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 September 30, 2026.
Cloud County, Kansas, has about 8,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cloud County is held at the county jail, run by the Cloud 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: Cloud County public records, Cloud County arrest records, Cloud County warrants, Cloud County criminal records, Cloud County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cloud County
The county jail, run by the Cloud County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Cloud County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Cloud County Sheriff's Office at cloudcountyks.org/elected/sheriff/index.php (page title: Cloud County, KS), phone 785-243-3636, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 785-243-3636.
The Cloud County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 97 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 80 beds, and it ran at 121 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cloud County has about 8,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 111 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cloud County Jail
The Cloud County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Concordia make the arrests that end in a booking in Cloud County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Cloud County Sheriff's Office's 78 for 2025 and Concordia's 50 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Cloud County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 128 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 Cloud 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 Cloud 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 Cloud County?
Ask the Cloud County Sheriff's Office at 785-243-3636; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at cloudcountyks.org/elected/sheriff/index.php.
How many people are in the Cloud County jail?
About 97 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 80 beds.
What is the phone number for the Cloud County jail?
785-243-3636, the number on the page of the Cloud County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cloud County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Cloud 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.