Adults charged with felonies and misdemeanors in Wyandotte County are booked into the jail at:
710 N. 7th Street
Kansas City, KS 66101
which is operated by the county sheriff.
Deputies deliver the people they arrest, and so do officers from municipal police departments in the county that lack their own holding cells. Every new arrival is photographed, fingerprinted and screened for medical concerns, and staff log personal property and run warrant searches before a cell or housing unit is assigned.
The Kansas Highway Patrol and other state agencies also use this jail, as can federal agencies including the U.S. Marshals and ICE.
Kansas has no statewide sanctuary law, and local jails decide for themselves how to respond to federal immigration detainers, with some sheriffs working directly with ICE. If a person is transferred to federal immigration custody, the ICE Online Detainee Locator can help family members find them.
Listings of recent arrests are taken from the sheriff’s official booking list (opens in a new tab) or an official statewide jail list. When the county permits it, the list may display a mugshot, the charges and the arresting agency for each charge. The Wyandotte County Detention Center staff can fill in gaps at 913-573-2865.
Expect intake to last anywhere from two hours to a full day. A long line of earlier arrivals in the booking area is the main cause of delay.
Professional bail bond companies operate in Kansas. Under state law, a compensated surety must be approved by the chief judge of the judicial district before writing bonds in that district’s courts. Judges can also release a defendant on their own recognizance or set conditions such as supervision. Someone arrested must be taken before a magistrate without unnecessary delay, and for a warrantless arrest a judge must find probable cause within 48 hours. Details on posting bond are on our Bail page.
Phone the Wyandotte County Detention Center at 913-573-2865 to ask whether a particular person has been brought in.
Some calls are handled by an automated name lookup; others go to a staff member. Be prepared to give the person’s date of birth, which helps staff confirm identity and protect privacy.
It can take several hours after an arrest before the booking shows up in public records.
The Wyandotte County Detention Center Booking Roster offers an online option if you would rather not call.
Following the arrest and a reading of Miranda rights, officers take the person to the sheriff’s jail in Wyandotte County, or briefly to a city police station, to start booking.
Intake has several stages. Attorneys commonly recommend staying quiet about the alleged crime throughout, since anything said to officers or other detainees, and many jail phone calls, can be recorded and introduced at trial.
The person is photographed and fingerprinted and answers detailed questions about their history and current condition. Kansas law requires a DNA sample from adults arrested for a felony, so felony bookings include a cheek swab. Staff also search for warrants in Wyandotte County, the rest of Kansas and other states.
For DUI arrests, refusing a breath or blood test can cost the driver their license under Kansas’s implied consent law, and officers may get a search warrant for a blood draw performed by medical personnel.
New arrivals may be strip-searched, which can mean removing clothing, squatting and coughing while an officer watches. A walk-through metal detector or body scanner is also common.
Booking staff want to know about gang involvement, tattoos and scars, illnesses and injuries, medications, allergies, substance use, any risk of suicide and anything else that affects safe housing or special care.
Personal items are collected, listed on a property sheet and stored until the person is released. If the person agrees, a family member or friend may be allowed to pick some items up sooner.
Clothing, money, wallets, handbags, phones, jewelry, piercings and watches are all stored. Glasses may be kept back if they pose a security risk, and shoelaces are removed from footwear the person keeps.
The person is usually allowed a phone call to let someone know where they are and to start arranging bond or bail.
If they remain in custody before their first court appearance, the Wyandotte County Detention Center supplies a jail uniform, slip-on shoes, a blanket and sheets, a towel, soap and dental supplies.
Before going to a housing unit, they generally shower and may receive treatment for lice, scabies or similar pests.
Booking may last one hour or stretch past 24 hours. The pace depends on how busy intake is, the number of officers on shift and how the person behaves.
A person who is badly intoxicated or combative can be placed in a holding cell for several hours until it is safe to continue.