• Wabaunsee County Jail, 215 Kansas Ave., Alma, KS 66401; 785-765-3323, toll-free 877-765-3303; fax 785-765-2339; mail PO Box 176. It shares its street address with the county courthouse.
• Nearby jails if Alma has no record:
• Pottawatomie County Jail, 108 N. First St., Westmoreland, KS 66549, 785-457-3353
• Riley County Jail, Riley County Police Department, 1001 S. Seth Child Rd., Manhattan, KS 66502, 785-537-2112
• Geary County Detention Center, 826 N. Franklin St., Junction City, KS 66441, 785-238-2261
• Morris County Jail, 501 W. Main St., Council Grove, KS 66846, 620-767-6310
• Lyon County Detention Center, 425 Mechanic St., Emporia, KS 66801, 620-342-5545
• Osage County Jail, Law Enforcement Center, 131 W. 14th St., Lyndon, KS 66451, 785-828-4991

The Alma jail houses prisoners for other agencies, so a name on the list may belong to another county's case. The arresting-agency column tells you whose case it is, and that agency's court sets the bond.

VINELink (866-574-8463) confirms Kansas custody and, after you register, sends a call, text or email about a release or transfer once you register.

The sheriff's detention center page sets on-site visits for Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m., with one 15-minute visit per inmate. Visits are recorded and may be monitored, and the visiting area is ADA-compliant. Confirm at 785-765-3323 and bring photo ID. Our visitation page has general tips.

Each person booked gets one free first call. After that, calls are collect or paid with a phone card bought through the jail. People inside cannot take incoming calls. See our phone page.

Write to the inmate's full name, Wabaunsee County Jail, 215 Kansas Ave., Alma, KS 66401. Staff open and inspect all mail except legal mail. Ask the inmate before sending any item, since disallowed items are returned, and keep original packaging. See our mail page and email page.

In person at the Kansas Avenue facility; personal checks are refused. Questions go to 785-765-3323. See our money page and commissary page.

No photos appear on the Alma roster. Send the sheriff's office a written open-records request (K.S.A. 45-215); some records may be withheld. ICE photos: ICE FOIA.

Alma is where the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office is based, and deputies working there handle warrant service; call 785-765-3323 to ask about one. Alma court cases are on Kansas CaseSearch, the place to check, since Kansas has no warrant search at the state level. After your lawyer has spoken to the Alma judge's office, you can go in to the Wabaunsee County Jail. Alma's district court clerk, 215 Kansas Ave., answers at 785-765-2406 about missed hearings.

At 215 Kansas Ave., day or night, with cash or a district-approved bonding company (whose premium is not returned, K.S.A. 22-2809b); property bonds go through the court. Steps: our bail page.

Check-ins with court services, alcohol or drug tests, a curfew and no contact with the alleged victim (K.S.A. 22-2802); a person-crime arrest brings at least 72 hours of no contact.

- Wabaunsee County District Court, Wabaunsee County Courthouse, 215 Kansas Ave., PO Box 278, Alma, KS 66401; 785-765-2406, fax 785-258-6783. See our court page.

A prompt first appearance (K.S.A. 22-2901); a felony preliminary within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902); trial within 150 days of arraignment in custody or 180 on release (K.S.A. 22-3402).

Yes. The sheriff's office lists a work release program alongside patrol, communications and detention. A judge must order it; ask the sentencing court or the jail at 785-765-3323 whether a person qualifies.

2nd District court services officers supervise most Alma probation; reach them through the clerk at 785-765-2406. Community corrections takes higher-risk felony cases. Violations can lead back to the Kansas Avenue jail.

Ask at 785-765-3323 whether the inmate can release property to you; bring photo ID. Medicine should come in original pharmacy bottles, and staff decide how it is given.

CaseSearch shows open Alma filings but omits juvenile and sealed cases. The clerk at 785-765-2406 provides copies.

Yes. Say so at the first Alma hearing and complete the financial affidavit; the state's BIDS office (785-296-6631) covers it.

Kansas law guarantees attorney access "at all reasonable hours" (K.S.A. 19-1930); call ahead so staff can set a room.

Tell the Alma jail about medication or a health condition at 785-765-3323. Kansas law makes the sheriff responsible for meals and medical care and for housing men and women separately (K.S.A. 19-1903).

To the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office (K.S.A. 22-4902), within three business days of a new address, job or school in the county (K.S.A. 22-4905). Search the KBI offender registry.

1. Deputies or troopers bring the person to 215 Kansas Ave.
2. Jailers take prints and a photo, inventory property and screen health.
3. The person gets the free first call.
4. Bond comes from the schedule or a 2nd District judge, and the roster updates.

Minors are not held with adults in Alma, and they do not appear on the roster; detention orders for a minor are carried out at a youth center elsewhere; the sheriff (785-765-3323) and the clerk (785-765-2406) can say where.

1. Federal cases from Wabaunsee County are filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Topeka division, 444 S.E. Quincy, Room 490, Topeka, KS 66683, 785-338-5400.
2. A Topeka magistrate judge decides detention.
3. The U.S. Marshals in Topeka, 785-596-9470, assign the jail.
4. After sentencing, use the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE lodges an I-247A with the Alma jail.
2. A posted Wabaunsee bond leaves the detainer standing.
3. Alma jailers are allowed to hold the person "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
4. Kansas falls under ICE Chicago: 872-351-3990.
5. Search the ICE detainee locator or call 888-351-4024.

After bond posts, after a judge signs a release order, or at the end of the jail term. The roster drops the name once the person leaves; arrange a ride from Alma ahead of time.

Misdemeanor jail time, a year at most, is usually served in Alma. Prison terms go to KDOC; search KASPER and our Kansas prisons directory.

• Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office, 215 Kansas Ave., Alma, KS 66401: 785-765-3323; the KBI also lists 785-765-2217.
• Alma, Alta Vista and Eskridge police are reached through the sheriff at 785-765-3323.
• Maple Hill Police Department, 203 Main, Maple Hill, KS 66507: calls through 785-765-3323.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800. Emergencies: 911.