Northpoint Training Center Role
Northpoint Training Center is a Kentucky Department of Corrections adult institution in Boyle County. It is not the Boyle County Detention Center, and it is not a local pretrial jail. The institution holds sentenced DOC prisoners, including people who may have begun a case in a county jail before conviction, sentence, classification, and transfer. That distinction controls the lookup path. A person held pretrial in Danville is searched through the county detention-center route. A person committed to DOC custody and housed at Northpoint is searched through KOOL, the statewide Kentucky offender lookup.
The DOC facility page identifies Northpoint as a medium-security prison with some minimum-security housing outside the secure perimeter. Its current institutional data lists a capacity of 1,256 beds and a population of 1,230. The page also reports 282 total staff, 551 acres, and ACA accreditation. Those figures describe the state prison as an institution. They are not Boyle County jail population counts, and they should not be combined with the county's JailTracker roster or with the Boyle JRC non-secure local corrections line.
Northpoint Capacity and Population
The Kentucky DOC Northpoint page provides the strongest population snapshot for this facility. It lists 1,256 inmate beds and a population of 1,230 for Northpoint Training Center, along with its operating budget and cost figures. It also reports demographic percentages for the institutional population: 30 percent Black inmates, 66 percent White inmates, and 4 percent Other inmates. These are DOC facility statistics, not local arrest or booking counts.
| Northpoint Measure | Figure | Source Context |
|---|---|---|
| Security level | Medium | Kentucky DOC Northpoint facility page |
| Annual operating budget | $17.4 million | Kentucky DOC Northpoint facility page |
| Annual cost per inmate | $18,483.19 | Kentucky DOC Northpoint facility page |
| Daily cost per inmate | $50.64 | Kentucky DOC Northpoint facility page |
Lookup Northpoint Training Center Inmates
Use the Kentucky Offender Online Lookup for Northpoint Training Center inmates. KOOL is the statewide DOC locator, and it is the right tool for sentenced inmates in Kentucky prison custody. The Boyle County JailTracker roster is for the county detention-center population and current local jail records. It should not be used as the main search tool for Northpoint, even though Northpoint is physically located in Boyle County.
- Open KOOL and search by last name, first name, or offender number if known.
- Use the available filters for incarcerated status, gender, race, aliases, location type, or photo-only records when those filters help narrow the match.
- Confirm that the profile location is Northpoint Training Center before treating it as the right person.
- Review DOC status, offender number, location, offense summary, and photo information shown by the state locator.
If KOOL does not show the person, check whether the person is still in county jail, has been released, is in another Kentucky DOC facility, or is in federal or immigration custody. The Boyle County inmate records page is the better local route for current county jail custody.
Northpoint Address and Contact
Northpoint Training Center has separate physical and mailing addresses in the DOC facility data. Use the street address for locating the institution and the mailing address where DOC instructions call for mail to the facility. Before visiting, sending property, or trying to resolve a records issue, confirm the current DOC rule because prison intake, visiting approval, and mail screening do not follow county jail procedures.
Northpoint Training Center
710 Walter Reed Rd.
Danville, KY 40422
Mailing: P.O. Box 479, Burgin, KY 40310
859-239-7012
Fax: 859-239-7046
The DOC page lists Warden Abigail Caudill and ADA Coordinator Martha Slemp for Northpoint Training Center. The prison's public phone number is for institutional contact, not a county booking desk. For county jail bonds, local booking photos, or current Boyle County jail charges, use the Boyle County Detention Center route instead.
Northpoint DOC Source Page
The Kentucky DOC Northpoint Training Center page is the source for the facility's institutional facts, including leadership, capacity, security level, budget, and history.
The screenshot is useful because it points users to the state-prison record context, not to county JailTracker or county jail services.
Visiting Northpoint Training Center
Northpoint visitation should be handled as state-prison visitation. The research notes that the DOC facility page has a visiting-information link, and it specifically warns that Northpoint visiting is not the same as Boyle County jail video visitation. State-prison visits commonly require an approved visitor process, schedule rules, identification, dress-code compliance, and facility-specific security screening. Those details should be confirmed through DOC before travel because they can change by custody level, housing assignment, security condition, or disciplinary status.
| Visit Topic | Northpoint Rule Context | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Lookup before visit | Use KOOL to confirm state custody and location. | County JailTracker does not control Northpoint custody. |
| Approval | Use DOC visiting information and facility instructions. | State prisons may require visitor approval before scheduling. |
| Arrival | Confirm schedule, ID needs, and entry rules with Northpoint. | Prison screening is separate from county jail lobby access. |
| County jail visits | Boyle jail video visitation rules do not apply here. | Do not use county jail visit hours for Northpoint inmates. |
Mail and Money at Northpoint
Northpoint mail, phone, and money rules should be checked through Kentucky DOC and the facility rather than through Boyle County Detention Center pages. The county jail's TextBehind mail address, lobby commissary kiosk, phone kiosk, bond payment desk, and local jail fees belong to the county detention-center operation. They should not be applied to Northpoint Training Center. Northpoint is a DOC prison, so the correct route is DOC facility guidance, DOC payment services, and any facility-specific mail or property rules.
| Need | Use for Northpoint | Do Not Use |
|---|---|---|
| Custody lookup | KOOL, the Kentucky DOC locator | Boyle County JailTracker as the primary prison search |
| Institutional records | Kentucky DOC open-records process | Boyle County local custodian for DOC prison records |
| Mail and money | DOC and Northpoint instructions | County jail kiosk or TextBehind rules unless DOC says so |
| Bond | Usually not a prison issue after DOC commitment | County jail bond desk for a sentenced Northpoint inmate |
Northpoint Intake and Classification
A state-prison admission is different from street arrest booking at the Boyle County Detention Center. Northpoint receives people after criminal-case processing, sentence, DOC classification, and transfer. The facility has 1,108 general-population medium-security beds, 60 special-management beds, and 54 minimum-security beds. The general population is housed in six open-bay dormitories, while special-management inmates are housed in a 60-bed single-cell structure. Minimum-security inmates are housed in two structures outside the secure perimeter.
The physical-security profile also shows why Northpoint records should be treated as prison records. The research describes a double 12-foot fence, razor wire, a sensor system, four armed wall towers, outside patrol, and a control center. Those are state-prison security facts, not county jail lobby or video-visit facts. A former Boyle County jail detainee may move into this system only after the court and DOC process place the person in state custody.
Northpoint Training Center History
Northpoint's history is unusually local and specific. The property was used by the Army from 1941 to 1946 as Darnel Hospital, with capacity to house about 880 ill soldiers and German prisoners of war. It returned to Kentucky control in 1946 for $1. From 1946 to 1977, the site operated as Kentucky State Hospital. From July 1977 through February 1983, it served as Danville Youth Development Center.
DOC received control in January 1983 over 551 acres and about 50 structures. Northpoint opened under DOC in 1983 as a minimum-security prison for fewer than 500 inmates and later became a medium-security institution. The DOC page lists ACA accreditation, which is a facility accreditation marker separate from any county jail credential. The history helps explain why a large state prison sits inside Boyle County while the local detention center, the JRC reporting line, and court-based custody records remain separate systems.
Note: Confirm KOOL location and Northpoint visiting status before travel because state-prison schedules and housing restrictions can change.
Northpoint and Other Custody
Northpoint Training Center should not be confused with federal or immigration custody. The research did not locate a Bureau of Prisons or ICE detention facility inside Boyle County. Sentenced federal prisoners are searched through the BOP inmate locator, and immigration detainees are searched through the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Those systems do not replace KOOL for a Kentucky DOC prisoner held at Northpoint.
VINELink is also available in Kentucky for custody-status notification. It can be useful for victims and families who need alerts, but it is not the same as a DOC institutional record. For official DOC records, use Kentucky DOC. For Boyle County arrest charges, bonds, and booking photos, use the county detention-center route. For court filings after a jail arrest, use Kentucky Court of Justice dockets or the Boyle Circuit Court Clerk.