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.
Morris County, Kansas, has about 5,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Morris County is held at the county jail, run by the Morris 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: Morris County public records, Morris County arrest records, Morris County warrants, Morris County criminal records, Morris County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Morris County
The county jail, run by the Morris County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Morris County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Morris County Sheriff's Office at morriscountyks.org/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Morris County, KS), 501 W. Main Street Council Grove, KS 66846, a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Morris County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 3 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 3 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Morris County has about 5,300 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 6 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Morris County Jail
The Morris County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Council Grove make the arrests that end in a booking in Morris County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Council Grove's 29 for 2023 and the Morris County Sheriff's Office's 25 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Morris County with all twelve months of 2022 on file reported 44 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 Morris County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Kansas Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Morris County?
Ask the Morris County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at morriscountyks.org/sheriffs-office.
How many people are in the Morris County jail?
About 3 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 3 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Morris County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Morris 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.