Simpson County Jail Roster Channels
The Simpson County Sheriff's Office site lists a current-inmates link in its public "Connect" area, along with VINELink, the Kentucky Sex Offender Registry, victim rights, and records requests. Research confirmed the official link set, but the actual current-inmate interface and roster fields were not available in the accessible official page text. That means a responsible Simpson County inmate search should name the official channel and state the limitation plainly.
The Simpson County Detention Center is the county jail. The county government page identifies Eric Vaughn as Jailer, gives the jail a 162-bed capacity, and describes 55 full- and part-time staff. The jail address appears in official sources as 217 E. Kentucky St. or 217 E. Kentucky Ave., Franklin, KY 42134, with phone 270-586-5351 and email info@simpsoncojail.org. The Sheriff's Office is led by Sheriff Jere Dee Hopson at 203 E. Kentucky St.
The official jail site is the best starting point for local custody information and inmate services.
The Simpson County Detention Center site is the assigned source for jail information, inmate services, bonds, and public custody contact paths.
Search Simpson County Inmates
Use a custody-channel sequence rather than a single assumed roster screen. The official sheriff site points users toward current inmates, but the fields behind that link were not captured from the accessible text. The jail site and jail contact page provide direct fallback channels when the public link does not answer a current custody question.
- Start with the Sheriff's official current-inmates link if it is available from the sheriff website.
- If the roster does not load or the person is not listed, call the Simpson County Detention Center at 270-586-5351.
- Use the jail contact form for nonurgent questions that can be submitted with name, phone, email, subject, and question fields.
- Use VINELink for custody notification rather than as a full local roster substitute.
- Use Kentucky Online Offender Lookup for state prisoners, parole, probation, or DOC-supervised people after transfer from local custody.
Booking status should also be separated from the court case. Arrest and custody records may exist before formal charges appear in District Court or Circuit Court. The Simpson County arrest records and charges path explains that split.
Simpson County Inmate Search Fields
No official Simpson current-inmate roster field set was exposed in the accessible official text, so local fields should not be invented. The verified structured search-field table in the research is for Kentucky Online Offender Lookup, a state Department of Corrections tool. KOOL is useful after a person is sentenced, transferred, on parole or probation, or otherwise under DOC supervision. It is not the same as a live county jail roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options or notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Name | Text | Optional | Search snippets show last-name parameters and spelling guidance. |
| First Name | Text | Optional | Public search can use any or all available fields. |
| Gender | Dropdown or filter | Optional | URL parameters show values such as M. |
| Race | Dropdown or filter | Optional | URL parameters show values such as W. |
| Location Type | Dropdown or filter | Optional | Parameters include prison or location type indicators. |
| Only Photo Records | Checkbox or boolean | Optional | Visible parameters include true or false style values. |
| Search Aliases | Checkbox or boolean | Optional | Alias searching is a separate option. |
| RESET DATA | Button | No | Page instructions say to reset and redo the search if needed. |
What Inmate Records Show
A verified Simpson County current-inmate profile was not accessible from official text, so a local profile inventory cannot be stated as if it were captured. The useful way to read custody data is by source. A local jail record focuses on current custody and services. A court case focuses on filed charges, docket entries, bond orders, and dispositions. A state DOC record focuses on prison, parole, probation, or supervision status after transfer or sentencing.
| Field | What it shows | Best official channel |
|---|---|---|
| Name and custody status | Whether the person may be in local custody now. | Detention Center or sheriff current-inmates link. |
| Booking or intake date | When local custody began, if released by the jail system. | Jail roster or jail phone channel. |
| Charges or hold reason | Why the person is held, subject to public access limits. | Jail, court charge record, or clerk verification. |
| Bond or release status | Whether bond, surety, or release conditions apply. | Jail bonds link, Detention Center, or clerk. |
| State supervision | Prison, parole, probation, or DOC-supervised status. | Kentucky Online Offender Lookup. |
| Victim notification | Custody alert enrollment and updates. | VINELink through the Sheriff's link set. |
Simpson County Detention Center
The Detention Center is the only local jail facility confirmed in the research for Simpson County. The county page says the elected jailer runs the jail, identifies Eric Vaughn as Jailer, lists 162 beds, and describes Class D work details for nonviolent convicted inmates who clean litter, illegal dump sites, and public facilities under staff supervision. The jail site provides public links for commissary deposits, phone-time deposits, jail-fee payments, and bonds.
Simpson County Detention Center
217 E. Kentucky St. / Ave.
Franklin, KY 42134
270-586-5351
Jailer Eric Vaughn; visitation schedule not published in accessible official text.
The jail contact page gives a direct form for service questions.
The Detention Center contact page is the source for the jail phone, email, address, and public contact-form fields.
Simpson County Visitation and Support
The official jail pages reviewed did not publish a detailed visitation schedule, video-visit pricing, dress code, child-visitor rules, lockdown rules, holiday schedule, or attorney-visit hours. The safe public instruction is to confirm scheduling directly with the Detention Center before traveling. The jail's public site does confirm support links for commissary deposits, phone time, jail fees, and bonds, but it does not expose vendor fee schedules in the captured official text.
| Topic | Confirmed channel | Details available from official text |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visitation | Jail contact page or phone | No schedule published in accessible official text; call 270-586-5351. |
| Video visitation | Not confirmed | Do not assume availability without jail confirmation. |
| Commissary deposit | Jail site link | Page says users can order gift baskets, e-cigarettes, or make deposits. |
| Phone time | Jail site link | Page says users can pay for calls, chirping, and other communication. |
| Jail fees | Jail site link | Page says past-due jail fees can be paid online. |
| Bonds | Jail site link | Page says users can learn about bond types and surety expectations. |
Note: Do not rely on unverified vendor prices or visit hours; the official text reviewed did not publish those details.
Jail Programs and SCORE
Simpson County has more local jail-program detail than many counties. The county page describes Class D work details for people convicted of nonviolent crimes. The jail programs page describes the SCORE program as developed at Simpson County Detention Center to prepare residents for successful return to society. The research also notes that the jail site describes Simpson County as continuing to be a national leader in innovative reentry programs.
The SCORE program is a local custody fact, not a court-case outcome. It should be read with jail records and inmate-service information, while charges, pleas, and sentences remain court records.
The Detention Center programs page is the source for SCORE and reentry-program information.
Kentucky DOC Inmate Lookup
Kentucky Online Offender Lookup is operated at the state level for sentenced state offenders and other DOC-supervised people. It is useful when a person is no longer in local custody, has moved to prison, is on parole or probation, or is otherwise under DOC supervision. A person arrested in Simpson County may not appear there until a state custody or supervision stage applies.
The Kentucky.gov Department of Corrections profile is assigned to this inmate page because it explains the statewide agency behind DOC services.
The Kentucky Department of Corrections profile supports the distinction between local Simpson County jail custody and state DOC records.
Booking Records and Court Charges
An arrest can create several records in downtown Franklin offices. The Sheriff's Office may have a report. The Detention Center may have booking or custody data. The Circuit Court Clerk may have a filed charge, docket entry, bond order, plea, disposition, sentence, or payment record. The County Attorney prosecutes District Court criminal violations and felony preliminary hearings. These sources should be checked in sequence because one source rarely contains the whole record trail.
For sheriff reports and law-enforcement records not exposed online, use the Sheriff's open-records page. For public court case details, use KYeCourts and the clerk. For a statewide criminal-history product, use AOC or Kentucky State Police background-check channels rather than a jail roster. No official sheriff or police app with an app-only inmate lookup was confirmed in the reviewed Simpson County sources.