Kentucky River Regional Jail

Kentucky River Regional Jail basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 606-436-0622

This facility is for adult inmates.

Kentucky River Regional Jail is a regional jail facility that handles the intake from the Perry County Sheriff's arrests but also from several surrounding counties located at 200 Justice Dr Hazard, KY. This cooperative prison is funded by all of the counties that hold their detainees and sentenced inmates.

Kentucky River Regional Jail has a capacity of 150 inmates, which means this is the maximum amount of beds per facility. Prisoners are housed in separate areas depending on the crimes they committed, their current risk assessment, and their behavior.

If you have a family or loved one that is currently incarcerated at Kentucky River Regional Jail, the first thing you should do is contact the KRRJ for information on the inmate. Based on the information you are provided, you would then contact either a criminal defense lawyer or a bail bond service. They will provide you with vital information which can be used to defend an individual and in a lot of cases get them released from detention while awaiting trial.

visitation Info

Visiting hours for PRISON_NAME. For Directions call PRISON_PHONE

Sunday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Monday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Tuesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Wednesday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Thursday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 9:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 3:00 pm
Federal Holidays 8:00 am – 3:00 pm

No cellphones, you will be searched before visiting. NO personal belongings. Persons under probation, parole, or other community corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved. 

If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate's extended family. If the visitor is under the age of 18 and is not a family member of the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.