People are held at the Simpson County Detention Center, 217 E. Kentucky St., Franklin, KY 42134, 270-586-5351. Give the full legal name and birthday when you call, and name the arresting agency. Medical questions go to the jail's medical line, 270-598-8766. The sheriff (270-586-7425) can confirm an arrest.

Yes, at the inmate roster. Search by last name and compare birth date and agency so you don't pick the wrong person. Someone booked an hour ago might be missing from the list; call 270-586-5351 if you don't find a match. VINELink sends release notices and KYeCourts guest portal shows hearings.

All visits are by video. On-site sessions run daily 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with two free 20-minute visits each week; remote sessions run 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. through an app or browser. Visitors over 15 need ID. Call 270-586-5351 with questions, and see our visitation guide.

Ask the jail for the figure; payment then goes to the Justice Center on North Court Street, where the circuit clerk (270-586-4241) takes currency, cashier's checks, money orders or cards. A good number walk out owing nothing once Pretrial Services (270-586-8538) has scored them. See our bail guide and money guide.

Staff at 270-586-5351 can explain the current deposit methods, limits and fees. Use the exact booking name. Account money pays for commissary and phone time, and any surplus goes home with the person. Our money guide and commissary guide give details.

Yes, with prepaid accounts that relatives can fund; staff explain the rates. Each conversation is captured on tape and could reach the prosecutor, so the case should be discussed only with defense counsel. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Use the person's booked legal name, then 217 E. Kentucky St., Franklin, KY 42134, with your return address. Officers open everything but attorney mail and return banned items. See our mail guide or call 270-586-5351.

Health concerns can go to the jail's medical line at 270-598-8766; other problems go to 270-586-5351, where you can ask for a supervisor. Identify the prisoner by complete name plus birthday. The Bowling Green South Trial Office of the Department of Public Advocacy (1001 Center St., Suite 300, Bowling Green, KY 42101; 833-444-0135) can raise urgent matters in court; see our court page.

Yes. The town sits on I-65 near the state line, so families here often have cases in Warren or Logan or across the line in Tennessee. The sheriff's deputies check local warrants at 270-586-7425. The courts' free guest case search covers Kentucky statewide in one name search, and Tennessee's courts handle cases there.

Leftover warrants are usually cleared at the Simpson County Detention Center, with a defense attorney picking the date and raising bond. The circuit clerk at 101 N. Court St., Franklin, KY 42134, answers at 270-586-4241 about missed dates.

They are kept separate from adults and aren't booked into the Franklin jail. Juveniles in detention appear before a judge inside 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) arranges placement, and Simpson District Court hears the case.

Write to the Franklin detention center under the open records law, identifying the arrestee and approximate booking date and specifically requesting the mugshot. The sheriff's office also takes news media requests for booking pictures. Immigration photos require the ICE FOIA page; federal mugshots are released by the Marshals solely during manhunts.

It can, under an agreement with the Marshals. Federal cases from Simpson are heard in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky, 241 East Main Avenue, Bowling Green, KY 42101, 270-393-2500, where the detention hearing before a magistrate determines who stays locked up, with the Marshals assigning beds. People already serving federal time appear in the federal inmate locator. Franklin relatives may phone the U.S. Marshals Bowling Green office (270-901-2108).

The Simpson jail (270-586-5351) knows if ICE lodged a hold. ICE answers in Louisville at 502-625-6202; Bowling Green marshals cover federal holds (270-901-2108).

1. ICE sends the jail an I-247A detainer.
2. Once state custody ends, ICE may ask East Kentucky Street staff to keep a Simpson inmate up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released.
3. ICE must pick up the person during that time.
4. If it doesn't, the person is released.
5. Track transfers on the ICE detainee locator.

Close to full. Kentucky Corrections' weekly sheet for Oct. 22, 2026 shows 156 inmates for 161 beds in the secure jail and 79 in a 70-bed restricted custody center, which is over its rating. Booking and property questions go to 270-586-5351. The justice center clerk at 270-586-4241 handles bond money, and the Franklin counter lists cash, cashier's checks and money orders, with debit or credit cards accepted for a processing charge; fines can be paid on ePay. Pretrial services, which screens new arrests before the first appearance, answers at 270-586-8538.

Release paperwork starts once bail posts. Stored items come back along with unspent funds, after fees. Call 270-586-5351 for timing and arrange a ride from East Kentucky Street.

Search the Corrections KOOL lookup for the prison or contract jail, then use our Kentucky prison directory for phone numbers. A transfer may not appear right away; searching by state number gives the most precise result.

Each of Simpson's Kentucky neighbors books arrests at its own jail. Warren County uses the Warren County Regional Jail in Bowling Green, 270-843-4606. Logan County has the Logan County Detention Center in Russellville, 270-726-3696, and Allen County the Allen County Detention Center in Scottsville, 270-237-3226. South of Franklin, an arrest over the Tennessee line falls under Tennessee courts.

Simpson County police work is shared by these offices.

• Franklin Police Department, which takes calls inside the city at 270-586-7167.
• Simpson County Sheriff's Office, whose deputies patrol the rest of the county at 270-586-7425.
• The Kentucky State Police Post 3, 3119 Nashville Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101, answers at 270-782-2010.

Deputies and state troopers patrol outside Franklin. Call 911 in an emergency.