No Bourbon 72-Hour List
Bourbon County Regional Detention Center publishes a link labeled Current Inmates, not a released or archived roster. The county, jail, and sheriff sites provide no 72-hour release view, retention window, update schedule, mobile app, or release push feed. The exact current-only endpoint is the Cadmus inmate portal. It cannot be relabeled as a three-day release source.
A removed name may mean release, transfer, correction, or outage. The portal failed during the research session, which supplies a concrete example of why absence alone is weak evidence. A three-day inquiry needs the jail's actual release or transfer entries for a fixed range.
Define Bourbon's Three-Day Window
“Last 72 hours” can mean a rolling period ending now, three calendar dates, or a weekend bounded by specific times. Bourbon publishes no definition. State the start and end in Eastern time when calling or writing, and ask that actual release timestamps determine inclusion. A precise range prevents a late-night exit from falling into the wrong day.
Use the label attached to the timestamp as well as the timestamp itself. A notification time, court-order time, transport time, roster observation, proposed release date, and actual jail release time can all fall within the same three days without describing the same event. If an official source supplies only a date, do not invent a midnight or noon time to force it into a rolling window. Ask the custodian whether its recorded field is the completed physical exit and preserve the source's terminology.
This wider window can capture events that a same-day check misses, but no source supports a special Bourbon weekend or holiday release method. Do not assume processing slows, moves to Monday, or follows another county's practice. If the need is only the present day, use the narrower Jail Releases: 24 Hours process.
Check Bourbon Three-Day Releases
Begin with the custodian and work outward. Each source answers a different part of the event, so matching identifiers matter more than collecting many loosely related results.
- Set exact beginning and ending timestamps for the 72-hour range.
- Call Bourbon County Regional Detention Center at 859-987-2137 and ask whether a named booking ended within that period.
- Request the actual release time, disposition, authority, and destination or receiving agency.
- Use the committing county's court docket and order to verify why the booking ended.
- Check Kentucky VINE for a source-reported custody change and KOOL when state custody or supervision is plausible.
- Continue with another county, KY DOC, USMS, BOP, or ICE only when the record points to that custodian.
Resolve the person's identity across those channels using full name, aliases, date of birth or age, booking date, booking or DOC number, conviction county, and case number as available. A photograph alone is not enough. If VINE and the current portal disagree, first confirm that both records describe the same facility and booking episode, then call the source facility with the VINE event date. Preserve any correction. A roster can lag, and a notification can report a different episode; neither result should be selected merely because it fits the expected outcome.
For an unknown group rather than one person, request an existing electronic log. The jail need not create a custom list if it keeps no responsive report.
Bourbon 72-Hour Log Fields
No public Bourbon feed supplies a confirmed field inventory. These are the focused fields to seek in an existing release log or booking record. Some may not exist or may be lawfully withheld.
| Field | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Full name and identifier | Matches the right person and custody episode. |
| Booking number | Separates more than one stay by the same person. |
| Actual release date and time | Tests inclusion in the exact three-day span. |
| Disposition or reason | Distinguishes bond, order, time served, sentence completion, and transfer. |
| Releasing authority | Points to the court or agency record behind the action. |
| Receiving agency or destination | Shows whether custody continued elsewhere. |
Ask for the legend behind any local code. A blank bond amount or unfamiliar abbreviation should not be interpreted from guesswork.
Request Bourbon Weekend Records
Under KRS 61.872, Kentucky accepts an open-records request delivered by hand, mail, fax, or email. The general agency response period is five business days. Bourbon's jail publishes no dedicated records form, release-log fee, or records-counter schedule. Address the request to Bourbon County Regional Detention Center, 101 Legion Road, Paris, KY 40361, or s.norris@bourboncountydetention.com, and call to confirm the right routing.
Ask for existing electronic records whose actual release timestamp falls within the named period. Request name, booking number, actual release time, disposition, releasing authority, and destination if maintained. State that a native electronic format is preferred and request a fee estimate. KRS 61.874 generally allows actual reproduction cost for a noncommercial request, not staff time. No Bourbon per-page charge was found.
Keep record families with their proper custodians. Bourbon jail holds the physical booking and release or transfer entry. The charging county's clerk holds the docket, bond or release order, judgment, and sentence. KY DOC holds a state institutional release record, while a final Parole Board order follows the Justice Cabinet records channel. Separate focused requests reduce the risk of asking one office to interpret records it never maintained. If an entry uses an unexplained local disposition code, request the existing code legend or a record containing its verified meaning rather than borrowing an abbreviation from another jail.
If records belong to another custodian, ask the recipient to identify it. A focused request should seek recorded fields rather than ask the jail to explain why a person was released. If a record is in active use or storage, preserve the agency's stated availability date and explanation. If access is denied or redacted, retain the written response and statutory citation; juvenile, sealed, expunged, confidential-supervision, victim, and sensitive investigatory material may be restricted.
Bourbon Regional Moves Matter
The Paris facility holds state, county, and city inmates and serves more than Bourbon County. Its helpful contacts include Bourbon, Harrison, and Nicholas justice offices. Pendleton County separately states that all its adult prisoners are transported to Bourbon. The correct court may therefore sit outside Bourbon even though the physical exit record comes from the Bourbon jail.
The official Pendleton County prisoner information documents the regional custody and transport relationship.
Pendleton also documents divided transport responsibility: its sheriff covers overnight weekday periods, weekends, and out-of-state extraditions, while its jailer covers weekday daytime in-state transports and court appearances. Those details do not create a special Bourbon release schedule. They show why a person can leave the Paris facility at different hours for court or another custodian while remaining confined. The Bourbon exit entry identifies the physical movement; the Pendleton or other charging-county file explains the legal proceeding.
The documented split shows why a transport can occur across a weekend or weekday without release to the community. Follow the committing agency and receiving custodian, not merely the jail's street address.
Bourbon Release Versus Custody
A person on a true release record has ended that specific jail placement. That does not always mean all custody ended. Transfer to KY DOC, another county, USMS, or ICE is an exit from Bourbon's building while confinement continues. KOOL can show Active Inmate at a new state location. A Parole or Probation status with supervision dates instead indicates community supervision.
| Evidence | Safe conclusion |
|---|---|
| Still on Bourbon current portal | Likely current local custody, subject to feed timing. |
| Absent from current portal | Status unknown until the event is confirmed. |
| Jail record says transfer | Bourbon placement ended; custody continued. |
| Jail record says bond or time served | Community release is supported unless another hold is recorded. |
| KOOL says Active Inmate elsewhere | State confinement continues. |
Kentucky VINE's possible 72-hour advance notice concerns state-institution notifications. It is not a Bourbon three-day roster. Likewise, VINE phone callbacks that repeat over 24 hours describe alert delivery, not list retention.
Resolve Bourbon Record Conflicts
When VINE reports release but the current portal still lists the person, compare names, identifiers, booking episodes, and source facilities. The two screens may concern different placements, or one feed may lag. Call the reporting custodian and preserve any correction. Never choose a source because its result is more convenient.
Give greatest weight to the jail's contemporaneous release or transfer record for physical movement, the signed court order for legal authority, and the receiving agency's record for continued custody. Record each status and access time. If the conflict remains unresolved, report that uncertainty rather than manufacture a release finding.
Older cases require a different pace. The correct county clerk may hold the disposition, while the jail maintains the physical exit record. Archived files can move offsite or be destroyed under approved schedules, and lawful expungement can restrict visibility. A no-result after three days or three years is still not proof that no custody event occurred.
- Disposition
- The recorded outcome that ended the booking.
- Recognizance
- A court-authorized nonfinancial release.
- Transfer
- A move to another custodian.
- Supervision
- Community parole or probation obligations after confinement.