ABOUT Rowan County Detention Center
The Rowan County Detention Center in the city of Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky is a maximum-security facility. Because the inmates in this jail range from low level, misdemeanor offenders to those being held for violent crimes like robbery, rape and murder, the security level has to be as high as is it would be in any maximum-security state prison.
Some of the security features in this facility include security cameras, electronic detection and reinforced fencing topped with razor wire. Correctional officers in Rowan County Detention Center are armed with mace and trained to use physical force to protect themselves and other inmates from violence.
The men and women being held in the Rowan County Detention Center are either awaiting trial or have been sentenced in the Rowan County Court System already and been sentenced to one year or less.
When an inmate is sentenced to a year or more, they are transferred to the Kentucky State Prison or the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Illegal immigrants may be transferred into ICE custody and are then deported.
Inmates in the Rowan County Detention Center are fed three meals a day totaling 2,500 calories, are allowed access to phones to contact friends and family members, are allowed at least one hour a day for exercise, have access to books, a legal library, and bathroom and shower facilities.
The inmates are allowed mail to be delivered to them as well as newspapers and magazines from trusted outside publishers.
Family and Friends of inmates are allowed to schedule a time to visit.
Information You Will Find on This Page
On this page you will find direct links to specific information that friends and family members of inmates will find very helpful and very useful:
How to Bail out an Inmate at this jail
Inmate Phone use for this facility
Visitation Rules and Schedules - both here and online
Commissary Deposits and Inmate Accounts
Rowan County Detention Center Inmate Mail Guidelines
We also provide information on:
Rowan County Detention Center
| STATE | COUNTY | BEDS |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | Rowan | 150 |
PHYSICAL ADDRESS
jail: 121 Lee Avenue
sheriff: 600 West Main Street
Morehead, KY 40351
TELEPHONE NUMBER
Jail (Main): 606-784-8457
Police: 606-784-7511
Sheriff: 606-784-5446
FAX
Jail (Main): 606-784-2161
Police: 606-783-1837
Sheriff: 606-784-1323
INMATE MAIL
Inmate's First and Last Name
Rowan County Detention Center
121 Lee Avenue
Morehead, KY 40351