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.
Brown County, Kansas, has about 9,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brown County is held at the county jail, run by the Brown 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: Brown County public records, Brown County arrest records, Brown County warrants, Brown County police reports, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Brown County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brown County is held at the county jail, run by the Brown County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Brown County Sheriff's Office at brownso.org/agency-data/jail-roster (page title: Jail Roster | Brown County Sheriff's Office), phone 785-742-7125, 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 Brown County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 17 people, down from about 21 in 2019. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Brown County has about 9,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Brown County Jail
The Brown County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hiawatha and Horton make the arrests that end in a booking in Brown County.
The Sabetha Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Brown County, so its arrests are not broken out for Brown County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Brown County Sheriff's Office's 128 for 2025, Hiawatha's 95 for 2025 and Horton's 38 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Brown County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 261 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 Brown 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 Brown 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 Brown County?
Look on the custody page of the Brown County Sheriff's Office at brownso.org/agency-data/jail-roster, or call 785-742-7125. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Brown County jail?
About 17 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
What is the phone number for the Brown County jail?
785-742-7125, the number on the page of the Brown County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Brown County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Brown 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.