Oldham County Detention Center

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Oldham County Detention Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 502-222-3500

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Oldham County Detention Center is a medium-security detention center located at 3405 KY-146 LaGrange, KY which is operated locally by the Oldham County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Oldham County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the LaGrange Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

All programs at The Oldham County Detention are structured to create an environment for positive change in the offender's life, so they can better serve the community as productive citizens when released.
GED – Classes to prepare and improve individuals for final testing to obtain their GED certificate. Multiple classes are offered though the week, as well as onsite testing.
AA/NA (Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics) – Taught by local volunteers
Religious Services – Are offered Three times a week.
Law Library – Offender's have access to an always up to date electronic Law Library in their cell. They may access this library daily.
Work Detail – State, or County Offenders that are serving time. These offenders work in the community, Recycling, Road Dept etc. typically receiving time off their sentence. The Work Detail Program teaches offenders life skills. This program also save the county hundreds of thousands of dollars every year.
Work Release – County Offenders that have been sentenced to serve time, but are allowed to leave the facility, and go to their place of employment. These Offenders must pay $20/day according to the following schedule:

If serving less then seven (7) days the entire amount must be paid at the time of booking,
If serving seven (7) days or more the offender must pay $140 at the time of booking, then pay $140 weekly until their release.
Contact the Class D Coordinator for more details about The Work Release Work Detail program.

HOME INCARCERATION PROGRAM – Allows offenders to serve their sentence in their home instead of the detention facility. These Offenders are monitored by a GPS ankle monitor.

Phone Service – Inmates have access to phones inside their cells. Phones are on daily from 7 am until 2 am. Phones are provided by Combined Public Communications. New arrestees will be given one (1) five (5) minute phone card. If inmates do not have time on their phone account, they will have to make collect calls. Messages cannot be passed to offenders. Time can be added to an offender’s phone account in one of the following ways:

Go to inmatesales.com
Call 1-877-998-5678
By using the BLUE kiosk in the lobby
An offender may transfer money from their commissary account to their phone account.

visitation Info

Oldham County Detention Center – Visitation

Visiting is daily and may be scheduled between the hours of 9 am and 4 pm every

Inmates are allowed one (1) forty (40) minute visit per week.

Visitation must be scheduled at least one (1) day in advance, but only for the week in which the visitation is going to take place.

Anyone wishing to visit on Monday must call on Sunday.

Visitations may be scheduled by calling 502-222-3500.

Directions to the facility:
From Louisville:
Take I71 North toward Cincinnati
Take exit 18 then left
Turn right at the stop sign
The facility will be on your left

From Cincinnati:
Take I71 South Toward Louisville
Take exit 18 then right
Turn right at the stop sign
The facility will be on your left