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 1, 2026.
Lansing, Kansas, in Leavenworth County, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lansing is held at the county jail, run by the Leavenworth 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 Lansing
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lansing is held at the county jail, run by the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office at lvsheriff.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_time=desc/1 (page title: Inmate Roster | Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), 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 Leavenworth County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 110 people, down from about 170 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 223 beds, and it ran at 65 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Leavenworth County has about 85,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Leavenworth County Jail
The Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Lansing (filed by the FBI as Lansing Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Lansing.
The Bonner Springs Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Leavenworth County, so its arrests are not broken out for Leavenworth County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Leavenworth's 682 for 2025, the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office's 288 for 2024 and Tonganoxie's 136 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Leavenworth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 953 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 Lansing arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Leavenworth County serves the sentence in a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Lansing?
Look on the custody page of the Leavenworth County Sheriff's Office at lvsheriff.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Leavenworth County jail?
About 110 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 223 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Leavenworth County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Lansing 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.