Woodford 24-Hour Release Records
Woodford County does not publish an identified official "released today" page. Its Detention Center page links to a Detention Center Inmate List. That list is a current-custody tool. A match supports that the listed booking was active when checked. A missing name does not prove release. It can reflect a transfer, a spelling mismatch, a data delay, another booking episode, or the fact that the person was never held at this jail.
A true same-day list must be based on exit transactions for a set period. The sound local method is to ask the Woodford County Detention Center for an existing release log or jail-management-system export. State the start and end timestamps and ask whether each row is a community release or a movement to another custodian. Do not ask staff to create a new list if none is kept. Ask for the record fields already maintained.
Check Woodford Same-Day Releases
Start with the custody system that handled the person. A local booking belongs with Woodford County Detention Center. A person serving a Kentucky felony sentence may instead have a KDOC transaction, even when housed in a county jail. Federal and immigration movements require their own agency records. These steps keep the same-day inquiry tied to the right custodian.
- Set an exact local-time range. For a calendar day, identify the date and ask whether timestamps in the export use local time.
- Check the official current inmate list only for present custody. Save the time checked and any booking identifier shown.
- Call the Detention Center at 859-873-3196. Ask whether the named booking ended in community release or transfer and request the event date.
- Use Kentucky VINE for the same identity. Read release and transfer events as different outcomes.
- Check the Woodford court case for a bond order, dismissal, sentence, probation order, commitment, or other event that may explain the jail movement.
- Submit an open-records request for existing release transactions if documentary proof or a countywide set is needed.
For a named-person search that spans older county, state, and federal records, the Woodford County released inmate search gives the broader custody-path method. A current-list snapshot alone should never be converted into a list of releases.
Woodford Release Fields to Request
No released-record fields were verified on the public current list. The table therefore describes fields to request from the existing jail record, not fields promised on a public feed. Exact labels and codes may differ. Ask the custodian to preserve the agency's wording and identify withheld or redacted parts under the applicable law.
| Field | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Name and booking number | Connects the exit event to one booking episode rather than a similar name. |
| Booking timestamp | Defines when the local custody episode began. |
| Release or movement timestamp | Places the transaction inside or outside the exact 24-hour range. |
| Type or reason | May distinguish bond, sentence completion, dismissal, or an agency transfer. |
| Court or case | Links the jail action to the order or case that authorized it. |
| Destination and hold status | Shows whether the person entered the community or remained in another agency's custody. |
The destination field is central in Woodford County. Local budget and custody materials show that the jail can handle several classes of prisoners. A transaction that closes the Woodford booking can still send a person to KDOC, another jail, U.S. Marshals custody, BOP, or ICE.
Note: A release code should be quoted as maintained, then explained with the destination and court record instead of silently renamed.
Request Woodford Daily Release Records
The county's Transparency page provides the official open-records route. Identify the exact date range and request existing electronic release-log or movement fields. Include the person's full name and variants when the request concerns one episode. If known, add the booking number, approximate booking date, arresting agency, and court case. Ask for release date and time, type, holds, destination, and the receiving agency.
For a countywide day, request the existing export rather than asking the agency to compile answers. The Kentucky Open Records Act concerns records that are maintained. Staff need not create a custom 24-hour list merely because no public feed exists. Electronic copies can preserve codes and timestamps, while a request for the statutory basis of any redaction makes the response easier to understand.
Woodford County Detention Center204 Beasley Drive
Versailles, KY 40383
859-873-3196
Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
A wider period can catch delayed entries and weekend activity. The Woodford County 72-hour release list process explains how to define and verify that three-day range.
Woodford Release or Transfer
Three records answer three different questions. The current jail list indicates whether a booking is shown in local custody at the time viewed. The jail release or movement record states how that episode ended. The receiving agency's record states whether custody continued elsewhere. Keep those facts separate.
| Observed fact | Safe conclusion | Next check |
|---|---|---|
| Name appears on current list | The booking is shown in Woodford custody at that check time. | Call the jail if a court order may still be processing. |
| Name is absent | Current local display is unresolved. | Ask release versus transfer; check VINE and court. |
| VINE says transferred | The person left the reporting agency but may remain confined. | Identify and check the receiving custodian. |
| KDOC daily report names a release | A state-system transaction occurred on that report date. | Match the DOC number and releasing location in KOOL. |
KDOC's daily release reports are valuable for state prisoners. They list DOC number, name, release type, and institution or location. They are not a substitute for a countywide Woodford jail log, since many local pretrial bookings never enter KDOC responsibility.
Woodford Bond Release Records
A court bond order and a jail checkout are separate events. The Woodford court file may show a reduced bond, recognizance, conditions, dismissal, or later disposition. That order creates a legal route out. It does not prove that payment or conditions were satisfied, that all holds cleared, or that staff completed physical release.
Use the court event to understand authority, then obtain the jail transaction to establish departure. A bond release ends the jail episode, but the criminal case remains open unless a later court action ends it. Another case, warrant, detainer, or receiving agency may also keep the person in custody. This distinction prevents a same-day court order from being reported as a release timestamp.
Note: CourtNet can explain why release was authorized, but the jail record supplies the local checkout or transfer event.
Woodford Release List Gaps
Woodford's official page publishes no cadence or post-release retention window for the inmate list. It is therefore inaccurate to call the display real time, to claim daily updates, or to promise that a released entry remains online for a fixed number of hours. A physical event, staff entry, VINE update, and public-list change may occur at different times.
If the name was visible yesterday and is gone today, record only that observation. Then call the Detention Center, search the same identity in VINE, and inspect the court docket. If a state sentence appears, compare KOOL and dated KDOC release reports. Never infer the departure time from the moment someone checked the website.
Verified Woodford Release Channels
No official Woodford jail mobile app or social recent-release stream was verified. Readers should not be routed to an unrelated county-branded app. The verified channels are the official county facility page, jail telephone, Transparency records route, Kentucky VINE, KOOL for state cases, and the Kentucky court record.
The official sources serve distinct roles. VINE is best for a named person's release or transfer notification. KOOL follows state prisoners and supervised offenders, while the court docket shows bond, dismissal, sentence, and later case events. The jail's own release or movement record remains the strongest local proof of what happened to a Woodford booking.