This is a private reference site, not the Whitley County jail, sheriff's office, court clerk, or any government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or obtain an official booking record for you. Use the official contacts below for those requests.
Where to Start for Whitley County Records
For a current county-jail custody question, start with Whitley County Detention Center or the county inmate portal. For sheriff records, the sheriff's open-records page says to download the request form, complete it, and submit it by fax, mail, or drop-off.
Whitley County Detention Center
County Jailer Jason Wilson
1439 West Highway 92
Williamsburg, KY 40769
Mailing: P.O. Box 179, Williamsburg, KY 40769
Phone: (606) 549-6013 or (606) 549-6027
Jail-hours line: (606) 549-6000
Fax: (606) 549-6031
Office hours: 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday through Friday
Jail hours: 24 hours per day
Website: Whitley County detention page
Inmate portal: Whitley County inmate portal
Whitley County Sheriff's Department
Sheriff William "Bill" Elliotte
200 Main St STE 1
Williamsburg, KY 40769
Mailing: P.O. Box 118, Williamsburg, KY 40769
Phone: 606-549-6006 or 606-549-6007
Fax for open-records requests: 606-549-6082
Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Website: Whitley County Sheriff's Department
Open records: Sheriff information and open-records instructions
Whitley County Courts and Other Offices
Whitley County Judicial Center
100 Main St., P.O. Box 329
Williamsburg, KY 40769
Circuit Court Clerk: Gary W. Barton
Circuit Court phone: 606-549-2973
District Court phone: 606-549-5162
Court county page: Kentucky Court of Justice Whitley County page
Court records: Kentucky court records request page
Whitley County Attorney Robert Hammons
P.O. Box 1388, Corbin, KY 40702
Phone: (606) 549-6005
Use these pages on this site for the type of record you are trying to locate:
- For a person held at the county jail, see jail inmate records or contact Whitley County Detention Center directly.
- For booking-photo context, see jail roster mugshots and remember that Kentucky's commercial booking-photo rule appears at KRS 61.8746.
- For charges or case activity after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Kentucky Court of Justice links.
- For the local facility page, see Whitley County Detention Center.
- For a sentenced Kentucky prisoner, search Kentucky Online Offender Lookup.
- For custody notifications, use VINELink Kentucky. Federal or immigration detainees are handled through separate federal BOP or ICE locator systems.