This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release anyone, post bond, schedule visitation, or obtain official booking records. For those actions, use the jail, court, sheriff, corrections, or federal agency contact that holds the record.
Letcher County Record Contacts
For current jail custody, booking questions, roster accuracy, bond routing, inmate accounts, mail, and visitation, start with Letcher County Jail. The county sheriff is a separate elected office in Kentucky and is the better route for patrol, law-enforcement incident, tax, election, service-of-court, or sheriff records issues. The county directory viewed during research still listed an older named sheriff, so verify current sheriff staff before relying on a named-person listing.
Letcher County Sheriff
6 Broadway Street
Whitesburg, KY 41858
Phone: 606-633-2293
Hours listed in the county directory: 8:00 a.m. to midnight
The county directory information should be checked before naming current sheriff staff, because research found the official page had not fully caught up with recent office changes.
Letcher Circuit and District Clerk
Letcher County Courthouse
156 Main St., Suite 201
Whitesburg, KY 41858
Circuit Court Clerk: Mike Watts
Phone: 606-633-7559 or 606-633-1048
Fax: 606-633-5864
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Use the list below to choose the right path before sending a request or making a trip to the courthouse area in Whitesburg.
- For someone in Letcher County Jail, start with jail inmate records or call the jail.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and the jail's written-records route if a photo is not online.
- For charges filed after booking, check court records after a jail arrest or contact the circuit clerk.
- For facility-specific address and visitation details, use the Letcher County Jail page.
- For a sentenced Kentucky offender, use the Kentucky Online Offender Lookup.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP inmate locator or the ICE detainee locator.