Search Allen County Detention Center Inmates

Allen County Detention Center Overview

Allen County Detention Center is the county/local jail at 196 Wood St., Scottsville, KY 42164. The official jail site names Jailer Tim Meador and describes a mission focused on public protection, safe and humane custody, court and legislative mandates, and opportunities that support non-criminal behavior. The facility is operated as a Kentucky local jail, not a state prison or federal detention center.

The facility holds the part of the Allen County inmate population that is local to the jail: pretrial detainees arrested by Allen County agencies, local sentenced inmates, and Kentucky DOC local-facility categories reported through weekly jail reports. The researched facility map found no separate state prison, federal BOP facility, ICE detention center, city jail, or work-release annex in Allen County official sources.

The sheriff's office is nearby but separate. The Allen County Sheriff's Office page names Sheriff Brandon Ford and lists the sheriff address as 194 W Wood St., Scottsville, KY 42164. For current custody and jail operations, use the detention center first. For written public-records requests, use the county open-records process when the online roster or jail phone does not provide the record.

Allen County Detention Center Population

The Kentucky DOC Weekly Jail report dated June 4, 2026 listed Allen County Detention Center with 72 beds and 86 reported inmates. That placed the facility at 119 percent of capacity. The report broke the population into secure male, secure female, non-secure male, and non-secure female rows and showed 0 federal inmates for Allen County on that date.

Lookup Allen County Detention Center Inmates

The correct first lookup source for this county jail is the Current Inmate Roster on the Allen County Detention Center site. The route is part of the jail's JavaScript web app, so static source did not show exact search labels or sample profiles. If the page does not load, try a current browser with JavaScript enabled, then call the jail at 270-237-3226 for current custody confirmation.

1. Open the official jail website and choose Current Inmate Roster.
2. Let the web app load before searching. The route may not show fields in static HTML.
3. Search with the person's name or any live field the roster presents.
4. Confirm that the person is held at Allen County Detention Center, not a DOC, federal, or immigration facility.
5. Use Kentucky KOOL if the person was sentenced or moved into DOC tracking.

The official roster route is shown in the Allen County current inmate roster screenshot below.

The screenshot documents the official roster path, while the jail phone remains important for new bookings, unclear matches, or a web app that fails to load.

Allen County Detention Center Contact

Use the jail contact for current custody, housing, bond questions, visit questions, and urgent inmate account questions. Use the sheriff or county records process for written requests when a record is not available through the jail roster or when a released person's booking record is needed.

Visiting Allen County Detention Center

The official jail navigation includes a visitation route, but the accessible static source did not expose a fixed schedule, visit length, dress code, or full visitor approval rules. The safest visit plan is to check the jail site and call 270-237-3226 before traveling. Visitors should expect photo ID, facility screening, and limits on bags or unnecessary property.

Mail and Money at Allen County Detention Center

Allen County publishes separate routing for ordinary mail and for legal mail or money orders. General letters, pictures, and cards go to a Highland Heights processing address. Legal mail and money orders go to the Scottsville street address. Pictures are accepted only as postcards from Ameelio, and greeting cards are not accepted.

Booking at Allen County Detention Center

Local official sources did not publish a step-by-step booking procedure, but the Allen County systems support the usual custody path. A person arrested by the sheriff's office, Scottsville Police, Kentucky State Police, or another agency is transported to the detention center for identity confirmation, property intake, medical or security screening, photograph and fingerprint processing where required, jail management entry, classification, and housing assignment.

A booking may not appear on the roster right away. The jail record may show the arrest or holding charge first, while the formal court record opens after the prosecutor files the charge in District or Circuit Court. For case status, use KYeCourts guest access or contact the Allen County Circuit Court Clerk.

Allen County Detention Records

For records no longer available on the live roster, use the county open-records path. The official form asks for requester identity, mailing address, email if applicable, a description of the records, commercial-purpose status, Kentucky residency basis, signature, and date. Request terms should be narrow: name the booking record, mugshot, incident report, or jail record and include a date if known.

Kentucky's KRS 61.872 gives residents the right to inspect public records unless an exception applies. Some jail records can still be withheld or redacted for active investigations, juvenile matters, sealed or expunged cases, safety concerns, or other legal exceptions.