Russell County Detention Center Overview
Russell County Detention Center is the only detention facility in the project facility map. The official jail website is a simple county-specific landing page that links to a current-inmate list, while the active roster runs through a JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud app. The operator listed in the facility map is the Russell County Jailer and Russell County Fiscal Court structure. The Fiscal Court elected-officials page identifies Bobby Dunbar as Russell County Jailer and publishes the jail phone number.
The facility is a local full-service jail for adults. It can hold people arrested in Russell County, people waiting for Russell County court, sentenced misdemeanants, local holds, and some Kentucky DOC state inmates when assigned to county-jail housing. No official state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility was found inside Russell County. That means the detention center is the local custody hub, but not the final search system for every person after sentencing or transfer.
The official detention center homepage screenshot comes from Russell County Detention Center, the source that links users to current inmates.
The plain county page is still important because it is the official path into the roster, even though the roster itself opens in a newer vendor interface.
Russell County Detention Center Population
KDOC weekly jail reports are the strongest source located for Russell County Detention Center capacity and population. The Oct. 31, 2024 weekly jail report listed 82 total jail beds and 81 reported people, or 99 percent capacity. The Jan. 16, 2025 report listed 82 reported people in 82 total beds, or 100 percent capacity. Those numbers are official snapshots, not a live daily count or annual average.
The same reports show that the Russell County Detention Center population can include state categories such as Class D inmates, controlled-intake inmates, community-custody eligible inmates, and parole violators. The report did not publish a Russell County-specific race, age, annual booking, or average-stay table in the visible row.
Look Up Russell County Detention Center Inmates
The correct local lookup system is the county current-inmate page and the embedded JailTracker roster for Russell County. That roster covers current county jail custody. It should not be treated as a complete statewide prison list or a federal locator. For more field-by-field help, the Russell County inmate records page explains roster fields, booking numbers, charges, bonds, and holds.
- Open the Russell County Detention Center website.
- Use the current-inmates link to reach the framed JailTracker roster.
- Search by last name. Add first name if the result set is broad.
- Open the inmate profile and compare name, booking date, charge, bond, and hold fields.
- If the person is not listed, call the jail or search KOOL, VINE, BOP, or ICE based on the custody type.
JailTracker metadata confirms fields tied to name search, current-inmate filters, release filters, CAPTCHA, booking data, charges, court cases, holds, bonds, and photos. Exact visible labels can change because the roster renders through the vendor app rather than static county HTML.
Russell County Detention Center Contact
Use the jail phone number for custody confirmation, booking questions, visit rules, property questions, and money or commissary verification. The sheriff's office is a separate law-enforcement records contact, while the circuit clerk handles formal court records after charges are filed. This split matters in Russell County because the jail is on Brian Walters Drive and the court, sheriff, and county attorney offices are clustered around Monument Square.
Russell County Detention Center
228 Brian Walters Drive
Jamestown, KY 42642
270-858-6900
Jail information line
Russell County Sheriff's Department
410 Monument Sq #109
Jamestown, KY 42629
270-343-2191
rcso@duo-county.com
Russell County Detention Center Visits
Official Russell County jail visitation rules were not located on the jail homepage. The research did find a nonofficial construction description mentioning electronic video visitation stations, but no current official vendor schedule, visit days, remote-video fee, dress code, or child-visitor rule was found. Do not assume that a visit can be scheduled without calling the jail first.
| Topic | Russell County Finding | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Schedule not published on official jail homepage | Call 270-858-6900 before traveling |
| Video visits | Electronic visitation stations mentioned in nonofficial construction detail, not confirmed as a current schedule | Confirm availability and vendor with the jail |
| Visitor ID | No local rule sheet found | Bring government photo ID |
| Dress code and children | No official local rule found | Ask before arrival |
| Attorney visits | No public schedule located | Legal visits are usually handled separately by facility staff |
Note: Confirm custody and visit eligibility with the jail before leaving for Jamestown.
Russell County Mail and Money
No official mail rule sheet, phone provider page, property drop-off policy, or commissary fee table was located on the current jail homepage. The research did locate a Tiger Commissary service page that shows Russell County Jail selected. That confirms a possible vendor channel, but payment options, fees, active services, and accepted item types should be verified before sending funds.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Research Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Use inmate full name and Russell County Detention Center address only after confirming format | No official mail format posted | |
| Phone or video | Not confirmed from official county source | Call the jail for current provider |
| Money deposit | Tiger Commissary page lists Russell County Jail | Fees and active services not published in county source |
| Property or medication | Bring nothing without staff instructions | No local policy located |
The Tiger Commissary screenshot is from the vendor's Russell County Jail service selection.
Use the vendor page only after confirming the inmate is still at Russell County Detention Center and the selected service is active.
Russell County Booking and Intake
A Russell County booking usually begins when a person is arrested by a local police department, the sheriff, Kentucky State Police, or another agency and brought to the detention center. Staff verify identity, enter the person into the jail-management system, inventory property, complete immediate medical or mental-health screening, photograph and fingerprint the person, and record arresting agency, booking time, charges, bond, warrants, and holds.
New bookings may not show at once. Staff may still be entering data, the roster may need to refresh, or some public fields may be delayed. JailTracker fields such as OriginalBookDateTime, ArrestingAgency, Image, ChargeDescription, CaseNo, WarrantNumber, BondType, BondAmount, and holds line up with this intake process.
Russell County Bond and Holds
The official jail site does not publish a detailed local bond page. JailTracker metadata confirms that bond fields can appear in charge rows, including BondType and BondAmount. A bond amount on a profile is not the same as a guarantee of release. A warrant from another county, parole or probation hold, state DOC hold, federal hold, ICE detainer, or no-bond court order can keep a person in custody.
| Bond or Hold Term | Plain Meaning |
|---|---|
| Cash bond | Money paid directly under court or jail instructions. |
| Surety bond | A bond posted through an approved surety or bail agent. |
| PR bond | Release on personal recognizance, based on a promise to appear. |
| No-bond hold | Payment alone will not release the person. |
| Detainer | Another agency is asking the jail to hold the person. |
Russell County Court Contacts
The detention center is the custody source. The Russell County Circuit Court Clerk is the starting point for case records, court dates, filed charges, and copies of court records. The judicial center is at 202 Monument Square, Suite 106, Jamestown, KY 42629. The research identifies Tony D. Kerr as circuit court clerk, with phone numbers 270-343-2185 and 270-343-2186 and Monday through Friday hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Russell County Attorney Kevin S. Shearer is one local prosecutor contact, with an office at 300 Monument Square, Jamestown, KY 42629, phone 270-343-2121, and weekday hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Felony prosecutions may involve the Commonwealth's Attorney for the judicial circuit. Court records after an arrest are tracked separately from jail custody.
Russell County Transfers and Locators
If a person leaves Russell County Detention Center for state custody, use Kentucky Online Offender Lookup. If custody notifications are the goal, use Kentucky VINE. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the BOP inmate locator, and immigration detainees through the ICE detainee locator. Those systems do not replace the local roster while a person is held at the county jail.