• Shawnee County Adult Detention Center, 501 SE 8th Ave., Topeka, KS 66607; 785-251-5000
• Annex, 818 SE Adams, Topeka, KS 66607; 785-251-5000
• Juvenile Detention Center, 401 SE 8th Ave., Topeka, KS 66607; 785-251-7700
• Nearby county jails:
• Jefferson County Jail, 1360 Walnut, Oskaloosa, KS 66066, 785-863-2765
• Douglas County Correctional Facility, 3601 E. 25th St., Lawrence, KS 66046, 785-830-1000
• Osage County Jail, 131 W. 14th St., Lyndon, KS 66451, 785-828-4991
• Pottawatomie County Jail, 108 N. First St., Westmoreland, KS 66549, 785-457-3353

The Shawnee search lists people now in corrections custody. Write down the booking number; personal mail and deposits require it, and staff ask for it on calls.

Sign up on VINELink (866-574-8463) to be told when the Topeka jail releases or transfers someone.

Adult visits are by video, either on site or remotely, and are booked through the lobby kiosk or the provider's website, a system in place since January 2025. Leave belongings in the lobby lockers. Sleeveless, see-through, torn or profane clothing, hats, bandanas and skirts more than 5 inches above the knee are refused. See our visitation page.

Parents, guardians, grandparents and siblings with an adult may have one 25-minute visit per visiting day, with picture ID: Tuesday and Friday at 6:30, 7 and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday at 10, 10:30 and 11 a.m. Call 785-251-7700 with questions.

Personal letters go to the processing address, not Topeka: Shawnee County Jail, inmate name and booking number, PO Box 9215, Seminole, FL 33775-9195, with your return address. Legal mail and money orders: the inmate's full name, Shawnee County Adult Detention Center, 501 SE 8th Ave., Topeka, KS 66607. Books and magazines must ship from a publisher or bookstore. See our mail page and email page.

Never mail cash; it is returned. Money orders with the full name go to 501 SE 8th Ave., and the DOC website explains electronic deposits. See our money page and commissary page.

Outside callers cannot ring a housing unit. Prisoners dial out from monitored phones, and family can fund a prepaid account through the jail's phone service. See our phone page.

The search shows none. Ask the Department of Corrections or the arresting agency in writing, citing the Open Records Act (K.S.A. 45-215); certain records may be withheld. Immigration files: ICE FOIA.

In Topeka, warrants are the job of the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, which runs an online warrant search you can try first; deputies confirm results at 785-251-2200. Kansas offers nothing statewide for warrants, yet Topeka district court cases on Kansas CaseSearch list any bench warrant. Ask a lawyer to set a time for your surrender at the Shawnee County Detention Center; it's far calmer than an arrest. Topeka's district court clerk, Suite 209 at 200 SE 7th St., takes calls on missed hearings at 785-251-6700.

At 501 SE 8th Ave., or through a bondsman the 3rd District approves (K.S.A. 22-2809b). Details: our bail page.

• Shawnee County District Court, Shawnee County Courthouse, 200 SE 7th St., Suite 209, Topeka, KS 66603; 785-251-6700, fax 785-251-4908.
• Topeka Municipal Court, 214 SE 8th Ave., Topeka, KS 66603; 785-368-3776.
• Silver Lake, Rossville and Auburn handle their own city cases. See our court page.

A prompt first appearance (K.S.A. 22-2901), a felony preliminary hearing within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902), and trial within 150 days of arraignment in custody, 180 when released (K.S.A. 22-3402).

Tell corrections at 785-251-5000 about prescriptions; medical staff at the detention center decide what is dispensed. Kansas jails must give medical attention and keep men and women separate (K.S.A. 19-1903).

Yes, "at all reasonable hours" (K.S.A. 19-1930). Appointed counsel: BIDS, 785-296-6631. Lawyers send legal mail to 501 SE 8th Ave., not the Florida address.

To the Shawnee County sheriff, 320 S. Kansas Ave. (K.S.A. 22-4902), within three business days of any new Topeka-area home, job or school (K.S.A. 22-4905). Registry: KBI.

1. Topeka police, deputies, troopers or campus police bring the arrestee to SE 8th Avenue.
2. Corrections officers fingerprint, photograph and screen the person and bag their property.
3. The name appears in the county search with a booking number.
4. Bond is set by schedule or at first appearance.

1. Federal cases are filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Topeka division, 444 SE Quincy, Room 490, Topeka, KS 66683, 785-338-5400.
2. A magistrate judge holds the detention hearing in that building.
3. The U.S. Marshals in Topeka, 785-596-9470, decide where the defendant is housed.
4. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE lodges an I-247A detainer with Shawnee County corrections.
2. A county bond does not end it.
3. Corrections may keep the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
4. The responsible field office for Topeka is ICE Chicago, 872-351-3990.
5. Check moves on the ICE detainee locator or 888-351-4024.

A second corrections building at 818 SE Adams, a few blocks from the main center, on the same 785-251-5000 line. The county search shows which building holds the person; ask before visiting or dropping off a money order, since visits and lobby services are handled at 501 SE 8th Ave.

Items bagged at booking stay with corrections. The prisoner signs a release naming who may pick them up, and that person brings photo ID to the SE 8th Avenue lobby. Call 785-251-5000 first for the pickup hours.

County jail time of a year or less is generally served with Shawnee County corrections. Prison terms go to KDOC: search KASPER and our Kansas prisons directory.

• Shawnee County Sheriff's Office, 320 S. Kansas Ave., Suite 200, Topeka, KS 66603: 785-251-2200
• Topeka Police Department, 320 S. Kansas Ave., Suite 100, Topeka, KS 66603: 785-368-9551
• Washburn University Police, 1700 SW College Ave., Topeka, KS 66621: 785-670-1153
• Rossville Police Department, 527 Pearl St., Rossville, KS 66533: 785-584-6047
• Auburn Police Department, Auburn City Hall, 161 W. 9th St., Auburn, KS 66402: 785-256-2727
• Silver Lake Police Department, Silver Lake, KS 66539: 785-582-5162
• Shawnee County Park Police, Topeka, KS 66605: 785-806-1567
• Kansas Highway Patrol, 708 SW Jackson, Topeka, KS 66603: 785-296-6800