Search the Daviess County Inmate Population

The Daviess County Inmate Population

The Daviess County inmate population is not spread across a long list of separate public jail buildings. The confirmed local detention point is the Daviess County Detention Center, often called DCDC. Kentucky is unusual because the elected jailer, not the sheriff, runs the jail. Daviess County's jailer is Colonel Arthur F. Maglinger, and the Daviess County Sheriff's Office separately states that sheriffs in Kentucky do not operate jails. That local structure matters when a searcher is trying to decide whether to call the sheriff, the jail, the court clerk, or a state locator.

DCDC holds more than one kind of custody. The official jail material describes county, state, and federal inmates who may be awaiting trial, awaiting classification, or sentenced to the facility. Kentucky Department of Corrections jail reporting also breaks Daviess into Daviess #1, SAP #2, RCC #3, and RCC #4 rows. Those are population and program components of the same local detention system, not four separate public-facing jails with four separate rosters.

Daviess County Inmate Population Statistics

The most current captured operating count in the research is the Kentucky DOC weekly jail report dated June 4, 2026. It listed 590 people across the Daviess rows and 699 aggregate beds. DCDC's own homepage describes an average daily population of around 600. Those two figures line up closely, but they are not the same measure. One is a dated weekly report. The other is the jail's general public description.

The county's renovation article is also useful, but it must be read as planning context. Daviess County reported that Building 1 was built in 2001, measured 70,800 square feet, and had 482 beds. The same article described design work that would add 80 beds to Building 1 and raise total licensed bed capacity across all buildings. Unless a later official completion source is available, the weekly DOC count is the better current capacity reference.

The official county article on DCDC renovation shows why capacity should be checked against dated sources. The Daviess County Fiscal Court renovation page describes Building 1 and the planned expansion.

The renovation source gives local context for bed counts, but it does not replace the dated Kentucky DOC population report.

Daviess County Inmate Population Trends

The Vera Incarceration Trends data in the research gives a longer view of the Daviess County inmate population. It shows a high point before the COVID-era drop, a rebound in 2022, and a lower count again by 2025 and 2026. The 2026 Vera row of 557 should be compared with the Kentucky DOC weekly count of 590 on June 4, 2026 because sources use different methods and dates.

Recent local news also shows why the count is tied to state and federal policy. Daviess County has reported disputes over state-inmate medical costs, a federal prisoner per diem agreement with the U.S. Marshals Service, and planning for more beds. Those items do not create a roster record by themselves, but they help explain why a county jail population includes local, state, and federal categories at the same address.

Who Makes Up Daviess County Inmates

The Kentucky DOC report gives the clearest demographic and custody-type snapshot. Across the Daviess rows on June 4, 2026, it listed 448 male and 142 female inmates. Daviess #1 held most of the secure custody population, while SAP #2 was female and RCC #3 was non-secure male. RCC means Restricted Custody Center. SAP means Substance Abuse Program. These labels are useful because a person may be counted in Daviess County even when they are in a program or restricted-custody component rather than a standard jail cell.

• Main secure count: Daviess #1 listed 399 secure male and 94 secure female inmates, plus small non-secure counts.
• Program count: SAP #2 listed 40 secure female and 5 non-secure female inmates.
• Restricted custody: RCC #3 listed 48 non-secure male inmates, while RCC #4 listed no population in the captured report.
• Other-agency custody: Daviess #1 included federal inmates, Class D inmates, controlled intake, and parole violators.

Public roster fields are narrower than the population report. The jail's public-information page says public inmate information may include name, age, arrest date, bond information, charges, and release dates for past inmates. It says addresses, date of birth, court dates, cell locations, medical records, PREA information, SAP participation, and current-inmate release dates are not released to the public.

Laws Governing Daviess County Jail Data

Kentucky public-record law and jail statutes shape what can be inspected, what must be withheld, and what counties must provide. In Daviess County, the practical access point for jail records is DCDC's open-records process, while court records after arrest use the Kentucky Court of Justice and the Daviess Circuit Court Clerk. The statutes below explain the difference between a record being public and a record being posted online.

Booking photos have a separate Kentucky rule. KRS 61.8746 restricts commercial use of booking or inmate photographs obtained from public agencies when a publisher demands payment or other consideration to remove the image.

Search the Daviess County Jail Roster

The first lookup channel for current local custody is the official DCDC inmate lookup page, which embeds the public JailTracker/OMS application. The roster is free to use. It is the best starting point for a person who was recently arrested in Daviess County or who may be serving local time at DCDC. The roster does not replace court records, and it does not cover every state, federal, or ICE custody scenario.

1. Open the DCDC inmate lookup page or the embedded JailTracker/OMS roster.
2. Enter a last name first. Add a first name only if the result set is too broad.
3. Complete the captcha or new-captcha prompt if the roster shows one.
4. Open the matching record and compare the name, age, arrest date, charges, and bond information.
5. If no record appears, check DCDC by phone, the open-records process, KOOL, BOP, ICE, or VINELink depending on the custody type.

The official roster frame is captured in the manifest. The Daviess County inmate lookup frame is the county's public doorway into the search tool.

That frame matters because the roster can also load through a vendor application, but the jail page confirms the local source.

Daviess County Inmate Lookup Fields

The roster application is JavaScript based, so text capture did not expose every field. The research did confirm the main search controls and the jail's list of public information. Exact spelling helps. So does searching with fewer fields if a first search fails, since a name may be entered with a middle name, suffix, or spelling variation.

Daviess County Inmate Record Contents

A Daviess County inmate record on the public side should be read as jail data, not as a full criminal case file. The jail publishes custody and booking fields that help identify a person and understand current status. It does not publish some sensitive or operational fields, even when those fields exist internally. Court dates, for example, are not public through DCDC's inmate-information page and should be checked through the Kentucky court tools or the clerk.

Daviess County Jail vs State Prison

The Daviess County jail roster is the first stop for recent arrest and local jail custody. The Kentucky Online Offender Lookup, or KOOL, is the separate state corrections search for Kentucky DOC offenders and state custody. A sentenced person from Daviess County may move from the local roster to a DOC location or supervision record. That transfer can make a jail roster search look empty even when the person remains in custody.

Federal and immigration custody add two more routes. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. The ICE detainee locator searches immigration custody by A-number or biographical data. ICE also lists DCDC as a detention facility, so a person may be physically at the county jail while the correct search path is ICE.

Daviess County Detention Facility

The facility map confirms one public detention facility in Daviess County for county jail purposes. DCDC is the local jail, the state-local custody point shown in KY DOC reports, a U.S. Marshals contract site, and an ICE-listed facility. Searchers should not treat the SAP and RCC rows as independent public jails with separate visitor lobbies or separate websites.

• Daviess County Detention Center - holds county pretrial and sentenced inmates, state Class D/local-facility inmates, federal/USMS prisoners, and ICE detainees by contract.

Daviess County has law-enforcement offices in Owensboro, including the sheriff and the Owensboro Police Department, but no official source confirmed a separate city jail or state prison inside the county.

Daviess County Jail Programs

DCDC publishes more local program detail than many jail sites. The official program list includes the Class D Inmate Work Program, Substance Abuse Program, GED, Moral Reconation Therapy, reentry support, ministry, Bible study, Jumu'ah, Celebrate Recovery, Narcotics Anonymous, Alcoholics Anonymous, SparKY Dog Program, and other groups. Inmates request programs through kiosks, and waiting lists are generally first-come, first-served. Programs do not run during meals or head counts.

The jail's medical operation is also part of the population picture. Southern Health Partners provides 24-hour on-site medical, mental-health, and dental care. The public may call the medical extension to provide information, but HIPAA limits what staff can disclose. Recent litigation and news in the research should be treated as dated context, not as a roster search tool or a final statement about every case.

Daviess County Inmate Population FAQ