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Oldham County Detention Center — La Grange, KY
Use this guide after confirming current custody at the Oldham County Detention Center in La Grange.
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- Use the right address
Personal mail goes to Highland Heights; legal mail and money orders go to the jail.
- Bring exact cash for bond
Bond is paid at the jail in cash with exact change.
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The county’s adult jail
The Oldham County Detention Center is at 3405 KY-146, La Grange, KY 40031. The main line is 502-222-3500.
The front lobby is open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. unless the jail posts otherwise. When the lobby is closed, follow the signs to the after-hours entrance on the side of the building.
From Louisville, take I-71 North toward Cincinnati, take exit 18 and turn left, then turn right at the stop sign. The jail is on your left.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Home · Oldham County Detention Center: Directions
Confirm custody first
Call 502-222-3500 to confirm the person is held here and to get their inmate ID. Mail, money orders and deposits all need the person’s name and inmate ID as the jail records them.
The jail’s website links to VINE (vinelink.com), where you can register for custody status notices. The jail also warns that it will never call anyone asking them to post bond or pay for home incarceration over the phone. Bond and home incarceration are handled only at the jail.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Home · Oldham County Detention Center: Links
Visits
Family and attorney visits.
Scheduling a visit
Visiting is offered daily. Each person may have two 40-minute visits per week. Schedule online at inmatesales.com or by calling 1-877-998-5678. Jail staff cannot schedule visits for you.
The visitation page does not say whether visits are by video or in person, or list visitor ID and dress rules. Call 502-222-3500 before your first visit.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Visitation · Oldham County Detention Center: Phone service
Attorney visits
Attorneys can visit clients by calling 502-222-3500 and choosing option 3 for scheduling instructions. Attorneys must bring a valid ID and their bar card.
Mail and photos
Personal mail and legal mail use different addresses.
Personal mail goes to a scanning address
Since June 30, 2025, letters from family and friends must go to:
[Inmate Name - Inmate ID#], Oldham County Jail, KY, PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076
The mail service is TextBehind. Mail sent to any other address is rejected. Mail that breaks the rules is destroyed, not returned.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Mail
Envelope and content rules
Every letter needs the inmate name and inmate ID and a return address. Letters can be no larger than 8.5 by 11 inches, no thicker than light card stock, and must fit through a sheet-fed scanner. All mail is opened and inspected.
Do not send stamps, blank envelopes, stationery, packages, cash, checks or other currency. Do not include address labels, stickers, homemade or musical cards, non-white envelopes or paper, paintings, tracing paper, coloring book pages, drawings in colored ink, marker, crayon or glitter, raised decorations, paint, white-out or glue. Threats, escape or crime plans, gang symbols, codes and obscene content are also banned.
Certified mail that needs the person’s signature and mail with postage due are returned to the sender.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Mail
Photos
Photos are the only items you may enclose. Each person may receive up to 10 photos per package, and they must be printed on photo paper. Internet printouts, colored pages and provocative images are not allowed and are destroyed.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Mail
Legal mail and money orders
Mail from lawyers or other legal representatives, and money orders, go to the jail itself:
[Inmate Name - Inmate ID#], Oldham County Jail, KY, 3405 Kentucky 146, La Grange, KY 40031
Legal mail or money orders sent anywhere else are returned to the sender.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Mail
Money and phones
Commissary deposits and phone time are separate accounts.
Putting money on a commissary account
You can add money to a person’s account in four ways: online at jailfunds.com (choose Kentucky, then Oldham, then Deposit Funds), by calling 1-855-836-3364, at the black kiosk in the jail lobby, or by mailing a postal money order in the person’s name to the jail address used for money orders.
Commissary is delivered weekly by Kellwell and handed out by jail staff, so people can buy extra hygiene and food items. The jail does not publish deposit fees; check the fee before you pay.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Commissary · Oldham County Detention Center: Mail
Phone calls
People have phones inside their cells, turned on daily from 7 a.m. to 2 a.m. The provider is Combined Public Communications. A newly arrested person gets one 5-minute phone card. Without money on their phone account, they can only make collect calls. Staff cannot pass messages.
To add phone time, go to inmatesales.com, call 1-877-998-5678, or use the blue kiosk in the lobby. A person can also move money from their commissary account to their phone account. Rates are not published on the jail’s site.
Bond and court
Bond is paid in cash at the jail.
Posting bond at the jail
Bond is paid at the jail. All bond payments must be in cash with exact change. Property bonds can only be taken at the courthouse in the county that set the bond.
Bond types listed by the jail include release on your own recognizance (a promise to appear), an unsecured bond that is forfeited if the person misses court, and a partially secured bond paid as a 10% cash deposit (no less than $5).
County inmates are charged a $30 booking fee and a $5 jail bond fee for each bond filled out. Oldham County inmates are also charged a $30 per day fee. These are on top of any court fees.
Sources: Oldham County Detention Center: Bond information · Oldham County Detention Center: Home
The court clerk
Court cases are handled at the Oldham County Judicial Center, 100 W. Main St., La Grange, KY 40031. The Circuit Court Clerk’s office is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Phones: Circuit 502-222-9837, District Civil 502-222-5621, District Traffic 502-222-0522.
Health and programs
Medical care, classes and alternatives to jail time.
Medical care and medication
Southern Health Partners staffs the medical unit 24 hours a day. Family cannot drop off medication. Medication a person has when booked is recorded and stored by medical staff. If it is not picked up after release, it may be destroyed after 5 days.
Programs, work release and home incarceration
The jail offers GED classes with on-site testing, AA and NA meetings led by local volunteers, religious services three times a week, and an electronic law library in each cell.
Sentenced county inmates may qualify for work release, which costs $20 per day. Anyone serving less than 7 days pays the full amount at booking; anyone serving 7 days or more pays $140 at booking and $140 each week until release. The Home Incarceration Program lets some people serve their sentence at home with a GPS ankle monitor. For details on either program, call the jail at 502-222-3500.
Original directory record & nearby facilities Open preserved information
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Facility record / Kentucky
Oldham County Jail is a county or city jail in LaGrange, Oldham County, Kentucky. It has a rated capacity of 112 and a reported population of 115 — about 103% occupancy, as recorded in the February 2026 federal dataset. By capacity it is the 56th-largest of the 83 county or city jail records listed for Kentucky with a published capacity. It is one of 4 correctional facilities in Oldham County.
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Where this record came from. The contact, status and security fields, with capacity and population, come from the HIFLD and Federal Bureau of Prisons directory release refreshed February 2026. They describe the record, not today’s population. Check the facility’s current official website.
Contact this facility
- Phone
- (502) 222-3500
- Address
- 3405 Ky-146
LaGrange, KY 40031Open in maps - Official page
- Official page at oldhamcountyjail.com
- County
- Oldham County
Facility details
Capacity
115 people in a facility designed for 112
As of the February 2026 federal dataset.
Listed as open in the February 2026 directory release.
Finding someone held here
Use the county system for a recent arrest. A state corrections search covers people in state custody. It generally will not list someone booked into a county jail this week. Bookings, bail, release, and visiting are all handled by Oldham County Sheriff’s Office.
Official site for this facility →
Call this facility directly: (502) 222-3500
Before you travel, pay, or mail anything
Get two things first: which facility the person is actually in, and their booking or ID number. Almost nothing works without them. Then check this facility’s current instructions — rules and service providers change.
Other facilities in Oldham County
| Facility | City | Type | Security |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky State Reformatory | LaGrange | State prison | Medium |
| Luther Luckett Correctional Complex | LaGrange | State prison | Medium |
| Roederer Correctional Complex | LaGrange | State prison | Maximum |
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