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 October 2, 2026.
Oldham County, Kentucky, has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Oldham County is held at the county jail, run by the Oldham 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.
Related guides: Oldham County public records, Oldham County arrest records, Oldham County warrants, Oldham County criminal records, Oldham County court records, Kentucky arrest records and Kentucky inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Oldham County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Oldham County is held at the county jail, run by the Oldham County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Oldham County Sheriff's Office at oldhamcountysheriff.com (page title: Oldham County Jail Roster Lookup, KY, Inmate Search), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Oldham County Jail by the Numbers
So far in 2026 the jail has held about 260 people on an average day, down from about 300 in 2019. Its rated capacity is 330 beds, and it is running at 80 percent of it. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Oldham County has about 71,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 38 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Oldham County Jail
The Oldham County Sheriff's Office, the Oldham County Police Department and the agencies that report for La Grange and Pewee Valley make the arrests that end in a booking in Oldham County.
The Prospect Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Oldham County, so its arrests are not broken out for Oldham County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Oldham County Police Department's 487 for 2025, the Oldham County Sheriff's Office's 292 for 2025 and La Grange's 141 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Oldham County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 921 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 Oldham County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Oldham County serves the sentence in a facility of the Kentucky Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Oldham County?
Look on the custody page of the Oldham County Sheriff's Office at oldhamcountysheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Oldham County jail?
About 260 on an average day so far in 2026, against a rated capacity of 330 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Oldham County go?
To a facility of the Kentucky Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at kool.corrections.ky.gov/.
Is this the official Oldham 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.