Webster County Jail Overview
Webster County Fiscal Court identifies Webster County Detention Center as the county detention facility in Dixon, Kentucky, operated through the Webster County Jailer and Fiscal Court. For Union County readers, the key point is that the facility also serves as the practical custody location after a Union County arrest. Union County's own jail page states that the Union County Jail closed and that arrested persons are transported to neighboring Webster County Jail for custody. That means a current Union County jail roster question is usually a Webster County Detention Center question, not a Morganfield jail question.
The facility holds a mixed local jail population. Research sources describe pretrial detainees, sentenced local detainees, people held by District or Circuit Court order, Class D and state-eligible jail inmates, parole violators, and restricted-custody populations. It is not a Kentucky state prison, so the Webster roster should not be treated as a full Kentucky Department of Corrections search. When a person is sentenced and moved into KDOC custody, the Kentucky Online Offender Lookup becomes the better search route.
Webster County Fiscal Court's detention-center page is the matching official source for the facility image below. It gives the public address, main phone, stated capacity, Jailer Greg Sauls, and jail programs that support reentry.
The screenshot is useful because it ties the facility facts to the same county source that names the jailer and program list, while Union County's jail page supplies the transfer route for Union arrestees.
Webster County Inmate Population
KDOC weekly jail reporting is the most specific population source for Webster County Detention Center. The Webster Fiscal Court page states that the detention center can house up to 269 inmates. KDOC's weekly jail report dated 06/04/2026 divides the site into Webster secure jail beds and Webster RCC beds. That split matters because a jail page can otherwise blur secure housing, non-secure housing, Class D work or community custody, and restricted custody center counts into one number.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Secure jail beds | 194 | KDOC Weekly Jail Report, 06/04/2026 |
| Secure jail population | 135 | KDOC Weekly Jail Report, 06/04/2026 |
| Secure capacity percentage | 70% | KDOC Weekly Jail Report, 06/04/2026 |
| RCC beds | 72 | KDOC Weekly Jail Report, 06/04/2026 |
| RCC population | 31 | KDOC Weekly Jail Report, 06/04/2026 |
The same KDOC report listed 89 secure male, 18 secure female, 17 non-secure male, and 11 non-secure female people in the secure jail count. It also reported 57 Class D inmates, 11 community-custody eligible inmates, 6 controlled-intake cases, 2 parole violators, and 0 federal inmates in the Webster secure jail. Webster RCC showed 31 non-secure male inmates, including 17 Class D and 14 community-custody eligible people. Those figures are Webster facility counts. They should not be restated as a stand-alone Union County jail population because Union County has no open jail beds.
Webster County Roster Lookup
The official live jail route is the Webster County current inmate list. Union County directs offender questions to the Webster jail site and gives the Webster offender information line as the phone fallback. The research capture could confirm the official current-inmate page and navigation, but the roster controls and sample profile fields were not fully inspectable because the page reset during retrieval. For that reason, the safe search instruction is to use the official roster first, then call the jail if the list does not load, a name is missing, or the arrest happened very recently.
- Open the official Webster County current inmate list and browse or search only with the controls the page displays.
- Use the person's full legal name when possible, and check spelling variants if the first search does not show a match.
- Confirm the person is held at Webster County Detention Center before planning a visit, deposit, or bond question.
- Call 270-639-7022 for Union County offender information if the roster is down, stale, or unclear.
- Use KOOL for sentenced Kentucky state custody, BOP for federal custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
| Lookup Channel | Best Use | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Webster current inmates | Current county jail custody | Search fields were not confirmed during research |
| Phone fallback | Recent Union County arrests and roster outages | Staff can limit details by law or policy |
| KDOC KOOL | Sentenced state inmates and KDOC custody | Not a live booking desk for new arrests |
| VINELink Kentucky | Custody notifications and victim alerts | Not a full case file |
A Webster County jail roster entry is different from a Union County court record. Booking data may show a charge or hold entered at intake. Court data, including amended charges, docket dates, and dispositions, is maintained through the Kentucky Court of Justice and the Union Circuit Court Clerk. For broader custody search steps, the Union County jail inmate records page connects the Webster roster with court, state, and federal channels.
Webster County Jail Contact
Use Webster County Detention Center for live custody questions involving Union County arrestees. The Union County Jailer remains important for transport to Webster and court returns, but Webster is the public custody contact for roster, visit, money, and property questions once a person is booked there. For court dates, bond questions tied to court orders, or case records, use the Union Circuit Court Clerk and Kentucky Court of Justice systems rather than asking the jail to interpret the case file.
Webster County Detention Center
141 Stegall St.
Dixon, KY 42409
270-639-7020
Union offender information line: 270-639-7022
Union County Jailer Transport Role
Former Union County Jail
120 South Court Street
Morganfield, KY 42437
270-285-1266
Transport to Webster and return trips for Union court appearances
Webster County Jail Visits
The Webster visitation page was located as an official source, but it was not fully retrieved during research. The supported details are narrow: official snippets say all visitors are subject to search, and a snippet tied to the Restricted Custody Center says visits are suspended until further notice. No complete weekly schedule, visitor age rule, dress code, locker rule, video vendor, or ID list was confirmed in the accessible source material. That gap should shape how visitors plan. Call before traveling, and do not rely on an old schedule from a third-party listing.
| Area | Documented Status | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| Secure jail visits | Official page located, schedule not confirmed | Call the jail before travel |
| Restricted Custody Center | Snippet says visits are suspended until further notice | Confirm current RCC status with staff |
| Visitor searches | Snippet says all visitors are subject to search | Bring only what staff allow |
| Former Union jail | Closed facility | No inmate visits occur there |
Union County court appearances are separate from jail visitation. The Kentucky Court of Justice Union County page says court visitors enter the Union County Courthouse Annex through the front and pass through security screening. A person may be housed at Webster but transported back to Union County for District or Circuit Court, so a court date is not the same event as a jail visit.
Webster County Mail and Money
The official Webster jail navigation includes Leave Money, Sending In Items, Reading Materials, Bonds, and Jail Programs. Live retrieval of several service pages reset during research, so only snippet-supported facts are safe to publish. The Leave Money snippet says funds can be dropped off between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, and that no money will be taken at any other time. The Sending In Items snippet says the inmate must complete a property request form listing items to be sent, and items must be approved before ordering.
| Service | Supported Detail | Research Gap |
|---|---|---|
| Money deposits | Drop-off window shown in official snippet: 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m., Monday-Friday | Payment types and fees not confirmed |
| Property/items | Inmate property request and approval required before ordering | Approved item list not retrieved |
| Mail/reading materials | Official navigation includes Reading Materials | Mail format and book vendor rules not confirmed |
| Bond page | Official navigation includes Bonds | Online bond payment not verified |
Do not assume a national vendor or kiosk is available unless Webster County confirms it. For a Union County case, also separate jail money from court payments. The Union County court page says bonds of $10,000 or greater require contacting the Circuit Clerk, while jail deposit rules are controlled by Webster County Detention Center.
Webster County Booking Intake
A Union County arrest usually moves from the arresting agency to transport, then to Webster County Detention Center for booking. The research supports general jail intake steps such as identity confirmation, property inventory, search, booking photo and fingerprints, charge or hold entry, medical screening, classification, and housing assignment. Exact Webster wording for each step was not published in the accessible sources, so those steps should be read as normal jail process rather than a Webster policy quote.
After booking data is entered, the person may appear on the Webster current inmate list. Publication timing was not found in official sources. If the person was arrested the same day, a missing roster entry does not always mean release. The person may be in intake, under another agency hold, listed under a different name form, or in a status not shown online. Calling the Union offender information line is the most direct fallback.
Webster County Jail Programs
Webster County Fiscal Court names several programs and services tied to reentry: GED classes, AA, Moral Reconation Therapy, NCRC classes, Class D Work Program, and religious services. Those are concrete local details and should not be replaced with broad claims about counseling or medical care that were not documented. KDOC Local Facilities oversight and Kentucky jail standards provide the larger jail-regulation context, including prisoner-rights rules for full-service jails and standards for design, renovation, and life safety.
Note: Confirm custody, visit status, and deposit rules with Webster County Detention Center before travel or payment.