Arrests made anywhere in the county by deputies, troopers or the three city departments are booked at the Harper County Jail, 115 E. Steadman, Anthony, KS 67003, 620-842-5135.

When the jail has no record of the person, ask whether they were taken to a neighboring county. The nearest jails are:

• Kingman County Jail, 120 Spruce St., Kingman, KS 67068, 620-532-5133
• Sumner County Jail, 610 E. Hillside St., Wellington, KS 67152, 620-326-8941
• Barber County Jail, Barber County Sheriff's Office, 124 E. Washington, Medicine Lodge, KS 67104, 620-930-2590

1. Go to VINELink Kansas.
2. Type the legal first and last name. Add an age or birth date if many people share the name.
3. Open the match. The record names the holding agency and whether the person is in custody.
4. Sign up for notices if you want a message when the person is released or transferred.
5. No match yet? Call the Steadman Street jail at 620-842-5135 with the full name and date of birth.

The sheriff does not post a jail roster or booking photos on the web, and the VINELink record has no picture. Photos are taken during booking and kept in the jail file. News outlets and anyone else wanting one should ask the sheriff's office at 620-842-5135; the office decides whether to release it.

Federal and immigration photos follow separate rules. Booking photos taken by federal agencies are generally withheld from the public and the press, with an exception when the U.S. Marshals Service releases one, such as for a wanted fugitive. For an ICE photo, file an ICE FOIA records request.

The sheriff's office in Anthony serves warrants for Harper County; call 620-842-5135 and deputies will check. Kansas has no statewide warrant search the public can use, but Anthony district court cases are open on Kansas CaseSearch, and a bench warrant would be listed there. To clear a warrant, have a lawyer arrange your surrender at the Anthony jail. Anthony's district court clerk, at 201 N. Jennings, can help with a missed hearing at 620-842-3721.

After an arrest, a judge or magistrate of the 30th Judicial District decides release terms (K.S.A. 22-2901). Kansas allows release on a promise to appear, a cash deposit, a surety bond from an approved bondsman, or property. The jail at 620-842-5135 gives the bond figure and which payments it accepts. Our Harper County bail guide covers each bond type, the conditions a judge may add, and getting cash bond back.

The jail can read you the booking charges. After the county attorney files a case, the district court clerk has the case number and schedule: Harper County District Court, Harper County Courthouse, 201 N. Jennings, PO Box 467, Anthony, KS 67003; 620-842-3721, fax 620-842-6025. Search the person's name on Case Search to see the same docket from home. For what happens at each Anthony hearing, read our court process guide.

Anyone without money for a defense attorney can raise that at the opening hearing, then fill in the court's financial affidavit. The Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631, pays for appointed defense in Kansas. Remind the person that jail phone lines are recorded, so details of the arrest should wait for the attorney.

Phone 620-842-5135 and tell staff about injuries, prescriptions and the pharmacy that has the records. The jail's medical provider decides on care, and serious emergencies are sent to a hospital. Mention any risk of suicide immediately.

Ask the jail at 620-842-5135 about visiting days before making the trip; our visitation page explains how lobby and video visits usually work. Send mail to the person's full name, Harper County Jail, 115 E. Steadman, Anthony, KS 67003. Phone accounts, deposits and store orders are covered on our phone page, money page and commissary page; confirm the current method with the jail.

Release follows bond and any paperwork, though a detainer lodged by probation, another county or another state will block it. Ask the jail for an estimate before driving to Anthony. Property taken at booking is handed back at release.

Minors are not placed in the adult jail. When a youth has to stay locked up, a youth detention facility serving the region takes them, and those records are sealed from the public. Call the sheriff's office at 620-842-5135 to learn where the young person went.

A person sentenced to prison remains in Anthony until KDOC schedules a transfer. KDOC first sends new prisoners to a reception and diagnostic unit, where their health, needs and custody level are reviewed, and then to an assigned prison. Search KASPER for their location, and read our Kansas state prisons page.

Federal charges are filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Harper is one of the Wichita-Hutchinson division counties, so the clerk's office is in Wichita at 401 N. Market, Room 204, Wichita, KS 67202, 316-315-4200. The opening federal appearance is in front of a magistrate judge applying the Bail Reform Act instead of any bond chart.

Federal defendants are in U.S. Marshals Service custody and can be boarded locally; call the Wichita Marshals office at 316-765-6339. Once sentenced, they pass to the Bureau of Prisons, whose BOP inmate locator tracks them.

1. Booking fingerprints go to federal databases, which alerts immigration officers.
2. ICE can lodge a detainer, Form I-247A, with the jail.
3. A posted bond on the state charge does not cancel it.
4. Under that request, Anthony staff can keep someone "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)), giving ICE time to arrive.
5. If ICE does not take custody within that time, the person goes free.
6. ICE chooses the detention site. Its Chicago Field Office covers Kansas: 101 W. Ida B. Wells Dr., Suite 4000, Chicago, IL 60605, 872-351-3990.
7. Look the person up on the ICE detainee locator by A-number and birth country, or by name, birth date and country. The ICE detention information line is 888-351-4024.

• Anthony Police Department, 202 S. Bluff, Anthony, KS 67003, 620-842-5123
• Attica Police Department, 127 E. Ave. B, Attica, KS 67009, 620-254-7291
• Harper Police Department, city offices at 201 W. Main, Harper, KS 67058, 620-896-2853
• Harper County Sheriff's Office, 115 E. Steadman, Anthony, KS 67003, 620-842-5135
• Bluff City, Danville and Waldron have no town police; deputies patrol them, so call the sheriff at 620-842-5135.
• Kansas Highway Patrol, 785-296-6800