Three Forks Regional Jail Overview
Three Forks Regional Jail is located at 2221 Fairground Ridge Rd, Beattyville, KY 41311. It is outside Menifee County, but it matters locally because the Kentucky Association of Counties jail-cost presentation identified Lee County and Three Forks as one of the places where Menifee County housed people after the Menifee jail closure. The same presentation listed Menifee as a closed-jail county responsible for 38 inmates on July 25, 2024, spread across Rowan, Montgomery, Powell, and Lee County/Three Forks contract beds.
The official Three Forks pages name Jared Pelfrey as administrator and publish a current-inmates page, visitation page, inmate-deposits page, and directions page. The current-inmates page loads a JailTracker frame for Three Forks Regional KY. The facility's public-facing role is therefore different from a state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center: it is a local/regional jail lookup point for current jail custody, including some Menifee contract placements, not a statewide prison sentence database.
The inspected official pages did not publish a phone number for Three Forks. For a Menifee arrest, use Menifee County Jailer Eddie Maze's 24-hour dispatch notification line at (606) 768-9046 or the Menifee County Sheriff's Department at (606) 768-3875 to confirm whether the person was taken to Three Forks before traveling, mailing property, scheduling a visit, or sending money.
The official Three Forks current-inmates page shows the JailTracker path used for public inmate access: Three Forks current inmates.
Use the roster as a starting point, then verify recent Menifee bookings by phone because contract placements and online updates can lag behind transport and intake.
Three Forks Capacity and Menifee Contract Population
A rated capacity for Three Forks Regional Jail was not located in the official sources inspected for this project, so no capacity number should be treated as confirmed here. The sourced Menifee fact is contractual: KACo's July 29, 2024 jail-cost presentation identified Menifee County as a closed-jail county and listed Lee County/Three Forks at a $32 per day contract rate for Menifee housing as of July 25, 2024.
Those figures do not mean all 38 people were at Three Forks. They describe Menifee County's overall closed-jail obligation and the daily housing rate listed for the Lee County/Three Forks contract path. Menifee's local inmate population should be understood as a distributed group that may be housed in Beattyville, Morehead, Stanton, Mt. Sterling, or another facility depending on available beds, classification, court orders, and transport decisions.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Three Forks Regional Jail
Use the official Three Forks current-inmates page for the facility roster. The page frames JailTracker at Three_Forks_Regional_KY. Text inspection showed the current-inmates path but did not reliably expose every public profile field, so do not assume every booking profile will show a mugshot, bond amount, housing unit, or release date. JailTracker profiles commonly display booking and charge information when a facility publishes it; confirm the current fields on the live roster.
- Confirm placement first if the arrest happened in Menifee County. Call Menifee jailer/dispatch at (606) 768-9046 or the sheriff at (606) 768-3875 with the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, and arrest date.
- Open the Three Forks current-inmates page and use the JailTracker frame for current jail custody at that facility.
- Search by the person's name and compare age, booking context, or charge details before assuming the result is the Menifee detainee.
- If the person is not listed, check Rowan County Detention Center, Powell County Detention Center, Montgomery County official channels, and the Menifee jailer/dispatch line again.
- If the person has been sentenced or moved into state custody, search KDOC KOOL instead of relying only on the Three Forks roster.
Do not use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or ICE Online Detainee Locator as the first step for an ordinary Menifee County arrest. BOP applies to federal prisoners, and ICE ODLS applies to immigration custody. They are separate systems and do not replace county or regional jail confirmation.
Three Forks Regional Jail Address and Contact
Three Forks is a travel-dependent facility for Menifee families because it sits in Beattyville rather than Frenchburg. Confirm the current housing location before leaving Menifee County, especially if the question involves a same-day booking, bond, visitation, medication, or release timing.
Three Forks Regional Jail
2221 Fairground Ridge Rd
Beattyville, KY 41311
Phone not located on inspected official pages
Use Menifee jailer/dispatch at (606) 768-9046 for contract-placement confirmation.
Menifee County Jailer
Eddie Maze, P.O. Box 105
Frenchburg, KY 40322
(606) 768-9046
Published as 24-hour dispatch notification.
Menifee County Sheriff
P.O. Box 142
Frenchburg, KY 40322-0142
(606) 768-3875
Use for local arrest or incident-record routing.
The official directions page gives the Beattyville address and map links: Three Forks directions.
Because the research did not locate published parking, ADA entry, visitor-lobby, or transit details, call before travel if those details affect the visit.
Visiting Someone at Three Forks Regional Jail
Three Forks publishes specific on-site visitation rules. Male visitation is scheduled for Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 AM to 2:30 PM. Female visitation is scheduled for Thursdays and Sundays from 7 AM to 2:30 PM. Segregation visitation is scheduled for Tuesdays from 7 AM to 11 AM. Each inmate is allowed one 15-minute on-site visit each visitation day, and the jail limits visitors to two people, not counting children.
Visitors must show proper ID and sign in. Visitors under 18 must be accompanied by an adult. Food, drink, cell phones, and cameras are not allowed in the on-site booth. Visits and conversations may be recorded. No-contact orders, restraining orders, and protective orders are enforced for visits. The rules also state that inappropriate, indecent, illegal, intoxicated, loud, or unruly behavior can end a visit and may lead to arrest. The facility may change rules at jail discretion.
| Category | Schedule or Rule | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Male visitation | Wednesdays and Saturdays, 7 AM-2:30 PM | On-site |
| Female visitation | Thursdays and Sundays, 7 AM-2:30 PM | On-site |
| Segregation | Tuesdays, 7 AM-11 AM | On-site |
| Visit length | One 15-minute visit per visitation day | On-site |
| Visitor rules | ID required; minors with adult; two-visitor limit excluding children | Facility rule |
The visitation rules are published on the official jail page: Three Forks visitation.
Use the schedule only after confirming the person is still at Three Forks, because Menifee detainees may be moved among contract facilities.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Three Forks Regional Jail
Three Forks publishes deposit links for CorrectPay and InmateSales/Chirps. The research did not locate a complete mail policy, envelope format, book-in-number requirement, legal-mail rule, or fee schedule on the inspected pages. Do not send mail or assume a vendor can handle bond until the facility confirms the current process. Deposits and communication products are not the same as court bond.
| Service | Provider or Detail | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Money deposit | CorrectPay link published by Three Forks | Verify fees and inmate eligibility before paying. |
| Messaging or Chirps | InmateSales / Chirps link published by Three Forks | Communication service; not documented as bond posting. |
| Mail rules not found in inspected official pages | Call before sending letters, books, money orders, or legal mail. | |
| Bond | Confirm through the holding jail, Menifee dispatch, or Menifee Circuit Court Clerk | Deposit vendors should not be treated as bond vendors without confirmation. |
The official inmate-deposits page identifies the vendor paths: Three Forks inmate deposits.
For a Menifee case, confirm the booking location and the account status before sending money because a transfer can leave funds or messages at the wrong facility.
Booking, Bond, and Menifee Court Routing
A Menifee County arrest can involve the sheriff, Kentucky State Police, another local officer, or a warrant service, followed by transport to a contract jail with available space and proper classification. Intake at the receiving jail may include identity confirmation, property inventory, safety search, medical or mental-health screening, fingerprints or photo if applicable, booking record creation, and classification. The research did not locate a Menifee-specific rule for how quickly a Three Forks booking appears online.
Bond questions should be handled by confirming both the facility and the court case. Ask whether bond is set, what type applies, whether any hold blocks release, where payment must be made, what payment methods are accepted, and when release processing begins. Menifee Circuit Court Clerk Kelly Botts, phone (606) 768-2461, is the court-record contact for Menifee County cases, while immediate custody and release timing should be confirmed with the holding jail or Menifee dispatch.
When Three Forks Is Not the Right Search
Three Forks is a local/regional jail source, not the answer for every Menifee custody question. Use Kentucky Online Offender Lookup when a person has moved into KDOC custody, is a sentenced state inmate, or appears in the state corrections system. Use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator for federal prisoners from 1982 to present. Use ICE ODLS only for immigration custody searches, using an A-number and country of birth or biographical information.
VINE is a notification tool, not a complete booking-file source. KDOC and Three Forks link to VINE paths, and it can be useful for custody and release notifications. For a court date after a Menifee arrest, use the Kentucky Court of Justice docket search or call the Menifee Circuit Court Clerk. A roster charge may reflect arrest language and may change once the prosecutor and court process begin.
About Three Forks Regional Jail
The key local fact is Menifee's closed-jail arrangement. Menifee County still has a published jailer and jail costs, but its detainees are not concentrated in a Menifee County jail building. KACo's FY 2023-24 figures showed Menifee jail expenses of $408,817.72, with the largest category being jail bills to outside facilities. That budget context explains why a Menifee family may need to search Three Forks, Rowan, Powell, and Montgomery rather than one county roster.
Three Forks did not have a detailed program or reentry page in the inspected source set. Kentucky jail standards still apply to full-service jail operations. KRS 441.045 addresses county jail rules for government, security, safety, cleanliness, prisoner treatment, and medical, dental, and psychological care. 501 KAR 3:140 covers prisoner-rights procedures, and 501 KAR 3:050 addresses full-service jail design and construction standards.
Note: Confirm custody, visit status, and payment instructions before traveling from Menifee County to Beattyville.
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