Rockcastle County Inmate Population is not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule a visit, pull an official booking file, or retrieve court records. Those requests must go to the public office that controls the record or service.
Where to Look First
Use the office below that matches the record type. Jail custody, booking, bond, visitation, commissary, and jail records start with the Rockcastle County Detention Center. Sheriff incident, patrol, warrant-service, and sheriff records start with the Rockcastle County Sheriff's Office. Court case records start with the Rockcastle Circuit Court Clerk.
Rockcastle County Detention Center
Jailer Nathan Carter
205 E. Main St., Box 12
Mt. Vernon, KY 40456
Phone: 606-256-2178
Rockcastle County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Shannon Franklin
205 East Main Street, Box #2
Mt. Vernon, KY 40456
Phone: 606-256-2032
Fax: 606-256-5708
Email: rocksheriff@windstream.net
Rockcastle Circuit Court Clerk
Eliza Jane York / Eliza Jane York-Hansel
Rockcastle County Courthouse Annex
205 E. Main St., Room 102
Mt. Vernon, KY 40456
Phone: 606-256-2581, press option 2
Secondary / fax line: 606-256-2433
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; weekends closed
Rockcastle County Attorney
Jeremy B. Rowe
P.O. Box 1250
205 Richmond Street
Mount Vernon, KY 40456
Phone: 606-256-2730 or 606-256-2728
Fax: 606-256-2585
Hours: 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For online or out-of-county searches, choose the source that fits the person's status.
- For someone in the county jail, use the jail inmate records page and confirm urgent questions with the Rockcastle County Detention Center.
- For booking photos, use the jail roster mugshots page and remember that KRS 61.8746 restricts commercial pay-to-remove use of booking and inmate photos.
- For charges filed after an arrest, start with court records after a jail arrest and the Rockcastle Circuit Court Clerk.
- For a specific local facility, use the Rockcastle County Detention Center or Rockcastle County JRC facility pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Kentucky prisoner, use Kentucky DOC KOOL. DOC notes that entries update daily and records newer than 120 days may not be finalized.
- For custody notification, call VINE at 1-800-511-1670.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or the ICE detainee locator.
No dedicated Rockcastle sheriff or jail public-safety app was found in the research. The InmateSales mobile app is for video visitation, not a sheriff-run custody lookup app.