PCDC Release Destinations
Powell County Detention Center, often shortened to PCDC, is the central local detention facility in Powell County. A departure from this jail can lead to the community, another jail, a Kentucky Department of Corrections location, community supervision, or a detaining agency. The record must be read by custody type. “Released from PCDC” means only that PCDC gave up physical custody unless the destination field or another official source confirms more.
A locally charged person may leave after posting bond, receiving a court order, having charges dismissed, receiving credit for time served, or completing a local sentence. Bond is not a completed case. Conditions and future hearings can remain. A transfer ends the PCDC custody entry but keeps the person confined elsewhere. An outstanding warrant or detainer can also change the destination.
State-sentenced residents follow a different route. PCDC can house people under KDOC authority. They may transfer to another state location, be paroled, enter Mandatory Reentry Supervision, or reach minimum-expiration discharge. KOOL and KDOC Daily Releases apply to those state cases, not to every person booked locally.
Confirm a PCDC Release
The official Resident Directory is a current-custody starting point. It is not advertised as a released-person archive. During research, the dynamic Cadmus portal returned an application error, so its fields, update timing, photo display, and post-release retention could not be verified. A missing name can reflect release, transfer, lag, spelling variation, portal failure, another custodian, or a lawful record change.
- Check the PCDC Resident Directory with the correct spelling and plausible aliases.
- Call PCDC or submit its official contact form. Ask whether the person left on release or transfer and request the actual entry.
- Search Kentucky VINE by name or jail ID. Inspect a separate DOC result too when one appears.
- Check the Powell court case for bond, dismissal, judgment, sentence, probation, revocation, or another release authority.
- For a state-sentenced person, compare KOOL identifiers and find a matching KDOC Daily Releases entry.
The full county and state fallback chain is also organized on the Powell County released inmates search. Record the time each system was checked because a court order, jail departure, VINE event, and directory update can occur at different times.
PCDC Release Record Fields
A jail release record answers when and under what authority PCDC relinquished the person. The Powell court file answers why the law permitted that action. A state supervision record answers what followed in a KDOC case. Asking for a defined set of existing fields is more useful than asking staff to reconstruct a full history.
| Field | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Full name and date of birth | Identifies the correct person. |
| Booking number | Separates one custody episode from another. |
| Admission date | Marks the start of the jail stay. |
| Release date and time | Records the processed physical departure. |
| Release authority or type | May identify bond, court order, time served, transfer, or another basis. |
| Receiving agency or destination | Can distinguish community departure from continued custody, if public. |
PCDC has not published a formal online retention period or a verified list of its database codes. The items above are fields to request, not a promise that each is stored or disclosed. Expungement, sealing, juvenile rules, security, privacy, and other exemptions can restrict access.
Note: A court order may authorize release before PCDC completes processing and records the actual exit time.
Request PCDC Release Records
The official PCDC contact page provides the facility’s request route. It asks for first name, last name, email, and request details. Although that page uses the term “FOIA,” a local request is governed by the Kentucky Open Records Act. Name the record, person, and date range. Ask for electronic delivery and a cost estimate.
Powell County Detention Center755 Breckenridge Street
Stanton, KY 40380
606-663-6400
No official records-desk hours or facility-specific copy charge was found. Kentucky law generally requires an agency response within five days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. If more time is needed, the response should state why and give the earliest date of availability. A denial should identify and explain the legal exception.
Under KRS 61.872, recognized request channels can include hand delivery, mail, fax, and email. The right covers existing nonexempt records. It does not require PCDC to answer broad questions or compile a new report. If PCDC is not the custodian, ask it to identify the proper office.
PCDC Court Release Authority
Powell District and Circuit records can preserve the legal reason for departure after a name is gone from the jail directory. District Court handles misdemeanors, violations, early felony matters, and many initial bond decisions. Circuit Court handles felony prosecution and sentencing. The same person can have several open matters, including cases outside Powell County.
Use KCOJ to locate the case, then call or visit the Powell County Office of Circuit Court Clerk for the complete file. Useful entries include bond orders, recognizance, dismissal, acquittal, judgment, sentence, probation, shock probation, revocation, and sentence credit. A next court date alone is not a release event.
Powell County Office of Circuit Court Clerk525 Washington Street, P.O. Box 578
Stanton, KY 40380
606-663-4141 or 606-663-4142
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Older files may be held offsite or destroyed under court retention schedules. Sealed, juvenile, confidential, or expunged material may not be available. A blank court search must not be treated as proof of release or expungement.
PCDC Local and State Custody
The current official PCDC site describes both local and state residents and publishes a 2026 fiscal report. This mixed operation is the facility’s most important local feature. It explains why someone in a county jail can appear in KOOL or on a Kentucky Parole Board eligibility list. Current official details should replace old directories that may carry stale addresses or capacity figures.
PCDC is operated by elected Powell County Jailer Teddy Lacy. The staff page also lists Chief Deputy Holly Drake. Kentucky separates the jailer’s role from the sheriff’s role, so release-record requests should go to PCDC rather than assuming the sheriff maintains the booking system.
The official facility image capture failed, so no failed manifest image is used. The successful capture from the official PCDC web app instead shows its service and Resident Directory route.
The app’s directory tile leads to the same current Cadmus portal. No separate recent-release tab or released-photo history was verified there.
PCDC State Release Confirmation
For a state resident, begin with KOOL and match the DOC or PID number, aliases, demographics, offenses, and location. A current PCDC location shows where the person is housed, not that release has occurred. Projected, minimum-expiration, parole-eligibility, and maximum-expiration dates are distinct sentence fields. None proves an actual departure by itself.
KDOC Daily Releases is the released-first source. Its date-stamped PDFs show DOC number, name, Type of Release, Released From, and Highest Felony Class. A June 24, 2025 sheet includes two releases from PCDC with different outcomes: Mandatory Reentry Supervision in state and discharge at minimum expiration. That is direct evidence that the county facility can serve as a state release point.
Mandatory Reentry Supervision is a supervised state release, not full discharge. Parole also leaves KDOC supervision in place. A minimum-expiration discharge marks a different sentence endpoint. Preserve the state’s exact release label and check District 8 when KOOL reports Powell County supervision.
PCDC Release Alerts and Limits
PCDC’s victims page links Kentucky VINE. Search by partial name or jail/DOC identification number, compare custody location, and inspect all plausible records. The official Kentucky FAQ warns that one person can have both a local jail record and a DOC record. Register or check both when both appear.
VINE can report release, transfer, escape, and other custody changes. A timely alert is useful, but it is not a certified historical ledger. A February 2026 vendor incident produced false release alerts in Kentucky, which reinforces the need for a second source. Call PCDC for its entry, use KOOL and Daily Releases for a state event, or check the court order.
No distinct Powell 24-hour or 72-hour release feed was found in PCDC navigation, its PWA, the Cadmus directory, or the official social sweep. The KDOC daily archive is limited to state releases and must not be called a Powell County jail feed.