• Hamilton County Jail, 103 W. Avenue C, Syracuse, KS 67878; 620-384-5616; fax 620-384-5904; mail P.O. Box 764, Syracuse, KS 67878.
• Jails in neighboring Kansas counties: Greeley County Jail, 208 East Harper, Tribune, KS 67879, 620-376-4233; Kearny County Jail, 106 E. Washington St., Lakin, KS 67860, 620-355-6211; Grant County Jail, 210 East Central, Ulysses, KS 67880, 620-356-3500; Stanton County Jail, 208 N. Chestnut St., Johnson, KS 67855, 620-492-6866.

Syracuse is home base for the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, whose deputies serve warrants and answer at 620-384-5616. Kansas has no warrant search for the public at the state level, yet cases from the Syracuse courthouse appear on Kansas CaseSearch, including any bench warrant. In Syracuse, clearing a warrant usually means a lawyer-arranged surrender at the Hamilton County Jail. Missed a hearing? The district court clerk on North Main in Syracuse, number 219, can help at 620-384-5159.

Hamilton County District Court, 219 N. Main, P.O. Box 745, Syracuse, KS 67878, 620-384-5159, fax 620-384-7806. Syracuse hosts a magistrate judge of the 25th Judicial District, whose chief judge and administration sit in Garden City. Our court page covers the hearings in order.

A 25th District magistrate sets bond, and it's posted at the jail on West Avenue C. The district court clerk at 219 N. Main (620-384-5159) can answer questions about the bond paperwork on weekdays. See our Hamilton County bail page for bond types and refunds.

The jail controls visiting times and who is approved. Phone 620-384-5616 before you travel, and bring a current photo ID; visitors on the road from Garden City should allow for the change to Mountain Time. Our visitation page covers in-person and video visits in general.

• Calls: outgoing only, recorded and paid in advance; details on our phone page.
• Messaging, if the jail uses a service: our email and messaging page.
• Letters: the inmate's full name, Hamilton County Jail, P.O. Box 764, Syracuse, KS 67878; banned items are listed on our mail page.
• Funds: our money page, plus the commissary page for snacks and supplies.

Tell the jail at 620-384-5616 about any medication, injury or suicide risk so staff can arrange care. People who can't afford counsel may get one appointed through the Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense (785-296-6631).

It does not. The sheriff's office at 620-384-5616 can explain how to request a booking photo. For ICE records, use ICE FOIA.

1. The case belongs to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Wichita courthouse at 401 N. Market, Room 204, Wichita, KS 67202, 316-315-4200.
2. A magistrate judge rules on detention.
3. The U.S. Marshals Service office in Wichita, 316-765-6339, decides where a pretrial detainee is housed, usually a contracted county jail; VINE often shows which.
4. Once sentenced, look in the BOP inmate locator.

1. After booking, ICE can file a Form I-247A detainer with the Syracuse jail.
2. Paying bond on the Kansas charge leaves the detainer standing.
3. The jail may then hold the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)); without ICE pickup in that window, release follows.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office, 872-351-3990, oversees Kansas.
5. Track a detainee on the ICE locator or at 888-351-4024.

Booking at the Syracuse jail covers fingerprints, a photo, a records check and a property list. Charging decisions belong to the Hamilton County Attorney. Kansas law (K.S.A. 22-2901) requires a prompt appearance before a magistrate, who sets release terms. If bond is met, the person walks out with a court date; if not, they stay at the jail until the next setting. Hamilton County keeps Mountain Time, so confirm hearing times with the clerk at 620-384-5159.

The Kansas Bureau of Investigation keeps the public Kansas Offender Registry; search by name, city or county. People on it who live in Hamilton County register with the sheriff at the West Avenue C office.

Look them up in KASPER, then use our Kansas prisons directory for each facility's phone.

Juveniles are not housed with adults at the Syracuse jail; Kansas law keeps youth detention separate. If a judge orders a youth detained, they go to a regional juvenile detention center. Call the jail at 620-384-5616 to find out which center has the child.

The district court at 219 N. Main (620-384-5159) forfeits the bond and orders an arrest warrant under K.S.A. 22-2807; the sheriff's jail at 620-384-5616 books the person again when it is served. Failing to surrender within 30 days of the forfeiture is a separate charge under K.S.A. 21-5915, a class B misdemeanor or a level 10 felony depending on the original case.

Trial dates come from the magistrate and district judges hearing cases at 620-384-5159; the jail at 620-384-5616 confirms custody. Under K.S.A. 22-3402, a defendant jailed only on the charge has a right to trial inside 150 days from arraignment; on bond the window is 180 days. Time the defense asks for is charged to the defendant, and a judge may grant limited continuances the statute allows.

They will. Hamilton County judges at 219 N. Main (620-384-5159) must start the sentence early enough to cover every night spent behind bars while the charge was pending, under K.S.A. 21-6615. Jailers at 620-384-5616 can read back the booking and release times if the journal entry looks wrong. Credit already given on another case served back to back is not repeated.

• Hamilton County Sheriff's Office, 103 W. Avenue C, Syracuse, KS 67878: 620-384-5616. The state's law enforcement list shows no separate city police agency in the county, so the sheriff covers Syracuse and Coolidge too.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800; *47 from a mobile phone.
• Emergencies: 911.