• Barber County Sheriff's Office, 124 E. Washington, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104; 620-930-2590 or 620-886-5678; fax 620-886-3103.
• Pratt County Detention Facility, 303 S. Oak St., Pratt, KS 67124; 620-672-4133.
• Kingman County Jail, 120 Spruce St., Kingman, KS 67068; 620-532-5133.
• Harper County Jail, 115 E. Steadman St., Anthony, KS 67003; 620-842-5135.
• Kiowa County Jail, 200 E. Wisconsin St., Greensburg, KS 67054; jail 620-723-4155, sheriff 620-723-2182.

The sheriff can tell you which one has the person today.

• Open VINELink Kansas.
• Search the legal name; add an age to narrow it.
• The record names the facility, which may be outside Barber County.
• Set up a call, text or app alert for release or transfer.
• No match? Phone the sheriff at 620-930-2590.

The sheriff does not post mugshots, and VINELink records have no photos. Ask the sheriff's office at 620-930-2590 about a records request; the holding jail may also have taken a photo.

Booking pictures taken by federal agencies are generally not given to the public or press, although the U.S. Marshals Service can release one, say, to help catch a fugitive. Immigration photos are requested through ICE FOIA.

The sheriff's office in Medicine Lodge serves warrants for Barber County and can be reached at 620-930-2590. Kansas offers no public statewide warrant search, so the best online check is Kansas CaseSearch, where district court cases from Medicine Lodge appear along with any warrant a judge entered. Before turning yourself in, ask the sheriff's office which jail is taking the county's prisoners right now, and bring a lawyer if you can. A missed court date can sometimes be sorted out by calling the district court clerk at 118 E. Washington in Medicine Lodge, 620-886-5639.

A district magistrate of the 30th Judicial District sets bond, and the state requires a prompt first appearance (K.S.A. 22-2901). Ask the sheriff where to pay, since it depends on which jail is holding the person. Our Barber County bail page covers bond types, approved companies and refunds.

The district court is at 118 E. Washington, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104; clerk 620-886-5639. Hearings and filings appear on Case Search. The Medicine Lodge court process is summarized on our court page.

Defendants who cannot pay for counsel can request it at their first hearing and complete a financial affidavit. The Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631, provides appointed defense in Kansas. Anything said on a jail phone may be recorded, so details wait for counsel.

Call the sheriff's office at 620-930-2590 with any medical information; staff pass it to the jail holding the person. That jail's medical staff decide on treatment.

Visiting, mail and deposits follow the rules of whichever jail houses the person, so get the facility from the sheriff (620-930-2590) first. Then see our visitation page, mail page, phone page, messaging page, money page and commissary page.

Because the county relies on other jails for housing, a person can be booked in one place and later moved to another when beds change, when court dates approach, or when medical needs require it. Each move updates VINELink, so turning on alerts is the easiest way to keep track. Court appearances for county cases are in Medicine Lodge. Family members who plan to attend court should confirm the date with the clerk at 620-886-5639 the day before, since dockets in small districts can shift when a judge travels between counties.

Release happens at the holding jail after bond posts and records are checked for other holds. Ask that jail about timing and property, and plan for a ride back to Barber County, which can be an hour or more by car from some of the host jails. Drivers collecting someone should carry ID and expect a wait while staff finish the release paperwork.

Youths are kept apart from adults; secure placements go to a regional juvenile detention center. The sheriff (620-930-2590) or the court clerk (620-886-5639) can say where a youth was placed.

A prison sentence means a transfer to the Kansas Department of Corrections, starting at its reception and diagnostic center. Track the person on KASPER; our Kansas state prisons page has each facility.

Barber County falls in the Dodge City division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, handled by the Wichita clerk's office, 401 N. Market, Room 204, Wichita, KS 67202, 316-315-4200. A federal magistrate judge decides release under the Bail Reform Act.

Pretrial federal prisoners are held by the U.S. Marshals Service, often in contract county jails; the Marshals in Wichita: 316-765-6339. Sentenced prisoners are on the BOP inmate locator.

1. Fingerprints from booking reach federal databases and flag the arrest for ICE.
2. ICE can lodge a detainer, Form I-247A.
3. Posting a state bond does not lift it.
4. The holding jail may keep the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
5. If ICE does not come, the person is released.
6. ICE's Chicago Field Office covers Kansas: 101 W. Ida B. Wells Dr., Suite 4000, Chicago, IL 60605, 872-351-3990. The Chase County Jail, 620-273-6313, houses ICE detainees in Kansas.
7. Search the ICE detainee locator by A-number or by name, birth date and country, or call 888-351-4024.

The district court at 118 E. Washington (620-886-5639) sets the trial calendar, and the sheriff's jail at 620-930-2590 holds the person until then. Under K.S.A. 22-3402, someone held in jail only on the pending charge must be tried within 150 days of arraignment; a defendant out on bond gets 180 days. Delays the defense asks for are charged to the defendant, so a continuance granted at the defense's request pauses the count.

Yes. The district judge writes a start date into the sentencing order that reflects every day the person sat in the East Washington jail before the case ended, as K.S.A. 21-6615 requires. The jail at 620-930-2590 keeps the booking and release dates the court relies on. Days already credited to a different case are not counted twice when sentences run back to back.

• Barber County Sheriff's Office, 124 E. Washington, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104, 620-930-2590
• Medicine Lodge Police Department, 114 W. First, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104: the state agency list gives no separate phone, so call the sheriff at 620-930-2590.
• Kiowa Police Department, Kiowa, KS 67070: no listed phone; call the sheriff at 620-930-2590.
• Hardtner, Sharon, Hazelton, Isabel and Sun City are patrolled by sheriff's deputies, not town officers; dial 620-930-2590.
• Kansas Highway Patrol, 785-296-6800