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 on September 24, 2026.
Bourbon County, Kansas, has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bourbon County is held at the county jail, run by the Bourbon 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.
Related guides: Bourbon County public records, Bourbon County arrest records, Bourbon County warrants, Bourbon County criminal records, Bourbon County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Bourbon County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Bourbon County is held at the county jail, run by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at bourboncountysheriffks.org/inmate-roster/filters/current/booking_ti... (page title: Inmate Roster | Bourbon County Sheriff's Office Kansas | Sort Booking Time | Descending | Page 1), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Bourbon County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 78 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 76 beds, and it ran at 103 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Bourbon County has about 14,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 54 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Bourbon County Jail
The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Fort Scott make the arrests that end in a booking in Bourbon County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office's 209 for 2025 and Fort Scott's 179 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Bourbon County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 388 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 Bourbon County 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 Bourbon 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 Bourbon County?
Look on the custody page of the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office at bourboncountysheriffks.org. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Bourbon County jail?
About 78 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 76 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Bourbon County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Bourbon County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.