Deputies and state troopers bring people to the Greenwood County Jail, 311 N. Main St., Eureka, KS 67045. The jail line is 620-583-5569 and the sheriff's main office is 620-583-5568.

When the person is not in Eureka, a nearby jail may have them:

• Butler County Adult Detention Facility, 701 S. Stone Rd., El Dorado, KS 67042, 316-322-4160
• Elk County Jail, 100 N. Cedar, Howard, KS 67349, 620-374-2108
• Wilson County Jail, 925 Pierce St., Fredonia, KS 66736, 620-378-3622
• Woodson County Jail, 105 W. Rutledge, Yates Center, KS 66783, 620-625-8640
• Coffey County Jail, 625 Neosho St., Burlington, KS 66839, jail 620-364-3199
• Lyon County Detention Center, 425 Mechanic St., Emporia, KS 66801, 620-342-5545
• Chase County Jail, 301 S. Walnut, Cottonwood Falls, KS 66845, 620-273-6313

• Go to VINELink Kansas and type the legal name.
• Add an age range for a common name.
• Each record names the holding facility and whether the person is in custody.
• Turn on VINE notifications to hear about any change.
• No record? Ring the jail at 620-583-5569, answered day and night.

No roster or mugshot gallery is published, and VINELink shows no photos. The jail photographs everyone at booking; anyone wanting a copy, including news outlets, can ask the sheriff's office at 620-583-5568, which decides what to release.

Federal booking pictures are generally withheld from the public and press, though the U.S. Marshals Service sometimes issues one, for example in a fugitive search. Immigration booking photos are requested through ICE's FOIA records page.

Kansas offers no statewide public warrant search, and because every town here relies on the sheriff, one call covers it: 620-583-5568. Warrants issued for skipped court dates usually show in the case on Case Search. A lawyer can help arrange a surrender with bond lined up.

Release terms come from a judge or district magistrate of the 13th Judicial District, and Kansas law requires a prompt first appearance (K.S.A. 22-2901). The order may be a signature bond, a cash deposit, a surety from a district-approved bondsman, or property. Phone 620-583-5569 to learn the bond figure and which payments are accepted, and read our Greenwood County bail guide for conditions and refunds.

Jail staff know the booking charges; formal charges are the county attorney's call. The district court clerk in Eureka, 620-583-8153, keeps the file and hearing schedule, and Case Search carries the same docket.

Defendants unable to hire counsel need to raise that at arraignment; the court then asks for a sworn financial statement. Appointed defense in Kansas runs through the Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631. Jail phones are monitored, so details of the charge are best kept for counsel.

Call 620-583-5569 with any medical conditions, current prescriptions and the pharmacy. The jail's medical provider decides on treatment and sends emergencies out to a hospital. Say so immediately if you fear self-harm.

Ask the jail at 620-583-5569 for current visiting days and rules before driving to Eureka; our visitation page covers the general process. Address mail to the person's full name, Greenwood County Jail, 311 N. Main St., Eureka, KS 67045. Our phone page, money page and commissary page explain accounts and deposits.

Even after bond is posted, staff complete release papers and look for outside holds; an outside hold can turn release into a transport. Property taken at intake is handed back on the way out. Call ahead for timing.

Youths are not held with adults. When secure detention is needed, they go to a regional youth detention facility, and those files are confidential. The sheriff's office, 620-583-5568, can say where a minor was sent.

After a prison sentence, the person stays in Eureka until KDOC schedules transport to its reception and diagnostic center, where testing and classification decide the assigned prison. Track them on KASPER and see our Kansas state prisons page.

Greenwood County sits in the Fort Scott division of the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, with its clerk in Kansas City at 500 State Ave., Room 259, Kansas City, KS 66101, 913-735-2200. A magistrate judge conducts the first federal appearance and applies the Bail Reform Act; no bail schedule exists.

Defendants awaiting federal trial are U.S. Marshals Service prisoners and may be boarded in local jails. The Marshals' Kansas City office: 913-748-8550. After sentencing, find them through the Bureau of Prisons inmate locator.

1. Booking fingerprints are shared with federal databases, which alerts immigration officers.
2. ICE may lodge a detainer on Form I-247A.
3. Posting the state bond leaves that detainer standing.
4. The sheriff can keep the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
5. Once 48 hours pass with no ICE pickup, the sheriff lets the person go.
6. Detention placement is up to ICE; its Chicago Field Office covers Kansas, 101 W. Ida B. Wells Dr., Suite 4000, Chicago, IL 60605, 872-351-3990.
7. Search the ICE detainee locator by A-number and birth country, or by name, birth date and country, or call 888-351-4024.

• Greenwood County Sheriff's Office, 311 N. Main St., Eureka, KS 67045, 620-583-5568; jail 620-583-5569
• Eureka, Madison, Severy, Hamilton, Fall River, Climax and Virgil have no police department listed with the state, so the sheriff covers each of them and the rural county: 620-583-5568.
• Kansas Highway Patrol (U.S. 54 and state highways), 785-296-6800