This is a private reference site, not a jail desk, court clerk, sheriff's office, or records custodian. It cannot confirm custody, release status, bond eligibility, court dates, booking photos, or official records. Use the official offices below for those decisions and documents.
Official Barren County Contacts
Start with the office that controls the record or decision you need. Published public hours were not located in the research materials for these offices, so call before visiting or sending time-sensitive paperwork.
Barren County Detention Center
201 Samson Street
Glasgow, KY 42141
Phone: 270-651-8806
Fax: 270-651-7717
Use for current jail custody, jail booking questions, bond procedure checks, release questions, jail records, and facility rules.
Barren County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Kent Keen
117-1B N. Public Square
Glasgow, KY 42141
Office: 270-651-2771
Anonymous tip line: 270-646-8771
Fax: 270-651-8204
Use for sheriff case reports, accident or incident report questions, civil process, and sheriff law-enforcement records.
Barren County Courts
Circuit Court Clerk Julie Wright Jolly
100 Courthouse Square
P.O. Box 1359
Glasgow, KY 42142-1359
Phones: 270-651-3763, 270-651-2561, 270-651-9830
Fax: 270-651-6203
Use for filed charges, case numbers, hearing dates, court records, court payments, and clerk questions.
For online self-service, use the page that matches the question:
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records.
- For booking-photo limits and request options, review jail roster mugshots.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For the local jail facility, see Barren County Detention Center.
- For a sentenced Kentucky prisoner, search Kentucky Department of Corrections KOOL at kool.corrections.ky.gov.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal BOP inmate locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator instead of the county jail roster.