This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule a visit, or pull an official booking record. Use the official contacts below for those actions.
Where to Ask First
Morgan County custody questions often involve more than one office. A new arrest may start with the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, but adult jail housing is handled through Rowan County Detention Center. Court records are handled by the Morgan County Circuit Court Clerk, prosecution questions may route to the county attorney for local matters, and state-prison records go through Kentucky DOC.
Morgan County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff Greg Motley
450 Prestonsburg Street
West Liberty, KY 41472
Phone: (606) 743-3613
Rowan County Detention Center
1075 S. Tolliver Rd.
Morehead, KY 40351
Phone: (606) 784-8457
Fax: (606) 784-2161
Email: wes.coldiron@rcky.us
Public hours: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.
Morgan County Circuit Court Clerk
Geannie H. Wright
261 Court St.
West Liberty, KY 41472
Phone: 606-743-3763
Morgan County Attorney
Myles Holbrook
527 W Main Street
West Liberty, KY 41472
Phone: 606-743-9548
Use the route that matches the record or custody status you need.
- For someone believed to be in the serving county jail, start with jail inmate records and Rowan County Detention Center.
- For booking photos, review jail roster mugshots and then contact the jail or records custodian.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest and the Morgan County Circuit Court Clerk.
- For a facility-specific question, use the Rowan County Detention Center or Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex pages listed in the footer.
- For a sentenced Kentucky prisoner, search the Kentucky Online Offender Lookup and send DOC open-records requests to correctionsopenrecords@ky.gov.
- For a federal or immigration detainee, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator.