Union County Jail Mugshots
Union County does not operate an active jail roster of its own. The official Union County jail page says the jail closed in Fall 2020 and that persons arrested in Union County are transported to Webster County Jail. That means any current Union County booking photo, if the jail publishes one, would normally be searched through Webster County Detention Center's current inmate route rather than a Union County mugshot gallery.
The research file could not verify the exact public photo behavior on the Webster roster because the official inmate-list page did not fully load during capture. Public snippets and common jail roster patterns suggest that a profile may include a photo, but unsupported certainty would be wrong. The safest approach is to check the official roster first, then call Webster County Detention Center or use written records channels if the photo is not visible.
Where Union County Photos May Appear
The fastest path is the Webster County Current Inmates page, because Union County sends current arrestees there for custody. If the person is in state custody after sentencing, use Kentucky Online Offender Lookup; KOOL includes a photo-only checkbox for state offender searches. Federal and immigration locators are different. The BOP inmate locator shows federal custody fields, and the ICE detainee locator is a location tool, not a public booking-photo gallery.
- Check the Webster County current inmate list for the person by name or visible roster entry.
- Open the profile if the roster provides one and review whether a booking photo is shown.
- Call 270-639-7022 or 270-639-7020 if the roster is down, recent, or unclear.
- Use Union County or Webster records channels for a booking record request when the photo is not online.
- Use KOOL for sentenced Kentucky offenders and avoid treating it as a same-day booking roster.
Union County Mugshot Record Fields
A booking-photo record is part of jail intake. It may sit beside identity fields, arrest or booking date, charges, bond, court date, arresting agency, and custody status. The exact Webster profile fields were not fully inspected, so use the table as a field inventory to verify against the official roster and jail response. It is accurate to say these are possible or commonly relevant jail-record fields, but not accurate to claim that every field is published online by Webster County.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking photo | The intake photograph if the jail publishes it or releases it through records channels. |
| Name | The inmate name as it appears on the current list or request response. |
| Booking date or time | When jail intake was entered, if the field is provided. |
| Charges | Booking labels or holds, which may differ from later filed court charges. |
| Bond | Release amount, no-bond hold, or other custody condition if published. |
| Arresting agency | May identify the sheriff, city police, KSP, or another agency if listed. |
Are Union County Mugshots Public?
Kentucky open-records law is the starting point, but it does not mean every booking photo is posted online. KRS 61.872 gives Kentucky residents a right to inspect public records by written application unless an exemption applies. KRS 61.878 can limit release for law-enforcement, juvenile, privacy, security, or investigative reasons. The jail can also control whether a public roster displays a photo at all.
Key statutes:
KRS 61.872 gives Kentucky residents the right to inspect public records by written application unless a record is exempt.
KRS 61.8746 restricts certain commercial use of booking photographs or official inmate photographs when removal requires payment.
KRS 61.878 lists exemptions that may limit release of some records.
How Long Photos Stay Listed
The research did not find a verified Webster County retention rule for how long a booking photo remains on the public roster after release. Many jail rosters focus on people currently in custody, but that general pattern should not be turned into a Webster-specific promise. If a person was released, transferred to KDOC, or held under another agency's case, the online photo may disappear, move to a different locator, or require a records request.
What is and is not public: A public roster may show current custody and a photo, but sealed, juvenile, investigative, or restricted records may be withheld.
Request Union County Booking Photos
If a booking photo is not available online, route the request to the office that created or controls the record. For a Union County arrest held at Webster, ask Webster County Detention Center how to request the booking record or photo. For Union-created dispatch, incident, or related county records, the Union County Fiscal Court open-records process requires a written request to the Records Custodian at 100 West Main Street, P.O. Box 60, Morganfield, Kentucky 42437, by email to kim.nance@unioncountyky.gov, or by hand delivery during public office hours.
A useful request includes the person's full name, date of arrest, arresting agency if known, requested record type, case or citation number if known, contact information, Kentucky residency status, and whether the request is commercial or noncommercial. Union County's noncommercial copy cost is listed at ten cents per page plus justified extra costs. For 911 or accident-report records, the county identifies Eva Skaggs and a separate 911 records process at 118 East Main Street, Morganfield.
Photo Removal and Expungement
Kentucky expungement can affect eligible court and criminal records, but it should not be described as an automatic deletion command for every photo on the internet. KRS 431.073 covers certain felony conviction vacating and expungement processes, and Kentucky State Police publishes expungement guidance. A jail or county can respond only to records it controls. Commercial misuse of booking photographs is addressed separately by KRS 61.8746, which is aimed at pay-to-remove style exploitation.
For a dismissed or expunged case, begin with the court process and the originating agency. The court record controls whether the case was dismissed, sealed, vacated, or expunged. The court records after a jail arrest page covers charge status and expungement distinctions in more detail. Do not rely on commercial mugshot sites for official status, removal rights, or custody data.
State and Federal Booking Photos
State and federal photo access is not the same as a county jail mugshot. KOOL is the Kentucky Department of Corrections locator for sentenced inmates and state-supervised offenders; it includes a photos-only search option. BOP public locator results focus on name, register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. ICE ODLS locates immigration detainees when search rules are met, and ICE FOIA is the route for nonpublic immigration detention records. Federal mugshots generally are not published like county roster photos.
| System | Photo Use | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Webster County roster | Photo behavior not fully verified | Current Union County jail custody route. |
| KDOC KOOL | Photos-only search option exists | Sentenced Kentucky offenders or state custody. |
| BOP locator | No county-style mugshot gallery | Federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| ICE ODLS | Locator, not a booking-photo page | Immigration detainee location and ICE FOIA fallback. |