kentucky too.

1. ICE sends the jail a Form I-247A detainer.
2. When the person is due to leave on the local case, the jail may keep them up to 48 hours past release.
3. ICE picks up the person within that time, or the hold ends.
4. Find them with the ICE finder by A-number or by name and country of birth.

Following a prison sentence, the inmate goes through intake testing, receives a custody level and is then sent to a matching institution. Shorter felony terms are sometimes served locally. Use the KOOL lookup for the current location and our prisons in Kentucky for each prison's rules.

Each bordering county uses its own jail or a regional one. Floyd arrests go to the Floyd County Jail in Prestonsburg, 606-886-8021. Letcher has the Letcher County Jail in Whitesburg, 606-633-5163. Knott arrests are taken to the Kentucky River Regional Jail in Hazard, 606-436-4032, and Martin arrests to the Big Sandy Regional Detention Center in Paintsville, 606-297-5245.

The Pike County Attorney, 606-432-6250, prosecutes misdemeanors and traffic cases. For felonies after a grand jury indictment, the Commonwealth's Attorney for the 35th Judicial Circuit, 137 Main Street, Suite 201, Pikeville, KY 41501, 606-433-7500, takes indicted felonies. A person held on a felony is entitled under Kentucky criminal rules to a preliminary hearing within 10 days unless it is waived, and that hearing happens in District Court before any grand jury vote.

The clerk's office in the Judicial Center answers at 606-433-7557 or 606-433-7560.

The Department of Public Advocacy trial office is at 126 Trivette Dr., Suite 102, Pikeville, KY 41501, 833-254-2461. A judge appoints it when the person cannot afford a lawyer; ask at arraignment.

The Pike County Sheriff's Office is at 606-432-6260. Pikeville Police, 111 Scotty Hamilton Way, Pikeville, KY 41501, answer at 606-437-5111. Kentucky State Police Post 9 in Pikeville answers at 606-433-7711.

According to the circuit clerk's listing, Pike has two Circuit Court divisions, two District Court divisions and a Family Court judge, and each courtroom has its own published Zoom meeting ID and passcode. Ask the person's lawyer or the clerk before joining by video. The clerk's Family Court line is 606-433-7558 and probate is 606-433-7559.

Pikeville Police are at 111 Scotty Hamilton Way, Pikeville, KY 41501 (606-437-5111), and are also listed at 606-437-5143. Coal Run Village Police answer at 606-437-6032, and Elkhorn City Police at 606-794-8754. Elsewhere, the Pike County Sheriff's Office (606-432-6260) and Kentucky State Police Post 9, 3499 North Mayo Trail, Pikeville, KY 41501 (606-433-7711), cover the county.