Knott County Inmate Lookup Channels
Knott County official research did not locate a public county jail roster, booking list, inmate mobile app, visitation calendar, commissary vendor, or live warrant database. The official local contacts that did surface are the Knott County Jailer, the Knott County Sheriff's Office, and the Knott County Office of Circuit Court Clerk. For current local custody, the county jailer is the clearest official first call. For arrest routing, civil process, traffic enforcement, court security, and sheriff records, the sheriff is the law-enforcement contact. For charges, bond orders, court dates, and case outcomes after a charge is filed, the Circuit Court Clerk is the court-record custodian.
Statewide tools fill different roles. Kentucky VINE can provide custody status and release or transfer alerts from jail and prison feeds. Kentucky Online Offender Lookup information points users to KOOL for sentenced state offenders, but KOOL is not a Knott County jail roster and should not be read as a complete list of pretrial detainees. The Kentucky State Police open-records process can be used for KSP law-enforcement records, not for live jail booking status.
| Need | Official Channel | What to Expect |
|---|---|---|
| Current local custody | County Jailer | No posted roster was located, so call the jailer for status and rules. |
| Custody alerts | VINE | Search for status and register phone or email notifications. |
| State offender history | KOOL | Use for Kentucky DOC offender records, not local jail intake. |
| Arrest or agency record | Sheriff or KSP | Use law-enforcement request channels rather than court search tools. |
| Charge, bond, court date | Circuit Court Clerk | Ask for the criminal or traffic case record after filing. |
Knott County Inmate Contacts
The county jailer contact is the main local route when the question is whether a person is in local custody, whether visitation is allowed, what mail format is accepted, or whether a commissary deposit vendor is valid. The Kentucky Department for Local Government profile lists Robby Slone as Knott County Jailer, with phone 606-785-5827 and email robbyslone31@yahoo.com. The profile did not publish a separate jail street address or a public jail capacity figure, so those details should be confirmed directly before travel, mail, or payment.
Knott County Jailer
Official jail address not posted in located sources
Knott County, KY
606-785-5827
Robby Slone; email robbyslone31@yahoo.com
Knott County Sheriff's Office
54 W Main Street
Hindman, KY 41822
606-785-5354
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; fax 606-785-0948
Knott County Circuit Court Clerk
53 W. Main St., P.O. Box 1317
Hindman, KY 41822
606-785-5021
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; fax 606-785-3994
The sheriff's website identifies Sheriff Dale Richardson and lists services that connect to arrests and custody, including criminal investigations, patrol and traffic enforcement, court security, civil process, wanted-individual notes, severe weather alerts, and road closures. The sheriff site still did not expose a public inmate roster. That makes the jailer and VINE the better starting pair for custody status, while the sheriff and KSP remain the better route for agency records.
Knott County Inmate VINE Search
VINE is the statewide custody-notification tool most relevant when a Knott County inmate status check needs a release, transfer, escape, or parole-hearing alert. DOC research says VINE gathers information from county jails, prisons, mental health facilities, and juvenile detention centers. It can tell whether an offender is in custody and can send phone or email alerts to registered users. VINE also states that the offender does not know a person registered for notification.
The custody-notification image source is Kentucky DOC VINE information.
That statewide VINE source is useful for Knott County inmate searches because it explains the notification system that may include county jail status feeds.
| Field or Function | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offender search | Name or ID search | Yes to locate person | Used to check custody status and basic status information. |
| Phone number registration | Phone | Optional after locating person | More than one phone may be registered. |
| Email registration | Optional after locating person | More than one email may be registered. | |
| PIN | Numeric | Required for phone acknowledgment | User creates a four-digit PIN for notifications. |
| Notification types | Custody status | Not applicable | Release, transfer, escape, and upcoming parole hearing alerts. |
VINE is automated and may call at any time. If there is no answer, it can leave a message and continue calling during a 24-hour window until the PIN is entered. For a current jail visit, money deposit, attorney visit, or mail question, VINE should be paired with a call to the jailer because VINE is a notification service, not a jail administration desk.
Knott County Inmate KOOL Search
KOOL is the Kentucky Department of Corrections offender lookup. It helps when a Knott County case has moved beyond local pretrial custody into state custody or supervision. DOC says KOOL entries and updates are done daily, but it also warns that offender data newer than 120 days may not be finalized. That warning matters because a recent arrest, new bond order, or same-week transfer may be better checked with the county jailer, VINE, and the court clerk.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options or Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offender Type | Dropdown or query option | Optional | Examples include incarcerated inmates. |
| Last Name | Text | Optional | Search snippets show last name accepted. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Search snippets show first name accepted. |
| Middle Name | Text | Optional | May help narrow common names. |
| Search aliases | Checkbox | Optional | Use when an offender may have alias names. |
| Photos only | Checkbox | Optional | Limits results to photo records where available. |
| Page size | Dropdown or query | Optional | Examples include 10, 20, 50, and 99. |
| Search / Reset Data | Buttons | Not applicable | Reset and try spelling changes if no result appears. |
Knott County Inmate Profile Fields
No public Knott County jail profile page was located, so a profile-field inventory must be limited to the official statewide tools and court-record fields found in research. KOOL may show name, DOC number, photo availability, incarceration status, facility or supervision status, aliases if searched, sentence or offense information when available, and release or parole-related information. VINE focuses on custody status and alerts. Court records focus on filed charges, bond, dates, and disposition.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Offender name | Name used in a DOC or VINE search result, subject to spelling and alias limits. |
| DOC number | State offender identifier when the person is in Kentucky DOC data. |
| Custody status | Whether the person is reported in custody, released, transferred, escaped, or otherwise updated by the feed. |
| Facility or supervision status | State facility or supervision data when available through DOC tools. |
| Charge or offense information | State offense data in KOOL, or filed court charges through the clerk's case record. |
| Bond and court date | Court record information from the Circuit Court Clerk, not a DOC roster field. |
| Release or parole notice | Notification category available through VINE when the user registers. |
For charge outcomes, use the Circuit Court Clerk rather than the jailer. A jail status check can show that a person is held or released, but it does not replace the criminal case record, plea, disposition, sentence, or payment status in the court file.
Knott County Inmate Visit Status
Official Knott County jail visitation, mail, commissary, money-deposit, video-call, phone-call, attorney-visit, and inmate handbook rules were not located in the official county, sheriff, court, or DLG sources reviewed. Do not name a vendor or post a visit window borrowed from another county. Use the schedule table as a status table: the rules were not posted in the located official sources, and the county jailer should confirm the current rule before any visit, deposit, package, or mail attempt.
| Need | Official Rules Posted? | Who to Call |
|---|---|---|
| Confirm local custody | No public Knott roster located | County Jailer, 606-785-5827; VINE for alerts. |
| Visitation hours | No official schedule located | County Jailer before traveling. |
| Mail format | No official mail policy located | County Jailer before sending letters, photos, or funds. |
| Commissary deposits | No official vendor located | County Jailer before using any third-party payment site. |
| Phone or video calls | No official vendor or rates located | County Jailer for jail rules and any vendor name. |
| Attorney visits | No posted attorney rule located | County Jailer for access, Circuit Court Clerk for court schedule. |
Note: Do not send money, stamps, packages, or photos until the jailer confirms the current Knott County rule.
Knott County Inmate Charge Records
Inmate status and court charges are related, but they are not the same record. The jailer or VINE can help confirm custody status. The sheriff can route arrest-related agency questions. Once a criminal, traffic, or violation charge is filed, the court record is kept through the Circuit Court Clerk for District Court and Circuit Court matters. District Court handles misdemeanors, traffic offenses, violations, ordinances, arraignments, and felony probable-cause hearings. Circuit Court handles felony prosecution and sentencing, plus appeals from District Court.
The custody portal image source is Kentucky VINE.
VINE helps with custody notices, while the court clerk remains the source for the case file that explains filed charges and outcomes.
Use court records when the question is about bond, plea, amended charges, dismissal, conviction, sentence, restitution, fines, court costs, or a future hearing. If the question is whether a person is held right now, start with the jailer and VINE. If the question is a law-enforcement report, use the sheriff or KSP open-records route. A filed court charge can also be researched in Knott County arrest records and court charges when the needed record is the charge pathway rather than the custody status.
Knott County Inmate App Gap
The research sweep did not locate an official Knott County Sheriff's Office mobile app in the sheriff website, Apple App Store, or Google Play sources reviewed. No app-only inmate lookup, warrant search, records-request portal, jail roster, or wanted-list feature was found. State that gap plainly because app-only lookup tools exist in some counties, but no official Knott County app was documented.
The assigned Kentucky.gov image source is the Kentucky VINE restoration release.
The restoration notice reinforces that VINE is the documented statewide alert system to use when no local Knott County jail app is posted.
For updates, rely on named official channels rather than unpaid directory listings. Call the county jailer for local custody and jail rules, call the sheriff for arrest or law-enforcement routing, use KOOL for state offender records, use VINE for notification, use KSP for state police open records, and use the Circuit Court Clerk for charges and court dates.