• Miami County Detention Center, 209 S. Pearl St., Paola, KS 66071; 913-294-3232, fax 913-294-9547. Office hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. The courthouse is a block north at 120 S. Pearl St.
• Jails in bordering counties:
• Franklin County Detention Center, 220 S. Beech St., Ottawa, KS 66067, 785-229-1220
• Linn County Jail, Linn County Justice Center, 308 Main St., Suite 103, Mound City, KS 66056, 913-795-2665 (Alternative number: 913-795-2666)
• Anderson County Jail, 135 E. 5th Ave., Garnett, KS 66032, 785-448-5678

Phone 913-294-3232 with a full name and birth date, or search VINELink, which names the facility and offers release notices. No inmate list is published on the county site.

Arrests by sheriff's deputies and by the Paola, Osawatomie and Louisburg police departments, along with Kansas Highway Patrol arrests in the county. Spring Hill straddles the Johnson County line; arrests on the Johnson side are not booked here.

Photos are not published. Send the sheriff a written Kansas Open Records Act request (K.S.A. 45-215); release is at the sheriff's discretion. ICE images require an ICE FOIA request.

Paola is home to the Miami County Sheriff's Office, whose deputies serve the county's warrants; call 913-294-3232 to ask about one. Kansas offers no warrant search covering the whole state, but Paola's district court cases are on Kansas CaseSearch, where any bench warrant is noted. The usual path in Paola is for a lawyer to contact the court, and then you turn yourself in at the Miami County Detention Center. Paola's district court clerk, on South Pearl Street at number 120, takes calls at 913-294-3326 about missed hearings.

Bond set by a 6th District judge is paid at the detention center; confirm at 913-294-3232. Agents must be on the chief judge's approved list, with a 10% floor on fees (K.S.A. 22-2809b). See our bail page.

K.S.A. 22-2802 lets the judge add reporting, a curfew, electronic monitoring or travel limits; person-crime cases include a 72-hour minimum no-contact period.

- Miami County District Court, Miami County Courthouse, 120 S. Pearl St., Paola, KS 66071; 913-294-3326, fax 913-294-2535. The 6th District also serves Bourbon and Linn counties. - Paola Municipal Court, Paola Justice Center, 805 N. Pearl St., Paola, KS 66071; 913-259-3630, fax 913-259-3639; clerk open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays. - Osawatomie Municipal Court, 605 O'Neal St., Osawatomie, KS 66064 (mail: PO Box 37); 913-755-3695, fax 913-755-9356. - Louisburg Municipal Court, City Hall, 215 S. Broadway St., Louisburg, KS 66053; 913-837-5219, fax 913-837-5374. See our court page.

Prompt first appearance (K.S.A. 22-2901); felony preliminary hearing within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902); trial 150 days from arraignment when held on that charge alone, 180 days on bond (K.S.A. 22-3402).

CaseSearch lists Miami district cases by name or number; CR marks criminal cases, and juvenile or sealed files are withheld. Clerk: 913-294-3326.

Ask the Pearl Street judge at the first hearing and complete an income statement; Kansas' indigent defense board (785-296-6631) pays the attorney.

City cases stay in the town that wrote them. Paola's court is at the Justice Center, 805 N. Pearl St., with a clerk open 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Osawatomie moved its court to 605 O'Neal St. on Jan. 1, 2026, and meets the second and fourth Wednesdays at 9 a.m. Louisburg holds court at City Hall, 215 S. Broadway, the second and fourth Tuesdays; a missed date there can lead to a failure-to-appear warrant.

The sheriff must separate men and women and supply food, water and medical care (K.S.A. 19-1903). Call 913-294-3232 about medications.

Lobby visiting is closed until further notice. Under the posted rules, each inmate may have one 20-minute visit per visitor per day; adults show a valid state or federal ID, and visitors 17 or younger come with an adult who has ID. Bags, phones, food, drinks and tobacco are barred, only certified service animals are allowed, clothing must reach mid-thigh, and shoes are required. A jail sergeant at 913-294-3232 can explain current options. See our visitation page.

Nothing can be dropped off: letters, photos and packages must arrive by mail. Ask detention staff at 913-294-3232 for the addressing format. See our mail page.

Call 913-294-3232 for the current deposit methods and commissary schedule. See our money page, commissary page, phone page and messaging page.

Minors are not held in the adult detention center; if a judge orders secure custody, the youth goes to a juvenile center; parents can ask the sheriff at 913-294-3232 which.

1. Charges go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Kansas City division: 500 State Ave., Room 259, Kansas City, KS 66101, 913-735-2200.
2. Pretrial release is decided at a federal detention hearing.
3. The U.S. Marshals Service in Kansas City, 913-748-8550, assigns housing.
4. After sentencing, see the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE serves a Form I-247A on the detention center.
2. Paying the county bond does not lift it.
3. The hold may last "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)), then the person must be let go.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office, 872-351-3990, covers Kansas.
5. Search the ICE detainee locator or call 888-351-4024.

Check KASPER, KDOC's offender search, and our Kansas state prisons directory.

Yes. Judges at 120 S. Pearl St. (913-294-3326) must set a start date covering each pretrial day in custody under K.S.A. 21-6615. The jail at 913-294-3232 can confirm the booking.

A petition to the Paola clerk can ask for that. Under K.S.A. 22-2410, the court notifies the county attorney and the arresting agency and a judge may clear the arrest if police had the wrong person or lacked probable cause, or if the Paola case ended in acquittal or a justified dismissal. The $176 docket fee is not charged after a dismissal or acquittal.

• Miami County Sheriff's Office, 209 S. Pearl St., Paola, KS 66071: 913-294-3232; the KBI list also gives 913-294-4444. Fontana and the rural townships are covered by deputies.
• Paola Police Department, 805 N. Pearl St., Paola, KS 66071: 913-259-3631.
• Osawatomie Police Department, 105 E. Main St., Osawatomie, KS 66064: 913-755-2101.
• Louisburg Police Department, 209 S. Metcalf Rd., Louisburg, KS 66053: 913-837-3191.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800, or *47 from a cell phone.
• Emergencies: 911.