Mostly people facing Shelby or Spencer charges, plus those serving short county sentences and some state prisoners. The office line is 502-633-2343, Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Current inmates and their charges appear on the roster. VINELink confirms custody and sends you an alert at release. Court dates are on KYeCourts public access. Someone booked an hour ago might not be listed yet.

Every visit is remote now. Make an account on the jail's video visit website and book at least a day ahead. For help with the website, call 866-340-7879. See our visitation guide.

Bond is paid in cash, and only at the clerk's office in the Shelby County Judicial Center, 401 Main Street, Suite 101, Shelbyville, KY 40065 (502-633-1287). Many people are released after the pretrial screen without paying anything. Our bail guide explains the steps.

The jail no longer takes money orders, certified checks, wire transfers or kiosk payments for inmate accounts. Commissary is ordered as an online care package; the helpline is 800-622-8166, weekdays 8 to 5 Central. Sales are final, and a package for someone who left is held 7 days. See our money guide and commissary guide.

Inmate phones go through one provider. You can buy prepaid time for your number online, at the lobby kiosk, or by calling 877-998-5678. The kiosk does not give change, and collect calls cannot reach cell phones. Calls are recorded. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Send personal letters to the inmate's name, Shelby County Detention Center, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076. That address is a scanning center, not the jail. Put your return address on the envelope. See our mail guide.

People who qualify are assigned the Shelbyville Trial Office of the public defender (487 Frankfort Road, Suite 1, Shelbyville, KY 40065; 833-514-8984). The judge checks income at the first court date. Family can give the trial office the case number and ask which lawyer is assigned. More in our court guide.

For warrant questions, phone Shelby deputies at 502-633-4324. A lawyer can set up a planned surrender and ask the court what bond, if any, was written on the warrant.

Youths are kept away from adults. Any youth kept in custody gets a court hearing inside 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) picks a placement and reaches out to the family.

Yes. Ask the jail at 1000 Bobby Waits Lane, Shelbyville, KY 40065 in writing under the Open Records Act for the mugshot. News media in Shelbyville can seek booking photos from the sheriff's office as well. ICE photos require the ICE records request form. Federal booking photos stay private with the Marshals, unless the person is a wanted fugitive.

Federal prisoners are placed wherever the U.S. Marshals choose, and that may include Shelby. A federal arrestee first appears at the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 330 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, 502-223-5225, and a magistrate judge decides at a detention hearing whether they stay locked up. After sentencing, search the federal prison locator.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the jail.
2. When the Shelby charges stop holding them, staff can keep the person up to 48 hours past release.
3. ICE has to do the pickup during that time, or the jail lets them go.
4. ICE frequently transfers people out of Kentucky to its own centers.
5. Use the ICE finder to find them by name or A-number.

Paperwork takes some time once the bond clears or the release order arrives. Personal items come back at the door, along with the account balance minus allowed fees. Arrange a ride from Bobby Waits Lane and call 502-633-2343 for an update.

Corrections assigns a prison after intake. Some Class D inmates stay in county jails. Search by name in the KOOL lookup, or see our prisons in Kentucky.

Spencer arrests are brought to Bobby Waits Lane; the rest of the ring around Shelby uses other jails. Louisville arrests go to Louisville Metro Corrections, 502-574-8477. Oldham has the Oldham County Detention Center in La Grange, 502-222-3500. Franklin and Anderson arrests go to the Franklin County Regional Jail in Frankfort, 502-875-8782, and Henry arrests to the Carroll County Detention Center in Carrollton, 502-732-9499.

• Shelbyville Police Department: 303 Main Street, Shelbyville, KY 40065, 502-633-2326
• Simpsonville Police Department: 104 Old Veechdale Road, Simpsonville, KY 40067, station 502-722-1444; non-emergency dispatch 502-633-2323
• Pleasureville Police Department (Pleasureville straddles the Henry and Shelby line): 502-878-5500
• Shelby County Sheriff's Office: 502-633-4324
• Kentucky State Police Post 12, 1250 Louisville Road, Frankfort, KY 40601, 502-227-2221

In an emergency, call 911.