• Call the Lane County Sheriff's Office, 144 South Lane, Dighton, KS 67839 (mail: P.O. Box 478); 620-397-2828, also 620-397-2452; fax 620-397-5933. Deputies make or receive every arrest in the county and can say which jail took the person.
• Jails in neighboring counties, for your follow-up call:
• Ness County Jail, 221 W. Main St., Ness City, KS 67560, 785-798-3611.
• Scott County Jail, 602 West 5th Street, Scott City, KS 67871, 620-872-2133.
• Finney County Jail, 304 N. Ninth Street, Garden City, KS 67846, 620-272-3700 (Alternative number: 620-272-3756).
• Our Lane County jail page lists the sheriff's office at 144 South Lane, Dighton, KS 67839, 620-397-2828.

VINE reads booking data from the jail that actually holds the person. A result names that facility, the custody status and often the booking date, so it also answers the question of which county took them. Relatives may register for free calls, texts or emails when the person is released or moved. Expect a short lag after booking; for a quick answer, phone 620-397-2828.

No booking photos are put online by the sheriff. A photo can be requested from the sheriff's office in Dighton at 620-397-2828 under the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215); the office decides whether to release it. If the person is held in another county's jail, that jail's own roster may show a photo. ICE booking photos are requested through ICE FOIA. Federal booking photos are not public, except fugitive photos the U.S. Marshals choose to release.

Dighton's sheriff's office serves the county's warrants, and deputies can tell you about one at 620-397-2828. There isn't a statewide warrant search for Kansas residents, but Dighton district court cases appear on Kansas CaseSearch, with any bench warrant in the record. Before you turn yourself in, ask the Dighton deputies which jail is currently taking the county's prisoners, and have a lawyer arrange the surrender. Dighton's clerk of the district court, at 144 S. Lane, handles missed hearings at 620-397-2805.

A 24th Judicial District judge sets the bond at the first appearance. It can be paid at the sheriff's office in Dighton; call 620-397-2828 to confirm the amount and payment method first. The district court clerk works in the same courthouse on weekdays, 620-397-2805. A paid bail agent needs the 24th District chief judge's approval and must, by K.S.A. 22-2809b, collect at least 10% of the bond. Our Lane County bail guide explains bond types and refunds; belongings held since booking come back at release.

Lane County District Court, Lane County Courthouse, 144 South Lane, Dighton, KS 67839; clerk 620-397-2805. It is part of the 24th Judicial District, and the sheriff's office shares the courthouse. See our Lane County court page for more.

Kansas law puts an arrested person in front of a magistrate without unnecessary delay (K.S.A. 22-2901), a hearing that covers the charge, the bond amount and a lawyer. In a felony, the defendant may ask for a preliminary examination, normally held within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902). Kansas then gives a jailed defendant held only on that charge a trial within 150 days of arraignment, or 180 days when free on bond (K.S.A. 22-3402), not counting delays the defense requests. Dates come from the clerk at 620-397-2805.

On Kansas CaseSearch, choose Lane County and enter a name or case number; there is no login. CR numbers are criminal cases and TR numbers traffic. Each record shows the charges, bond, hearing dates, the judge and the result, with optional text reminders. Juvenile records and sealed cases do not appear.

The judge at the first hearing can appoint defense counsel paid by the Kansas State Board of Indigents' Defense (785-296-6631). If the person takes medicine, is hurt or has a mental health condition, tell the sheriff at 620-397-2828 and the holding jail as soon as possible. Kansas law makes the sheriff responsible for proper food, drink and medical care for prisoners and for separate housing of men and women (K.S.A. 19-1903).

Visiting rules are set by the jail that holds the person. Call that jail for visiting days, approval and ID rules, and whether video visits are offered from home or a lobby kiosk. Our visiting guide covers what to bring.

• Phone: inmates call out on recorded lines paid from a prepaid family account. See our inmate phone guide.
• Some jails offer tablet messages; see our email and text guide.
• Letters need the person's full name and the address of the holding jail. Our mail guide lists what is allowed.
• Money for snacks, hygiene items and phone time: our inmate money page and commissary page.

Youths do not go into an adult jail. A juvenile who must be held goes through intake and then to a regional center, such as the Southwest Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center, 507 W. Santa Fe, Garden City, KS 67846. Parents or guardians can call the sheriff at 620-397-2828 to learn where the child went and when the detention hearing is.

1. Federal charges are filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas; the Wichita courthouse is at 401 N. Market, Room 204, Wichita, KS 67202, 316-315-4200.
2. At a detention hearing, a federal magistrate judge weighs whether the person can be released before trial.
3. The U.S. Marshals Service in Wichita, 316-765-6339, holds detained defendants in contract county jails; VINE usually shows which one.
4. Once a federal sentence is imposed, use the BOP inmate locator to follow them.

1. An immigration officer sends a Form I-247A detainer to the holding jail.
2. Paying the state bond does not remove it.
3. Federal rules let the jail hold the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)); past that point the jail must free them.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office, 872-351-3990, covers Kansas.
5. Find them on the ICE detainee locator with a name and country of birth, or an A-number, or call 888-351-4024.

A new KDOC prisoner is first classified at a reception center, then sent to a facility matching their security level. Search KASPER, which KDOC runs, then check our Kansas prison directory for addresses and phone numbers.

• Lane County Sheriff's Office, 144 South Lane, Dighton: 620-397-2828 or 620-397-2452. Dighton is the only incorporated town and has no police department of its own on the state agency list, so deputies patrol it along with Healy, Shields and the rest of the county.
• Kansas Highway Patrol (traffic arrests by troopers): 785-296-6800, or *47 from a cell phone.
• Emergencies: 911.