Pulaski County Jail Mugshots
The official Pulaski County roster path begins on the Pulaski County Detention Center roster landing page and leads to the JailTracker/Public Safety Cloud roster application. The public app assets include an "Offender Image" field and image handling, which means a Pulaski County booking photo may display on a profile when the facility publishes one. The official jail materials do not publish a separate recent-booking photo gallery or daily mugshot report.
The jail roster is a custody tool first. It can show current inmates and recently released people when the Released search is selected. It is not a permanent photo archive, and the Pulaski sources reviewed do not state a fixed mugshot retention period. That matters because a person might appear in the current roster, appear under the 7-day or 30-day released filters, or not appear online at all even though a booking record exists.
What is and isn't public: The public roster may show an offender image when Pulaski publishes it. Non-online photos, restricted records, and records affected by safety or security limits may require a records request or may be withheld.
Pulaski JailTracker Photo Fields
JailTracker is the main place to check for Pulaski County jail mugshots. The app has a Current Only search for people presently held and a Released search with 7-day and 30-day filters. Search by last name first when spelling is uncertain, then narrow by first name. If the result grid shows the right person, open the profile or action control to see details.
The public field inventory located in the app assets shows that photos sit beside booking and charge data. A profile can also include cases, charges, bond fields, court dates, holds, and VINELink integration. Those fields help identify the person in the image, but the booking photo should not be read as proof of guilt. It is an identification image from the booking process.
| Roster Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Offender Image | Booking or inmate image when the facility publishes one in the JailTracker profile. |
| Name | Last name, first name, and middle name in the result grid or profile. |
| Book Date | Date the person was booked into Pulaski County Detention Center. |
| Release Date | Date shown for released profiles when available through the released search. |
| Booking Number | Jail booking identifier tied to the custody episode. |
| Jacket | JailTracker person identifier when enabled. |
| Facility | Facility column, which may identify Pulaski County Detention Center or a local label. |
| Charges and Cases | Charge text, status, bond, court date, case number, warrant number, and related court fields when published. |
| Holds | Outside agency holds, hold dates, priority, phone, and hold type when listed. |
Request Pulaski County Booking Photos
When a Pulaski County booking photo does not appear online, the official local fallback is an open-records request to the detention center. The jail homepage names Capt. Kevin Russell as Custodian of Records and says all open-records requests must be mailed to him at Pulaski County Detention Center, 300 Hail Knob Road, Somerset, KY 42503. The jail policy allows open-records requests Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, excluding holidays.
- Search the Pulaski JailTracker roster under Current Only for a person believed to be in custody.
- If the person has been released, switch to Released and use the available 7-day or 30-day filter.
- Open the profile and look for the Offender Image field, booking number, book date, facility, and charge details.
- If the photo is not online, mail a clear open-records request to Capt. Kevin Russell at the detention center address.
- Include the person's full name, date of birth if known, booking date or approximate arrest date, and the specific phrase "booking photograph" or "offender image."
- Use the court file for case outcomes because a booking photo does not show whether charges were dismissed, amended, or led to a conviction.
The current statewide response rule in KRS 61.880 gives an agency five days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, to decide whether it will comply. The older Pulaski jail policy PDF refers to three working days, so current statutory timing should be treated as the controlling public-records baseline.
Kentucky Booking Photo Law
Kentucky law treats booking photos as part of the public-records framework, but it also limits certain commercial uses. KRS 61.870 defines a "booking photograph and photographic record of inmate" as an image created by law enforcement for identification at booking or an inmate photo taken under the DOC photo statute. That definition is the reason a Pulaski jail mugshot request should use precise terms.
Key statutes: KRS 61.870 defines booking photographs and inmate photographic records. KRS 61.8746 targets pay-to-remove commercial use of booking photos or official inmate photos obtained from a public agency. KRS 196.099 requires KDOC to keep and update inmate photographic records.
KRS 61.8746 is not a blanket ban on official release. It is aimed at commercial use where a booking photo or official inmate photo is posted in a publication or on a website and removal requires payment or another form of consideration. A person who requested removal under that statute may have a right of action in Circuit Court and may recover costs and reasonable attorney's fees if the statute applies.
Pulaski Mugshot Retention Limits
The official Pulaski County jail materials do not state that jail mugshots stay online for a fixed number of days after release. The public app does support Current Only searches and Released searches with 7-day and 30-day filters, so those are the only specific online windows documented for the roster. A released person's profile may not remain visible outside the facility's current app settings.
A photo can also be absent for reasons that have nothing to do with guilt or innocence. The facility may not publish the offender image, the person may be outside the roster's released filter, the image may be withheld for a records-law reason, or the person may have moved into state or federal custody. For final case status after a booking photo, check Pulaski County court records after arrest rather than relying on the photo or roster alone.
KOOL Photos for State Offenders
Sentenced Kentucky offenders are searched through Kentucky Online Offender Lookup, known as KOOL. KOOL is different from the Pulaski jail roster. It is a Kentucky Department of Corrections locator for state inmates, state custody, and some supervision records. KOOL search fields and snippets include a photo-only option, and results may say "Offender photo available" for some records.
KOOL may show a person at Pulaski County Detention Center if that person is a state inmate housed locally, or it may show a prison, local jail, or District 20 - Somerset supervision location. The state profile can include DOC or PID identifiers, institution start date, classification, conviction county, offense information, indictment number, conviction date, and statute code. KOOL also warns that newer offender data may not have been finalized, so recent Pulaski arrests should be verified with the jail and court first.
| KOOL Field | Photo-Related Use |
|---|---|
| Photo flag | Search or result indicators can show when an offender photo is available. |
| Photo-only filter | Helps narrow state records to profiles with a listed image. |
| Location | Shows prison, local jail, probation/parole district, or other state custody location. |
| Conviction county | Pulaski searches may use conviction-county routing, but that is not a county booking list. |
| DOC identifiers | State person identifiers help distinguish people with similar names. |
Mugshot Removal and Expungement
A booking photo can remain a government record even when a charge is later dismissed. Removal from a public website, restriction in a court file, and expungement are separate issues. Kentucky's commercial-use statute addresses pay-to-remove photo publication, while court sealing or expungement is handled through court orders and eligibility rules. A person seeking to clear an arrest record should focus on the underlying case disposition and any expungement order.
If a Pulaski booking photo is attached to an incorrect record, a sealed case, or an expunged matter, the practical route is to gather the court order and contact the originating record holder. For jail records, that is the Pulaski County Detention Center records custodian. For case files, it is the Pulaski Circuit Court Clerk. Do not assume a roster update means the court record changed, or that a court dismissal automatically deletes every jail record image.
Federal Mugshots Are Different
The Pulaski jail homepage says the detention center houses federal inmates, and KDOC weekly reports include a federal-inmate field for Pulaski. That does not make federal booking photos part of a local mugshot gallery. A person physically held at Pulaski County Detention Center on a federal hold may appear in the county roster while in local custody, but federal release, transfer, and prosecution are controlled by the federal authority.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator is for sentenced federal prisoners after designation or transfer. It is not a booking-photo site. The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is for immigration custody and is not a mugshot gallery. The U.S. Marshals Service also has its own booking-photograph disclosure policy, so federal mugshot access does not follow the same path as a Pulaski County JailTracker profile.
Verification point: A Pulaski County booking photo identifies a custody event. It does not prove conviction, sentence, or final court outcome.