Find Woodford County Detention Center Inmates

Woodford County Jail Overview

Woodford County Detention Center is a regional jail operated by the Woodford County Jailer and Woodford County Detention Center. Mercer County's jailer information says Mercer County houses inmates in Boyle County and Woodford County, so the Woodford facility is part of the practical Mercer County custody map even though it sits in Versailles. The Mercer County jailer office at 207 W. Lexington St. in Harrodsburg performs transport, booking and bond paperwork, reports, and court movement duties, but it is not a housing jail.

Woodford County's official detention information says the jailer fulfills the Fiscal Court requirement to incarcerate prisoners arrested, sentenced, or held by District and Circuit Courts. That statement fits the mixed jail role: the facility can hold Woodford prisoners, contracted Mercer prisoners, state inmates, federal inmates, male inmates, and female inmates. For a person tied to Mercer County, the roster location matters more than the county of arrest because a contracted housing facility may be outside Mercer County.

The Woodford County official detention page shows the detention center's address, hours, jailer, and inmate-list link.

The official image helps connect Mercer County search work to Woodford's own inmate-list source rather than to a third-party directory.

Woodford County Inmate Population

The Kentucky Department of Corrections Weekly Jail report for June 4, 2026 listed Woodford County Detention Center with 63 secure beds and a reported secure population of 75. That was 119 percent occupancy, with 69 secure male inmates and six secure female inmates. The same secure jail report listed one Class D inmate, no community-custody eligible inmates in the secure jail line, no alternative-sentence inmates, eight controlled intake inmates, three parole violators, and 31 federal inmates. The federal count is a key difference from many county-only jails.

Woodford also has a Jail Restricted Custody line. The Woodford JRC had 32 beds and 24 reported non-secure male inmates, for 75 percent occupancy. That JRC count included 15 Class D inmates and nine community-custody eligible inmates, with no federal inmates reported in the JRC line. A 2015 PREA audit search result also reported 95 beds housing county, state, and federal inmates, with a majority state-inmate population at that time. Current search users should rely on current roster and weekly reporting, since older audit details can reflect a past custody mix.

Search Woodford County Inmates

The correct local lookup path is Woodford's linked JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster. The official county page links to a Detention Center Inmate List, and the jail site lists a Current Inmate List. Use that roster for current local jail custody, including people held for Mercer County by contract when the roster shows them at Woodford. State-sentenced Kentucky custody may move to KOOL, federal sentenced custody is checked through the BOP locator, immigration custody is checked through the ICE detainee locator, and custody or release alerts may be monitored through VINELink.

1. Open the Woodford Detention Center Inmate List through the county page or the Woodford JailTracker roster.
2. Search by name and compare details such as booking date, charge text, sex, and custody status.
3. Confirm the listed facility is Woodford County Detention Center before arranging a visit or sending money.
4. Use the profile details for custody status, charges, bond clues, and next steps, then call the jail if the listing is unclear.

For Mercer County users, the search chain should start with the county jail rosters serving Mercer, then move to state, federal, and immigration locators only when the person is not in current local jail custody. The Mercer County inmate records page explains that broader split.

Woodford Detention Contact

Woodford County Detention Center should be contacted for current custody, visits, authorized visitor lists, allowed items, mail, inmate phone, inmate email, and facility rules. The jail roster contact number is separate from the main phone number in the research facts. Bond questions may involve the Circuit Clerk's office rather than the detention center, so callers should ask where a specific bond type must be posted before traveling.

Jailer Michele Rankin is listed by Woodford County's official detention page. When a Mercer County case is housed at Woodford, the Woodford facility controls day-to-day custody access, while the Mercer jailer office may still be involved in transport and paperwork tied to Mercer court dates.

Woodford Inmate Visitation

Woodford County Detention Center visitation is tied to an authorized visitor list. The facility's visitation information says visits run Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and the inmate must complete an authorized visitor list before visits occur. The facility also tells users to call 859-873-3196 for visitation and allowed items. That call matters because the roster confirms custody, but it does not approve a visitor, set the list, or answer every rule about what can be brought to the facility.

Note: Call Woodford County Detention Center before travel because a roster entry does not guarantee visit approval.

Woodford Mail Phone Money

Woodford County Detention Center publishes separate information for inmate mail, commissary, inmate email, and the inmate phone system. The mail address uses a Highland Heights processing address and requires the inmate name and inmate ID. Commissary information says there are multiple ways to receive money, but the captured research did not include a fee table. Because no specific commissary fee amounts were provided, no fee amount should be assumed. Use the jail's current commissary page or call the facility before sending funds.

Woodford Booking Intake

Woodford booking and intake records are the basis for the jail roster. A person may be arrested, sentenced, or held by District or Circuit Court authority before appearing in the facility's inmate list. During intake, the jail records identity details, custody authority, booking information, charge or hold data, and the status that later appears in the public inmate list. For contracted Mercer County prisoners, the public user should still treat Woodford as the housing facility when the roster places the person there.

Bond handling is a major Woodford-specific point. The jail's bond information says bonds must be posted at the Circuit Clerk's office in the Courthouse Annex at 130 Court Street in Versailles, and the captured facts specifically reference property bonds. That is different from a facility-paid commissary deposit and different from a roster search. Before going to the clerk, confirm the bond status and bond type, because a court order, charge status, or hold may affect whether the person can be released.

Authorized Visitor List

A jail-approved list completed by the inmate before personal visits can occur.

Property Bond

A bond type backed by property and handled through the court clerk process listed by Woodford.

Federal Inmate

A person held under federal authority, which Woodford reported in its secure jail population line.

Woodford Programs PREA Conditions

Woodford County Detention Center publishes pages for inmate programs, state inmates, PREA, a garden project, and roadside trash pickup. Those pages show that the facility manages more than short-term booking and release. State and community-custody classifications can affect program access, work details, and housing status. A roster entry can show where the person is held, but it does not prove enrollment in a program or eligibility for a specific custody assignment.

Woodford also has a PREA audit document from 2015. PREA stands for the Prison Rape Elimination Act, the federal framework for preventing, detecting, and responding to sexual abuse and harassment in confinement. The audit result is useful background, but current questions about safety reporting, classification, visiting access, allowed items, inmate email, phone rules, or program access should go to the detention center. Facility policies can change after an audit, and custody status can shift after court action, transfer, or release.