Monroe County Inmate Population is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain official booking records for you. Use the official office below that matches the record or custody question.
Where To Ask
Monroe County arrest, jail, and court questions often involve more than one office. Barren County Detention Center handles current jail housing for Monroe County arrestees after Monroe County's jail closure. The Monroe County Sheriff handles local arrest and report questions. The Monroe County Justice Center handles filed cases, docket questions, and court-record copies.
Barren County Detention Center
201 Samson Street
Glasgow, KY 42141
Phone: 270-651-8806
Fax: 270-651-7717
Web app: Barren County KY Jail
Use this office for current jail housing confirmation, booking, bond, release, visitation, inmate mail, inmate funds, and jail open-records questions for Monroe County arrestees held at the regional jail.
Monroe County Sheriff
Dale Ford / Roger Dale Ford
200 North Main Street, Suite E
Tompkinsville, KY 42167
Phone: 270-487-6622
Fax: 270-487-6516
Email: gee@monroecountykysheriff.com
Use the sheriff for Monroe County arrest reports, incident-report questions, local law-enforcement records, and warrant-service questions. Do not use the sheriff's office as the primary source for jail housing confirmation.
Monroe County Justice Center
Circuit Court Clerk Kim Hagan
300 N. Main St.
Tompkinsville, KY 42167
Phone: 270-487-5480
Fax: 270-487-0068
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Use the clerk for filed court cases, docket questions, official court-record copies, and case events after charges are filed in Monroe County court.
For Kentucky open-records requests, the right custodian depends on the record. KRS 61.870 defines key public-record terms, KRS 61.872 addresses the right to inspect records, KRS 61.874 covers copies and fees, and KRS 61.8746 addresses commercial use of booking or official inmate photographs.
- For current jail custody, start with jail inmate records and Barren County Detention Center's current-inmates route.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the jail or sheriff records custodian when a photo is not shown online.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Monroe County Circuit Court Clerk.
- For facility-specific rules, use the Barren County Detention Center page listed in the footer.
- For sentenced Kentucky prisoners, search Kentucky Online Offender Lookup.
- For notification and non-county custody checks, use VINELink, the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator, or the ICE detainee locator.