Three Forks Jail Overview
Three Forks Regional Jail is the primary adult facility identified in the Breathitt County research. It is a regional local jail in Beattyville, so it is not the same thing as a courthouse lockup in Jackson and it is not an adult state prison. Breathitt County still has an elected county jailer listed on county pages, and older references to a former Breathitt County Jail can confuse searches, but the official current adult custody route found in the research points to Three Forks.
The jail holds a mix of local and state-related custody. That includes pretrial prisoners, sentenced misdemeanants, Class D state prisoners eligible for local jail housing, controlled-intake prisoners, parole violators, alternative-sentence inmates, and other local holds. KDOC weekly reports also divide the building into secure male, secure female, non-secure male, and non-secure female population lines. Because of that reporting, Three Forks should not be described as male-only, even though a KDOC addiction-services catalogue lists a male Outpatient SAP Jail program at the facility.
The official jail site is older in style but important for practical use. It includes navigation for an administrator page, visitation, inmate deposits, directions, current inmates, and a court docket link. The adult custody record starts with the jail roster, while formal charges and court dates should be checked through Kentucky Court of Justice systems.
Three Forks Inmate Population
Kentucky Department of Corrections weekly jail reports list Three Forks as "Three Forks (Lee)" because the building is physically in Lee County. Those reports still matter for Breathitt County inmate population work because the facility is the regional jail path used for Breathitt-area adult custody in the official sources reviewed. The sampled reports show a rated jail bed count of 182 and repeated population counts above that number.
The trend is useful because it shows the public roster is attached to a busy regional jail, not a small county-only holding room. Sampled official reports showed 213 people against 182 beds on May 23, 2024; 244 against 182 on March 20, 2025; 265 against 182 on June 20, 2025; 284 against 182 on December 18, 2025; 249 against 182 on March 12, 2026; and 254 against 182 on March 26, 2026. The strongest supported wording is that sampled official reports show sustained over-capacity conditions.
| Date | Population / Beds | Capacity Level | Research Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23/2024 | 213 / 182 | 117% | First sampled report in the research file. |
| 03/20/2025 | 244 / 182 | 134% | Revised KDOC weekly jail report. |
| 06/20/2025 | 265 / 182 | 146% | Secure and non-secure categories reported. |
| 12/18/2025 | 284 / 182 | 156% | Highest sampled population found. |
| 03/12/2026 | 249 / 182 | 137% | Secure female and non-secure female lines present. |
| 03/26/2026 | 254 / 182 | 140% | Most recent sampled report in the file. |
Search Three Forks Inmates
The official adult roster path is the Three Forks Regional Jail current-inmates page. It is the first place to check for someone arrested in Breathitt County when the question is current local custody. The research captured an official current-inmate list and a public-safety notice, but it did not confirm a full profile table with charges, bond, housing, booking number, or mugshot fields. Do not treat the roster as a complete court file.
- Open the current-inmates page and search by the person's legal last name first.
- Scan name variants, middle initials, and spelling differences if the list is broad.
- If the arrest is very recent, call the jail because the public roster may not update at once.
- If the person has been sentenced or transferred, search Kentucky Online Offender Lookup for state offender custody.
- Use Kentucky VINE for custody notifications and the Kentucky court tools for case events.
Adult lookup channels should stay separate. Three Forks covers local and regional jail custody. KOOL covers sentenced Kentucky offenders and some state-supervision records. The BOP inmate locator covers federal prisoners, and the ICE Online Detainee Locator covers immigration detention. No official Breathitt sheriff or Jackson Police app-only inmate lookup was confirmed in the research.
| Roster Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search | Text | Unspecified | Search box visible in official snippets, likely filters the current-inmate list by name. |
| Current Inmates | Roster page | No | Main public list for local adult custody. |
| Court Docket | Navigation link | No | Court records should still be verified through KCOJ and the clerk. |
| Search button | Button or link | Unspecified | No reset or advanced-search feature was documented from the official source capture. |
Three Forks Jail Contact
The jail contact is the best fallback when a Breathitt County arrest is too new for the roster, when a name is hard to match, or when a family member needs visit rules confirmed before travel. The facility is outside Breathitt County, so visitors from Jackson should plan a county-to-county trip instead of going to the Breathitt County Justice Center or courthouse offices for jail entry.
Three Forks Regional Jail
2221 Fairground Ridge Rd
Beattyville, KY 41311
606-464-2598
Administrator: Jared Pelfrey
For directions, the official jail directions page gives the same Fairground Ridge Road address. Confirm visitor parking at the facility before you arrive, since the research did not locate an official visitor-parking map, rate sheet, public transit route, or ADA visitor entrance note for the jail. Court contacts in Jackson are useful for case files, but they are not the adult jail lobby.
Three Forks Visitation Rules
The official Three Forks visitation page separates on-site visiting by male, female, and segregation status. The same captured rules say no cell phones or cameras are allowed in the on-site visitation booth, and the booth limit is two visitors, not counting children. The research did not locate visitor ID rules, dress code text, visit length, attorney-visit procedures, remote-video vendor, or holiday-lockdown rules.
| Group | Days | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male visits | Wednesday and Saturday | 7:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | On-site |
| Female visits | Thursday and Sunday | 7:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. | On-site |
| Segregation visits | Saturday | 4:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. | On-site |
Confirm the inmate's housing status before traveling, because the schedule changes by group. A person may also be moved for court, medical care, classification, security, or another agency hold. For court records after a Breathitt arrest, the custody listing and the court case are different records.
Note: Call the jail before a visit when weather, lockdown, transport, or classification could affect the listed schedule.
Three Forks Mail and Money
The official Three Forks site has an inmate-deposits navigation item, but the research did not capture a deposit vendor, kiosk method, phone-deposit method, online service fee, or commissary fee schedule. Those details should not be filled from another Kentucky jail because vendors vary by facility. For money, phone, video, and commissary questions, use the jail phone and ask for the current approved process.
| Service | Captured Detail | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| Money deposits | Official navigation exists, vendor and fees not captured. | Call the jail before sending funds. |
| Phone or video | Vendor not located in official extractable sources. | Ask the facility for current account rules. |
| Mail format | Specific inmate-mail format not located. | Confirm name, ID needs, and allowed items with staff. |
The lack of captured fee data is a research limit, not a sign that deposits are unavailable. It only means the facility page should avoid naming a provider or amount without an official source. Mail may also be screened, rejected, or returned under jail policy and Kentucky jail standards.
Three Forks Booking Intake
For a Breathitt County adult arrest, the common public path is arrest, transport to a receiving jail or temporary holding point, intake, identity confirmation, search, property inventory, photograph and fingerprints when required, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and housing assignment. Kentucky jail standards require full-service jails to maintain policies on admission, release, classification, prisoner services, medical services, security, and records.
Very recent arrests may not appear online immediately. If a person is not on the Three Forks roster and the arrest just occurred, call the jail or the arresting agency. The person may be in transport, released, held under another spelling, moved to a different regional jail, or listed through a state or court system instead of the local roster.
- Classification
- Jail review used to assign custody level and housing, such as secure or non-secure areas.
- Class D inmate
- A lower-level felony state category that may be eligible for local jail housing in Kentucky.
- Controlled intake
- A state-prison intake status that can still appear in local jail population reports.
- Detainer
- A notice that another agency may seek custody after local release.
Three Forks Jail Programs
KDOC addiction-services materials identify Lee County, Three Forks, as a male Outpatient SAP Jail program location. KDOC describes Outpatient SAP Jail as an evidence-based substance-use treatment option for people classified to a jail setting. The catalogue details apply to the program population, not to every person held at Three Forks.
KDOC Local Facilities oversight also applies because Kentucky county and regional jails are subject to jail standards, inspections, technical assistance, and construction-plan monitoring. The research did not locate a public Three Forks grievance manual. State rules still require jail policies for prisoner services, health care, emergency procedures, classification, admission and release, and training.
Note: Three Forks is the adult roster source; the Breathitt juvenile center is a confidential youth facility, not a public mugshot channel.