Three Forks Release Jurisdiction
Three Forks Regional Jail is the adult regional jail used for Estill-area detention. It is located in Beattyville in Lee County, not in Irvine. That geography shapes every Estill County release search. The legal case can remain in Estill County while the booking and physical-custody record sits with Three Forks. The official Three Forks inmate-list page embeds JailTracker and shows the current list. It does not present a distinct released-person archive.
A current listing supports only the narrow conclusion that the person is displayed in that regional system at the time checked. An absent name can mean bond, recognizance, dismissal, time served, local sentence completion, a court order, transfer, or a search mismatch. It can also mean movement into Kentucky DOC, another jail, treatment placement, federal custody, or immigration custody. Only some of those paths put the person in the community.
Confirm Three Forks Releases
Use a source chain that matches the custody type. Start with a minimal name on the official current list. If the person is absent, check Kentucky VINE for a release or transfer event. Then inspect the Estill court case for the order or docket entry that explains the change. A sentenced Kentucky felon needs an additional DOC check because state authority can continue even while that person occupies a regional-jail bed.
- Record the exact name, booking date, case number, and time of the current-list check.
- Read the VINE event label. A transfer is not community release.
- For a state-sentenced person, search KOOL and the dated DOC Daily Releases archive.
- Compare the Estill court disposition with the custody event.
- Request the existing booking-and-release record when public systems do not settle the question.
The Kentucky CourtNet search can preserve case activity after the jail listing disappears. Use the case number where possible. A shared name alone is not a safe match. Compare dates, identifiers, conviction county, facility, and any lawful biographical data before treating two results as one person.
Three Forks Current Roster Limits
The public page is current-only. The research sweep found no official Three Forks release tab, rolling 24-hour list, 72-hour list, historical booking archive, released-person photo gallery, or complete release social feed. Its removal of a record does not disclose why the record left view. No public retention period for removed entries was found either.
The official current-list source is shown below. It is useful for testing whether a person remains displayed, but its design must not be described as a recent-release feed.
The captured page reinforces the correct scope: current custody at Three Forks. A later absence must be corroborated with the jail record, VINE, court, or DOC evidence.
Get Three Forks Release Records
Ask the actual Three Forks records custodian for a narrow existing record. A useful request identifies the full name, known booking date or bounded range, booking number or Estill case number, and the facility. Request the booking-and-release sheet or jail-management entry, including recorded admission and release date and time, release authority or type, public transfer destination, charges, bond disposition, and the existing booking photograph.
Do not ask only, “Was this person released?” Kentucky agencies provide responsive records, but they need not research an answer or create a new report. If an existing release log covers the date, ask for that log. If not, request the individual sheet. Kentucky’s Open Records Act, KRS 61.870 through 61.884, governs access subject to exemptions and redactions.
Suggested wording: “Please provide the existing booking-and-release record for [name], booked approximately [date], including the recorded release date, release disposition, and public transfer destination.”
Call before visiting because public records hours, a photo fee, and a dedicated release form were not verified. A precise written request creates a clearer trail than a broad question.
Three Forks Records Contact
The jail is the first custodian for its own booking and physical departure entry. The Estill sheriff is a local contact, but no sheriff-hosted release roster was found. The Estill court clerk controls the judicial record. Those offices should not be treated as interchangeable.
Three Forks Regional Jail2221 Fairground Ridge Road
Beattyville, KY 41311
606-464-2598
Use the facility number to ask where a written open-records request should be delivered and whether an in-person records visit requires an appointment. Do not send a Three Forks booking-photo request to the probation office. Community supervision records have a different custodian.
Three Forks Departure Types
A release label should name the legal event instead of collapsing each departure into “free.” The same roster disappearance can arise from several paths.
| Departure | Best confirming record | Community release? |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or recognizance | Jail release sheet and Estill court order | Usually, subject to other holds |
| Time served or dismissal | Court disposition and jail release time | Only if no other custody remains |
| Probation or shock probation | Court order, KOOL, and release record | Physical release with legal control |
| DOC transfer | KOOL location and transfer record | No |
| Federal or ICE handoff | Release-to record and federal locator | No |
A detainer is another authority’s request to hold or receive the person. A local sentence can end while that detainer starts a new custody phase. Read “released from” as the facility that gave up custody, not as a promise about the person’s destination.
Three Forks State-Offender Releases
A Three Forks bed does not reveal the legal custodian. Kentucky uses county and regional jails for sentenced state felons. A person at the same building may be a local pretrial detainee, a locally sentenced inmate, or a state offender. For the last group, the Kentucky Offender Online Lookup can show location and supervision, while DOC Daily Releases can document the actual state-system event.
Daily Releases reports contain DOC number, name, release type, released-from facility, and highest felony class. A regional jail can appear in that field. Release descriptions distinguish minimum expiration, shock probation, mandatory reentry supervision, conditional discharge, court order, and detainer-related events. Those reports do not cover an ordinary pretrial bond-out that never became a DOC case.
KOOL’s projected release field is a calculation, not an actual-event record. After an expected date, check the dated report and request formal DOC discharge material when exact legal status matters.
Where Three Forks Releases Go
Three Forks releases can lead to home, an approved residence, community supervision, a treatment placement, another jail, DOC, BOP, or ICE. Confirm destination only from a source that states it. A court order can explain the legal authority, but administrative processing or another hold can delay physical release.
- Release
- Physical custody at the named facility ends.
- Transfer
- Custody moves to another facility or authority.
- Parole
- Physical release occurs under a Parole Board order and conditions.
- Probation
- A court orders community supervision, sometimes after confinement.
- Discharge
- The relevant correctional authority or sentence ends, which is not the same as leaving one building.
The most reliable result pairs an event record with a status source. For example, a Three Forks release sheet plus an Estill court order confirms a local event; a DOC Daily Releases row plus KOOL supervision status confirms a state event. Preserve the URL, access time, identifiers, and exact labels used.
Match Estill Jail Release Evidence
A sound Three Forks result uses more than a name. Compare the full name and any alias with the booking number, approximate booking date, case number, and facility. Label each date by its real function. A booking date starts the regional-jail episode. A court date may authorize bond, dismissal, probation, or time served. The recorded release time shows when Three Forks gave up custody. Those dates can differ without any record being wrong.
Negative results need the same care. The current list may omit a person because of release, transfer, a search mismatch, or an update. VINE may carry a custody event, but it is not a certified jail sheet. CourtNet may explain the legal event, though a sealed, expunged, confidential, or differently indexed case may not appear in a simple public search. State only what each source proves.
When transfer remains possible, request the release authority or type and the released-to destination if that field is public. A handoff to DOC, another jail, treatment, BOP, or ICE means Three Forks custody ended while another custodian took control. The precise jail entry prevents that transfer from being reported as community release.