Christian County Jail

Christian County Jail is an ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) detention facility located in Hopkinsville, Kentucky. It falls under the Chicago Field Office ERO field office area of responsibility.

Facility quick reference

How to locate or contact a detainee

Programs listed by the jail

The jail’s Inmate Support page lists these services (checked October 20, 2026):

• AA/NA on Wednesdays.
• GED services and adult education.
• Jobs for Life (YMCA).

To locate someone in ICE custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator System at locator.ice.gov. You will need the person’s A-number (Alien Registration Number) and country of birth, or their full name, country of birth, and date of birth.

To ask whether someone is held here, call the number ICE publishes for detainee information: (270) 887-4152, which ICE lists as answered between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Have the person’s biographical information ready: first, last and hyphenated names, any aliases, date of birth and country of birth.

Detainees cannot receive incoming calls. Instead of an urgent-message phone line, ICE’s page says detainees can receive incoming messages through jailatm.com, the same site ICE lists for sending a non-confidential message.

Visiting in person

ICE’s page for this facility (last updated 08/07/2026, checked October 15, 2026) lists on-site and remote video visits for friends and family, under its “In-Person Visitation” heading:

• Weekly allowance: ICE detainees get one half-hour of free on-site visitation per week, which can be divided into two 15-minute visits.
• All family and social visits are non-contact. Everyone entering is subject to a pat-down search, an inspection of belongings and a metal scan.
• Parking: ICE lists free public parking at the facility.

Sending mail, commissary funds, and personal items

For comparison, ICE’s National Detention Standards, Revised 2019, §5.1(E) require every facility to inspect all incoming general correspondence for contraband, and allow outgoing general mail to be inspected and/or read if it is addressed to another detainee or if there is reason to believe it might threaten the facility’s secure or orderly operation, endanger the recipient or the public, or facilitate criminal activity. Special correspondence (mail to or from attorneys and other legal representatives, courts and judges, embassies and consulates, members of Congress, DHS and Justice Department offices and the other senders the standard lists) follows separate rules by direction: incoming special correspondence is inspected for contraband in the detainee’s presence, while outgoing special correspondence is not opened, inspected or read under facility policy, and if a need exists any inspection takes place in the detainee’s presence. Staff may neither read nor copy special correspondence in either direction. Mail counts as special correspondence only if the envelope unambiguously identifies the title and office of the sender (incoming mail) or of the addressee (outgoing mail).

What ICE publishes for this facility’s mail, money, and packages

• Removal luggage: ICE says that, if a detainee being removed from the United States does not already have baggage, one 40 lb bag can be sent or delivered after approval from the Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer (checked October 24, 2026).

The jail’s Property & Money page also lists the following (checked October 17, 2026):

• Money is accepted 24-hours a day at the side-entrance kiosk.

• Newspapers are accepted by mailed subscription.

• Religious material may be requested through the Chaplain.

• Non-legal mail goes to a Louisville address, not to the jail in Hopkinsville. ICE’s page gives this format, and says mail must include the sender’s name and address:

Christian County Jail
C/O Detainee Name, last four digits of the A Number
657 South Hurstbourne Parkway, Suite D PMB 230
Louisville, KY 40222

• Legal mail goes to the jail itself, labeled as legal mail (see the legal section below).
• ICE says incoming mail is screened for contraband and “is not read upon opening, only inspected by the delivery officer.” Detainees may seal their own outgoing letters, and outgoing mail is routed to the post office within 24 hours of receipt by facility staff.
• Phone-minute money: call Inmate Sales at 1-877-998-5678 or use inmatesales.com. Commissary funds: ICE lists www.jailatm.com and United States Postal Service money orders. The money order must reference the detainee’s name and last four digits of the A Number. The address listed below those instructions is Christian County Jail, C/O Detainee Name, last four digits of the A Number, 657 South Hurstbourne Parkway, Suite D PMB 230, Louisville, KY 40222. Funds received by mail are placed in the detainee’s account in the processing area, and the processing officer provides a receipt. ICE cautions against mailing cash.

The jail’s own Property & Money page says money orders may be mailed directly to 410 West 7th Street Hopkinsville, Kentucky 42240 (checked October 17, 2026). Its Inmate Support page says the Louisville address is for mail only and prohibits sending money there. This conflicts with the destination implied by ICE’s money-order instructions above.

• Packages: only items needed solely for travel or release from custody are allowed, with the ICE Deportation Officer’s approval. ICE’s page directs package questions to CHI-ERO-Detained@ice.dhs.gov.

Legal access, attorneys, and immigration court information

Detainees have the right to speak with an attorney, and attorney–client visits and calls are confidential. For information about a case before the immigration court (EOIR), EOIR’s automated line 1-800-898-7180 (toll-free, 24 hours a day, English and Spanish) gives the next hearing date and case status; callers enter the 9 digits of the A-number, without the letter A (EOIR, checked October 24, 2026). For a matter before the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), the main line of EOIR (the Justice Department agency the BIA belongs to) is (703) 305-0289. Applications for relief from removal must be filed directly with the immigration court handling the case. ICE states that a list of pro bono legal organizations is posted in housing units and other appropriate areas and updated quarterly; the detainee is responsible for contacting an organization for an appointment. If you cannot afford an attorney, the immigration court can provide a list of pro bono legal service providers — see the related resources below.

Case information, the deportation officer, legal calls, and legal mail

• Case information: ICE directs requests about a person held here to Chicago.Outreach@ice.dhs.gov, and says that mailbox does not accept applications for a stay of removal or case appeals.
• Deportation Officer: to learn who a client’s Deportation Officer is, email CHI-ERO-Detained@ice.dhs.gov. A G-28 must be on file before anything is disclosed.
• Video teleconference (VTC) meetings and confidential legal calls are requested by email to the facility contact ICE names on its page (Kyle.Spurlin@ccjail.org), or by calling the chief deputy at (270) 887-4152; ICE says the facility guides representatives through setting up the contact. The email should give the representative’s name and contact details, the detainee’s name and A-number, a few proposed dates and times, a scan of the representative’s government ID, proof of active legal-representative status and the DHS Form G-28 (unless pre-representational). Requests should be made 24 hours ahead; appointments are scheduled 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. in 30- to 60-minute increments, with one 60-minute appointment per representative with a detainee per day. If a legal assistant is the only legal representative joining the call, the email should also attach an authorization letter on the firm’s or organization’s letterhead and a scan of the assistant’s identification. Only legal representatives, legal assistants and interpreters may participate; clients’ family and friends are not permitted. Legal representatives and their staff may not record audio or video during any virtual or in-person visit or any call with detainees at the facility.
• Legal mail by post: label the package as legal mail and address it to the inmate’s name at 410 West 7th Street, Hopkinsville, KY 42240. ICE says the documents are inspected for contraband but not read, then delivered.

Feedback, complaints, and oversight

To report a concern about conditions at this facility or the conduct of an ICE or contract employee, contact the ERO Chicago Field Office that oversees this facility, or file a complaint with the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL). On its own Make a Civil Rights Complaint page DHS publishes one channel — the online portal at engage.dhs.gov/crcl-complaint; CBP additionally publishes, for the same office, the e-mail address CRCL@dhs.gov, fax (202) 401-4708, and the postal address DHS/CRCL, Compliance Branch, 2707 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE, Mail Stop #0190, Washington, DC 20528-0190. The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) hotline is 1-800-323-8603.

This facility’s own ICE page adds these channels:

• Comments on service, or a misconduct complaint to the field office: Field Office Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 101 W Ida B Wells Drive, Suite 4000, Chicago, Illinois 60605, (872) 351-3990.
• ICE Office of Professional Responsibility (by mail): Director, Office of Professional Responsibility, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 500 12th Street, SW, Suite 1049, Mailstop 5099, Washington, DC 20536-5005.
• ICE OPR Integrity Coordination Center: 1-833-4ICE-OPR or ICEOPRIntake@ice.dhs.gov.
• DHS OIG in writing: DHS Office of Inspector General/MAIL STOP 0305, Attn: Office of Investigations - Hotline, 245 Murray Lane SW, Washington, DC 20528-0305 (the address on the OIG’s own hotline page as of October 15, 2026; the older Murray Drive address shown on this facility’s ICE page is not listed there).

A news reporter who wants to interview someone held here must apply in writing to the Chicago Field Office. ICE says a detainee has the right not to be interviewed, photographed or recorded, and the reporter must first obtain the detainee’s written permission.

ICE inspection record

As of October 15, 2026, ICE’s ODO facility inspections page lists no Office of Detention Oversight report for this Hopkinsville, Kentucky jail. The page does list three reports under the name “Christian County Jail” (September 21–24, 2020; April 5–9, 2021; and an August 16–19, 2021 follow-up), but all three are for a different facility in Ozark, Missouri, so they do not describe the jail on this page.

Related procedural resources

• Know Your Rights — what to do if ICE detains you
• EOIR immigration court schedules and procedures
• BIA-recognized legal-aid organizations in Kentucky
• Other ICE detention facilities in Kentucky
• All facilities under the Chicago Field Office