This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, pull official records, correct a jail record, or speak for Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, the Magoffin County Sheriff's Office, the court clerk, KDOC, BOP, ICE, or VINE.
Where to Ask
Official Magoffin County inmate and arrest questions should go to the office that keeps the record. Big Sandy Regional Detention Center handles current regional jail custody and booking questions for Magoffin County prisoners. Sheriff Dennis Prater's office handles local sheriff records, warrants served by that office, and incident or arrest-report questions. The Magoffin Circuit Court Clerk handles filed court records, docket questions, and many bond-payment details.
Big Sandy Regional Detention Center
904 3rd Street
Paintsville, KY 41240
Phone: 606-297-5245
Use this facility for current jail custody, booking, visitation, commissary, and inmate-account questions involving Magoffin County prisoners held at the regional jail.
Magoffin County Sheriff's Office
P.O. Box 1445
Salyersville, KY 41465
Office phones: 606-349-2914 and 606-349-5744
Directory phone: 606-349-7963
Dispatch after hours: 606-349-4403
Fax: 606-349-7037
Office hours are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. and the 1st and 3rd Saturday 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. The county notes broader Saturday and lunch availability from October through January.
Magoffin County Justice Center
100 E. Maple St., P.O. Box 147
Salyersville, KY 41465
Circuit clerk phones: 606-349-2215 and 606-349-4050
Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Use the clerk for court records after a jail arrest, filed charges, court dates, and bond-payment rules. The court page notes that cash is required for bond.
The same person may have records in more than one system. Use the list below to choose the first place to check, then follow up with the official office if a record is missing, delayed, or unclear. For a written Kentucky Open Records Act request, KRS 61.870 defines public-record terms and KRS 61.872 covers the right to inspect nonexempt public records and the request methods.
- For someone in the regional jail, start with jail inmate records and Big Sandy Regional Detention Center.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the jail records custodian.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Magoffin Circuit Court Clerk.
- For a specific local facility, use the facility page in the footer and verify details by phone before travel.
- For a sentenced Kentucky prisoner, use the Kentucky Department of Corrections KOOL locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.