Bourbon County Regional Detention Center Overview
Bourbon County Regional Detention Center, also presented by its site as Bourbon County Regional Jail, is at 101 Legion Rd, Paris, KY 40361. The facility serves Bourbon County and surrounding Nicholas, Harrison, and Robertson counties. Its own facility information also says it houses offenders for the Kentucky Department of Corrections and the United States Marshals Service, so the jail population can include local pretrial detainees, sentenced local inmates, DOC inmates, and federal detainees.
For Nicholas County users, the practical point is that the jail counter is not at the Nicholas County Courthouse in Carlisle. The physical jail for adult detainees is the regional facility in Paris. The Nicholas County Sheriff, Carlisle Police Department, Nicholas County Jailer, and Nicholas Circuit Clerk remain important local contacts, but current jail housing and most visit, phone, commissary, and bond questions should start with the regional jail.
The official jail homepage links to current inmates, commissary, phone time, bonds, Pay My Jailer, and visitation resources.
Those homepage links are the best starting point for Nicholas County detainees because the jail site is the published regional custody source.
Bourbon County Regional Detention Center Capacity and Population
The Kentucky Department of Corrections Weekly Jail Report dated June 4, 2026 listed Bourbon with 197 total jail beds and 212 reported inmates, or 108% of capacity. The same report listed 78 federal inmates, 9 Class D inmates, 9 controlled-intake inmates, 161 secure male inmates, 41 secure female inmates, 8 non-secure male inmates, and 2 non-secure female inmates. The report is a point-in-time statewide population report, not a live custody roster.
The KY DOC weekly jail report index is where statewide jail population PDFs are posted.
Use the weekly report for capacity and population context, then use the jail roster or jail phone line for current individual custody questions.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Bourbon County Regional Detention Center
The jail homepage links a Current Inmate List at inmateportal.cadmusscribe.com/brk. Research inspection on June 14, 2026 found that the Cadmus portal returned a Blazor reload/error shell, so the exact public fields, filters, and mugshot display could not be verified. The jail homepage says the current-inmate list is used to find charges and bond information for current detainees.
- Start at the Bourbon County Regional Jail homepage and choose the Current Inmate List, or open the Cadmus portal directly.
- Search by name if the portal loads a name field. If it does not load, call the jail at 859-987-2137.
- Confirm that the person is held at Bourbon County Regional Detention Center and that the record is not for another agency or a released person.
- Use the displayed charge and bond information as a starting point, then confirm court or release details with the jail or the Nicholas County Circuit Clerk when needed.
If the person has been sentenced and transferred to state custody, search Kentucky Online Offender Lookup instead of the jail roster. For federal sentenced prisoners, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. Kentucky VINELink is available for custody notifications.
Bourbon County Regional Detention Center Address and Contact
Use the regional jail for current custody, visitation, phone, commissary, jail-fee, and bond routing questions. Use Nicholas County agencies for arresting-agency records and local court questions.
Bourbon County Regional Detention Center
101 Legion Rd
Paris, KY 40361
859-987-2137
s.norris@bourboncountydetention.com
Nicholas County Sheriff
125 East Main Street
Carlisle, KY 40311
859-289-3740 / 859-289-3741
Nicholas Circuit Clerk
217 N. Broadway St., P.O. Box 109
Carlisle, KY 40311
859-289-2336
The jail's contact page publishes the facility address, phone, email, and web form.
Use the contact form for general routing questions, but call the jail for time-sensitive custody, release, or visit issues.
Visiting Someone at Bourbon County Regional Detention Center
The jail homepage directs visitors to create an account through InmateSales to schedule visitation. The research did not capture a full local visit schedule, dress code, visitor approval rule, or hour-by-hour table. Do not rely on general jail schedules from other counties. Confirm the current visit type, available times, identification requirements, parking, entrance location, prohibited items, and accessibility accommodations with the facility at 859-987-2137 before traveling from Nicholas County to Paris.
| Topic | Published Detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Jail homepage points users to InmateSales. | Create or check an InmateSales account. |
| Visit hours | No complete schedule captured. | Call 859-987-2137 before travel. |
| Dress code and rules | No full local rule set captured. | Confirm directly with the jail. |
The InmateSales portal is the published communications and visit-scheduling vendor linked from the jail.
Vendor access does not replace facility approval, so verify custody and visit eligibility before purchasing or scheduling anything.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Bourbon County Regional Detention Center
The jail homepage links CorrectPay/JailFunds for commissary, InmateSales for phone time and visitation scheduling, and PayMyJailer.net for jail-fee payments. The research did not capture a local mail format, deposit fee table, commissary price list, e-cigarette rule detail, or published mail restrictions. Because vendor rules and facility rules can differ, confirm the person's custody status and allowed services with the jail before sending money, mail, or scheduling a paid service.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Facility address is 101 Legion Rd, Paris, KY 40361; inmate mail format was not captured. |
| Phone / Video | InmateSales is linked for phone time and visitation scheduling. |
| Commissary / Gift / E-cigarettes | CorrectPay/JailFunds is linked from the jail homepage. |
| Jail fees | PayMyJailer.net is linked for jail-fee payment. |
The CorrectPay/JailFunds portal was captured as the deposit workflow connected to Kentucky/Bourbon facility selection.
Deposits should be sent only after confirming the person is still housed at the regional jail and eligible for the selected service.
Booking and Intake at Bourbon County Regional Detention Center
A Nicholas County arrest may begin with the Nicholas County Sheriff, Carlisle Police, Kentucky State Police, or another agency, but adult jail housing is handled through the regional detention center in Paris. The local sources did not publish a step-by-step booking policy. A careful Kentucky-localized intake sequence is arrest or surrender, transport to the regional jail, identity confirmation, arrest-paperwork review, warrant and hold checks, property logging, search and safety screening, charge and bond entry, and classification.
The KY DOC weekly jail report shows the facility reports secure male, secure female, non-secure male, and non-secure female categories. That report category is population reporting, not necessarily the exact housing-unit label visible to the public. New bookings may not appear online immediately, and the Cadmus portal may be unavailable. For recent arrests, call the jail and then check Nicholas County court dockets or the Circuit Clerk for court scheduling.
About Bourbon County Regional Detention Center
The jail's facility overview says the original building had 87 beds and that a 2016-2017 expansion added a new wing because incarceration rates had changed. The same overview explains the regional role serving Bourbon, Nicholas, Harrison, and Robertson counties, along with Kentucky DOC and United States Marshals Service offenders.
The official facility overview is the source for the regional-service and expansion notes.
That regional history explains why Nicholas County custody research often points outside Carlisle to the Paris jail.
Note: Confirm custody, visit eligibility, and service rules with the facility before traveling or sending money.