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.
Lane County, Kansas, has about 1,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lane County is held at the county jail, run by the Lane 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: Lane County public records, Lane County arrest records, Lane County warrants, Lane County criminal records, Lane County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Lane County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Lane County is held at the county jail, run by the Lane County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Lane County Sheriff's Office at lanecountyks.org/sheriff.htm (page title: Lane County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Lane County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2015 the jail held about 1 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Lane County has about 1,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 7 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Lane County Jail
The Lane County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Lane County.
The Lane County Sheriff's Office reported 21 arrests to the FBI for 2022. 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 Lane 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 Lane 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 Lane County?
Ask the Lane County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at lanecountyks.org/sheriff.htm.
How many people are in the Lane County jail?
About 1 on an average day in 2015, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Lane County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Lane 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.