Lawrence County Jail Roster
Lawrence County does not operate a separate Lawrence-only jail website in the official material reviewed. The official detention path is Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, a regional jail in Paintsville that serves Lawrence County and other Big Sandy-area counties. Research found official BSRDC pages for inmate search, office hours, visitation, commissary, phones, programs, and other jail topics.
The BSRDC site was unreliable during research. Its pages repeatedly reset or failed from the research environment, so live roster fields and profile screens could not be inspected. Use the BSRDC inmate search if it loads, but keep fallback channels ready: BSRDC phone at 606-297-5245, Kentucky VINE for custody and notifications, KOOL for state DOC offenders, and the Lawrence County Circuit Court Clerk for court charge or case status.
That reliability issue changes the search order. If the roster page loads, it is still the most direct local path for a recent Lawrence County booking. If it does not load, the detention center phone line is the next official source for custody status. VINE is useful when a person wants notice of custody changes, but it is not the same as a jail profile. KOOL is useful when a person has moved into Kentucky DOC custody, but recent county arrests may not be finalized there.
Lawrence County government also lists Sheriff Chuck T. Jackson, Jailer Roger Jordan, and the Circuit Court Clerk. Those offices answer different questions. The sheriff is a law-enforcement contact. The jail or regional detention center confirms custody. The court clerk confirms court case records, charges filed in court, court dates, and copies. Keeping those roles separate prevents a common error: treating a booking record as if it were the full criminal case file.
Note: KOOL is not a live county jail roster and may lag for recent arrests or newly sentenced offenders.
Search Lawrence County Inmates
Use the jail roster first when the person may be held pretrial or recently booked. If the jail site fails, call the facility. If custody notification matters, use VINE. If the person has been sentenced to Kentucky DOC custody, use KOOL instead of the regional jail search.
For a Lawrence County inmate lookup by phone, write down the date and time of the call, the office contacted, and any instruction given about release, bond, court, or visitation. Custody status can change during the day. A person may be released, transferred, held on another county's warrant, moved to DOC custody, or appear in court before an online page updates.
- Open the BSRDC inmate search page when the detention center website is available.
- Search by name if the form loads, and verify spellings because jail records can use aliases or middle names.
- If no result appears, call BSRDC at 606-297-5245 before assuming the person is not in custody.
- Check Kentucky VINE for custody status and notification registration.
- Search Kentucky DOC KOOL for sentenced state offenders.
Lawrence County Inmate Search Fields
BSRDC roster fields could not be confirmed because the official site did not load reliably. The best documented statewide search-field table comes from KOOL, which is useful for DOC custody but not a direct county booking roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options or Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offender type | Dropdown/filter | Optional | Examples include incarcerated inmates. |
| Search offenders with photos only | Checkbox | Optional | Limits results to photo records when available. |
| Search aliases | Checkbox | Optional | Useful when booking names differ from legal names. |
| Last name | Text | Optional | Can be used alone or with other fields. |
| First name | Text | Optional | Use with last name for narrower results. |
| Middle name | Text | Optional | Helps distinguish common names. |
| Gender | Dropdown/filter | Optional | Example parameters were observed in research. |
| Race | Dropdown/filter | Optional | Use only if known and needed to narrow results. |
| Location type | Dropdown/filter | Optional | Can separate prison or other DOC locations. |
| Page size and sort order | Dropdown/filter | Optional | Controls result count and ordering. |
Lawrence County Inmate Profiles
The official BSRDC inmate profile fields were not captured. For a local booking, expect the facility or custody system to focus on identity, booking, charges, custody status, and release or bond information when public. Always confirm critical details by phone because custody can change fast.
Charge information in a jail profile may be early-stage information. A booking charge can differ from the final court charge after review by prosecutors or after indictment. When the question is whether a charge was filed, amended, dismissed, or resolved, use KYeCourts, CourtNet, or the Circuit Court Clerk rather than relying only on jail text.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The booked person or offender name, sometimes with aliases. |
| Booking or custody date | When the person entered local or state custody if the field is public. |
| Charges | Alleged offenses at booking or court charges tied to custody. |
| Bond or release status | Whether bond, no-bond status, or release terms are shown. |
| Holding facility | BSRDC, a state DOC facility, or another custody location. |
| Court case link | Case or citation information that should be checked through KYeCourts or the clerk. |
| Notification status | VINE registration options for custody changes, when available. |
Lawrence County Jail Facilities
Lawrence County detainees are handled through a regional facility, so verify location before travel. State-prison and federal-prison records are different systems. The Lawrence County Jailer is listed by county government, but local custody confirmation should go through the detention center when a person may be booked there.
Before traveling to Paintsville, call the detention center to confirm the person is still housed there, whether public lobby hours apply to the service needed, and whether the facility requires a specific form of identification. The research did not capture a Lawrence-only jail capacity, a local jail roster update schedule, or an official Lawrence County booking counter separate from BSRDC.
Big Sandy Regional Detention Center
904 3rd Street
Paintsville, KY 41240
606-297-5245
Public office: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Lawrence County Sheriff
310 East Main Street
Louisa, KY 41230
606-638-4368
Call for law-enforcement records or service questions.
Lawrence County Jailer
Lawrence County Government
Louisa, KY 41230
606-638-4312
Listed local jailer contact: Roger Jordan.
Lawrence County Booking Status
An arrest record and an inmate record are related but not identical. The booking side shows custody intake, facility status, and release information. Court records show the formal case, charges, hearings, pleas, disposition, and sentence. Recent arrests may appear at the jail before the court case is easy to find, while older sentenced cases may move from jail records into KOOL.
For charges after an arrest, use the jail result as a starting point and then confirm through KYeCourts or the Circuit Court Clerk. The Lawrence County arrest records and court charges page explains that arrest and charge records can diverge as prosecutors amend, reduce, or dismiss charges.
Bond and release details should also be verified with the office that controls the next action. The KCOJ county page identifies cash for bond and payment options for court matters, but a jail hold, outside warrant, no-bond order, or court appearance requirement can change whether payment alone leads to release. When the inmate record lists a bond amount, call the jail or clerk before sending another person to pay it.
Lawrence County Inmate Visitation
The official BSRDC visitation page exists, but specific visiting blocks, scheduling rules, dress code, ID rules, visit length, and child rules were not accessible during research. Call BSRDC before travel because jail visitation may change due to lockdowns, classification, staffing, or health restrictions.
Do not infer visitation rules from another county jail or from a nonofficial guide. The official record set confirmed the BSRDC visitation page exists, but it did not provide enough detail to publish a schedule, vendor, approval process, or dress code. For Lawrence County detainees, the safest published instruction is to call the detention center and verify the current rules directly.
| Facility or Office | Schedule | Source Note |
|---|---|---|
| Big Sandy Regional Detention Center public office | Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Official office-hours snippet. |
| Weekend | Closed Saturday and Sunday | Official office-hours snippet. |
| Holidays | Closed designated holidays | Official office-hours snippet. |
| Visitation schedule | Call 606-297-5245 before travel | Specific blocks were not captured. |
Mail and Inmate Funds
Official BSRDC pages exist for commissary, phones, visitation, and inmate programs, but the content was not reachable during research. Do not rely on nonofficial vendor claims for money deposits, kiosk rules, tablet services, book shipments, or photo rules. Pending facility confirmation, the safe mailing format is the inmate name followed by Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, 904 3rd Street, Paintsville, KY 41240.
Attorney visitation rules were not captured either. Attorneys should contact the detention center directly to confirm confidential visit procedures, bar identification requirements, and scheduling method.
Commissary and phone accounts are high-risk topics for outdated information because jails can change vendors, deposit limits, kiosk rules, and fees. The research intentionally excluded nonofficial claims. Families should confirm any deposit method with BSRDC before sending funds, and they should keep receipts until the inmate confirms the funds were posted.
State and Federal Inmate Records
Kentucky VINE can tell a user whether an offender is in custody and can send phone or email notifications when custody status changes. The offender does not know who registered. VINE covers county jails, prisons, mental health facilities, and juvenile detention centers according to the KOOL information page.
KOOL is the Kentucky DOC offender lookup. Its disclaimer says offender data newer than 120 days may not have been finalized, so it should not be treated as a live Lawrence County jail roster. For federal prisoners, USP Big Sandy is a Federal Bureau of Prisons institution near Inez in Martin County, not the regional jail in Paintsville.
Use custody systems in the order that matches the person's status. A recent arrest points to BSRDC and VINE. A sentenced Kentucky prison case points to KOOL. A federal sentence or federal hold may point to BOP or federal court. A pending Lawrence County case points back to KYeCourts and the Circuit Court Clerk for the court record.
For victims, family members, and attorneys, VINE and the clerk answer different needs. VINE can send custody-change notices, while the clerk can confirm court dates, case numbers, and public case events. KOOL adds DOC offender status when a person is no longer a local pretrial detainee. BOP should be used only when the custody is federal, such as a federal sentence or federal institution placement. Matching the tool to the custody stage avoids false negatives.
If the person was arrested on a Lawrence County warrant or citation, the jail record may answer only where the person is held. The court file answers what happened next in District Court or Circuit Court. Use both records when custody and case outcome both matter.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons page for USP Big Sandy helps separate federal custody from local Big Sandy detention.
Use the BOP page for federal inmates only; Lawrence County pretrial detainees are a local or regional jail issue.