Choose a Way to Send Money to Someone at Russell County Detention Center

You can put money on an inmate’s books at Russell County Detention Center in person, online, or by mailing a money order. Choose based on whether you can travel to the jail and whether you have a debit or credit card. Mailing is an option if you live too far away to bring money in person and do not have a card for an online deposit.

You can bring money to the jail at 228 Brian Walters Drive, Jamestown, KY 42642. The lobby has a Tiger kiosk that accepts cash, debit cards, and credit cards. Jail personnel also process inmate-account payments.

For questions about depositing money at the jail, call 270-858-6900.

For an online deposit, you need to register an account with the deposit service and use a debit or credit card to pay. Account registration is free.

Mailed money orders take longer to process than the other deposit methods. Before preparing yours, you must confirm the payee and mailing destination with the jail. Incorrect preparation can delay crediting the inmate’s account and may require you to submit another money order.

1. Call Russell County Detention Center at 270-858-6900 to confirm who the money order should be payable to, how to make it out, and where to send it.
2. Obtain a money order from the US Post Office, a reputable bank, or Western Union.
3. Following the jail’s confirmed instructions, make the money order out to the inmate’s name and put the inmate ID number in the memo section.
4. Mail the prepared money order to the destination the jail confirmed.