• Rush County Jail, operated by the sheriff at 715 Elm St., La Crosse, KS 67548; mail P.O. Box 495; 785-222-2578; fax 785-222-3328; sheriff@rushcountykansas.gov (sheriff's page).
• The sheriff's office sits behind the 1888 courthouse and connects to it through a rear addition, so the jail, the district court and the clerk share one block of Elm Street.
• For general county business, the county clerk answers at 785-222-2731; that line does not handle custody questions.

No. The sheriff's website lists staff, dispatch and contacts but no in-custody list. Call 785-222-2578 and ask if the person was booked, on what charge, and what bond applies. Dispatch answers that line around the clock because the same center takes the county's 911 calls.

Go to VINELink, select Kansas, then type a name. Results list custody status plus the holding agency. You can register for a call, text or email when custody changes, or phone VINE at 866-574-8463. A booking made very recently can take time to show up.

Booking photos are kept off the internet. Send a records request to the sheriff's office, 715 Elm St., or call 785-222-2578; the Kansas Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215 and following) governs what is released, though open-investigation files can be kept back. The office may charge a copy fee. Immigration records go through ICE FOIA.

La Crosse is home to the Rush County Sheriff's Office, and its deputies handle warrant service throughout the county; you can reach them at 785-222-2578. La Crosse district court cases are on Kansas CaseSearch, and since Kansas has no statewide warrant search, that's the place a bench warrant would show. To clear one, a lawyer can arrange your surrender at the Rush County Jail, 715 Elm St., La Crosse. The district court clerk shares that Elm Street address and answers at 785-222-2718 about missed hearings.

The magistrate sets bond at a first appearance that K.S.A. 22-2901 requires without unnecessary delay. Bond is posted at the jail on Elm Street; call first to confirm the amount and payment types. Our bail bond instructions explain bond types, approved sureties and refunds.

The district court at the courthouse, 715 Elm St., P.O. Box 387, La Crosse, KS 67548; clerk 785-222-2718; fax 785-222-2748. It is one of six courts in the 24th Judicial District. The county attorney, 785-222-3736, prosecutes. Our criminal court process page covers each step.

At the first appearance, the defendant can ask for appointed counsel and fill out a sworn financial affidavit. If approved, a lawyer is assigned and paid through the State Board of Indigents' Defense Services, 785-296-6631.

Visits are set by the jail. Call 785-222-2578 before going to learn the current days, the ID required and the visit format in use. Our visitation page has general tips on dress and conduct.

• Mail: ask the jail for the inmate mailing format, then see our mail page. Letters usually go to P.O. Box 495 with the inmate's full name.
• Calls: inmates place outgoing, recorded calls; our phone page explains accounts.
• Messages: our email page.
• Money: our money page and commissary page.

Call the jail at 785-222-2578 and give the inmate's name, the medication or condition and the prescribing doctor. Staff decide how medication is brought in; don't drop off pills without asking first. If the person needs eyeglasses, a hearing aid or a medical device, mention that on the same call, and keep the pharmacy's name and number handy so jail staff can verify a prescription quickly.

The person's full legal name, date of birth and, if you know it, the date and place of the arrest. Ask whether bond is set, the next court date and the jail's rules for property and clothing. If the person was taken by the Kansas Highway Patrol, the booking still happens at the county jail.

Minors are not held with adults. When detention is ordered for a minor, placement is at a youth facility elsewhere in Kansas. Parents or guardians can ask the sheriff at 785-222-2578 or the district court at 785-222-2718 where the youth is.

Yes. K.S.A. 21-6615 requires the sentencing judge to credit the days spent in custody while the case was pending. Trial timing is set by K.S.A. 22-3402: 150 days from arraignment for someone held only on that charge, 180 days for someone on bond.

Only with permission. Phone 785-222-2578 before bringing anything to Elm Street, because a small jail may accept just a court outfit for trial days or release clothing and turn away everything else. Ask what sizes, colors and items are allowed, whether new packaging is required, and when deliveries can be made. Personal property taken at booking is inventoried and kept until release; a family member can ask to pick some of it up, which usually requires a signed release from the inmate and photo ID at the counter.

Search KASPER by name or KDOC number, then use our Kansas state prisons page for facility contacts.

Federal charges go to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas; the Wichita clerk is at 401 N. Market, Room 204, Wichita, KS 67202, 316-315-4200. The U.S. Marshals Service in Wichita, 316-765-6339, places pretrial federal prisoners in jails that contract with it. After sentencing, the BOP inmate locator shows the federal facility.

1. ICE can send the jail a Form I-247A detainer after booking.
2. Paying the state bond has no effect on that hold.
3. Federal rule 8 CFR 287.7(d) caps it at "48 hours after they would otherwise be released," giving ICE time to collect the person.
4. ICE's Chicago Field Office covers Kansas, 872-351-3990.
5. Find a detainee with the ICE detainee locator or at 888-351-4024.

• County Sheriff's Office, 715 Elm St., La Crosse, KS 67548: 785-222-2578. The KBI's agency list shows no city police department, so deputies patrol La Crosse, Otis, Bison, McCracken, Alexander, Liebenthal, Timken and Rush Center.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800; *47 from a cell phone.
• Emergencies: 911.