Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Bracken County, Kentucky, has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bracken County is held at the county jail, run by the Bracken County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Bracken County
The county jail, run by the Bracken County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Bracken County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Bracken County Sheriff's Office at brackencounty.ky.gov/departments/sheriff.php (page title: Sheriff Robert Boody III), phone 606-735-3233, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 606-735-3233.
The Bracken County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 26 people, down from about 38 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2024 was 21 beds, and it ran at 126 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bracken County has about 8,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 31 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bracken County Jail
The Bracken County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Augusta and Brooksville make the arrests that end in a booking in Bracken County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Bracken County Sheriff's Office's 74 for 2025, Augusta's 17 for 2025 and Brooksville's 2 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Bracken County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 93 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Bracken County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Kentucky Department of Corrections lists its inmates at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Bracken County?
Ask the Bracken County Sheriff's Office at 606-735-3233; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at brackencounty.ky.gov/departments/sheriff.php.
How many people are in the Bracken County jail?
About 26 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 21 beds.
What is the phone number for the Bracken County jail?
606-735-3233, the number on the page of the Bracken County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bracken County go?
To a facility of the Kentucky Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
Is this the official Bracken County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.