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 3, 2026.
Kiowa County, Kansas, has about 2,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kiowa County is held at the county jail, run by the Kiowa 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: Kiowa County public records, Kiowa County arrest records, Kiowa County warrants, Kiowa County criminal records, Kiowa County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Kiowa County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Kiowa County is held at the county jail, run by the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office at kiowacountyks.gov/m/directory/department?did=14 (page title: Staff Directory, Sheriff's Department), phone 620-723-2182, 200 E Wisconsin Avenue Greensburg, KS 67054, Monday to Friday 8 am to 5 pm, 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 620-723-2182.
The Kiowa County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 13 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 13 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Kiowa County has about 2,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 53 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Kiowa County Jail
The Kiowa County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Greensburg make the arrests that end in a booking in Kiowa County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office's 35 for 2024 and Greensburg's 26 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Kiowa County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 77 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 Kiowa 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 Kiowa 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 Kiowa County?
Ask the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office at 620-723-2182; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at kiowacountyks.gov.
How many people are in the Kiowa County jail?
About 13 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 13 beds.
What is the phone number for the Kiowa County jail?
620-723-2182, the number on the page of the Kiowa County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Kiowa County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Kiowa 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.