- Rawlins County Jail, 607 Main St. #G, Atwood, KS 67730; 785-626-3865. Most bookings from St. Francis and Bird City end up here. - Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, in the courthouse at 212 E. Washington, St. Francis, KS 67756; 785-332-8880; fax 785-332-8882; postal box P.O. Box 613, St. Francis, KS 67756. - Sherman County Jail, 813 1/2 Broadway, Goodland, KS 67735, 785-890-4835; Goodland posts its own inmate information page. - Thomas County Jail, 275 N. Court, Colby, KS 67701, 785-460-4570. Arrests on the Colorado or Nebraska side of the line are booked by those states' sheriffs, not by Kansas.

1. Open the Rawlins County list.
2. Scan for the last name; the page is short, since the Atwood jail is small.
3. Check the arresting agency column. "Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office" means the case belongs to St. Francis.
4. Note the bond figure shown, then confirm it by phone at 785-626-3865 before bringing money.
5. Missing names usually mean a release, a transfer or a booking still being entered.

VINELink covers jails across Kansas. Pick Kansas, type a first and last name, and the result tells you if a jail has the person and which one. Free notices by phone call, text or email can be set up for a release or transfer; the toll-free number is 866-574-8463.

No booking photos are posted on the Atwood list or by the Cheyenne sheriff. A request for a photo or arrest report goes to the sheriff at 785-332-8880 under the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215). Immigration detention records are requested from ICE FOIA.

The Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office in St. Francis serves the county's warrants and will tell you if one is active at 785-332-8880. Kansas doesn't run a public statewide warrant search, but Kansas CaseSearch shows district court cases from St. Francis and any bench warrant in them. People arrested here are held at the Rawlins County Jail in Atwood (785-626-3865), so a surrender usually happens there; call the sheriff first and bring a lawyer. The district court clerk at 212 E. Washington St. in St. Francis (785-332-8850) can help someone who missed court get a new date.

A 15th Judicial District magistrate in St. Francis sets the bond, and Kansas law requires an arrested person to see a judge without unnecessary delay (K.S.A. 22-2901). Because the prisoner is usually in Atwood, ask the Cheyenne sheriff at 785-332-8880 where the bond should be paid. Our Cheyenne County bail page explains cash, surety and own-recognizance bonds.

The district court sits in the same courthouse as the sheriff, 212 E. Washington St., P.O. Box 646, St. Francis, KS 67756, 785-332-8850. The 15th District spans seven northwest counties; its district judges sit in Thomas and Sherman counties, with a magistrate in St. Francis. Our Cheyenne County court page covers each step.

Yes. A request for counsel is made in court, backed by a sworn financial statement from the defendant. Appointed counsel is arranged through the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631.

Visiting follows the Rawlins County Jail's rules and schedule, so call 785-626-3865 before the drive east on U.S. 36. Bring a photo ID. Our visitation page has general advice.

• Letters: the inmate's full name, Rawlins County Jail, 607 Main St. #G, Atwood, KS 67730; check our mail rules page first.
• Calls are placed by the inmate only; see our phone page and messaging page.
• Deposits: ask the Atwood jail which methods it takes; our money page and commissary page describe the common options.

Tell the Atwood jail at 785-626-3865 about prescriptions, injuries or other health conditions as soon as you know someone is held there.

Minors are not kept with adults. If a judge orders detention, the youth goes to a juvenile center elsewhere in Kansas, and the sheriff at 785-332-8880 can tell a parent which one.

Search the Kansas Department of Corrections offender database, KASPER, then look up the facility in our Kansas prisons directory.

Any federal prosecution out of St. Francis is assigned to the Topeka division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas; its clerk is at 444 S.E. Quincy, Room 490, Topeka, KS 66683, 785-338-5400. The U.S. Marshals Service, Topeka office 785-596-9470, picks the contract jail for a federal defendant awaiting trial, and a magistrate rules on release under the Bail Reform Act. Sentenced federal prisoners appear on the BOP inmate locator.

1. Immigration officers lodge a Form I-247A detainer with whichever jail has custody.
2. Paying the Kansas bond in Atwood will not cancel it.
3. Atwood jailers are allowed to hold someone "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)), and must let them go if ICE has not come by then.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office handles Kansas, 872-351-3990.
5. Search the ICE detainee locator or phone 888-351-4024; a detainee may be moved to the Chase County Jail in Cottonwood Falls, 620-273-6313.

The district court in the St. Francis courthouse (785-332-8850) sets trial dates, while the sheriff at 785-332-8880 knows where the person is held. K.S.A. 22-3402 sets 150 days from arraignment for someone jailed only on that charge.

Yes. Cheyenne prisoners are housed at the Atwood jail, and the district court at 212 E. Washington St. in St. Francis (785-332-8850) adds every night spent in Atwood to the sentence credit, per K.S.A. 21-6615.

• Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, 212 E. Washington, St. Francis, KS 67756: 785-332-8880. It is the only local agency on the KBI list for the county; St. Francis and Bird City have no city police, so deputies answer calls there.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800.
• Emergencies: 911.