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 30, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Gray County, Kansas, has about 5,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Gray County is held at the county jail, run by the Gray 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: Gray County public records, Gray County arrest records, Gray County warrants, Gray County police reports, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Gray County
The county jail, run by the Gray County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Gray County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Gray County Sheriff's Office at graycosheriff.org (page title: Gray County Sheriff's Office of Kansas), phone (620) 855-3916, 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 (620) 855-3916.
The Gray County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2018 the jail held about 32 people. Its rated capacity in 2016, the last year with a capacity figure, was 43 beds, and it ran at 20 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Gray County has about 5,700 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 56 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Gray County Jail
The Gray County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Montezuma make the arrests that end in a booking in Gray County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Gray County Sheriff's Office's 84 for 2025 and Montezuma's 0 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Gray County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 84 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 Gray 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 Gray 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 Gray County?
Ask the Gray County Sheriff's Office at (620) 855-3916; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at graycosheriff.org.
How many people are in the Gray County jail?
About 32 on an average day in 2018, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 43 beds.
What is the phone number for the Gray County jail?
(620) 855-3916, the number on the page of the Gray County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Gray County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Gray 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.