This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody or release, free anyone, post bond, obtain an official record, or handle an urgent safety concern. Contact the responsible public office directly.
Choose the Record Custodian
Kentucky does not have one office that holds every release record. The correct contact depends on the last custodian and the record needed. A county jail release log stays with its local custodian, while a state-prison movement or discharge record belongs to KDOC. Parole decisions, supervision details, trial-court files, and federal custody records follow separate routes.
- For a county jail release, select the responsible locality in the County Directory and use its records contacts.
- For the fields and request steps at both custody levels, consult the Kentucky release-record overview.
- For community supervision, identify the numbered district through Kentucky parole and probation.
- For a specific jail or prison, use the Facility Directory.
- For a released state prisoner, start with the KDOC offender search.
- For federal custody, use the BOP locator; ICE custody has its own detainee locator.
KDOC requires a written request for offender records. Include a mailing address and identify the person with a full name plus date of birth, PID, or DOC number. The standard form is optional.
Kentucky Department of CorrectionsDivision of Public Affairs
Attn: Open Records Coordinator
PO Box 2400
Frankfort, KY 40602-2400
Email: correctionsopenrecords@ky.gov
Fax: 502-564-9575
KDOC open-records instructions
A written Kentucky Parole Board decision must be requested through the Board's open-records route. Questions about an active supervision record go to the district shown in KOOL and the KDOC district contact list. Trial-court records are different: the Kentucky Court of Justice directs Circuit, District, Family, and Business Court requests to the circuit clerk in the county that handled the case.