Three Forks Release Paths
Three Forks Regional Jail is at Lee County, outside Menifee. Legislative records document its use for Menifee prisoners because Menifee's jail is closed. A local Menifee court case can therefore produce a Three Forks booking, with the jail controlling the physical custody entry and the Menifee clerk controlling the judicial file.
A person may leave Three Forks for the community after bond, time served, dismissal, or another court order. A person may instead move to another contract jail or KDOC. An outside writ or detainer can produce another destination. Use “released,” “transferred,” or “discharged” only when the controlling record supports that word.
The official local resource directory supplies a public Three Forks listing.
Check Three Forks Custody
The Three Forks JailTracker is a current-custody search, not a verified recent-release archive. Its public screen can answer whether the person appears now. It cannot alone explain a missing record.
- Search the Three Forks current interface.
- Check Rowan, Montgomery, and Powell if placement is uncertain.
- Review Kentucky VINE for the specific person and event.
- Read the Menifee case through KYeCourts.
- Call Three Forks and request its release or transfer entry.
Three Forks Records Contact
Three Forks Regional Jail is at 2221 Fairgrounds Ridge Road, Beattyville, Kentucky 41311. Its published phone is 606-464-2598. Research did not establish a public records desk schedule, official release hour, property-return process, or family waiting area.
Three Forks Regional Jail2221 Fairgrounds Ridge Road
Beattyville, KY 41311
606-464-2598
Call before traveling. Ask which custodian accepts written requests and how copies are delivered. A focused request names the person, approximate booking date, Menifee case number or identifier, and asks for the booking or commitment record plus the release or transfer entry, authority, date and time, destination if recorded, and photograph.
Lee County Travel Matters
Travel is a distinctive part of a Three Forks release. Legislative task-force minutes described the Menifee-to-Lee trip as approximately one hour. That estimate explains why a family should identify the actual housing jail and obtain current directions and exit instructions before starting a pickup trip.
No source provided an authoritative routine release time, holiday rule, transit option, pickup door, or waiting policy. Those gaps must not be filled with assumptions. Processing can also change when another agency takes custody. A trip should wait until Three Forks confirms the person and the event.
The 2024 legislative snapshot listed Lee County through Three Forks at a $32 daily rate and as one of four facilities holding Menifee-responsible prisoners. That rate and the snapshot population are dated evidence, not present contract terms.
Three Forks Record Meaning
A January 2026 Kentucky Parole Board notice supplies a concrete example of a person convicted in Menifee being housed at Three Forks. It confirms the cross-county custody pattern. It does not establish that every Menifee prisoner goes there, and parole eligibility is not proof that the Board granted parole or the jail completed release.
| Source | What it can establish |
|---|---|
| Three Forks entry | Physical booking, transfer, or release event |
| VINE | Status and event notification requiring confirmation |
| Menifee court | Bond, order, judgment, and disposition |
| KOOL | KDOC sentence, institution, status, and supervision data |
| Parole Board notice | Eligibility scheduling, not completed release |
If Three Forks sends a person to state custody, follow the case through KOOL. Do not describe Three Forks as an ICE jail. The research found no authoritative support for that claim.
Request Three Forks Entries
Kentucky residents may seek existing public agency records under KRS 61.872. A signed application can provide the name, residency basis, identifiers, date range, and a precise description. KRS 61.880 ordinarily requires a written decision within five days, excluding weekends and legal holidays.
The jail may apply privacy, investigative, juvenile, sealed, expunged, or other lawful restrictions. It may charge lawful copy and postage cost. No Three Forks release-record fee, photo rule, or retention term was verified, so ask rather than promise.
- Parole
- Community release before sentence expiration under Board authority and conditions.
- Eligibility
- The point at which consideration may occur, not a release decision.
- Transfer
- A move to another custodian while custody continues.
- Discharge
- Completion shown by the controlling state or court record.
The Menifee County released inmate search explains how the four-jail network, VINE, courts, and KDOC connect.
Interpret Three Forks Exits
A Three Forks exit can have several meanings. Bond, time served, dismissal, probation, shock probation, or another court order may lead into the community. Transfer to another jail, KDOC, or agency continues custody. A roster disappearance does not choose among them.
The Menifee docket shows legal authority, while Three Forks records physical processing. VINE provides a status event but is not a certified jail entry. If KOOL later shows a KDOC commitment, the person moved into state authority rather than completing custody.
Ask for booking identifier, commitment, release or transfer date and time, recorded authority, destination, and photograph. Not every field is public or retained. Request existing records and permit lawful redaction.
Menifee Court Evidence
The Menifee Circuit Clerk keeps the judicial file even when confinement occurs in Lee County. Clerk Kelly Botts is at 12 Main Street, P.O. Box 172, Frenchburg, KY 40322. The phone is 606-768-2461, fax is 606-768-2462, and hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Use the judicial procedure for orders and dispositions. An order may authorize release before Three Forks completes processing. Pair it with the jail entry when exact timing matters. Sealed, juvenile, confidential, or expunged material may not appear publicly.
Lee Reentry Coverage
KDOC Region 6 identifies county-jail reentry coordinator Courtlyn King at 606-362-6348 for Powell and Lee. That contact can relate to transition support but is not a release-status line and does not replace the jail record.
Call Three Forks at 606-464-2598 before the roughly one-hour trip described in legislative testimony. Confirm the person remains there, processing is complete, and current facility instructions are available.
Audit Three Forks Evidence
When the public roster no longer shows a person, preserve the sequence of evidence. Record the facility searched, name spelling, and date of the check. Then search the other Menifee contract facilities. A move among contractors can close one entry while custody continues elsewhere. Kentucky VINE can bridge local systems, but its event must be read as displayed and confirmed with the office that created the record.
A useful request identifies the person, approximate booking range, Menifee case number when known, and the Three Forks booking. Ask for the existing booking or commitment record and the entry sufficient to show release or transfer. Include the effective date and time, authority or type, and destination if recorded. An agency need not create a new list, answer a question, or preserve material beyond its schedule.
KRS 61.880 ordinarily calls for a written decision within five days, excluding weekends and legal holidays. A denial should cite and explain the exception. Stored records may take longer when the agency gives a detailed reason and earliest available date. Copy and postage charges may apply. No facility-specific release-record price or retention promise was verified.
Privacy, investigation, juvenile, sealed, expunged, security, and other restrictions can affect production. Ask the office to redact exempt material and supply the remainder. The housing jail keeps its custody event, the Menifee clerk keeps court material, and KDOC keeps state sentence and supervision records.
Three Forks is a Lee County regional jail, not an ICE facility. The Menifee placement evidence does not supply a recent-release archive or permission to republish personal data.
Cross-Check Three Forks Dates
Compare the Three Forks booking date, effective exit time, and Menifee court order date. They may document separate steps. A court order can precede physical processing. A transfer can follow without community release. VINE may update on its own schedule, while a parole eligibility notice shows consideration rather than completed release.
Keep each date attached to its source. If results conflict, contact Three Forks and the clerk. A later KOOL record can explain a transfer to state authority. Absence from KOOL does not resolve a short regional-jail stay. Search the other Menifee contractors when the destination is unclear.
For a booking photograph, ask Three Forks as the facility that created or maintains it. Disclosure may be limited by privacy, investigation, juvenile, sealing, expungement, or other rules. No official released-photo archive, fixed photograph fee, or retention promise was found.
Three Forks Release Language
Describe only the verified event. A current-roster disappearance means the interface no longer displays the person. A VINE result can report not in custody and a date. A Three Forks entry can record release or transfer. Use “transferred” when another custodian received the person and “discharged” only when a controlling state or court record supports completion. This distinction is vital in Menifee's distributed network because leaving the Beattyville facility may begin another custody episode.