Daviess County Detention Center

Daviess County Detention Center doesn't allow public in-person visits. Instead, family and friends connect through CorrectPay video visits, available 24/7 starting 16 hours after booking (except during head counts). All routine video visits and chats are monitored and recorded. Attorneys and other verified professionals can request confidential in-person or booth visits—once DCDC approves, those sessions aren't monitored or recorded. Each inmate gets one free 15-minute video visit per week. Additional visits cost $5.70 each (up to four more per week, 15 minutes each). If you're approved for an on-site visit, you'll sign the Visitor Log at Building One, wear a visitor badge on the secure side, and be escorted to and from the visiting area. Cell phones and shorts are prohibited. Having technical issues? Report problems through CorrectPay or the facility's support line.

Sending mail to someone at Daviess County Detention Center is straightforward, but a few rules matter. Books must be paperback—no hardbacks or spiral bindings. Anything with nudity or content deemed unsafe gets rejected. Inmates can request free Bibles and Bible workbooks through the facility kiosk under the "Religion" tab. Mailing money? Don't send cash. Use a cashier's check, certified check, or money order payable to Daviess County Detention Center, and write the inmate's name on the memo line. All incoming mail is screened or scanned, so label everything clearly with the inmate's full name and ID number. Include your complete return address and seal envelopes yourself before mailing.

Daviess County Detention Center accepts deposits through the Building 1 lobby kiosk 24 hours a day. You can use cash or credit, though credit-card deposits can't push an inmate's balance above $300. Prefer to mail money? Send a cashier's check, certified check, or money order payable to Daviess County Detention Center. Include both the inmate's name and the sender's name—never send cash. Government checks are accepted only as two-party checks payable to the incarcerated inmate and must be deposited in full. One thing to know: 50% of all deposits may be deducted to cover outstanding fees, including state and federal obligations. Commissary orders go through the kiosk under "New Order." Deadlines are midnight CST on Sundays and Wednesdays, with deliveries on Tuesdays and Fridays. There's a $150 limit per commissary day (or $300 if commissary runs only once that week due to a holiday).

When an inmate is placed in a housing unit at Daviess County Detention Center, staff issue an admission kit. A $3 fee is automatically charged to county inmate accounts for those not paying their own housing fees. The kit includes a comb, deodorant, shampoo, soap, toothbrush, and toothpaste, plus basic writing supplies: three sheets of paper, one stamped envelope, and a pen. Contraband is taken seriously here. Under Kentucky law, bringing in dangerous items—firearms, knives, drugs, or lighters—can be charged as promoting contraband in the first degree (Class D felony). Less dangerous items like pictures, candy, gum, pens, pencils, and tobacco fall under promoting contraband in the second degree (Class A misdemeanor). Intake includes basic medical screening. Extra clothing or hygiene items are typically purchased through commissary or approved vendors, not dropped off by family.