Jeff Tindall
Republican · KY · Oldham County Jailer
Jeff Tindall is Oldham County Jailer and has worked at the county jail since 1997, rising from deputy jailer to major. He has served more than 26 years in the U.S. Army and is a veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Expanded the jail's deal with federal immigration officials (ICE, under a 287(g) agreement). The jail now holds immigration detainees full time instead of up to 72 hours. It made $2.1 million from housing ICE detainees in the past year.
August 12, 2026
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Was found by the Kentucky Attorney General to have broken the state open records law as head of the county jail. The jail withheld its ICE contracts and payment records from the ACLU without a proper reason.
April 3, 2026
Source: ag.ky.gov
Wrote a one-year contract to house Scott County inmates in the Oldham County jail. Scott County pays $46 per inmate per day. The county fiscal court approved it unanimously.
April 4, 2023
Source: pmg-ky1.com
Won election as Oldham County Jailer in the November 2022 general election. He ran unopposed as the Republican candidate.
November 8, 2022
Source: elect.ky.gov
Past race Jeff Tindall ran in:
- Oldham County Jailer · November 3, 2026 · Oldham County, Kentucky · incumbent