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.
Labette County, Kansas, has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Labette County is held at the county jail, run by the Labette 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: Labette County public records, Labette County arrest records, Labette County warrants, Labette County criminal records, Labette County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Labette County
The county jail, run by the Labette County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Labette County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Labette County Sheriff's Office at labettecountykssheriff.org (page title: Labette County Sheriff's Office), phone 620.795.2565, 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 620.795.2565.
The Labette County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 75 people, down from about 78 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 84 beds, and it ran at 93 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Labette County has about 20,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 38 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Labette County Jail
The Labette County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Parsons, Oswego, Altamont and Chetopa make the arrests that end in a booking in Labette County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Parsons's 482 for 2025, the Labette County Sheriff's Office's 107 for 2025 and Oswego's 16 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Labette County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 605 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 Labette 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 Labette 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 Labette County?
Ask the Labette County Sheriff's Office at 620.795.2565; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at labettecountykssheriff.org.
How many people are in the Labette County jail?
About 75 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 84 beds.
What is the phone number for the Labette County jail?
620.795.2565, the number on the page of the Labette County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Labette County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Labette 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.