Rowan County Inmate Population is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, pull an official booking record, or change a court record. Use the official office that holds the record or service you need.
Official Rowan Contacts
Rowan County has separate offices for jail custody, sheriff records, and county-attorney matters. Sending a request to the right office first can prevent a delay.
Rowan County Detention Center
1075 S. Tolliver Rd.
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: (606) 784-8457
Hours: Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM
Use the detention center for current jail custody, inmate housing, local booking records, bond questions, visitation, commissary, release timing, and jail roster issues.
Rowan County Sheriff Department
600 West Main Street
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: 606-784-5446
Use the sheriff's office for sheriff records, arresting-agency questions, warrants handled by the sheriff, civil process, and law-enforcement services that are not jail operations.
Rowan County Attorney Cecil Watkins
600 West Main Street, Suite 139
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: (606) 784-4640
Hours: Monday-Friday 8AM-4PM
The county attorney is the contact listed by Rowan County for questions about the open-records request form. The office also handles local criminal, juvenile, mental-health, delinquent-tax, cold-check, and child-support duties.
Where to Look First
The best starting point depends on whether the question is about jail custody, a booking photo, a court case, or another custody system.
- For someone in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call Rowan County Detention Center if the roster does not answer the question.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and use the county open-records path when a photo is not shown online.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Kentucky court systems.
- For facility details, use the Rowan County Detention Center page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, search the Kentucky Department of Corrections KOOL locator rather than the county roster.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator System.