Clay County State Releases
This page represents a custody network, not one prison building. No Kentucky state prison was verified as physically located in Clay County. A person convicted in Clay County can serve a state sentence elsewhere, while KDOC may place a qualified state inmate in a contracted county jail such as CCDC. The statewide offender record follows the person across those placements.
Institutional release can mean parole, mandatory reentry supervision, sentence completion, or another authorized state category. A person outside prison may still be supervised. Final discharge is the end of the relevant state supervision, while a transfer is simply a change in physical custodian.
| Question | State source |
|---|---|
| Current custody or supervision | KOOL status and location |
| Dated state release | KDOC Daily Releases |
| Parole action | Kentucky Parole Board record |
| Historic movement or discharge | KDOC open-records request |
Confirm a KDOC Release
Kentucky Online Offender Lookup, or KOOL, is the main public state-offender search. It offers name, DOC and PID number, supervision status, location, county of supervision, conviction, escape or abscond ranges, and Projected Release Date filters. Start with little information, then refine after possible matches appear.
- Search surname and first name, or use a known DOC number.
- Compare identity, age, convictions, and jurisdiction before accepting a match.
- Read the exact custody or supervision status and listed location.
- Record the Projected Release Date only as a changeable administrative estimate.
- Compare a suspected event with the dated KDOC release report and quote its release type.
KDOC says KOOL entries are updated daily but does not guarantee full accuracy, and recent information may not be final. A missing KOOL result does not prove that a person with a short county-only booking was released. That local event belongs in CCDC and court records.
KDOC Records and Contact
Use KDOC open records for a state offender’s release summary, movement history, discharge record, or releasable photograph. Identify the full name, DOC number, approximate dates, and exact record or fields requested. Requests may be emailed to correctionsopenrecords@ky.gov and must include a mailing address, or mailed to the state open-records coordinator.
KDOC Open Records Coordinator
Division of Public Affairs
P.O. Box 2400
Frankfort, KY 40602
Fax: (502) 564-9575
Email: correctionsopenrecords@ky.gov
KDOC’s published information states ten cents per released paper page, one dollar for a CD plus postage, and about two dollars and fifty cents for USB media plus postage. It states a five-business-day response period under KRS 197.025, excluding weekends and legal holidays. Verify those terms on the live state page before relying on them.
A records request seeks an existing document. It should not demand a new calculation or legal explanation. Protected portions can be redacted. Ask for any separable public content and the cited basis for withheld material.
Projected State Release Dates
“Projected Release Date” is KOOL’s exact field label. It is an administrative forecast, not the hour a person is guaranteed to leave a facility. The date can change when judgment data or jail credit is corrected, sentence structure changes, another sentence or detainer appears, credits are earned or lost, parole changes, or KDOC recalculates the record.
- Parole
- Conditional release from prison under supervision before final sentence discharge.
- Mandatory reentry supervision
- A statutory period of community supervision near the end of an eligible sentence.
- Discharge
- The end of the relevant sentence or supervision obligation as recorded.
- Absconder
- A person alleged to have stopped complying with community-supervision reporting.
KRS 197.045 governs Kentucky sentence credits. The often-cited 85 percent rule in KRS 439.3401 applies only to covered violent offenders under the statute’s definitions, offense dates, and exceptions. It must not be applied to every state sentence. Parole eligibility, a Board decision, physical release, supervision, and final discharge remain separate events.
County Jail State Placement
Physical custody can be local while legal status remains state-administered. KOOL may list a county detention center as the location of a KDOC offender. A dated KDOC report can also name CCDC as the releasing institution. Neither fact turns a state sentence into a purely local jail matter.
For that reason, confirm both layers. KOOL supplies state identity, custody, supervision, and projected-date data. The county facility can hold the local movement record. The Parole Board supplies parole actions, and the Division of Probation and Parole handles community supervision. The Clay County court file can show the conviction and local case orders.
The Clay County released inmate search helps route a case that may have crossed the county and state systems. Use a DOC number for KOOL, a booking number for the county jail, and a case number for court. Mixing those identifiers leads to missed or false matches.
Clay County Custody History
Clay County’s official profile dates its regional detention center to 2003, while no state prison was verified inside the county. That history matters to a KDOC search because a state inmate can be housed in a county detention center without becoming a county-only detainee. Clay County also contains FCI Manchester and its federal satellite camp. Three correctional layers can therefore appear beside the same Manchester place name.
Match the identifier and legal custodian before reading a release. A county booking number belongs to the jail record. A Kentucky DOC number belongs to KOOL and KDOC. A federal register number belongs to BOP. The court case identifies the judgment but does not replace the agency’s physical custody record.
Federal Status Cannot Clear KDOC
FCI Manchester creates a second released-person route inside Clay County. BOP can retain a federal release date and show “Released” or “Not in BOP Custody.” BOP warns that the latter phrase can coexist with another authority’s custody or with supervised release. A federal result therefore cannot clear an active Kentucky hold, state sentence, or KDOC supervision record.
When both systems may be involved, search BOP and KOOL separately. Compare full identity, federal register number, Kentucky DOC number, conviction jurisdiction, and displayed status. A transfer from federal to state custody is not a community release, and a state discharge does not answer whether a federal supervision term remains.
After Kentucky Prison Release
Parole and mandatory reentry supervision place a person outside prison under state conditions. KOOL supervision status and county of supervision can help identify that stage. The Division of Probation and Parole, not the former housing jail, administers community supervision. A Parole Board hearing date is not a parole grant, and a grant is not the same as the later physical release.
Kentucky VINE provides event notices for covered custody changes, transfers, escapes, and upcoming parole hearings. Use it for notification, then confirm a durable release fact through KOOL, the dated KDOC report, a Board record, or an open-records response. Keeping the event types separate prevents a notice from being overstated as final discharge.