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Clay County Detention Center Overview

Clay County Detention Center is the primary county jail at 67 Shamrock Road in Manchester. The official county page names Linda Smallwood as Jailer. The facility serves local arrests, current county jail custody, visitation, money, mail, and jail-services questions. It is not the same facility as FCI Manchester, which is a federal prison run by the Bureau of Prisons.

The jail holds a mixed local and state-related population. The Kentucky DOC Weekly Jail Report dated June 4, 2026 listed Clay with pretrial county detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, Class D inmates, community-custody eligible inmates, controlled-intake inmates, parole violators, and no federal inmates in the local jail on that report date.

Clay County Detention Center Population

The June 4, 2026 Kentucky DOC Weekly Jail Report listed Clay County Detention Center with 234 total beds and a reported population of 224. That made the jail 96 percent occupied and 10 beds under capacity on the report date. Earlier state weekly reports showed the same bed count with higher populations in 2023 and 2024, so the 2026 figure sits in a documented downward trend.

Lookup Clay County Detention Center Inmates

Use the Clay County Detention Center Current Inmates page for local custody first. The research confirmed the official link but did not confirm a readable profile layout or fielded search form. If the list does not load, if the person is in intake, or if bond status matters, call the jail at (606) 598-2133.

1. Open the current-inmate page from the detention center website.
2. Scan by full name and likely spelling variants if the list loads.
3. Call the jail for confirmation before sending money or scheduling a visit.
4. Search KOOL when the person is sentenced or state-related.
5. Use BOP for federal prisoners at FCI Manchester or another federal facility.

For release alerts, use Kentucky VINE. It is a notification system, not a bond desk, but it can help track changes in custody status.

Clay County Detention Center Contact

The jail address and phone should be used for local custody, visitation, mail, and inmate money questions. The Clay County Fiscal Court and the sheriff's office are separate county offices. The Justice Center handles court records and court dates after charges are filed.

Clay County Jail Visitation

The official county detention page publishes the local visitation schedule. On-site visits run Tuesday through Saturday from 9:00 AM to 2:40 PM and are limited to one visit per week. Virtual remote visits cost $7.95 through Securus. The research did not locate a full dress code, child visitor rule, attorney-visit schedule, or lockdown policy, so confirm current rules before arrival.

Clay County Jail Mail and Money

Clay County Detention Center has specific family-contact rules. All mail is photocopied, and originals are not given to inmates. Friends and family may send ten Shutterfly pictures every three months. Paperback books may be ordered from Amazon and addressed to the inmate. Food packages can be ordered through Tiger Commissary.

Clay County Jail Booking

A local arrest can be made by sheriff deputies, Manchester Police, Kentucky State Police, or another authorized agency. The person is transported to Clay County Detention Center for intake. Standard booking often includes identity checks, property inventory, search, photo, fingerprints, medical screening, and classification, but Clay's local pages did not publish a detailed booking-step rule or roster refresh delay.

Bond and release depend on the charge, court order, warrant, detainer, or hold. Call the jail to verify whether the person is bond eligible and where payment must be made. Court dates and filed charges should be checked through the Kentucky Court of Justice docket tools and the Clay Circuit Court Clerk.

The state weekly report shows why classification matters in Clay County. The jail reports secure male, secure female, non-secure male, and non-secure female custody. It also reports state-related categories such as Class D inmates, controlled intake, community-custody eligible inmates, and parole violators. Those labels do not replace the court record, but they help explain why a person can be physically in the county jail even after a Kentucky state sentence or state processing event.

Clay County Jail Programs

The jailer's message on the county detention page emphasizes substance-abuse and criminal-addictive-behavior programming, local church partnerships, and GED programs. The facility mission describes care and custody while protecting public and institutional safety. The research did not locate a public local medical request policy, grievance procedure, chaplain schedule, or program calendar.

The county detention page was captured in the image manifest, and it is the best official source for Clay County Detention Center service rules.

Use the official county page for local jail policy, and use the detention-center site for the current-inmate and court-docket navigation.

Clay County Detention Center Arrival

The jail is on Shamrock Road in Manchester. It is separate from the Clay County Justice Center at 316 Main Street and from the sheriff's office at 102 Richmond Road. A visitor going to court should use the Justice Center. A visitor going to see an inmate, ask about custody, or handle local jail money should confirm with the detention center before traveling to Shamrock Road.

The research did not locate a public-transit route, visitor parking capacity, parking fee, or ADA entrance detail for the jail. Visitors coming from the Hal Rogers Parkway, US-421, KY-11, or nearby communities should use the official jail address in a live map and confirm current entry rules by phone.

Do not bring original mail, books, photos, or money without checking the current jail rule. The county page says mail is copied, paperback books must come from Amazon, and money-order deposits must be payable to the CCDC inmate name. Those rules are local to this jail and do not apply to FCI Manchester.