The Bourbon County Regional Detention Center, 101 Legion Road, Paris, KY 40361, phone 859-987-2137. Robertson County has no jail of its own; the Robertson County jailer's office oversees taking people there. The Paris jail also holds people from Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas and Pendleton, so check the county on any roster entry. Robertson is Kentucky's least populous county, with about 2,325 residents in the Census Bureau's 2025 estimate. The state corrections department counted 231 inmates against 197 beds at Legion Road on Oct. 22, 2026, and 112 of them were federal prisoners.

Search the roster for the jail in Paris by name. Allow some hours for a fresh booking to post. VINELink confirms custody and can alert you to changes. For hearings in Mount Olivet, use KYeCourts public case search.

Call 859-987-2137 before visiting to confirm days, times, video options and ID rules. Ask about bringing children. Phones and bags usually must stay in the car, and arriving early helps with check-in. Our visitation guide covers typical dress and ID rules.

Pay the circuit clerk at 127 E. Walnut St., Mount Olivet, KY 41064 (606-724-5993). Before paying, confirm with Legion Road that pretrial screening has not already freed the person on their word. See our bail guide and money guide, and keep the clerk's receipt for the refund.

Call the jail at 859-987-2137 to ask which deposit methods it uses, plus any limits and fees. Know the person's full legal name and booking number before calling. Our money guide and commissary guide explain common options.

To get calls, open a prepaid account; the jail at 859-987-2137 can tell you the current provider steps. Inmates place outgoing calls only; family cannot ring in, but can fund the account. Recording is common, so leave the charges out of conversations. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Ask the jail at 859-987-2137 for the current mailing address and rules, since many jails limit what can be enclosed. Address it with the legal name and put your own address on the corner. Our mail guide has tips on what to send and what gets rejected.

At arraignment the judge reviews the person's finances and appoints the Cynthiana Trial Office, 59 East Ridge Road, Suite 2, Cynthiana, KY 41031, 833-254-2460 if they qualify. Family can call the Cynthiana office with a case number to learn who is handling it. See our court guide.

It happens often. Local families have court business in Maysville, Cynthiana or Brooksville, all a short drive away. The sheriff's office takes local warrant questions at 606-724-5511. Mason, Harrison and Bracken cases all show up statewide in the courts' free guest case search, so you can enter the name once and see every county together.

For a warrant still open after release, counsel can pick the day the person reports back to the Paris jail and request bond. The circuit clerk at 127 E. Walnut St., Mt. Olivet, KY 41064, answers at 606-724-5993.

Juveniles are not held with adults and do not go to the Paris jail's adult housing. Kentucky requires a court hearing for a detained youth within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) arranges placement and calls a parent.

Yes. Ask the jail in Paris for the mugshot with an open records request. News media generally get booking photos from the sheriff. For ICE photos, file through the ICE FOIA site. The U.S. Marshals do not share federal booking photos unless they are looking for a fugitive.

Possibly. Federal defendants go wherever the Marshals assign them, and Paris is one option. A federal case goes to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 35 West Fifth Street, Covington, KY 41011, 859-392-7925, where a detention hearing decides custody. After sentencing, use the Bureau of Prisons locator. Mount Olivet families can ask the Covington Marshals office (859-392-7918) about federal custody.

Mount Olivet arrests are boarded in Paris under the regional jail agreement, so the Bourbon facility (859-987-2137) logs any immigration detainer; ICE Louisville is 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the jail in Paris.
2. Once the Robertson charge permits release, ICE may ask Paris staff to hold a Mount Olivet prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
3. If agents fail to pick up the person by then, Paris staff let them go.
4. ICE frequently transfers people out of Kentucky.
5. Find them with the ICE online detainee locator.

Release happens in Paris, not Mount Olivet, so arrange a ride. Paperwork may run a few hours once bail is posted. Property and the account balance are returned minus fees. Call 859-987-2137 to ask about timing, especially for a late-night release when rides are harder to find.

State-sentenced defendants from here are assigned by Corrections to a prison or a jail. Search the Kentucky DOC offender lookup by name; our guide to Kentucky prisons lists each prison. A move can lag several days online, so recheck later.

A stop made across the line in Bracken or Fleming County is booked by that county, and both send people to the Mason County Detention Center, 702 US 68, Maysville, KY 41056, 606-564-3621. Call Maysville if the Paris listing has no match, and ask the sheriff's office at 606-724-5511 where the arresting officer took the person.

The Mount Olivet Police Department answers at 606-724-5816, and the Robertson County Sheriff's Office at 606-724-5511. Kentucky State Police Post 6 in Dry Ridge is at 859-428-1212.

Outside Mount Olivet, sheriff's deputies and Post 6 troopers patrol the county, including the part of Sardis that lies in Robertson County. In an emergency, call 911; for a past crime or a records question, use the numbers above.