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 September 30, 2026.
Osage County, Kansas, has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Osage County is held at the county jail, run by the Osage 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: Osage County public records, Osage County arrest records, Osage County warrants, Osage County criminal records, Osage County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Osage County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Osage County is held at the county jail, run by the Osage County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Osage County Sheriff's Office at osageco.org/298/Sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Osage County, KS), phone 785-828-3121, 131 W 14th Street Lyndon, KS 66451, 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 785-828-3121.
The Osage County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 18 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 33 beds, and it ran at 55 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Osage County has about 16,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 11 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Osage County Jail
The Osage County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Osage City, Carbondale, Lyndon, Overbrook, Burlingame, Scranton and one more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in Osage County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Burlingame's 1,152 for 2025, the Osage County Sheriff's Office's 139 for 2025 and Overbrook's 32 for 2024.
Together, the five agencies in Osage County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 1,334 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 Osage 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 Osage 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 Osage County?
Ask the Osage County Sheriff's Office at 785-828-3121; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at osageco.org/298/Sheriff.
How many people are in the Osage County jail?
About 18 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 33 beds.
What is the phone number for the Osage County jail?
785-828-3121, the number on the page of the Osage County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Osage County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Osage 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.