Find DCDC Release Records

DCDC Release Paths

Daviess County Detention Center is a full-service county detention center operated by the elected Daviess County jailer. It is not operated by the sheriff. The jail houses county, Kentucky state, and federal prisoners. That mix is the key to interpreting a disappearance from the roster. A county detainee may leave on bond, after dismissal, by court order, for time served, or at a local sentence’s end. A state prisoner may leave under Kentucky Department of Corrections authority or transfer to another placement. A federal detainee may move to U.S. Marshals Service or Bureau of Prisons custody.

“Released from DCDC” can thus mean community release or continued custody elsewhere. An ICE detainer can also permit a hold for up to 48 hours, excluding weekends and holidays, so ICE can assume custody. A transfer is not freedom. Confirm the destination and releasing authority before describing the event.

Confirm a DCDC Release

Start with the official DCDC lookup wrapper. It opens the Daviess JailTracker system, whose vendor address spells DAVIES with one middle “s.” Search the person and distinguish a current record from a past booking. DCDC’s public-information policy says a past inmate’s release date is public. It does not promise that all past records stay online for a fixed time.

1. Search the exact name, then retry a shorter spelling if needed.
2. Match the booking episode, charges, arrest date, and identifiers.
3. Read an executed past-inmate release date, not a future estimate.
4. For a state sentence, compare KOOL and the DOC Daily Releases archive.
5. Request the release sheet when the online record is absent or unclear.

The broader Daviess County released-inmate search and records path explains how court, VINE, state, and federal records corroborate a result.

DCDC Records Request

The DCDC Open Records Requests page provides the standardized request form and submission rules. A useful request names the person, gives the booking number or approximate custody dates, and asks for the executed release date, time, type, releasing authority, and destination or transfer notation. Ask separately for a booking photograph or property-release sheet if one is needed.

DCDC states that it responds within five business days under its open-records procedure. The handbook lists ten cents per document, $2 for a CD, and $4 for a USB, plus prepaid postage. Actual reproduction cost and the form of production control. Restricted medical, juvenile, security, active-investigation, sealed, or expunged material may be withheld or redacted, while a redacted release sheet may still establish the event.

Daviess Court Release Timing

The 2026 DCDC Inmate Handbook says releases tied to Daviess District Court dates generally begin after 7:00 p.m. as a group. It identifies those court dates as Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. This is an operating pattern, not a promised doors-out time. Court paperwork, identity checks, bond verification, a second hold, medical or security needs, and the releasing agency can change the sequence.

Future release dates for current inmates are not given because they can change. That rule differs from the public status of a past inmate’s executed release date. For court-date information, the handbook directs Daviess County inmates to District Court at the Holbrook Judicial Center. A court order establishes authority, while DCDC’s completed record establishes that the person actually left local custody.

DCDC Bonds and Holds

Bond payment follows a local split. The Daviess Circuit Court Clerk accepts bonds at the Holbrook Judicial Center on weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. DCDC accepts bonds when the clerk is closed, including weekends and the daily 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. period. The handbook states that jail bond and court-fine payments are cash only. Recheck current rules before traveling.

Payment begins release processing but does not prove release. Another county warrant, a state or federal hold, or an ICE detainer can prevent community return. Kentucky Pretrial Services supplies a risk assessment and recommendation to the judge; it does not certify that someone physically exited DCDC. The completed jail record is the better event proof.

DCDC State Inmate Releases

Eligible state inmates follow a special administrative process described in the handbook. DCDC processes an approved group on the first day of the month containing the minimum expiration date, or on the last weekday of the prior month when the first falls on a weekend or legal holiday. Outstanding good-time loss, a recent major disciplinary matter, or a detainer can affect that process. DOC, not a visitor or a homemade calculation, determines the state date.

A person without transportation may request a one-way bus ticket. No reviewed official source establishes a regular Owensboro Transit stop at the Highway 144 jail, so families should not assume gate service. Confirm a trip with the operator and facility. The state release type in KOOL or Daily Releases should be read exactly: parole, mandatory reentry supervision, shock probation, home incarceration, and sentence completion do not mean the same thing.

DCDC Property After Release

DCDC has short property deadlines. A detailed written property complaint must be made within 24 hours after release. Property left more than two weeks can be treated as abandoned and disposed of under the handbook. Excess booking property has a separate coordination period. A pickup requires photo identification, the inmate’s verbal approval, and signatures.

The property-release sheet is scanned into JailTracker. In a dispute, identify the custody episode and request that sheet promptly. These steps concern return of personal property, not proof of the criminal case outcome. A release sheet and court order answer different questions.

DCDC Federal and ICE Transfers

DCDC officially houses federal as well as county and state prisoners. A dated 2025 Kentucky DOC jail snapshot separately showed federal prisoners at Daviess. Therefore, a federal detainee’s departure may be a U.S. Marshals transfer rather than community release. The BOP locator is useful only if the person entered BOP’s searchable system. A federal docket may be the stronger source for a pretrial detainee or someone never designated to BOP.

ICE is another distinct path. An immigration detainer asks another law-enforcement agency to maintain custody briefly so ICE can assume custody. DCDC should not be described as an ICE contract detention facility because the reviewed sources do not establish that role. Use the ICE locator after a documented transfer and remember that a missing locator result does not prove release.

About Daviess County Detention

DCDC moved from the historic downtown jail complex to Highway 144. Its official history traces the old jail to 1886 and records its demolition in 2003. A 2026 county bid invitation describes a large phased renovation and addition while the jail remains in operation. Construction can affect entrances or waiting logistics, so confirm current directions rather than infer them from older accounts.

The facility’s official home describes education, cognitive programming, reentry work, and ministry services. Program completion may matter to a person’s record, but it does not itself prove discharge. Always return to the executed facility, DOC, or court event.

DCDC Fees After Release

The 2026 handbook lists a $35 county booking fee, a $35 daily county housing fee, and a $5 jail fee for release on bond. It says covered amounts are due within 30 days after release and that referral to the billing agency adds $30. The handbook identifies Pay My Jailer, payafee.net, or 866-494-8556 as payment routes. The DCDC bookkeeper can also be reached through the main line at extension 207 on weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Those are facility handbook terms, not proof that every listed fee applies to every custody episode. Ask DCDC for the person’s own account statement before relying on an amount. A balance also does not change the meaning of the executed release record. Payment status and custody status are separate facts.