The Kentucky Department of Corrections runs the search for people in Kentucky state prisons. Here is how to use it, what it covers, and where to look if the person is not there.
- Agency
- Kentucky Department of Corrections
- Official search
- KOOL offender lookup
How to search the Kentucky DOC inmate list
The Kentucky Department of Corrections runs a public search called KOOL offender lookup.
- The department says entries and updates are made daily.
Kentucky state prisons we list
We do not copy the Kentucky prison inmate list yet. These are the state prisons in our Kentucky directory, with address, phone and visiting basics. Use the department's search above to find a person.
- Adair Regional Detention Center State prison in Columbia
- Bell County Forestry Camp State prison in Pineville
- Blackburn Correctional Complex State prison in Lexington
- Cadet Leadership & Education Program State prison in Jackson
- Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex State prison in West Liberty
- Green River Correctional Complex State prison in Central City
- Kentucky Correctional Institution for Women State prison in Pewee Valley
- Kentucky State Penitentiary State prison in Eddyville
- Kentucky State Reformatory State prison in Lagrange
- Lee Adjustment Center State prison in Beattyville
- Little Sandy Correctional Complex State prison in Sandy Hook
- Luther Luckett Correctional Complex State prison in Lagrange
- Marion Adjustment Center State prison in St. Mary
- Northpoint Training Center State prison in Burgin
- Roederer Correctional Complex State prison in Lagrange
- Southeast State Correctional Complex State prison in Wheelwright
- Western Kentucky Correctional Complex State prison in Fredonia
State prison, county jail or federal prison?
The Kentucky Department of Corrections holds people serving state prison sentences. Someone arrested in the last few days is almost always in a county jail instead, and will not show up in the state prison search yet. For a recent arrest, start with the county: open our Kentucky page and pick the county where the arrest happened.
People sentenced for federal crimes are held by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, which has its own search. See federal inmate search (BOP).
After you find them
- Visits: most prisons require you to be on the person's approved visitor list first. How visiting works.
- Money: how to send money and how commissary works.
- Mail and calls: sending mail, phone calls and video visits.
- Release and transfer alerts: VINE notifications.
Questions
Someone was just arrested in Kentucky. Will they be in the Kentucky DOC search?
Usually not. People who were just arrested are held in a county jail first. They are moved to a state prison only after a sentence to state prison. Check the county jail where the arrest happened.
Is searchinmates.org part of the Kentucky Department of Corrections?
No. searchinmates.org is a private website. It is not affiliated with the Kentucky Department of Corrections or any government agency. The department's own search is the source of record.
Sources
We opened each of these pages on October 14, 2026. Rules and numbers change, so check the source before you act.
- KOOL, Kentucky Department of Corrections. How the search works and what it covers.
- Correctional Institutions, Bureau of Justice Statistics. How jails (run locally) differ from prisons (run by a state or the federal government).
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