Search Lee County, KY Inmate Records

Lee County, KY jails hold prisoners after an arrest or people who have been transferred to the county from a detention center. Lee County holds 2 jails with a total of 4,475 inmates. These correctional facilities have private cells for extremely violent criminals or controversial suspects. Lee County jails are subject to health and medical restrictions and have to provide medical care to all its inmates.

Lee County Quick Facts

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Lee County Population Total
2,391 / 484 / 12
Female Population, Rate & Count
3,061 / 908 / 28
Male Population, Rate & Count
$22,920
Median Income
4,083.2
Arrest Rate
1,079.5
Local Jail Rate
58
Local Jail Count (the average # of people in jail for one day)
58
Population Total Confined
567
Pretrial Rate
12,149
Admit Rate
663
Admit Count
4,475
Yearly Prisoner Count

County Crimes by Type

The Timeline of the County Crime Trends

200720092012201320142015
Violent Crime Total011001
Murder And Nonnegligent Manslaughter000000
Revised Rape000000
Legacy Rape000000
Robbery001000
Aggravated Assault010001
Property Crime Total2111660
Burglary001000
Larceny Theft119660
Motor Vehicle Theft101000
Arson000000

Lee County Jail Demographics

The county has 6,737 people confined with a jail population density of 21 prisoners per jail. When breaking down the population by gender, females are a minority compared to male prisoners, being 2,176 women and 2,299 men.

A Timeline of Yearly Data Pop Total from 2005-2015

Year Total Population
2005 7,823
2006 7,850
2007 7,855
2008 7,859
2009 7,885
2010 7,714
2011 7,791
2012 7,646
2013 7,659
2014 7,594
2015 6,737

A Timeline of Yearly Female/Male Incarceration for the Years 2005-2015

Year Male Population Female Population
2005 3,061 2,391
2006 3,115 2,388
2007 3,140 2,371
2008 3,170 2,366
2009 3,211 2,352
2010 3,062 2,360
2011 3,134 2,327
2012 3,045 2,305
2013 3,105 2,262
2014 3,075 2,225
2015 2,299 2,176

A Timeline of Lee County Incarceration by Gender

Year Male Rate Female Rate
2005 908 484
2006 1,206 307
2007 1,313 422
2008 1,309 426
2009 1,405 309
2010 1,391 333
2011 1,356 361
2012 1,454 438
2013 1,454 438
2014 1,454 438
2015 1,454 438

Lee County Prison Records by Race & Ethnicity

64.29 %
White
0.77 %
Black
0.53 %
Latino
0.25 %
Asian

County Jail Statistics

The county has an arrest rate of 4,083 and a local jail rate of 1,079 inmates per year and a pretrial rate of 567 pre trials per 100,000 residents aged from 15 to 64. The jail admit rate for the area equals 12,149, which is higher compared to the statistics of 2005 - 9,613 incarcerations a year.

Local Jail, Pretrial and Admit Rates

12,149
Admit Rate
1,079
Local Jail Rate
567
Pretrial Rate

The average jail count for Lee is 58 incarcerations in a day. The numbers have increased during the last 10 years, when there were on average 39 imprisonments a day.

Lee County Incarceration Rates

Year Jail Rate
2005 722
2006 747
2007 843
2008 853
2009 889
2010 878
2011 954
2012 1,079
2013 1,079
2014 1,079
2015 1,079

Pretrial vs. Admit Rates Timeline

Year Admit Rate Pretrial Rate
2005 9,613 420
2006 10,074 449
2007 12,289 476
2008 14,456 342
2009 9,546 658
2010 10,873 597
2011 12,149 532
2012 12,149 567
2013 12,149 567
2014 12,149 567
2015 12,149 567

The Average Number of Incarcerations per Day

Year Jail Count
2005 39
2006 41
2007 46
2008 47
2009 49
2010 48
2011 52
2012 58
2013 58
2014 58
2015 58