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.
Kingman County, Kansas, has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kingman County is held at the county jail, run by the Kingman 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: Kingman County public records, Kingman County arrest records, Kingman County warrants, Kingman County criminal records, Kingman County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Kingman County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kingman County is held at the county jail, run by the Kingman County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Kingman County Sheriff's Office at kingmancountysheriff.com/detention/current-inmates (page title: Current Inmates | Kingman County Kansas Sheriff's Office), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Kingman County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 11 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 13 beds, and it ran at 85 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Kingman County has about 6,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Kingman County Jail
The Kingman County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Kingman make the arrests that end in a booking in Kingman County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Kingman County Sheriff's Office's 71 for 2025 and Kingman's 35 for 2023.
Together, the two agencies in Kingman County with all twelve months of 2023 on file reported 104 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 Kingman 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 Kingman 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 Kingman County?
Look on the custody page of the Kingman County Sheriff's Office at kingmancountysheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Kingman County jail?
About 11 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 13 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kingman County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Kingman 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.