Todd County Detention Center Overview
Todd County Detention Center, also described locally as Todd County Jail, is a county jail operated through elected Todd County Jailer Jeff Penick and Todd County local government. The working physical address used for facility directions is 201 E. McReynolds St., Elkton, KY 42220. The county elected-official page lists the jailer at P.O. Box 808, Elkton, KY 42220, with phone contact through 270-265-9966 ext. 211, and the jail phone line used for current custody questions is 270-265-9966.
The facility is not simply a police holding room. Kentucky Department of Corrections weekly jail reporting lists Todd County with secure male, secure female, and non-secure male population rows, plus categories such as Class D inmates, controlled-intake inmates, community-custody eligible inmates, parole violators, and alternative-sentence cases. No federal inmates were reported in the Todd County row on 03/26/2026, so federal custody should be checked through BOP, U.S. Marshals, or federal court channels rather than assumed to be a normal Todd County jail category.
Todd County Detention Center Capacity and Population
The Kentucky DOC Weekly Jail Report dated 03/26/2026 lists Todd County with 137 total jail beds and a reported population of 103. That snapshot placed the jail 34 beds under capacity and 75 percent full. The same report breaks out 51 Class D inmates, 10 community-custody eligible inmates, 1 alternative-sentence inmate, 8 controlled-intake inmates, 2 parole violators, and 0 federal inmates. The custody breakdown reported 74 secure male inmates, 9 secure female inmates, 20 non-secure male inmates, and 0 non-secure female inmates.
Those figures matter because they show the jail population is mixed. A person in the Todd County jail may be a new pretrial detainee, a county-sentenced inmate, a Class D/state-related inmate housed locally, a parole violator, or a controlled-intake case waiting on the state process. A search that only checks one system can miss that distinction. The 0 federal-inmate line also helps keep federal defendants and sentenced BOP prisoners separate from the local county-jail population.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Todd County Detention Center
No current official Todd County local roster was confirmed in the sources reviewed. Start with the jail phone for recent local arrests and current custody, then use Kentucky Online Offender Lookup for DOC-indexed offenders or people whose current location may be listed through the statewide system. Kentucky VINELink is useful for custody notification, but it should not be treated as the official booking record or a complete jail roster.
- Call Todd County Detention Center at 270-265-9966 for a person arrested recently or believed to be held locally.
- Search KOOL by last name, then add first or middle name details if the name is common.
- Check whether the current location shown by KOOL is Todd County Jail, another county jail, or a state facility.
- Use written open-records requests for booking records, mugshots, or historical custody details that are not available online.
Todd County Detention Center Address and Contact
Use the jail line for custody confirmation, release questions, lobby rules, and current directions before visiting. The Todd County elected-official list identifies Jailer Jeff Penick and county contacts, while the jailer page provides additional jail-administration background. The Todd County Sheriff's Office page is a separate law-enforcement contact and should not be confused with the jailer for detention-center records.
Todd County Detention Center
201 E. McReynolds St.
Elkton, KY 42220
270-265-9966
Call to confirm custody, visitation, mail, money, lobby access, and current public-counter process.
Visiting Someone at Todd County Detention Center
Official Todd County sources reviewed did not publish a current visitation calendar, visitor-list process, dress code, remote-video provider, or attorney-visit rule. Do not rely on third-party jail directory schedules for this facility. Call 270-265-9966 before traveling to confirm whether visits are in person, remote, suspended, appointment-only, or limited by housing unit, classification, court order, or disciplinary status.
| Visit type | Official schedule located | Type |
|---|---|---|
| In-person public visit | Not located in official Todd County sources | Call 270-265-9966 |
| Remote video visit | Vendor and schedule not confirmed | Call 270-265-9966 |
| Attorney visit | Process not published in reviewed sources | Contact jail staff directly |
| Clergy or program visit | Formal rules not published | Confirm with jail administration |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Todd County Detention Center
The reviewed official sources did not locate a current Todd County mail policy, phone provider, tablet/video vendor, commissary vendor, money-deposit process, or fee schedule. That means a person should call the jail before mailing personal items, sending books, depositing money, or assuming a vendor will accept funds. Legal mail and attorney communications should be verified directly with jail administration.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | Official format not located; call the jail before mailing. |
| Phone / Video | Provider not confirmed from official Todd County source. |
| Money Deposit | Vendor, accepted methods, and fees not confirmed. |
Booking and Intake at Todd County Detention Center
After an arrest by the Todd County Sheriff's Office, Elkton, Guthrie, Trenton, Kentucky State Police, or another agency, a person held beyond short police custody may be booked into the county jail or another appropriate facility. Booking normally includes identity confirmation, property inventory, search, photo, fingerprinting when required, medical screening, classification, and entry into the jail system. The precise online posting time for Todd County bookings was not found, so recent arrests should be checked by phone.
Local jailer materials add useful facility-specific context. The jailer page says Todd County uses a full-body scanner to help prevent contraband, a drug-detection dog for random facility searches, 112 high-definition security cameras, and a razor-wire perimeter. Medical and meal services are contracted and periodically rebid. Those details support the conclusion that the detention center functions as a secure county jail with screening, supervision, and state-reporting responsibilities.
About Todd County Detention Center
The jailer page reports several jail programs and building improvements. Todd County Jail is described as a Pearson Vue-approved GED testing center, allowing inmates to test without leaving the facility. The page also references Moral Reconation Therapy, Portal New Direction programs, community-service work crews, staff training, biometric staff login, LED lighting, tankless water heaters, and 250 solar panels installed on the jail roof. From 2008 to 2015, Todd County Adult Education is reported to have helped more than 91 inmates earn GED diplomas and National Career Readiness Certificates.
For court records after an arrest, use the Todd County Court of Justice and KYeCourts channels rather than the jail. For federal inmates, use BOP inmate locator; for immigration detention, use ICE ODLS; for state custody, use KOOL and DOC open records. These systems are related, but they are not interchangeable.
The county offices, sheriff, jail, and court are all near central Elkton, but they do different jobs. The sheriff handles law-enforcement and court-service duties, the jailer operates the detention center, and the circuit court clerk is the court-record contact after charges are filed. For that reason, custody status, booking photos, arrest reports, bond conditions, and case dispositions may need separate checks even when they all stem from the same arrest.
Note: Confirm custody, visit rules, mail rules, money methods, and public-counter access with the jail before traveling or sending anything.