• Wilson County Jail, 925 Pierce St., Fredonia, KS 66736; sheriff's office 620-378-3622; fax 620-378-4510.
• Nearby jails to call if Fredonia has no record:
• Montgomery County Jail, 300 E. Main, Independence, KS 67301, 620-330-1000
• Woodson County Jail, 105 W. Rutledge, Yates Center, KS 66783, 620-625-8640
• Elk County Jail, 100 N. Cedar St., Howard, KS 67349, 620-374-2108
• Labette County Jail, 718 5th St., Oswego, KS 67356, 620-795-2565
• Greenwood County Jail, 311 N. Main, Eureka, KS 67045, 620-583-5568
• Allen County Jail, 1 N. Washington, Iola, KS 66749, jail 620-365-1402

Tennessee, Texas and North Carolina each have a far bigger Wilson County with its own jail, website and roster. Results from Lebanon, Floresville or the city of Wilson do not cover Fredonia or Neodesha, so confirm with the Pierce Street number.

Bookings come from sheriff's deputies, the Fredonia and Neodesha police, troopers on U.S. 400 and K-39 and K-47, and holds for other agencies. A city ordinance arrest may be released on a municipal bond set by that city's court.

Search VINELink by name, or call 866-574-8463. Registered users get word by phone, text or email if Fredonia releases or transfers the person.

Visiting days, the approved-visitor process and ID rules are given out by phone at 620-378-3622; the sheriff does not publish visiting rules online. Our visitation page has general tips.

No; inmates place outgoing calls only. Staff can explain how a family phone account is opened; also see our phone page.

To the inmate's full name, Wilson County Jail, 925 Pierce St., Fredonia, KS 66736. Confirm what is allowed before mailing photos or books, and see our mail page and email page.

Ask staff at 620-378-3622 how money is accepted for commissary and calls. See our money page and commissary page.

Wilson County posts none online. File a written Open Records Act request with the Fredonia sheriff (K.S.A. 45-215); investigative records may be withheld. Immigration photos: ICE FOIA.

Fredonia deputies from the local sheriff's office serve warrants countywide; call 620-378-3622 to find out whether one is active. Fredonia court cases are on Kansas CaseSearch; given that Kansas has no statewide warrant search, Fredonia's docket is where a bench warrant would be listed. To clear one, have a lawyer contact the court and then report to the jail in Fredonia. Fredonia's district court clerk, Room 214 at 615 Madison, answers at 620-378-4533 about missed hearings.

At 925 Pierce St., by the methods staff name when you call, or through a bonding company the 31st District has approved (K.S.A. 22-2809b). Steps: our bail page.

Court services check-ins, testing for drugs and alcohol, curfews and stay-away orders (K.S.A. 22-2802); a person-crime arrest carries a 72-hour minimum no-contact order.

- State charges: Wilson County District Court, Wilson County Courthouse, 615 Madison, Room 214, Fredonia, KS 66736; 620-378-4533, fax 620-378-4531. - City charges: - Fredonia Municipal Court, City Hall, 100 N. 15th, Fredonia, KS 66736, 620-378-2231; office 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays, court Wednesdays at 4 p.m. - Neodesha Municipal Court, City Hall, 1407 N. 8th, Neodesha, KS 66757, 620-325-2828; court at 2 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays. See our court page.

A first appearance without delay (K.S.A. 22-2901); felony preliminary within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902); a jailed defendant must be tried within 150 days of arraignment, a released one within 180 (K.S.A. 22-3402).

31st District court services officers handle most Wilson County probation; reach them through the Room 214 clerk, 620-378-4533. Community corrections supervises the more serious felony probationers, and a revocation sends them back to Pierce Street.

Call 620-378-3622 to ask about a property release form signed by the inmate; the person collecting needs photo ID. Medicine should stay in the pharmacy bottle; jail staff decide how it is dispensed.

CaseSearch shows open Wilson County filings but leaves out juvenile and sealed matters. Copies come from the district clerk, 620-378-4533.

Yes, for a defendant the court finds indigent. Raise it when the defendant first appears and fill in the income affidavit; BIDS (785-296-6631) pays appointed counsel.

Kansas law entitles lawyers to see clients "at all reasonable hours" (K.S.A. 19-1930); call ahead so staff can arrange a private room.

Give jail staff the prescriptions and the pharmacy name at 620-378-3622. Kansas makes the sheriff responsible for feeding prisoners, getting them medical care and housing men and women apart (K.S.A. 19-1903).

To the Wilson County Sheriff's Office (K.S.A. 22-4902), within three business days after moving, taking a job or enrolling at a school in the county (K.S.A. 22-4905). Search the KBI offender registry.

1. The arresting officer brings the person to 925 Pierce.
2. Staff take fingerprints and a photo, inventory property and screen for health needs.
3. Bond comes from the schedule or from a 31st District judge.
4. When the county attorney files a complaint, the case appears on CaseSearch.

Children are not jailed with adults in Fredonia. Youth held by court order go to a regional juvenile facility; the sheriff (620-378-3622) or district clerk (620-378-4533) can tell a parent which one and when the hearing is.

1. Federal cases from Wilson County are filed in 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. A Kansas City magistrate holds the federal detention hearing for a Fredonia-area defendant.
3. The U.S. Marshals in Kansas City, 913-748-8550, choose the holding jail.
4. Once sentenced, look the person up on the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE files an I-247A detainer with the Fredonia jail.
2. A posted Wilson County bond does not cancel it.
3. Fredonia staff can keep custody "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
4. The responsible ICE office is Chicago's: 872-351-3990.
5. Use the ICE detainee locator or call 888-351-4024.

After bond is accepted, when a judge orders it, or when a jail term ends. Arrange a ride from Pierce Street ahead of time.

Fredonia keeps most misdemeanor sentenced prisoners, whose terms top out at one year. Prison sentences go to KDOC; search KASPER and our Kansas prisons directory.

• Wilson County Sheriff's Office, 925 Pierce St., Fredonia, KS 66736: 620-378-3622.
• Fredonia Police Department, 120 S. 4th, Fredonia, KS 66736: 620-378-4152.
• Neodesha Police Department, 1407 N. 8th St., Neodesha, KS 66757: 620-325-3031.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800. Emergencies: 911.