Big Sandy Regional Detention Center Releases
Big Sandy Regional Detention Center, commonly shortened to BSRDC, is the primary local detention source for a person arrested in Martin County. It is a regional county jail in Paintsville, Johnson County. Martin remains the filing county when a Martin charge brought the person into custody. The jail record tracks the physical custody event, while the Martin court file explains the order or case action behind it.
A person can leave BSRDC in several ways. Bond, dismissal, time served, probation, or another court-authorized disposition may lead to community release. A commitment to Kentucky Department of Corrections, delivery to another county, or handoff to federal or immigration authority ends BSRDC custody without ending confinement. Ask the jail to state which occurred. A name missing from the current roster is only the start of that inquiry.
| Outcome | Best next record |
|---|---|
| Community release | BSRDC booking/release sheet and matching VINE released status |
| Kentucky DOC commitment | BSRDC receiving-agency entry and Kentucky Offender Online Lookup |
| Other jail or agency transfer | Transfer field plus the receiving agency's custody system |
| Bond, dismissal, or probation | Martin County court order and BSRDC release timestamp |
Confirm a BSRDC Release
The official BSRDC roster is configured for current offenders only. Search the full name and compare the profile, intake information, identifier, and photograph when one is supplied. If the person is still shown, there is no confirmed release. If the person is gone, continue instead of treating the absence as a release list.
- Search the current roster and record the correct name, offender ID, and intake detail.
- Search Kentucky VINE for the matching local-jail record and read its status and associated date.
- Call BSRDC and ask whether the person went to the community or to another authority.
- Request the release date and time, disposition code, and receiving agency when transferred.
- Check KOOL, BOP, or ICE only when the transfer path points to that system.
- Use the Martin court order to learn the legal basis for the custody change.
The broader Martin County released-inmate search and records guide explains how to reconcile jail, court, DOC, and federal results for a named person.
BSRDC Release Record Requests
For durable proof, ask for an existing booking/release sheet rather than asking staff to write a new explanation. A focused request identifies the person and approximate booking date, then asks for booking and release date and time, release or disposition code, booking number, and the receiving agency if custody was transferred. A date of birth may help separate namesakes when reasonably needed.
Kentucky residents may seek nonexempt executive-branch records under KRS 61.872. A request may be delivered by hand, mail, fax, or email to the designated custodian and should include a clear record description, delivery preference, and required residency statement. The standardized OAG-1 form must be accepted. BSRDC has not published a local request form, records email, copying rate, or special release-record fee in the reviewed material, so call before sending a request or payment.
Medical, juvenile, sealed, expunged, victim, security-sensitive, private, and qualifying investigative material may be withheld or redacted. Ask for segregable nonexempt fields. Kentucky Attorney General decision 21-ORD-013 found a BSRDC denial deficient when it did not cite an exception and explain how it applied, but that decision does not make every jail record automatically public.
Big Sandy Regional Detention Center Contact
The official office page supplies the practical contact point for a release check and advises that the office closes on weekends and designated holidays. Call before traveling, especially when the goal is a records visit rather than a custody-status question.
The BSRDC office-hours page shows when the local office is normally available.
The captured page supports the weekday contact window, but a caller should still confirm holiday access before an in-person trip.
Martin Court Records After BSRDC Release
The jail timestamp and court order answer different questions. BSRDC records when custody ended or moved. The Martin County court file can show the bond order, dismissal, judgment, sentence, probation order, or revocation action that gave legal context. A felony can begin in District Court and proceed in Circuit Court after indictment, so checking only one case number may miss part of the path.
The Martin County Circuit Court Clerk is Denise M. Gauze. The office is at Martin County Courthouse, 14 Court Street, P.O. Box 430, Inez, KY 41224, with telephone 606-298-3508 and fax 606-298-4202. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Online docket tools are useful for orientation, but the actual order is stronger than a summary charge line. Older records may be stored elsewhere or affected by retention rules, sealing, or expungement.
Note: A court order date, physical release timestamp, and public-system update time can differ without any record being wrong.
VINE and BSRDC Release Status
Kentucky VINE is a useful status and notification channel for a BSRDC record. Search by partial name or a jail identifier, then confirm that the facility and identity match. Kentucky's official description says a no-longer-in-custody result supplies that status and a date released. It remains a participating-agency feed, so the jail record is the better durable source when exact release time, disposition, or transfer recipient matters.
A local-jail VINE release alert can coexist with an active Kentucky DOC record. That often means the BSRDC portion ended when the person entered state custody. Kentucky advises registering on both the jail and DOC records when both exist. If VINE and the roster appear inconsistent, verify first with BSRDC, then with the system that may have received the person.
Which Big Sandy Facility Released Them?
Martin County's facility map reverses the pattern many readers expect. People held on ordinary Martin County charges often go outside the county to a four-county regional jail in Paintsville. At the same time, a high-security federal prison and its minimum-security satellite camp sit inside Martin County near Inez. The phrase “Big Sandy” therefore identifies two custody systems with different records, officers, and release routes.
BSRDC is the regional county jail. Its releases are checked through the facility, Kentucky VINE, Martin court records, and, when indicated, KOOL or another receiving agency. USP Big Sandy and its camp are Bureau of Prisons institutions. Federal releases are checked through the BOP Inmate Locator and federal case record. Neither federal institution feeds the BSRDC roster, and BSRDC cannot issue a federal release record.
The BSRDC site identifies the regional facility and its member sheriffs.
The facility page helps confirm that the Paintsville jail serves the member counties and is distinct from the federal complex in Inez.
Correcting a BSRDC Release Record
BSRDC says it will attempt to verify and correct inmate-record errors brought to its attention. Identify the exact person, booking, field, and source of the conflict. Supply a reliable document that supports the correction and ask the custodian to verify the field. A wrong court disposition belongs with the Martin clerk, while a KOOL error belongs with Kentucky DOC. A VINE mismatch should first be checked against the source agency that sent the event.
The facility also warns that it does not call families or authorize an outside agency to demand $2,500 through Apple Pay to get someone released. Verify any bond or release direction with the jail and court. Do not act on an unsolicited payment demand merely because the caller knows a person's name or booking detail.
BSRDC Release or Transfer
The most useful question is direct: “Was this person released to the community or transferred?” If transferred, ask for the receiving agency. A Kentucky DOC commitment should lead to KOOL. A federal transfer calls for the BOP locator or federal docket, depending on whether the person is sentenced or awaiting federal proceedings. A possible ICE handoff calls for the ICE locator and the jail's receiving-agency field.
No reviewed official source established a Martin County ICE contract or dedicated ICE facility. ICE is therefore a case-specific possibility, not a claim about routine BSRDC releases. Likewise, no separately operating Martin County jail in Inez was established. Keeping the facility, filing county, and receiving system separate is the safest way to describe what happened.