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Webster County Inmate Population Overview

The Webster County inmate population is centered on the Webster County Detention Center in Dixon. The county detention page says the jailer fulfills Webster County Fiscal Court's duty to provide incarceration for people arrested, sentenced, or held by order of Webster County District and Circuit Courts. That makes the detention center the first local stop for current arrests, bond questions, jail records, visits, money, property, and booking status. The public county page names Jailer Greg Sauls as the official responsible for the facility, while the sheriff's office remains a separate law-enforcement agency led by Sheriff William Braden.

KDOC reporting treats the campus as two related pieces. The secure Webster line covers the main jail population. A separate Webster RCC line covers restricted-custody and non-secure inmates connected to Class D and community-custody work-program use. That split matters when reading a Webster County inmate population number, because the Fiscal Court capacity statement describes the detention center broadly while the state weekly jail report separates secure and restricted-custody beds.

The county's detention center page shows the local capacity statement and jailer role. The screenshot below is from that official county source.

The county page is useful for broad capacity and program context; live custody searches still route to JailTracker or to the jail information line.

Webster County Inmate Population Statistics

The most concrete current Webster County inmate population snapshot in the research file is the Kentucky Department of Corrections weekly jail report dated January 15, 2026. It lists the secure Webster line with 194 beds and 137 reported inmates. It also lists Webster RCC with 72 beds and 29 reported inmates. The county-published detention page separately says the detention center can house up to 269 inmates, a figure that is close to the two KDOC bed lines combined.

Webster County Inmate Population Trends

Only a narrow multi-year trend could be confirmed from official sources. The strongest record is the January 15, 2026 KDOC weekly jail report. Earlier search-result snippets show Webster RCC at 29 inmates on October 31, 2024 and non-secure male RCC population of 28 on October 9, 2025, but the full secure Webster line was not extracted for those earlier dates. Because the research did not locate annual bookings, average length of stay, or race and age bands, those figures should not be inferred.

Using the 2026 secure jail number against the 2024 Census estimate gives a point-in-time rate of about 1,066 secure jail inmates per 100,000 Webster County residents. Adding the RCC line gives 166 total reported inmates on the campus, or about 1,291 per 100,000 residents. Those are calculations from official inputs, not a published county rate.

Who Makes Up Webster County Inmates

The KDOC January 15, 2026 report gives a custody breakdown for the Webster County inmate population. The secure line reported 95 secure male inmates and 19 secure female inmates, plus non-secure male and female counts within the Webster line. It also reported Class D inmates, controlled-intake inmates, parole violators, and community-custody eligible people. These labels are state reporting terms. A Class D inmate is generally a lower-level felony inmate who may be held locally, while controlled intake means state-prison admission is being managed while the person remains in local custody.

• Secure male line: 95 total, including 32 Class D inmates, 10 controlled-intake inmates, and 3 parole violators.
• Secure female line: 19 total, including 4 Class D inmates, 2 controlled-intake inmates, and 1 parole violator.
• Non-secure Webster line: 10 male and 13 female inmates were separately listed within Webster's report detail.
• RCC line: 29 non-secure male inmates, including 12 Class D and 17 community-custody eligible inmates.
• Federal inmates: the Webster and Webster RCC lines both showed 0 federal inmates in the cited KDOC report.

Webster County Jail Capacity

The January 15, 2026 KDOC report listed the secure Webster line at 71 percent of capacity and 57 under capacity. Webster RCC was listed at 40 percent of capacity and 43 under capacity. Those figures do not show overcrowding on that report date. They also help explain why the county's 269-inmate capacity statement and the state's 194 secure beds plus 72 RCC beds should be read together, not as a contradiction.

No official Webster County jail litigation, consent decree, death-in-custody report, or new-jail construction source was located in the research. State jail standards still matter. KRS Chapter 441 governs Kentucky jails and county prisoners, and 501 KAR 3:040 ties jail personnel rules to Kentucky's minimum jail standards for facilities that house state prisoners.

Laws Governing Webster County Inmate Records

Kentucky public-records law controls much of the access path for Webster County inmate records. Current custody is easiest through the jail roster, but booking records, photos, jail reports, and law-enforcement records may require a request to the office that keeps the record. The county jail, sheriff, court clerk, and state agencies each maintain different records, so one request path does not cover all inmate population questions.

Search Webster County Jail Roster

The official Webster County inmate population search starts with the jail's Current Inmates frame, which loads the direct Webster County JailTracker roster. JailTracker is free for public viewing. It is the county roster for current and agency-enabled recent local jail records, not a statewide criminal-history report. If a person has moved into sentenced felony custody, Kentucky Online Offender Lookup is the better search.

1. Open the Webster current-inmates frame or the direct JailTracker roster.
2. Allow JavaScript and complete the captcha if the app presents one.
3. Search by last name, then narrow with first name or the released-in-last-days option if visible.
4. Open the offender detail view for charges, bond fields, court dates, case numbers, holds, image fields, and release date if enabled.
5. If no county result appears, check KOOL, VINELink, BOP, ICE, or call the detention center.

The official current-inmates page is a frame wrapper for the roster. The screenshot below shows that county path before the JailTracker application loads.

Use that frame link when starting from the jail website, and use the direct JailTracker link when the frame layout does not load well in a browser.

Webster County Inmate Search Fields

JailTracker is a Blazor app, so the exact controls can vary by agency settings. The research identified these labels and fields from the official Webster roster application. A last-name search is the cleanest starting point. For common names, first name and released-date filters can reduce false matches. Captcha is a normal part of the public roster workflow when presented.

What Webster County Inmate Records Show

A Webster County JailTracker profile can include the person's name, offender image field, booking number, arresting agency, charges, charge descriptions, case numbers, court dates, bond fields, warrant numbers, holds, charge status, and release date or time when the agency enables those fields. A roster entry is not the same as a conviction. It is a custody and booking record tied to the jail and court process.

Booking

The intake record created when a person is received at the jail.

Bond

A court-set release condition. Webster jail notes that jails do not set bonds.

Detainer

A hold from another agency that can keep a person in custody even after a local bond is posted.

Controlled intake

A state-prison intake status where sentenced inmates may remain in local custody while transfer is managed.

County Jail vs State Prison Search

Webster County JailTracker, KOOL, VINELink, BOP, and ICE answer different questions. The county roster is for current local jail custody. KOOL is for sentenced Kentucky Department of Corrections records and may also show state inmates in local facilities. VINELink is for custody notification and status alerts. BOP handles federal sentenced custody. ICE handles immigration detention. A person may move from one system to another after bond, sentencing, transfer, or a detainer.

Webster County Detention Facilities

The Webster County inmate population is reported through two local facility lines. Both use the Dixon detention-center campus and public contact path, but the state reporting line separates secure custody from restricted custody. That distinction is important for family members, records requesters, and people trying to understand why a person may be listed as a county or state inmate locally.

• Webster County Detention Center holds people arrested, sentenced, or ordered held by Webster County District and Circuit Courts, plus local and state inmates reported through the secure jail line.
• Webster County Restricted Custody Center is the Webster RCC non-secure reporting line for restricted-custody and Class D or community-custody eligible inmates.

Webster County Custody Details

Visitors to the detention center need government-issued identification if they are adults, and minors must come with an adult. The jail's official visitation rules say visits are 15 minutes, non-contact, and limited to one visit per week. Female county and state inmates have Saturday and Sunday blocks from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.; male inmates have Saturday and Sunday blocks from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.; protective custody is 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. both days. RCC contact visits were posted as suspended under a Covid notice, so current status should be confirmed by phone before travel.

Bond rules are also local. The official jail bond page says Pre-Trial services meets with a person within 12 hours of booking if no pre-set bond exists, and that jails do not set bonds. Bonds are paid at the courthouse during weekday business hours, while cash and surety bonds may be paid at the jail when the courthouse is closed. The jail page also lists a booking fee, jail bond fee, court bond filing fee, and daily room and board charge.

Programs give extra context to the inmate population. Official Webster sources list GED, AA, Moral Reconation Therapy, NCRC classes, religious services, male and female Class D Work Programs, and a library. Work-program and RCC details should not be read as a promise that any specific inmate qualifies. Classification is a jail decision based on custody status, sentence, safety, and program eligibility.

Webster County Inmate Population FAQ

How large is the Webster County inmate population? The January 15, 2026 KDOC weekly jail report listed 137 inmates on the secure Webster line and 29 inmates on the Webster RCC line. The county detention page separately says the facility can house up to 269 inmates.

Where is the fastest inmate lookup? Start with the Webster County JailTracker roster for current county custody. If the person was sentenced to state prison or moved into KDOC custody, use KOOL instead.

Can released inmates be found online? JailTracker has released-in-last-days controls when the agency exposes them. Older booking records may require a request to the detention center or the office that created the record.

Does Webster County have a sheriff app? No official Webster County, Kentucky sheriff or police mobile app was located in the research, and no app-only roster or warrant search was documented.