United States · Kentucky · Monticello
Wayne County Detention Center
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Wayne County Detention Center is a county jail located in Wayne County, Kentucky. Rated capacity: 180. Reported population: 188. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
180
Current population
188
Occupancy
104%
Year opened
—
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 7 Jul 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
mixed
Opened
—
Region
Kentucky
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 104% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
Related facilities
Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
- Beaufort County Detention CenterWashingtonMaximumCounty jail222% occupancy
- Abbeville County Detention CenterAbbevilleMaximumCounty jail200% occupancy
- Southwest Virginia Regional Jail - TazewellTazewellMaximumCounty jail330% occupancy
- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
- Spartanburg County Main JailSpartanburgMaximumCounty jail152% occupancy
- Anderson County Detention CenterAndersonMaximumCounty jail183% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersHigher risk than 92% of peer facilities in United States.
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- List of immigrant detention sites in the United States — Wikipedia — Wikipedia / U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Wayne County Detention Center. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/wayne-county-detention-center
"Wayne County Detention Center." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/wayne-county-detention-center.
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