Contacts

Nelson Jail Release Records

Nelson County Correctional Center is the logical first contact for its booking, custody, property, and release/removal records. Ask where the jailer’s records custodian accepts a signed Kentucky Open Records Act request. Public office hours were not published, so call before visiting.

Give the full name, date of birth or booking number, and approximate dates. Name the existing release/removal record and request its date, time, purpose, legal authority, and receiving custodian or destination.

Nelson Sheriff Records

The sheriff may hold arrest, service, or transport records. It is a separate office from the elected jailer, so do not assume it has the correctional center’s release sheet.

County Open Records Route

Nelson County Fiscal Court accepts a signed and dated request by mail to the Judge Executive’s Office, P.O. Box 578, Bardstown, KY 40004, or by email at openrecords@nelsoncountyky.gov with “Open Records Request” in the subject. Its page requires a Kentucky-residency statement and says responses are due within five business days.

The county lists ten cents per page and forty cents per CD for pickup or mail and says it does not convert paper to digital. Those fees belong to that published county route and should not automatically be assigned to the jail or sheriff.

Nelson Court Records

The Circuit Court Clerk is the source for local judgments, bond and release orders, dismissals, probation orders, sentencing documents, and court dockets. The order supplies legal authority, while the jail record supplies the operational release time.

Kentucky Corrections Records

Use Kentucky Department of Corrections for a state prison, controlled-intake, parole, MRS, or final-discharge episode. KOOL is the public lookup. Existing records can be requested by email at correctionsopenrecords@ky.gov with a mailing address, by fax, or by mail.

Ask for a notice of discharge, parole certificate, sentence-calculation/release record, or available photograph by name and DOB or state identifier.

Nelson Post-Release Supervision

Nelson County belongs to KDOC Probation and Parole District 6. The Bardstown satellite handles state community-supervision matters. Walk-in hours and a public named-person disclosure process were not published.

VINE and Federal Contacts

Kentucky VINE can provide custody notifications and a not-in-custody date for a matching record. Call 1-800-511-1670. KDOC Victim Services can be reached at 502-564-5061 or 877-687-6818. For BOP status, use the nationwide locator. USMS has no public person locator. For ICE detention questions, call 1-888-351-4024, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Eastern.

Messages About This Site

Use the site’s available message channel only for questions about website operation, privacy, or these policies. Do not send urgent custody questions, records requests, personal identifiers, or legal filings. We cannot forward them to Nelson County or another agency.