• Edwards County Sheriff's Office, 312 Massachusetts Ave., Kinsley, KS 67547; 620-659-3636; fax 620-659-2583; mail P.O. Box 271, Kinsley, KS 67547.
• Contract jail named on the Ford County record: Ford County Jail, 11311 E. Comanche, Dodge City, KS 67801 (mail P.O. Box 747), 620-227-4501.
• Other bordering jails: Pawnee County Jail, 116 W. Eighth, Larned, KS 67550, 620-285-2211; Kiowa County Jail, 200 E. Wisconsin St., Greensburg, KS 67054, jail 620-723-4155, sheriff 620-723-2182; Hodgeman County Jail, 500 Main St., 3rd Floor, Jetmore, KS 67854, 620-357-8391.

Search Kansas on VINELink by name. The result names the agency holding the person, which tells you whether to call Kinsley or Dodge City. Sign up for a release alert, or call 866-574-8463 toll-free. Fresh bookings may take a while to appear.

None are posted online. Ask the sheriff at 620-659-3636 about a booking photo or arrest report; Kansas open-records law (K.S.A. 45-215) applies, and some records may be withheld. If the person was booked in Dodge City, that jail keeps its own photo, so ask the Ford County sheriff at 620-227-4501 instead. A record that names a victim or an ongoing investigation is more likely to be withheld, and the office may charge a small copying fee. Immigration files are requested through ICE FOIA.

The sheriff's office in Kinsley serves warrants for Edwards County; call 620-659-3636 to ask whether one is active. Kansas has no statewide warrant search for the public, but Kinsley cases, and any warrant in them, turn up on Kansas CaseSearch. Before you head in to surrender, a quick question to the Kinsley deputies about where the county's prisoners are being held saves a wasted trip, and a lawyer can arrange the rest. To fix a missed court date, contact the district court clerk at 312 Massachusetts in Kinsley, 620-659-2442.

The Edwards County magistrate sets bond, normally at a first appearance that state law says must be prompt (K.S.A. 22-2901). Bond is paid at whichever jail holds the person; ask the sheriff which one. Read our Edwards County bail page for bond types and refunds.

Edwards County District Court, courthouse at 312 Massachusetts Ave., P.O. Box 232, Kinsley, KS 67547, 620-659-2442, fax 620-659-2998. Kinsley's court belongs to the 24th Judicial District, six counties strong (Edwards, Hodgeman, Lane, Ness, Pawnee and Rush), with its chief judge in Larned; Edwards has its own magistrate, and a circuit-riding district judge comes to Kinsley for felony trials. Our Kinsley court page has more.

Raise it with the Kinsley magistrate right away and complete the sworn income form; qualifying defendants get counsel through the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631.

Visits follow the holding jail's rules. Ask the sheriff (620-659-3636) where the person is, then call that jail before going. See our visitation page.

• Mail: confirm the holding jail's address with the sheriff first, then see our mail page.
• Calls are outgoing only and recorded; see our phone page and messaging page.
• Money: our money page and commissary page.
• Health concerns: call 620-659-3636 so staff can pass along medication details.

The person's full legal name and date of birth, the town or road where the arrest happened and, if you know it, the arresting agency. Because the sheriff is the only law agency in the county, every local arrest passes through that office even when the person is housed out of county. If the answer is Dodge City, the Ford County Jail at 620-227-4501 can give bond, visit and mail details for its own building, and its JE page lists the rest.

Juveniles aren't placed with adults. When a judge orders a youth held, the placement is a juvenile center outside the county; the sheriff at 620-659-3636 can tell parents which.

Use KASPER, then our Kansas prisons directory.

Federal charges from Kinsley go to 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, places pretrial federal prisoners in contract jails. After sentencing, try the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE can file a Form I-247A detainer with the holding jail after booking.
2. Posting bond in Kinsley does not end the detainer.
3. Staff at the holding jail may keep someone "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)); otherwise release follows.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office covers Kansas, 872-351-3990.
5. ICE sometimes transfers Kinsley-area detainees elsewhere, such as the Chase County Jail in Cottonwood Falls, 620-273-6313. Track a detainee on the ICE detainee locator or at 888-351-4024.

Trial dates come from the district court at 312 Massachusetts Ave. (620-659-2442); the sheriff at 620-659-3636 can say where the defendant is held. Kansas law, K.S.A. 22-3402, sets 150 days from arraignment for a person jailed solely on that charge and 180 days for one out on bond. Any delay the defense requests counts against the defendant.

Yes. When the district judge in Kinsley (620-659-2442) imposes a jail or prison term, K.S.A. 21-6615 requires a start date that credits every day the defendant was locked up while the case was pending, wherever the sheriff (620-659-3636) had the person housed. Credit already used on a consecutive sentence in another case is not given twice.

The state pays the appointed attorney, but the defendant owes a $100 application fee to the district clerk at 312 Massachusetts Ave. (620-659-2442) under K.S.A. 22-4529. An Edwards judge may forgive it; the money is returned if the case is dropped or the defendant is acquitted. The fee also applies to probation violation hearings. The sheriff at 620-659-3636 can tell the Kinsley judge a prisoner wants a lawyer.

• Edwards County Sheriff's Office, 312 Massachusetts Ave., Kinsley, KS 67547: 620-659-3636. The KBI agency list shows no city police department in the county, so the sheriff covers Kinsley, Lewis, Offerle and Belpre.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800; *47 from a cell phone.
• Emergencies: 911.