The Whitley County Detention Center has phones 606-549-6013 and 606-549-6027 and a mailing address of P.O. Box 179, Williamsburg, KY 40769. The fiscal court lists it as operated by the County Jailer, with the jail open 24 hours a day and its office open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Call during those hours for questions about an inmate's status, property or release.

Open the inmate list and search by last name. A fresh booking may take a while to show up. VINELink confirms custody and can text you about a release or transfer. Court dates and charges are on KYeCourts public access.

Call 606-549-6013 before you go. Ask about the schedule, video options, rules for children and what ID is needed. Leave phones and bags in the car. Our visitation guide covers visits at Kentucky jails.

Pay the circuit clerk at the Whitley County Judicial Center, 100 Main Street, Williamsburg, KY 40769 (606-549-2973) after confirming the amount with the jail. The clerk takes cash, check, money order, and credit or debit cards (a fee applies), or ePay online. Pretrial screening can lead to release on the person's word, so check before paying. Read our bail guide and money guide.

Call the jail at 606-549-6013 to ask which deposit methods are open now and what fees apply. Have the inmate's full legal name and any booking number ready. Our money guide and commissary guide describe the usual options at Kentucky jails.

Ask the jail at 606-549-6013 how to set up a phone account for your number. Inmates call out; you cannot call in to them. Assume each call is monitored, and never discuss the charges on the line. See our phone guide and messaging guide.

Send letters to the inmate's legal name at P.O. Box 179, Williamsburg, KY 40769. Ask the jail at 606-549-6013 about rules on photos, cards and anything enclosed. Always put a return address on the envelope. Our mail guide has more tips.

The judge checks income at arraignment and appoints the London Trial Office (217 S. Main Street, Suite 201, London, KY 40741; 833-205-0826) when the person qualifies. Relatives with a case number may phone London to learn the assigned attorney. See our court guide.

Call the sheriff at 606-549-6006 or ask a lawyer to check whether a warrant is active. A lawyer can also arrange a planned surrender at the Williamsburg jail and speak for the person on bond at the first appearance.

Juveniles are kept apart from adults. A detained minor must see a judge within 48 hours, not counting weekends and holidays (KRS 610.265). The Department of Juvenile Justice (502-573-2738) handles placement and contacts a parent.

A mugshot can be requested from the Williamsburg jail under the Open Records Act. Reporters and other news media can put the same mugshot request to the Whitley sheriff. ICE photos need an ICE FOIA request page. The Marshals keep federal photos private, except when they want help finding a fugitive.

Possibly; housing for federal defendants is up to the U.S. Marshals. A new federal case goes to the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Kentucky, 310 South Main Street, London, KY 40741, 606-877-7910, and a detention hearing settles custody. Sentenced federal inmates are in the federal prison locator. Williamsburg and Corbin relatives can reach the London Marshals at 606-864-6993.

Families can ask the Williamsburg jail (606-549-6013) whether a hold exists, and the Louisville ICE field office can be phoned at 502-625-6202.

1. ICE sends Form I-247A to the detention center.
2. Once the state charge no longer requires custody, Whitley staff can keep the person no more than 48 hours past release.
3. Agents must pick up the detainee in that span; otherwise the person goes free.
4. Use the ICE finder to find them.

The Williamsburg jail reported 166 people held against 134 beds in the Kentucky Department of Corrections weekly jail report for Oct. 22, 2026, about 124 percent of capacity. Crowding can slow routines and transfers, so call 606-549-6013 before going.

Call 606-549-6013 to learn the Williamsburg jail's booking and daily charges. KRS 441.265 lets a Kentucky jailer, once the fiscal court approves a policy, charge a booking fee, room and board up to $50 a day with yearly inflation changes, and medical or dental costs, deducted from the canteen account. Charges tied to an arrest that ends without conviction are waived and refunded.

Expect some hours of paperwork once bail clears or a release order arrives. Property and any account balance come back, minus fees owed. Call 606-549-6013 to ask about the timing and plan a ride home.

Ask the Williamsburg jail (606-549-6013) for the transfer date first. Corrections places state-sentenced people in a prison or a county jail. Search the KOOL lookup by name, or see our prisons in Kentucky for contacts.

Each county bordering Whitley sends arrests to a jail of its own or to a host jail. Knox has the Knox County Detention Center in Barbourville, 606-546-6215, and Bell the Bell County Detention Center in Pineville, 606-337-5507. Laurel arrests go to the Laurel County Correctional Center in London, 606-878-9431, which also takes McCreary arrests.

• Corbin Police Department, which works from 805 S. Main Street, Corbin, KY 40701, and answers at 606-528-1122.
• Williamsburg Police Department, whose chief's office takes calls at 606-549-6087.
• Whitley County Sheriff's Office, which deputies staff at 606-549-6006.
• Kentucky State Police Post 11, 11 State Police Road, London, KY 40741, which troopers answer at 606-878-6622.

Corbin lies partly in Whitley, Knox and Laurel counties. In an emergency, call 911.