Woodson County Jail Roster Start
The official starting point is the Woodson Detention Center roster chooser. It does not open with a name search box. The page sends users to either the current custody list or the recent release list. The current roster is at Woodson Detention Center current inmates, while the released view is at 48 Hour Release. Both are free public pages from the sheriff's office.
The Woodson County inmate records visible before opening a profile include a mugshot thumbnail, name, booking number, booking date, charge text, bond, and a profile link. The released list adds a release date. The roster chooser carries a disclaimer that the information is collected and provided for convenience and is not certified by the detention center. That matters for bond, release timing, and court dates. When a decision depends on a current bail amount, charge, case number, or custody status, the roster should be checked first and the detention center should be called next.
The current roster source shows how the jail presents entries with booking data and profile links.
The screenshot is useful because it shows the actual Woodson County roster layout, including mugshot thumbnails, booking numbers, charges, bonds, and the View Profile link.
Use Woodson County Inmate Records
A Woodson County jail roster search works best when the user treats the list as a custody index, not a certified court file. The list can confirm that a person is shown in current custody or was released during the limited release window. It can also point to a booking profile with a local booking number and charge text. It does not replace the district court docket, the county attorney's filed charges, or the state corrections record after a prison sentence.
- Open the roster chooser and select Current Inmates for a person believed to be in Woodson Detention Center custody.
- Use the roster controls to sort by Name or Date, or switch between Current and Released when timing is uncertain.
- Choose Sort Newest to Oldest when checking recent bookings, or Sort Oldest to Newest when reviewing older current entries.
- Open View Profile to read the booking number, booking date, arresting agency, charges, bond, and demographic fields.
- Call the detention center before posting bond, relying on a release time, or using the charge text for court action.
There is no official sheriff app documented for Woodson County or Yates Center police. The practical chain is the sheriff website roster, the jail phone line, an in-person records request when needed, VINELink for custody alerts, KASPER for state custody, BOP for federal custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration custody.
Woodson County Roster Controls
The Woodson County roster has controls rather than a text search form. That is a key local detail. A user cannot type a last name into a visible search box on the inspected roster. Instead, the roster can be sorted and filtered through links, then each person can be opened through the profile link. The field list below follows the official roster inventory from the Woodson sheriff pages.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | Link | Optional | Opens the current Woodson Detention Center roster. |
| 48 Hour Release | Link | Optional | Shows people released from the detention center within the recent release window. |
| Name | Sort link | Optional | Sorts roster entries by name. |
| Date | Sort link | Optional | Sorts by booking or release date context. |
| Current | Filter link | Optional | Returns to current custody entries. |
| Released | Filter link | Optional | Switches to released entries. |
| Sort Newest to Oldest | Sort link | Optional | Places recent booking or release activity first. |
| View Profile >>> | Profile link | Optional | Opens the individual booking profile. |
Woodson County Inmate Profile Fields
An individual Woodson County inmate record carries more detail than the list view. The inspected sample profile on the sheriff website showed a mugshot, booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charge text, and bond. It also warned that charges and bail amounts may change after court appearances and may not be current. That warning is not boilerplate. The county attorney's filing and the district court docket may later use different charge wording, add counts, dismiss counts, or change bond terms.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Public booking image shown on the roster and profile. |
| Name | Full name, generally in uppercase on the current roster. |
| Booking # | Local jail booking identifier with a year-style prefix and sequence. |
| Booking Date | Date and time the person was booked into the detention center. |
| Release Date | Shown on the released roster, not on the inspected current profile. |
| Age / Gender / Race | Basic demographic fields from the profile. |
| Arresting Agency | Agency that made or lodged the arrest. |
| Charges | Booking or arrest charge text, sometimes with a case number embedded. |
| Bond | Listed dollar amount, but not a full bond type or court order. |
| Bail-change note | Warning to call for correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. |
The sample inmate profile shows the profile layout and the official warning about calling staff for current bail and case information.
The profile screenshot ties the public roster entry to the fuller Woodson County inmate record fields that users need before calling the jail or court.
Woodson County Booking Records
Woodson County does not publish a full booking policy, so the reliable local facts are the fields the roster proves and the Kansas statutes that govern county jails. A booking record is created after an arrest or warrant hold reaches the detention center. Booking commonly includes identity checks, property handling, search, fingerprints, a booking photo, charge entry, and bond entry if known. The public roster then shows the part made available online: booking number, date and time, arresting agency, charge text, bond, and mugshot.
Kansas law places the jail under the sheriff's custody duties. K.S.A. 19-1903 requires the sheriff to keep the jail and address separation, meals, and medical care. K.S.A. 19-1919 addresses humane treatment and reasonable visits, while K.S.A. 19-1930 covers prisoners committed to the sheriff by public authority. These statutes do not create a complete online roster rule, but they explain why the sheriff is the key local custodian for jail records.
Custody note: A booking charge is an intake entry. A filed charge is the prosecutor's court charge.
Woodson County Bond Checks
The Woodson roster lists a bond amount, but the profile does not publish bond type, payment method, or every hold that could block release. The official profile warning tells bond companies and people posting bail to call Woodson Detention Center staff at 620-625-8640 for the correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers. That call is the best local source before money changes hands.
K.S.A. 22-2802 covers Kansas pretrial release conditions, including appearance bonds, cash bonds, and personal recognizance. A cash bond uses money posted as ordered. A surety bond uses a bonding company. Personal recognizance, often called PR, means release on a promise and court conditions. A no-bond hold or a zero-dollar roster entry should not be read as automatic release. It can reflect sentencing, a probation hold, a warrant, a bond revocation, or another agency hold.
Woodson County Jail Contact
Woodson County has one local detention facility identified in official sources. County materials identify Sheriff Jacob Morrison as the sheriff tied to the same courthouse and sheriff address. Use the jail contact when the roster is down, when a person may have been booked too recently to appear online, when an older booking record is needed, or when bond and case numbers must be confirmed. The administrative hours below are for office business. The phone is listed by the sheriff as a 24-hour line.
Woodson Detention Center
105 West Rutledge Street
Yates Center, KS 66783
620-625-8640
24-hour phone; admin hours Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Woodson County Jail Visits
Official Woodson-specific visitation, mail, phone, commissary, video-visit, and money-deposit rules were not located on the sheriff or county pages. That absence should be handled plainly. Call the detention center before traveling, mailing property, scheduling a visit, or sending funds. Ask for the current visiting window, approved ID, minor rules, dress rules, mail format, legal mail process, and any deposit method for the specific inmate.
| Topic | Woodson-specific official detail |
|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not located in official sources. |
| Visitor ID | Not located in official sources. |
| Dress code | Not located in official sources. |
| Children or minors | Not located in official sources. |
| Attorney visits | Not located in official sources. |
| Video visitation | Not located in official sources. |
| Emergency or lockdown rules | Not located in official sources. |
Woodson County KORA Requests
When Woodson County inmate records are not online, the fallback is a Kansas Open Records Act request to the record custodian. The county materials point open-records requests to the county clerk for certain county records, while booking-specific questions should also be routed through the sheriff because the sheriff operates the detention center. A request should identify the person, approximate booking date, record sought, and whether the requester needs a booking sheet, booking photograph, incident report, or release information.
K.S.A. 45-216 states the Kansas policy that public records are open unless law provides otherwise. K.S.A. 45-220 allows a public agency to require a written request and basic identifying information. K.S.A. 45-221 lists records that do not have to be disclosed and supports redaction when open and closed information are mixed. Juvenile information, active investigation material, personal identifiers, and sealed records may be withheld or limited.
Woodson County Custody Systems
The county jail roster is for local custody. It is not a full Kansas criminal history search, a state prison database, a federal prison locator, or an immigration detention locator. The distinction avoids a common mistake: a person sentenced to KDOC custody may disappear from the county roster after transfer, while a person held on a federal or immigration matter may never appear in the Woodson list unless booked locally first.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Woodson pretrial or local jail custody | Woodson Detention Center roster | Current bookings and recent releases. |
| Sentenced Kansas custody | KDOC KASPER | State prisoners, postrelease, parole, and discharged KDOC cases. |
| Custody notifications | VINELink | Release alerts and victim notification. |
| Federal prison custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal prisoners from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Current ICE custody or qualifying CBP custody. |
KASPER can include photos when selected and covers KDOC custody or supervision, not ordinary Woodson County jail bookings. BOP's locator is text-based and does not function like a county jail roster. ICE ODLS is separate from criminal court custody and requires either A-number details or biographical search data. For booking photos tied to Woodson jail entries, use the Woodson County jail mugshots page and the official roster path.