This is a private reference site, not a Henderson County government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person from jail, post bond, schedule services, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the responsible public office or records custodian listed below.
Official Henderson County Record Contacts
Use the detention center for jail records and current-custody questions. The sheriff's office states that jail-record requests should go to HCDC, while sheriff's-office records are handled through HCSO open records.
Henderson County Detention Center
Henderson County Detention Center, 380 Borax Drive, Henderson, KY 42420. Phone: 270-827-5560. Mail: P.O. Box 1350, Henderson, KY 42419.
For non-medical HCDC open records, contact Lori Quarles, Chief of Administration & Finance, at lquarles@hendersonky.us or 270-827-5560 ext. 100. HCDC accepts written open-records requests by email, mail, and hand delivery during public business hours, Monday through Friday, 0800 to 1500, excluding holidays. The stated response time is five business days.
For inmate medical records, use hcdcmedical@hendersonky.us or 270-844-8018.
Henderson County Sheriff's Office
Henderson County Sheriff's Office, 20 N Main Street, Suite 112, Henderson, KY 42420. Phone: 270-826-2713. Fax: 270-827-6022. Sheriff: Chip Stauffer.
For HCSO open-records requests, email hcsoopenrec@hendersonky.us. The records custodian contact named in the HCSO procedure is Tammy McNeely. HCSO records requests are separate from jail-record requests, which should be directed to HCDC.
Kentucky open-records access is generally governed by KRS 61.872, with exemptions addressed in KRS 61.878. Start with the route below that matches the record you need.
- For someone held at the county jail, use jail inmate records and the HCDC JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster path.
- For booking-photo context, use jail roster mugshots before filing a record request.
- For criminal charges after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and Kentucky Court of Justice resources.
- For a facility-specific question, start with the Henderson County Detention Center page.
- For a sentenced Kentucky state prisoner, search Kentucky Online Offender Lookup through the Kentucky Department of Corrections.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.