This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, change a bond amount, pull an official booking record, or update a Woodson Detention Center roster entry. Use the agency contacts below for official answers.
Where to Direct a Woodson County Question
For current jail custody, bond confirmation, booking questions, and urgent detention-center routing, start with the Woodson County Sheriff's Office and Woodson Detention Center.
Woodson County Sheriff's Office / Woodson Detention Center105 West Rutledge Street
Yates Center, KS 66783
Phone: 620-625-8640, 24 hours
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fax: 620-625-8672
Crime Tip Hotline: 1-800-572-7463
Use the following routes based on the kind of record or custody status you need:
- For someone held at Woodson Detention Center, use the sheriff's current roster first, then follow the local guidance on jail inmate records.
- For booking photos from the local roster or recent booking profile, review the jail roster mugshots page before calling the detention center.
- For charges, hearings, or case numbers after a booking, contact Woodson County District Court at 620-625-8610 and use the court records after a jail arrest guide.
- For prosecutor-related routing after charges are filed, the Woodson County Attorney is Mary Ann Shirley, phone 620-625-8615.
- For facility-specific contact details, use the Woodson Detention Center page.
- For sentenced Kansas prisoners, use KDOC's KASPER locator instead of the county jail roster.
- For custody alerts, VINELink may help with notification routing when it covers the custody record.
- For federal prisoners, use the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration detention, use ICE's Online Detainee Locator System.