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 4, 2026.
Ellsworth County, Kansas, has about 6,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ellsworth County is held at the county jail, run by the Ellsworth 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: Ellsworth County public records, Ellsworth County arrest records, Ellsworth County warrants, Ellsworth County criminal records, Ellsworth County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Ellsworth County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Ellsworth County is held at the county jail, run by the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office at ellsworthcounty.org/government/sheriff_s_office/index.php (page title: Welcome to Ellsworth County, KS), phone 785-472-4416, 212 N Kansas Ave Ellsworth, KS 67439, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 4, 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 785-472-4416.
The Ellsworth County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 15 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 11 beds, and it ran at 136 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Ellsworth County has about 6,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Ellsworth County Jail
The Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Ellsworth, Wilson, Kanopolis and Holyrood make the arrests that end in a booking in Ellsworth County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office's 51 for 2025, Ellsworth's 5 for 2025 and Kanopolis's 0 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies in Ellsworth County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 56 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 Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth County?
Ask the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office at 785-472-4416; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at ellsworthcounty.org.
How many people are in the Ellsworth County jail?
About 15 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 11 beds.
What is the phone number for the Ellsworth County jail?
785-472-4416, the number on the page of the Ellsworth County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Ellsworth County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Ellsworth 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.