Meade County Detention Center Inmate Lookup

Meade County Detention Center Overview

Meade County Detention Center is operated by the Meade County Jailer and detention-center staff. The official county detention-center page lists the jail at 516 Hillcrest Drive, Brandenburg, KY 40108, names Jailer J.J. Scarborough, and gives the main jail phone as 270-422-2546 with fax 270-422-4016. The facility is the county's main secure booking and holding site for arrests made by local agencies, including the sheriff's office, Brandenburg Police, Muldraugh Police, Kentucky State Police, and other agencies that bring arrestees into Meade County custody.

The secure jail is different from Meade Jail Restricted Custody. The secure jail is the locked local facility used for pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, selected Class D or state-side inmates, controlled-intake inmates, and other local holds. Restricted custody is reported separately by Kentucky DOC as Meade JRC and is a non-secure community or minimum-custody setting. If a search result or jail staff says a person is in JRC, use the same campus contact information but understand that the custody level and population report are different.

The county page below is the official local government source for the detention-center contact block and jail website link.

Meade County's detention-center page identifies the jailer, address, phone, fax, and the county's link to the detention-center website.

Use that county source as the starting point when the separate detention-center website or current inmate list is unavailable.

Meade County Detention Center Capacity and Population

The strongest official population source located is the Kentucky Department of Corrections Weekly Jail report for June 4, 2026. That report lists the secure Meade jail with 93 beds and 67 reported people in custody. It also reports 20 Class D inmates, 2 community-custody eligible inmates, 0 alternative-sentence inmates, 4 controlled-intake inmates, 0 parole violators, 0 federal inmates, 26 beds under capacity, and 72 percent use. Those numbers describe the secure jail row, not the separately listed JRC row.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Meade County Detention Center

For current county custody, begin with the detention-center website linked from the county's official Detention Center page. Search-indexed official material identifies a Current Inmate List on that jail site, although the research environment could not inspect the roster fields because direct requests to the jail domain reset. If the roster is down, call the jail at 270-422-2546. For a person moved to Kentucky DOC custody, use KOOL. For formal court charges, use KYeCourts guest access or the Meade Circuit Court Clerk. For custody notifications, use Kentucky VINE. If the person may be in federal or immigration custody, search the BOP locator or ICE ODLS.

1. Open the county detention-center page and follow the official link to the detention-center website.
2. Use the Current Inmate List if it loads, searching by the name information available on the roster.
3. Confirm that the person is in Meade County Detention Center rather than Meade JRC, Kentucky DOC, BOP, ICE, or another county jail.
4. If the online list fails, call 270-422-2546 and ask for current custody status or the correct records route.
5. For older booking sheets, booking photographs, or records not online, use the Meade County open-records request process.

Meade County Detention Center Address and Contact

The jail shares the Hillcrest Drive government campus used by several Meade County offices, including the courthouse and court clerk. Visitors and family members should use the detention-center contact information for custody, visitation, phone, commissary, and mail questions rather than assuming a court or sheriff staff member can confirm housing status.

Visiting Someone at Meade County Detention Center

Official visitation snippets state that in-person visits must be scheduled ahead by phone at 270-422-2546 ext. 5 and are limited to one visitor over 18. Video visitation is handled through InmateSales every day from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The accessible sources did not verify a full dress code, locker policy, attorney visit schedule, or holiday schedule. Call before traveling, bring government-issued identification, and confirm whether the person is in the secure jail or a different custody setting.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Meade County Detention Center

Official detention-center navigation includes inmate mail, phone, and commissary pages, but the full mail-format page was not accessible during research. Do not mail letters, photos, publications, or money orders until the jail confirms the current inmate name format, identification number requirement, scan-mail or digital-mail policy, and any prohibited items. Phone-account snippets reference InmateSales. Commissary snippets say weekly ordering is available, deposits may be made by calling 1-855-836-3364, and handbook snippets reference a lobby kiosk.

Booking and Intake at Meade County Detention Center

A typical local arrest path begins with an arrest by a local agency, transport to Meade County Detention Center, intake, booking, classification, and a roster entry if the public list is operating. Bond and first appearance then move through the court process. The detention-center bond snippet says weekday bonds are posted at the Circuit Clerk's office in the Meade County Courthouse during the posted business window, but payment types and after-hours rules were not confirmed. A booking record is not the same as the final court record. Use KYeCourts or the Circuit Court Clerk for formal charges, court dates, and dispositions.

Kentucky open-records law gives Kentucky residents a route to inspect public records unless an exemption applies. Meade County's open-records page says requests may be filed online, by mail, or by email, and the county states it responds within five working days. The county lists written-copy fees at 10 cents per page and non-written record charges at actual cost. Use the person's name, arrest date, booking date, agency, and case number if known.

The legal background matters when a roster entry is incomplete. KRS 61.872 is the Kentucky public-records access statute cited in the research. KRS 441.055 covers jail standards, and 501 KAR 3:140 addresses prisoner rights in full-service jails, including access to court, counsel, mail, telephone, grievance procedures, and medical care.

Other Custody and Record Channels

The secure jail roster is only one piece of the Meade County custody picture. Use KOOL when the person has been sentenced to Kentucky DOC custody or moved to a state facility. Use KYeCourts when the question is about formal criminal charges, motions, hearings, or disposition after a jail arrest. Use Kentucky VINE for custody and case notifications. Use BOP for federal sentenced custody and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. The June 4, 2026 DOC jail report listed 0 federal inmates in the secure Meade row, so federal and immigration tools should be treated as fallback systems rather than the normal Meade jail population source.

About Meade County Detention Center

Local details in the research show a facility with both county-side and state-side functions. The detention-center website includes county-side and state-side offender handbook references, which fits the DOC report showing Class D, community-custody eligible, and controlled-intake categories in the secure row. The official wood-shop page identifies a community-custody state-inmate wood shop staffed with a deputy; snippets describe picture frames, furniture sets, chicken coops, working guitars, and other woodworking products. PREA material states that inmates have the right to be free from sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and sexual misconduct by inmates and staff.