At its own Russell County Detention Center, 228 Brian Walters Drive, Jamestown, KY 42642, reached through the main line 270-858-6900. Callers should spell the legal name, give the birthday and say which agency arrested the person. The sheriff (270-343-2191) can confirm whether an arrest was made.

Yes, the inmate roster. Search a surname, then weigh age, booking date and agency, because two people can share a name. Newly booked people may not appear right away; call 270-858-6900 if nothing shows. VINELink sends release notices and KYeCourts guest portal lists hearings.

Call 270-858-6900 to learn visiting hours, registration and ID rules. Under-18 visitors come only alongside a guardian, security checks are universal and the dress code applies. Get there early to finish check-in. Our visitation guide covers typical rules.

Learn the figure by calling, then take payment to Suite 106 at the Judicial Center, where the circuit clerk (270-343-2185) takes cash, checks, money orders or cards with ID. Plenty of people go home with no payment after Pretrial Services reviews them. See our bail guide and money guide.

Ask staff at 270-858-6900 about current deposit options, limits and fees. Use the booking name exactly. Commissary orders and phone time draw down that balance; remaining money goes with the person when they leave. Our money guide and commissary guide explain more.

Yes, through prepaid accounts; staff explain the charges and how relatives fund them. Every call is recorded and can be handed to prosecutors, so talk about the case only with the defense lawyer. Read our phone guide and messaging guide.

Begin with the booked legal name, then 228 Brian Walters Drive, Jamestown, KY 42642, and include the sender's address. Officers search every item but privileged attorney mail and bounce contraband. See our mail guide or phone 270-858-6900.

Call 270-858-6900, ask for the supervisor on shift, describe the problem and give the inmate's name and birthday. Property collected at booking is handled by that staff. The Somerset Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (203 E. Mt. Vernon St., Suite A, Somerset, KY 42501; 833-514-8986) can take urgent concerns to the judge; see our court page.

Yes. This county sits on Lake Cumberland near Somerset, Columbia and Liberty, so cases in Pulaski, Adair or Casey are common. Jamestown's sheriff's deputies look up local warrants at 270-343-2191, while the courts' free guest case search lists open cases statewide under a name.

Someone released with a warrant still pending can return to the Russell County Detention Center at a time an attorney has arranged, with bond already requested. The circuit clerk at 202 Monument Square, Suite 106, Jamestown, KY 42629, answers at 270-343-2185.

They're held apart from adults and aren't booked into the Jamestown detention center. Any detained juvenile sees a judge inside 48 hours, weekends and holidays excluded (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) arranges placement, and Russell District Court hears the case.

Yes. Send the detention center in Jamestown a written open records request that identifies the arrestee, the approximate booking date, and asks for the mugshot. Local news media can take a mugshot request to the sheriff as well. Request ICE photos via the ICE FOIA page; the Marshals release federal mugshots only when hunting fugitives.

They can be, when the Jamestown jail has an agreement with the U.S. Marshals to house them. Federal cases from Russell are heard in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 241 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-393-2500, where a detention hearing determines pretrial custody and the Marshals decide placement. The federal inmate locator shows sentenced federal inmates. Jamestown relatives may phone Bowling Green's Marshals office, 270-901-2108.

Russell jail staff (270-858-6900) can confirm the ICE hold; Kentucky's ICE office line is 502-625-6202.

1. ICE files an I-247A request with the detention center.
2. After Russell custody ends, ICE can ask Jamestown's detention center to hold the prisoner up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released, per 8 CFR 287.7(d).
3. ICE needs to pick the person up within that period.
4. Otherwise the person is released.
5. Follow transfers through the ICE detainee locator.

It is near its limit. The corrections department's Oct. 22, 2026 weekly report showed 78 inmates for 82 beds at the detention center (270-858-6900). That matters for families because holds from other counties can be moved when space runs short, so confirm where the person is by phone before making the drive. The judicial center clerk (270-343-2185, second line 270-343-2186) handles bond and court costs; the office takes ePay as well as walk-in payment, and jurors have separate answering services, so use the circuit numbers for case questions.

Release paperwork starts when bail posts, and it can be delayed when another county's paperwork or a shift change intervenes. Personal property and leftover funds are returned, less fees. Phone 270-858-6900 about timing and arrange a ride from Brian Walters Drive.

Check the Corrections KOOL lookup for the facility, then our Kentucky prison directory for contact numbers. Transfers can take days to post; searching by the state number rather than a common surname narrows the results considerably.

Adair and Cumberland County arrests both go to the Adair County Regional Jail in Columbia, 270-384-5701. Wayne County has the Wayne County Detention Center in Monticello, 606-348-3626, and Clinton County the Clinton County Jail in Albany, 606-387-4395. Pulaski County books into the Pulaski County Detention Center in Somerset, 606-678-0130, and Casey County into the Casey County Detention Center in Liberty, 606-787-9097.

These Russell County offices each keep their own line.

• Russell Springs Police Department, which patrols the largest town at 270-866-3636.
• Jamestown Police Department, which covers the county seat at 270-566-1030.
• Russell County Sheriff's Office, whose deputies handle the rest of the county at 270-343-2191.
• The Kentucky State Police Post 15 is at 1118 Jamestown St., Columbia, KY 42728 and takes calls at 270-384-4796.

Deputies and state troopers patrol outside Russell Springs and Jamestown. Call 911 in an emergency.