1. Open the roster archive and pick the newest date at the top.
2. Search the PDF for the last name (Ctrl+F on most computers).
3. Older PDFs show who was held on earlier days, which helps if someone was released.
4. Not there? The booking may be newer than the PDF; call 620-221-5446.

• Cowley County Jail, 911 Fuller St., Winfield, KS 67156; jail 620-221-5446, fax 620-221-5465; sheriff 620-221-5444, fax 620-221-5448; mailing address P.O. Box 47, Winfield, KS 67156. The building opened in 2008, replacing a 38-bed jail, and its core was sized for 400 beds.

Neighboring county jails: - Sumner County Jail, 610 E. Hillside, Wellington, KS 67152, 620-326-8941 - Butler County Adult Detention Facility, sheriff's office at 141 S. Gordy, El Dorado, KS 67042, 316-322-4254 - Elk County Jail, 100 Cedar, Howard, KS 67349, 620-374-2108

The roster PDF lists names, not pictures. Ask the sheriff's office at 620-221-5444 for a booking photo or report; the Kansas Open Records Act governs them (K.S.A. 45-215); some records may be withheld. For an ICE detainee's file, use ICE FOIA.

Between roster updates. VINELink shows custody status for Kansas jails and will notify you by call, text or email when the status changes; phone 866-574-8463 toll-free.

The sheriff's office in Winfield serves warrants across the county, including those from the Arkansas City courthouse; call 620-221-5444 to check a name. Kansas has no public statewide warrant search, though Kansas CaseSearch shows the district court cases from both towns with any bench warrant attached. If a warrant is active, arrange through a lawyer to turn yourself in at the Cowley County Jail in Winfield. Missed hearings are handled by the district court clerk, either at 311 E. 9th Ave. in Winfield (620-221-5470) or on the second floor of 118 W. Central in Arkansas City (620-441-4520).

A 19th Judicial District judge sets bond at the first appearance, which Kansas requires without unnecessary delay (K.S.A. 22-2901). Call the jail for the amount and accepted payments; the sheriff also keeps a list of bonding companies. Our Cowley County bail page covers bond types, conditions and refunds.

The 19th District serves only Cowley County but has two clerk's offices: - Winfield: courthouse, 311 E. 9th Ave., P.O. Box 472, Winfield, KS 67156, 620-221-5470, fax 620-221-1097. - Arkansas City: 118 W. Central Ave., 2nd floor, Arkansas City, KS 67005, 620-441-4520. City cases go to Winfield Municipal Court, 620-221-5500, or Arkansas City Municipal Court, 620-441-4408. Our Cowley County court page explains each stage.

The judge reviews a financial affidavit and appoints counsel if the defendant cannot pay. Kansas appointed defense is overseen by the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631.

Video visits run daily, 8 to 11 a.m., 1 to 4:40 p.m. and 6 to 10 p.m. The kiosk in the jail's visitation lobby is free; remote visits from home cost 30 cents a minute. Schedule at least 24 hours ahead so the jail can approve the visit and let the inmate know. Rules are on the sheriff's jail inmate information page. For account help, call 620-221-5446 or stop at the lobby window. See our visitation page.

- Personal letters are scanned off site: address them with the inmate's name, booking number and "Cowley County Jail" to P.O. Box 591, Longview, TX 75606, with your return address. Limit five pages on 8.5 by 11 inch paper, one photo, front side only; originals are destroyed after scanning. - Books, magazines, newspapers, legal and medical mail go straight to the jail at 911 Fuller St., Winfield, KS 67156. See our mail page.

- Calls: 16 cents a minute in the U.S., 25 cents to Mexico and Canada, 35 cents elsewhere, with no connection fee; three-way calls are not allowed. - Messages: 25 cents; picture or video messages, 35 cents. - Prepaid accounts fund calls, video visits and messages; ask the jail at 620-221-5446 how to deposit. See our phone page, messaging page, money page and commissary page.

Minors stay out of the Fuller Street adult cells. If a judge orders a juvenile detained, the sheriff at 620-221-5444 can tell a parent where the child was placed.

Use KASPER, the Kansas Department of Corrections offender search, and our Kansas prisons directory for facility contacts.

Cowley County is in the Wichita division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas; the clerk is at 401 N. Market, Room 204, Wichita, KS 67202, 316-315-4200. The U.S. Marshals Service in Wichita, 316-765-6339, decides where pretrial federal defendants are housed, and a magistrate rules on release. Sentenced federal prisoners appear on the BOP inmate locator.

1. Booking fingerprints are checked by federal systems, which can lead ICE to issue a Form I-247A detainer.
2. The Kansas bond may still be posted; the detainer remains.
3. Winfield staff may keep the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)), then must free them absent an ICE transfer.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office oversees Kansas, 872-351-3990.
5. Use the ICE detainee locator or call 888-351-4024.

Trial settings come from the 19th District clerks in Winfield (620-221-5470) and Arkansas City (620-441-4520); the jail at 620-221-5446 confirms who is still held. K.S.A. 22-3402 allows 150 days after arraignment for a defendant jailed only on that charge, and 180 days on bond.

• Winfield Police Department, 430 E. 9th Ave., Winfield, KS 67156, 620-221-5556
• Arkansas City Police Department, 117 W. Central Ave., Arkansas City, KS 67005, 620-441-6601
• Udall Police Department, 110 S. Main, Udall, KS 67146, 620-782-3322
• Burden Police Department, 401 N. Main, Burden, KS 67019, 620-438-2320
• Dexter Police Department: no number appears for it on the KBI agency list; the sheriff, 620-221-5444, takes Dexter calls.
• Cowley County Sheriff's Office, 911 Fuller St., Winfield, KS 67156, 620-221-5444; deputies also cover Atlanta, Cambridge, Parkerfield and the rural county
• Kansas Highway Patrol, 785-296-6800