287(g) Program
Kentucky
As of August 21, 2026
Agency Locations
How participation has grown
Active 287(g) agreements by model, since Dec 2024.
55 agreements.
Experimental (#162). Each line counts active agency–model agreements, so an agency with two models counts once per model. Changes are dated by when they appear in ICE's published list; the Dec 2024 level carries everything signed before then, and the archive has no snapshots between mid-Dec 2024 and early Mar 2025, so the lines run flat there.
News coverage of ICE's 287(g) program in Kentucky
Updated August 21, 2026
Kentucky expanded cooperation between local law-enforcement agencies and ICE through a wave of 287(g) agreements, while Louisville’s jail resumed honoring 48-hour ICE detainers and transferred hundreds of people to federal custody. The arrangements have made local jails and routine policing part of immigration enforcement in Kentucky, prompting scrutiny over detention conditions, costs, and the effects on people held for ICE.
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Kentucky Agencies
53 agencies
| Models | Population | MOA | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adair County Sheriff's Office Adaitr County | County | 2026 | 14.7K | — | |
| Bracken County Sheriff's Office Bracken County | County | 2025 | 6.7K | ↗ | |
| Brodhead Police Department Rockcastle County | Municipality | 2026 | 1.1K | ↗ | |
| Bullitt County Sheriff's Office Bullitt County | County | 2026 | 38.9K | ↗ | |
| Burkesville Police Department Cumberland County | Municipality | 2026 | 1.4K | — | |
| Butler County Sheriff's Office Butler County | County | 2025 | 10.1K | ↗ | |
| Campbellsville Police Department Taylor County | Municipality | 2026 | 11.9K | — | |
| Carlisle County Sheriff's Office Carlisle County | County | 2025 | 4.1K | ↗ | |
| Carroll County Sheriff's Office Carroll County | County | 2026 | 7.2K | ↗ | |
| Clay County Sheriff's Office Clay County | County | 2026 | 18K | ↗ | |
| Clinton County Sheriff's Office Clinton County | County | 2025 | 7.4K | ↗ | |
| Daviess County Sheriff's Office Daviess County | County | 2025 | 43.9K | ↗ | |
| Falmouth Police Department Pendleton County | Municipality | 2026 | 2.2K | ↗ | |
| Ferguson Police Department Pulaski County | Municipality | 2026 | 866 | — | |
| Floyd County Sheriff's Office Floyd County | County | 2026 | 28.3K | — | |
| Fulton County Sheriff's Office Fulton County | County | 2025 | 1.7K | ↗ | |
| Gallatin County Sheriff's Office Gallatin County | County | 2026 | 7.1K | — | |
| Garrard County Sheriff's Office Garrard County | County | 2026 | 14.2K | — | |
| Glasgow Police Department Barren County | Municipality | 2026 | 15.5K | ↗ | |
| Grayson County Detention Center Grayson County | County | 2025 | 18.8K | ↗ | |
| Grayson County Sheriff’s Office Grayson County | County | 2025 | 18.8K | ↗ | |
| Hart County Sheriff's Office Hart County | County | 2026 | 16.1K | — | |
| Hazard Police Department Perry County | Municipality | 2026 | 4.7K | ↗ | |
| Heritage Creek Police Department | Municipality | 2025 | 1.2K | ↗ | |
| Hickman County Sheriff's Office Hickman County | County | 2025 | 3.2K | ↗ | |
| Hickman Police Department Fulton County | Municipality | 2026 | 2.3K | ↗ | |
| Jackson County Sheriff's Office Jackson County | County | 2026 | 12.6K | ↗ | |
| Kenton County Sheriff's Office Kenton County | County | 2025 | 166.1K | ↗ | |
| Laurel County Sheriff's Office Laurel County | County | 2026 | 55.9K | ↗ | |
| Letcher County Sheriff's Office Letcher County | County | 2026 | 16K | ↗ | |
| Livingston Police Department Rockcastle County | Municipality | 2026 | 165 | ↗ | |
| Lyon County Sheriff's Office Lyon County | County | 2025 | 6.9K | ↗ | |
| Manchester Police Department Clay County | Municipality | 2026 | 1.4K | — | |
| Marshall County Sheriff's Office Marshall County | County | 2025 | 24.5K | ↗ | |
| Mccracken County Sheriff's Office McCracken County | County | 2026 | 40.8K | ↗ | |
| Middlesboro Police Department Bell County | Municipality | 2026 | 8.8K | ↗ | |
| Millersburg Police Department Bourbon County | Municipality | 2026 | 746 | — | |
| Montgomery County Sheriff's Office Montgomery County | County | 2025 | 21.3K | ↗ | |
| Morganfield Police Department Union County | Municipality | 2026 | 3.1K | — | |
| Oldham County Detention Center Oldham County | County | 2025 | 58.8K | ↗ | |
| Oldham County Sheriff's Office Oldham County | County | 2026 | — | — | |
| Pendleton County Sheriff's Office Pendleton County | County | 2026 | 12K | ↗ | |
| Rockcastle County Sheriff's Office Rockcastle County | County | 2026 | 12.5K | ↗ | |
| Rowan County Sheriff's Office Rowan County | County | 2026 | 18K | ↗ | |
| Scott County Sheriff's Office Scott County | County | 2025 | 20.3K | ↗ | |
| Simpson County Sheriff's Office Simpson County | County | 2026 | 9.9K | — | |
| Union County Sheriff's Office Union County | County | 2025 | 7.4K | ↗ | |
| Warsaw Police Department Gallatin County | Municipality | 2026 | 1.8K | — | |
| Wayne County Sheriff's Office Wayne County | County | 2026 | 13.9K | — | |
| West Liberty Police Department Morgan County | Municipality | 2026 | 3.3K | — | |
| Whitley County Sheriff's Office Whitley County | County | 2026 | 25.9K | — | |
| Williamsburg Police Department Whitely County | Municipality | 2026 | 5.3K | — | |
| Winchester Police Department Clark County | Municipality | 2026 | 19.5K | ↗ |