Using VINE to Track Your Loved One in Kentucky (including Little Sandy)

Kentucky VINE (also called VINELink) is a free service that lets you check an offender's custody status and protective order status. You can access it by phone, through the VINELink website, or with the VINELink mobile app. Register with VINE and you'll get automated notifications when custody or protective order status changes. You can use the service without sharing your identity, which is helpful if you want information and alerts without calling a facility directly.

You have a few options: call VINE, use the VINELink website, or download the VINELink mobile app. Searching gives you current information right away. Registering sets you up for automated notifications when custody or protective order status changes. Tracking someone in Kentucky state custody, including at Little Sandy Correctional Complex? VINE is often the fastest way to get updates without waiting on office hours or getting transferred between departments.

When you register a phone number with VINE, you'll create a four-digit PIN. Pick something memorable, but don't write it somewhere others can easily find. This PIN matters. Phone notifications require you to enter it to confirm your identity. Forget your PIN and you may miss the notification call when it comes in.

• ✓ Keep your 4-digit PIN handy, you will need it when VINE calls.
• ✓ Enter your PIN during the call so the notification can be delivered.
• ✓ Treat your PIN like a password. Share it only with someone you trust who also needs to receive updates.

Use Kentucky VINE for custody status, protective order status, or notifications about changes to either. For anything else (visitation planning, day-to-day facility procedures, case-specific questions), contact the facility directly. That includes Little Sandy or whatever office handles your specific issue.