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 2, 2026.
Geary County, Kansas, has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Geary County is held at the county jail, run by the Geary 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: Geary County public records, Geary County arrest records, Geary County warrants, Geary County criminal records, Geary County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Geary County
The county jail, run by the Geary County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Geary County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Geary County Sheriff's Office at gearycountysheriff.gov/corrections-division (page title: Corrections Division | Geary County KS Sheriff), phone 785-762-6583, 826 N. Franklin St., Junction City, KS 66441, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 785-762-6583.
The Geary County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 87 people, down from about 150 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 160 beds, and it ran at 94 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Geary County has about 35,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 24 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Geary County Jail
The Geary County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Junction City and Grandview Plaza make the arrests that end in a booking in Geary County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Junction City's 1,225 for 2024, the Geary County Sheriff's Office's 485 for 2025 and Grandview Plaza's 230 for 2024.
Together, the three agencies in Geary County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 2,048 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 Geary 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 Geary 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 Geary County?
Ask the Geary County Sheriff's Office at 785-762-6583; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gearycountysheriff.gov/corrections-division.
How many people are in the Geary County jail?
About 87 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 160 beds.
What is the phone number for the Geary County jail?
785-762-6583, the number on the page of the Geary County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Geary County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Geary 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.