Kansas inmate search

In Kansas, county sheriffs operate the local jails. City police or deputies take the arrested person to the county jail.

At the Sedgwick County Adult Detention Facility, the Sheriff's Detention Bureau is in charge. Capacity is as many as 1,500 inmates, divided between the main building and the separate Jail Annex. Federal inmates, parole violators, and misdemeanor and felony arrests for every Sedgwick County municipality are booked by staff. Cash bonds there can't be paid with personal or business checks.

Opened in August 2015, the Reno County Correctional Facility is operated by the Reno County Sheriff's Office. You can post bond by card, including by phone at 877-392-2455. Inmates receive a 3 day supply of medication when released.

Search tools vary by county because every sheriff's office keeps its own roster online. Exact spelling isn't required on the Reno County Correctional Facility roster. Partial names work in the quick search. Other search choices include released status, bond, booking number, or booking date. You'll see the officer, case, charge date, charge description, bond, booking number, release status, and the person's name in results.

In contrast, only people currently in custody appear on the Sedgwick County Sheriff inmate search. Public record details are added by staff on a regular basis.

Call the jail if a new arrest has not shown up yet, because booking takes time.

KDOC is short for the Kansas Department of Corrections, which runs the state prison system. On the KDOC homepage, you'll find a link to the KASPER Offender Search for looking up state prisoners.

County jail rosters are separate from KASPER. People awaiting trial or just arrested stay in county sheriff custody. KDOC keeps offenders after conviction and transfer to a state prison. An arrest from last night won't appear in KASPER. For recent arrests, check the county sheriff's roster. Save KDOC for state prisoners only.

With the free Kansas VINELink tool, you can check on county jail custody and register for release alerts. It comes jointly from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the Kansas Sheriffs' Association, and the Kansas Attorney General's Office.

Within Kansas, VINE covers only county jail inmates. KDOC state prisoners aren't part of it. You can check by phone using one of the 2 listed numbers. The Attorney General's Office gives 1-866-574-7463, while the VINELink website gives 1-866-574-8463.

Once booking is done, courts set the bond conditions, although some inmates aren't eligible for bond. K.S.A. 22-2802 gives release options that include:

• A personal recognizance release, a written promise to come back to court with no money paid.
• On certain lower level charges where the bond is $2,500 or less, the clerk can take a 10% cash deposit instead of a cash bond.
• Supervision through a house arrest program or a court services officer.
• An appearance bond backed by sureties.

A compensated surety posts a bail bond as a financial guarantee. The surety might be a bail agent, a property surety, or an insurance agent surety. Sureties get approval from each judicial district's chief judge under K.S.A. 22-2809a, while insurance agent sureties are licensed by the insurance commissioner.

That fee the agent charges is called the premium. Before posting bond, a surety must collect at least half. K.S.A. 22-2809b also requires charging at least 10% of the bond amount and signing a financing agreement for any unpaid balance.