Woodson Detention Center Overview
Woodson Detention Center is operated by the Woodson County Sheriff's Office as the county jail and local detention point for Woodson County. Official county and sheriff sources place the jail with the sheriff's office in Yates Center, the county seat. The public roster is titled for the Woodson Detention Center, while the contact and homepage material also use the Woodson County Sheriff's Office name for the same local custody system.
The facility holds people booked on Woodson County charges, pre-trial detainees waiting for court, warrant arrests, bond holds, sentenced local inmates, and short-term city or agency prisoners when accepted by the sheriff. Official sources did not locate a separate city jail, sheriff annex, work-release center, state prison, Bureau of Prisons facility, or ICE detention facility inside Woodson County. Sentenced Kansas prison custody moves to KDOC systems, while federal and immigration custody use separate federal lookup paths.
The sheriff site does not publish a rated bed capacity, housing-unit list, security levels, construction history, jail classification chart, work-release rules, medical unit description, or accreditation page for Woodson Detention Center. Those gaps matter. A person planning a visit, mailing an item, posting bond, or depositing money should treat the roster as a custody clue and confirm the current rule with jail staff before acting.
Woodson Detention Center Population
The most specific public population figure found for Woodson Detention Center is the operational roster count. The current inmate roster listed 13 current inmates when inspected on June 13, 2026. The 48-hour release roster listed 2 released inmates on that same inspection date. These are roster counts, not an official average daily population, rated capacity, annual booking count, or demographic report.
| Measure | Published detail | Use with care |
|---|---|---|
| Current custody count | 13 current inmates on June 13, 2026 | Roster count only, not official ADP |
| Recent release count | 2 people in the 48-hour release view on June 13, 2026 | Short public window, not an annual release total |
| Rated capacity | Not published in official Woodson sources | Call before using any third-party capacity number |
| Average daily population | Not published in official Woodson sources | No official local ADP found |
Search Woodson Detention Center Roster
The official lookup starts at the Woodson Detention Center roster chooser. It does not open with a text search box. Instead, the page lets users choose the current-inmate roster or the 48-hour release list. On the roster itself, the useful controls are sort and filter links: Name, Date, Current, Released, Sort Newest to Oldest, Sort Oldest to Newest, and View Profile.
- Open the roster chooser and choose Current Inmates for people who may still be in Woodson Detention Center custody.
- Choose 48 Hour Release when the person may have left the jail very recently.
- Use Name or Date sorting if the list is easier to scan alphabetically or by booking and release timing.
- Open View Profile to read the booking number, arresting agency, booking date, charges, bond, and profile warning.
- Call the jail before posting bond or relying on the listed charge, bond, or case number.
| Roster control | Type | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Current Inmates | Link | Opens the current Woodson Detention Center custody list |
| 48 Hour Release | Link | Shows people released from the facility within the recent public window |
| Name | Sort link | Sorts the roster by name |
| Date | Sort link | Sorts by booking or release date context |
| View Profile | Profile link | Opens the individual jail profile |
The Woodson County jail inmate records page covers the roster fields in more detail for users comparing jail custody, state custody, and older booking records.
Woodson Jail Profile Details
The official profile inspected in the research file showed a mugshot, booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date, charge text, bond amount, and a warning that charges and bail amounts can change after court appearances. A roster entry may show a Woodson criminal case number embedded in the charge text, but the profile is still a jail record. It is not the complete district court file.
The sample Woodson inmate profile shows how the sheriff roster places a photo and booking data on one public page. The image below is useful because it shows the profile-level layout, not just the roster list.
The profile warning is the key operational fact: people posting bail and bond companies should call detention center staff for the correct bail amount, charges, and case numbers.
| Field | What the profile may show |
|---|---|
| Mugshot | Public booking image on list and profile |
| Booking # | Local jail booking identifier |
| Age, gender, race | Basic profile details, not a demographic report |
| Arresting agency | Agency tied to the booking or warrant arrest |
| Charges | Booking or arrest charge text, sometimes with a case number |
| Bond | Listed amount that may change after court |
Woodson Detention Center Contact
The facility information line is the practical fallback when a roster result is missing, a person was just arrested, a release is pending, or a bond amount appears unclear. The sheriff contact page also warns that online messages are not monitored for urgent needs. For custody, bond, jail records, and visitor questions, the phone line is more reliable than a web message.
Woodson Detention Center
105 West Rutledge Street
Yates Center, KS 66783
620-625-8640
24-hour phone
Administrative hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Fax: 620-625-8672
The Woodson County sheriff contact page shows the public contact block, map, 24-hour phone, office hours, and warning about urgent messages. Use it for general contact context, but call for time-sensitive custody or bail questions.
Woodson Detention Center Bond
Woodson roster profiles publish a bond field, but the research found no official online payment method, accepted payment list, posting location, fee schedule, or after-hours bond policy. Kansas law recognizes release options such as appearance bond, cash bond, surety bond, and personal recognizance, but the roster does not explain which type applies to a specific person. A zero-dollar listing should not be read as automatic release because a hold, revocation, warrant, sentence, or court order may still control custody.
| Before posting bond | What to confirm |
|---|---|
| Identity | Name and booking number from the jail profile |
| Bail amount | Current amount after any court appearance or bond change |
| Charges and case numbers | Correct charge list and court case references |
| Holds | Whether another court, county, state, federal, or immigration hold blocks release |
| Payment rules | Where, when, and how bond can be posted |
Call 620-625-8640 for the current bail amount, charges, and case numbers before posting money or contacting a bondsman.
Woodson Detention Center Visits
Official Woodson pages did not publish a visitor schedule, ID rule, dress code, child visitor rule, attorney-visit process, video-visit platform, tablet program, or lockdown notice procedure. The only local baseline found in official legal sources is Kansas jail law, which addresses humane treatment and reasonable visits, but it does not give the daily Woodson Detention Center schedule.
| Topic | Woodson-specific official detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not published in official sources | Call before traveling |
| Visitor ID | Not published in official sources | Ask what ID is accepted |
| Dress code | Not published in official sources | Confirm clothing and property limits |
| Children or minors | Not published in official sources | Ask about guardian rules |
| Attorney visits | Not published in official sources | Call for current professional-visit process |
| Video visitation | Not published in official sources | No official vendor found |
Call 620-625-8640 before visiting. Ask for the current visiting day and time, entry point, ID rule, prohibited items, and whether the person is eligible for visits.
Woodson Jail Mail and Money
Research did not locate an official Woodson Detention Center mail policy, commissary vendor, deposit vendor, online deposit link, lobby kiosk rule, phone provider, video provider, tablet vendor, deposit fee, or commissary order limit. Do not mail packages, send books, use a third-party deposit service, or rely on a search result from a vendor unless jail staff first confirms that it is accepted for this facility and this inmate.
| Service | Official Woodson detail found | What to ask by phone |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address format | Not published in official sources | Required inmate name, booking number, and mailing format |
| Allowed mail | Not published in official sources | Letters, cards, photos, legal mail, and banned items |
| Money deposit | Not published in official sources | Approved deposit method, hours, and fees |
| Commissary | Not published in official sources | Whether commissary is available and how orders are funded |
| Phone or video vendor | Not published in official sources | How calls or remote visits are set up |
Woodson Detention Center Booking
Woodson County does not publish a step-by-step jail booking policy, but the roster confirms the public output of booking: booking number, booking date and time, mugshot, arresting agency, charge text, bond, and profile link. Local arrests, warrant arrests, bond revocations, probation holds, and short local sentences may all appear on the jail roster when the person is held at Woodson Detention Center.
A booking charge is not always the final court charge. After booking, the Woodson County Attorney and the 31st Judicial District court process control formal filings, hearings, bond changes, and case disposition. Jail users checking charges after an arrest should compare the jail profile with court records after the first appearance or next hearing.
Custody path: Arrest or warrant booking > Woodson Detention Center intake > roster profile > first court appearance > bond decision, release, local sentence, or transfer.
Woodson Jail Public Records
Kansas public-record law helps explain why the Woodson jail roster is public, while also explaining why not every jail detail appears online. K.S.A. 45-216 states the public policy for open records. K.S.A. 45-220 covers request procedures, and K.S.A. 45-221 lists records that may be withheld or redacted. For a booking photo, older booking record, incident report, or record that is not on the roster, start with the sheriff contact path and use a KORA request if the record is not provided informally.
Woodson Jail or Prison
Woodson Detention Center is a county jail, not a Kansas state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center. People sentenced to Kansas Department of Corrections custody are searched through KDOC KASPER, which covers offenders sentenced to KDOC custody or supervision. Federal prisoners are searched through the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator, and immigration detainees are searched through ICE ODLS when ICE has custody.
| Custody type | Where to look | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Woodson County jail custody | Woodson sheriff roster | Current detainees and 48-hour releases |
| Kansas state prison custody | KDOC KASPER | Sentenced state offenders and supervision records |
| Federal prison custody | BOP inmate locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | People in ICE custody or qualifying CBP custody |
Directions to Woodson Detention Center
Woodson Detention Center is on West Rutledge Street in central Yates Center, near the courthouse and other county offices. Visitors coming from US-75 or US-54 should route toward Yates Center and use the courthouse block, posted sheriff signs, or the map pin for the final approach. Official sources did not publish dedicated visitor parking, ADA entrance, locker, or public-transit instructions for the jail.
The sheriff homepage describes Woodson County as a southeastern Kansas county near the Cross Timbers area, the Chautauqua Hills, and the grasslands of the Flint Hills. Yates Center is the county seat, so jail, sheriff, district court, and county attorney business cluster close together. That local setting can be helpful when a custody question also requires a court clerk or county attorney contact.
Public location
Woodson Detention Center
105 West Rutledge Street
Yates Center, KS 66783
Call before arriving to confirm visitor entry and parking rules.
Note: Confirm custody, visit eligibility, mail rules, bond status, and deposit options with Woodson Detention Center before traveling or sending money.