The Putnam County Jail in Cookeville, Tennessee, is presented on the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Corrections page, and the Sheriff’s website publishes its family-contact procedures. ICE’s fiscal year 2026 detention statistics list the facility as PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF.
Facility quick reference
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Facility name | Putnam County Jail (ICE: PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF) |
| Street address | 421 E SPRING ST. (ICE’s statistics) |
| City, State, ZIP | Cookeville, TN 38501 |
| Visitation appointments | (931) 646-1442 (visitation Sergeant) |
| How ICE uses it | ICE uses this facility through a U.S. Marshals Service intergovernmental agreement — the jail’s agreement is with the Marshals, and ICE houses people there under it. |
| ERO field office | New Orleans Field Office |
| ICE detainee locator | locator.ice.gov |
| Last verified | 2026-10-23 |
ADP = average daily population; ALOS = average length of stay, both FY2026 averages (not a same-day count). Source: ICE Detention Management, FY2026 (released 2026-07-20).
How to find someone held here
The ICE Online Detainee Locator System is the ICE lookup channel. The Sheriff’s Corrections page also offers an active inmate roster.
Visiting
The Sheriff’s website says to call the visitation Sergeant at (931) 646-1442 to arrange a visitation appointment.
Money, phone calls and mail
Commissary and phone time. The Sheriff’s website says the visitation area has two kiosks: one for commissary money and one for inmate phone cards. Both accept cash or card. It also lists vendengine.com for commissary and citytelecoin.com for phone time.
Mail. The Sheriff’s website prints this inmate-mail template:
INMATE NAME
CTC PIN 123456
PUTNAM COUNTY JAIL
4506 MARLENA ST. UNIT 1
BOSSIER CITY, LA 71111
CTC PIN 123456 is the example printed in the Sheriff’s template, not a verified PIN for any person. This published mail address is in Bossier City, Louisiana; the physical facility address in ICE’s statistics is in Cookeville, Tennessee.
Property or commissary-money pickup. The Sheriff’s website directs pickup to the lower parking lot and the sally port, described as the two double garage doors on the South side of the Jail.
Oversight and inspections
ICE’s ODO inspection index, read October 23, 2026, lists no report under this facility’s name.
287(g) agreements in Putnam County
This facility is in Putnam County, Tennessee (per the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder for the address ICE publishes). ICE's 287(g) participating-agencies workbook, dated October 9, 2026, records 2 agreements with agencies in that county:
| Agency | Model | Signed |
|---|---|---|
| Putnam County Sheriff's Office | Jail Enforcement Model (JEM) | 2025-02-24 |
| Putnam County Sheriff's Office | Task Force Model (TFM) | 2025-06-24 |
Source: ICE, 287(g) program (participating-agencies workbook). A 287(g) agreement is between ICE and the law-enforcement agency; on its own it says nothing about this facility. What each model means · all agreements by state.
Related resources
- All ICE detention facilities
- All facilities under the New Orleans Field Office
- Know your rights
- Find an immigration attorney
Last verified: 2026-10-23
General information, not legal advice. Deposit, visiting, phone and mail arrangements are set by the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and its vendors and can change at any time; details above were checked against the Sheriff’s and county’s own pages and ICE’s published documents on October 23, 2026. The jail’s own current instructions take precedence over this page. For a specific case, contact a licensed immigration attorney or a BIA-accredited representative.