• Meade County Jail, 223 N. Meade Center St., Meade, KS 67864 (mail: PO Box 487, Meade, KS 67864-0487); 620-873-8765; fax 620-873-8778.
• Jails and sheriffs nearby:
• Ford County Jail, 11311 E. Comanche, Dodge City, KS 67801, 620-227-4501
• Haskell County Jail, 300 S. Inman, Sublette, KS 67877, 620-675-2289
• Seward County Law Enforcement Center, 501 N. Washington, Liberal, KS 67901, 620-309-2000
• Gray County Sheriff's Office, 300 S. Main, Cimarron, KS 67835, 620-855-3916

Enter a last and first name, or a booking number, and choose Kansas. VINELink reports current custody and the facility, and lets you register for a phone call, email, text or app notice at release. VINE's toll-free line is 866-574-8463.

People arrested in Meade County, and those arrested by the Clark County Sheriff's Office, which says it takes its arrestees to the Meade jail for booking. For anyone else, ask the sheriff at 620-873-8765 where the person is.

Meade has no photo gallery. A Kansas Open Records Act request in writing to the sheriff (K.S.A. 45-215); release is up to the sheriff. ICE photos need an ICE FOIA request.

Out here, the sheriff's office in Meade, the county seat, serves warrants, and calling 620-873-8765 will tell you whether one is active. Statewide, Kansas doesn't offer a warrant search. The courthouse in Meade, though, posts its cases on Kansas CaseSearch, so a bench warrant would show in the file. Most people settle it by letting a lawyer set a time and then reporting to the jail in Meade, which also holds prisoners for a neighboring county. If it's a missed court date, the Fowler Street office of the district court clerk (200 N. Fowler St.) answers at 620-873-8750.

Set by a 16th District judge, it is paid at the jail; confirm at 620-873-8765. Approved bondsmen charge at least 10% and sign at the jail (K.S.A. 22-2809b). See our bail page.

Supervision, travel limits or house arrest under K.S.A. 22-2802; for person crimes, no contact with the victim for at least 72 hours.

- Meade County District Court, 200 N. Fowler St. (PO Box 623), Meade, KS 67864; 620-873-8750, fax 620-873-8759. The 16th District also covers Clark, Comanche, Ford, Gray and Kiowa counties. See our court page.

Prompt first appearance (K.S.A. 22-2901); a felony preliminary hearing within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902); trial within 150 days of arraignment when held only on that case, or 180 days on bond (K.S.A. 22-3402).

Yes. Kansas CaseSearch has Meade district cases by name or number; criminal cases start with CR, and juvenile or sealed matters stay off the site. Clerk: 620-873-8750.

Request one from the magistrate on your first court day, with a financial form; Kansas' public defense board (785-296-6631) covers the cost.

Kansas requires the sheriff to keep men and women apart and to provide food, water and medical care (K.S.A. 19-1903). Report medications at 620-873-8765.

1. The person is booked at 223 N. Meade Center St. and appears in VINE once entered.
2. A judge sees the person promptly and sets bond and conditions (K.S.A. 22-2901).
3. Bond is posted at the jail, or the person stays in custody.
4. The case moves through the courthouse at 200 N. Fowler St.; dates and filings appear on CaseSearch.
5. Release triggers a VINE notice for anyone registered.

Search VINELink first, then call the Meade jail at 620-873-8765. The Clark County Sheriff's Office, 221 W. 9th Ave., Ashland, KS 67831, 620-635-2802, can explain its own warrants and case paperwork.

The KBI runs the statewide Kansas offender registry, searchable by name, address or county; registrants living in Meade County report to the sheriff at 223 N. Meade Center St.

The county publishes no visiting schedule online, so call 620-873-8765 for current days, times and ID rules before driving to Meade. See our visitation page.

Write to the inmate by full name at Meade County Jail, PO Box 487, Meade, KS 67864, and include a return address. Ask staff about photo and package limits. See our mail page.

Call the jail at 620-873-8765 to learn how deposits are accepted and when commissary is sold. See our money page, commissary page, phone page and messaging page.

The Meade jail is for adults. When a judge detains a minor, a juvenile facility takes them; the sheriff (620-873-8765) or the clerk (620-873-8750) can say which.

1. U.S. cases are filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Wichita division: 401 N. Market, Room 204, Wichita, KS 67202, 316-315-4200.
2. A federal magistrate decides detention.
3. The U.S. Marshals Service in Wichita, 316-765-6339, chooses where detainees are housed.
4. After sentencing, check the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE delivers a Form I-247A to the jail.
2. A paid county bond leaves it standing.
3. Custody may last "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)), after which the jail must let the person go.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office, 872-351-3990, covers Kansas.
5. Search the ICE detainee locator or call 888-351-4024.

Search KASPER, KDOC's offender lookup, and our Kansas state prisons directory.

Yes. Prisoners from here may be housed elsewhere, but the court at 200 N. Fowler St. (620-873-8750) still credits every pretrial day in any jail holding the person on this case, as K.S.A. 21-6615 requires. The sheriff at 620-873-8765 can say where and since when the person has been held. Time already credited to a consecutive sentence is not applied twice.

• Meade County Sheriff's Office, 223 N. Meade Center St., Meade, KS 67864: 620-873-8765. It is the only agency the KBI lists for the county, so Meade, Plains and Fowler residents call the sheriff.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800, or *47 from a cell phone.
• Emergencies: 911.