Adair County Regional Jail Overview
Adair County Regional Jail is the county jail facility listed for Adair County local custody. Official jail material points public users to the jail homepage and the JailTracker current-inmate list. The jail is not described in the official sources reviewed as a state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention center. It is the local jail channel for people arrested by county or local agencies, people serving local jail time, and other jail detainees who appear on the public roster.
Kentucky Department of Corrections weekly jail reporting classifies the secure Adair County Regional Jail line as security level S. The June 4, 2026 report lists 51 secure jail beds. That same report lists people held in several categories, including pretrial or local jail detainees, Class D inmates, controlled-intake inmates, parole violators, alternative-sentence inmates, and one community-custody eligible category. Those labels matter because a person in the jail may be tied to a new county arrest, a state corrections process, a court order, or a parole matter.
Adair County Regional Jail Population
The strongest current population source is the Kentucky DOC weekly jail report archive. In the June 4, 2026 weekly report, Adair County Regional Jail had 82 reported inmates against 51 secure beds, which put the secure jail at 161 percent of rated capacity. The same snapshot showed 69 secure male inmates, 10 secure female inmates, 3 non-secure male inmates, and 0 non-secure female inmates on the secure jail line.
Population categories in that report show why the jail roster can include more than fresh local arrests. The June 4, 2026 line showed 4 Class D inmates, 1 CC eligible inmate, 2 alternative-sentence inmates, 9 controlled-intake inmates, 3 parole violators, and 0 federal inmates. Class D and controlled-intake entries reflect the overlap between county jails and Kentucky state corrections. Federal count was zero in this official snapshot, so Adair County records should not be read as proof of a routine federal jail population.
| Category | June 4, 2026 Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Secure male | 69 | KY DOC Weekly Jail Report |
| Secure female | 10 | KY DOC Weekly Jail Report |
| Non-secure male | 3 | KY DOC Weekly Jail Report |
| Non-secure female | 0 | KY DOC Weekly Jail Report |
| Controlled intake | 9 | KY DOC Weekly Jail Report |
| Parole violators | 3 | KY DOC Weekly Jail Report |
Lookup Adair County Regional Jail Inmates
The correct online starting point is the Adair County Regional Jail JailTracker roster. The jail homepage links to a current-inmates page that embeds the same JailTracker public roster. Public search is free, and no public login is needed to search current records or open a detail screen. JailTracker metadata reviewed for Adair showed the agency as Adair County Regional Jail KY, current-only public display, image support enabled, and a release-retention setting in the underlying system.
Use JailTracker for current local jail custody. Use Kentucky Online Offender Lookup when the person has moved into sentenced state DOC custody or state supervision. Use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator for federal custody and ICE ODLS for immigration detention. VINELink is also available as a notification and custody-status channel, but the inspected Adair JailTracker metadata did not expose an Adair-specific VINE site ID.
- Open the Adair JailTracker public roster and accept any displayed disclaimer.
- Search by last name first, then add first name, middle name, gender, or intake date if the result set is broad.
- Open the result record and confirm that the agency or facility context is Adair County Regional Jail.
- Review intake date, status, gender, local offender IDs, photo availability, and the CriminalOffenses table.
- If the person is missing, call the jail or search KOOL, BOP, ICE ODLS, and court records based on the custody type.
The roster image below comes from the Adair JailTracker public roster captured in the project manifest.
The roster is the public current-custody channel, while state, federal, immigration, and court systems answer different questions after transfer or case filing.
Adair County Regional Jail Contact
Call the jail before relying on any visit, bond, mail, or money instruction. The official jail sources reviewed did not publish public lobby hours, visitation hours, a mail format, a phone vendor, a commissary vendor, or a money-deposit fee schedule. The jail phone is the safest source for current operational details because schedules can change for court transport, staffing, security, illness, holidays, or classification decisions.
Adair County Regional Jail
204 Greensburg Street
Columbia, KY 42728
270-384-5701
Call for custody, visitation, mail, money, and bond-routing questions.
Adair County Sheriff's Office
424 Public Square, Suite 20
Columbia, KY 42728
270-384-2776
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., for sheriff records or law-enforcement records routing.
Adair County Regional Jail Visits
No official Adair County Regional Jail page reviewed published a visitation schedule, video-visitation vendor, visitor approval form, dress code, or attorney-visit procedure. Treat any unsourced schedule from a commercial jail-information page as unconfirmed. The practical sequence is to confirm that the person is still in Adair County Regional Jail through JailTracker, then call the jail and ask whether visits are in-person, video, attorney-only, or suspended for that housing status.
Visitors should expect to bring government photo identification and should avoid taking phones, bags, weapons, cash, packages, or extra property into the facility unless staff say the item is allowed. The research did not locate a dedicated visitor-lot policy, locker rule, ADA entrance note, public-transit route, or parking fee. A person traveling from outside Columbia should confirm the visit window before leaving, because the jail population includes people who may be moved to court, state intake, another county, or a non-secure setting.
| Topic | Published Adair Detail | Build-Safe Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No schedule located | Call 270-384-5701 before traveling |
| Video visits | No vendor located | Ask the jail if video visits are available |
| Visitor ID | No local rule located | Bring government photo ID and confirm requirements |
| Attorney visits | No published procedure located | Attorneys should call the jail directly |
Adair County Jail Mail and Money
Mail, phone, commissary, tablet, video, and money-deposit details were not found on official Adair jail pages. Do not send cash, packages, medication, or property unless the jail first confirms the approved method. For mail, ask staff for the exact name and ID format, whether the local offender ID or permanent JailTracker ID should be used, and whether envelopes must include a full return address. For money, ask whether deposits are accepted in the lobby, online, by kiosk, by money order, or through a vendor.
The public record side does not prove a service account exists. A roster photo, intake date, or active status confirms custody better than it confirms visit eligibility or commissary access. A court hold, controlled-intake status, parole violation, medical restriction, classification move, or transfer plan can change whether the person can receive a visit, phone account credit, or money deposit.
| Service | Confirmed Public Detail | What to Ask |
|---|---|---|
| No format published | Ask for inmate-name and ID format before mailing | |
| Phone or video | No vendor published | Ask whether accounts are available and who manages them |
| Commissary | No vendor or fee schedule published | Ask how deposits are made and whether fees apply |
| Medication | No public procedure published | Call before sending or delivering anything medical |
Adair County Jail Booking
Adair-specific booking procedure text was not published, so the safest description is based on the public roster fields and Kentucky jail standards. After arrest, the arresting agency transports the person to Adair County Regional Jail. Jail staff identify the person, record the intake date, handle property, take photographs or fingerprints when required, screen for medical and security issues, and enter charges or custody data into the JailTracker system. Once the public record is available, the active roster can show the person's name, intake date, status, gender, photo availability, local IDs, and CriminalOffenses entries.
Kentucky regulation 501 KAR 3:110 requires full-service jails to maintain prisoner classification procedures in written policy, and 501 KAR 3:140 addresses prisoner-rights procedures in full-service jails. These rules support a general classification discussion without inventing Adair housing-unit names. No Adair source reviewed stated how fast a new booking appears online. If an arrest is recent, search again later and call the jail if the person may have been released, transferred, or booked under a different spelling.
Adair County Jail Records
Kentucky open-records law provides a records-request fallback when JailTracker does not answer a custody or booking question. KRS 61.871 states Kentucky's policy favoring free and open examination of public records, and KRS 61.872 gives Kentucky residents a right to inspect public records subject to exceptions and agency procedure. A request for jail records should identify the person, date range, booking date if known, charge or case number if known, and the record sought.
Booking photos require extra care. JailTracker image support is enabled for Adair, and public profiles may display a photo when one is attached. KRS 61.8746 restricts certain commercial pay-to-remove use of booking photographs and official inmate photographs obtained from public agencies. It does not mean every photo is always visible on the active roster. Current custody and booking-photo questions should start with JailTracker and the jail phone, while formal charges after arrest belong in KYeCourts and the Adair County Circuit Court Clerk channel.
Note: Confirm custody and visit eligibility with Adair County Regional Jail before traveling or sending money.