Address:
jail: 1000 Detention Road
sheriff: 501 Main Street
Shelbyville, KY 40065
Phone:
502-633-2343
Because of concerns for the safety and wellness of both staff and inmates at the Shelby County Detention Center in Shelbyville, Kentucky, contact visits of any type may be suspended. Even if they have visits, from time to time, face masks may be required.
Approved Non-contact visits with family, friends and the inmate’s lawyers may still be allowed when at-home or onsite video visitation is not available, however given that new guidelines are changing daily please check the visitation page or call 502-633-2343 for updates.
At-home and onsite video visitation guidelines for Shelby County Detention Center, when this service is available, can be found by going to the visitation information page.
We highly recommend that you call 502-633-2343 first for any changes due to staff shortages or other unforeseen circumstances, including whether your inmate has become ill and is unable to be in the general population where video kiosks are available.
Experts in the study of the COVID-19 are anticipating that spread of the virus will be a ongoing concern for Shelby County, the state of Kentucky and the entire United States until well into 2024 and maybe even beyond. We are witnessing the virus becoming more contagious, but less deadly over time. Many people think that the 'more contagious, but less deadly' variants will infect so many people that a higher level of natural immunity for the majority of Americans will be the end result.
Whether the inmates are safe from contracting the coronavirus depends entirely on two things:
At this stage most people who get the coronavirus show very few symptoms beyond what you might experience with a bad cold or a mild case of the common flu. Newer variants are turning out to be less deadly than the common flu we experience every year.
Studies that have been done are showing that the hardest hit are those 60 years of age and older, those with pre-existing medical issues like diabetes, leukemia or obese individuals. Young men and women rarely become very ill, and when they do, seem to recover quickly.
Given the close proximity of inmates and staff to each other in this lockup, it is going to be very difficult to prevent the spread of COVID-19 once it is introduced into the facility as the virus can spread via the microscopic vapor that we release every time we speak, cough or sneeze.
We will continuously update this page as the virus changes and new policies are instituted.
If you have specific questions that you want answered, check out their informative FAQ Page. or call them at 800-622-8166.
Shelby County Detention Center uses Care A Cell Inmate Care Packages for family and friends of inmates to send commissary into an inmate.
Care A Cell requires payment with Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Paypal or Prepaid Debit Money Cards. All purchases are done online.
You can reach Care A Cell by email, by filling out their contact form online here, or by calling them at 800-622-8166.
If you have specific questions that you want answered, check out their informative FAQ Page.
To receive phone calls from inmates in Shelby County, or to assist them in making phone calls to other people, follow these steps:
For all the information regarding phone calls with Shelby County inmates; rules, policies, phone calling times, limits and more visit our Inmate Phone Page.
Other than 'at the jail' visits between you and your inmate at Shelby County Detention Center, which is explained and outlined in detail on our Visit Inmate Page, Shelby County remote video inmate visitation can be done using the services of Inmate Sales utilizing the following instructions:
In order to have a successful video visit with an inmate in Shelby County, these are the steps to follow:
* All the information you need to have complete knowledge about inmate visitation; policies, rules, fees, schedules, tips, dress codes, and children, lawyers and clergy visitation in Shelby County, can be found on our Visit Inmate Page.
Shelby County Detention Center Phone: 502-633-2343
