Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Garden City, Kansas, in Finney County, has about 28,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Garden City is held at the county jail, run by the Finney County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Garden City
The county jail, run by the Finney County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Garden City, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Finney County Sheriff's Office at finneycountysheriffks.gov/jail-division/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Finney County, KS | Sheriff Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Finney County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 97 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 220 beds, and it ran at 46 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Finney County has about 38,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 25 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Finney County Jail
The Finney County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Garden City (filed by the FBI as Garden City Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Garden City.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Finney County: Garden City Community College (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Garden City's 1,014 for 2025, the Finney County Sheriff's Office's 104 for 2025 and Holcomb's 7 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Finney County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,125 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Garden City arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Kansas Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Garden City?
Look on the custody page of the Finney County Sheriff's Office at finneycountysheriffks.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Finney County jail?
About 97 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 220 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Finney County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Garden City website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.