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.
Pawnee County, Kansas, has about 6,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pawnee County is held at the county jail, run by the Pawnee 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: Pawnee County public records, Pawnee County arrest records, Pawnee County warrants, Pawnee County criminal records, Pawnee County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Pawnee County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pawnee County is held at the county jail, run by the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office at pawneecountykansas.com/185/Sheriff (page title: Pawnee County Sheriff | Pawnee County, KS), phone 620-285-2211, 116 W 8th Street Larned, KS 67550, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 620-285-2211.
The Pawnee County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 8 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 15 beds, and it ran at 53 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pawnee County has about 6,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 13 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pawnee County Jail
The Pawnee County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Larned make the arrests that end in a booking in Pawnee County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Larned's 38 for 2025 and the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office's 29 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Pawnee County with all twelve months of 2024 on file reported 89 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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee County?
Ask the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office at 620-285-2211; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pawneecountykansas.com/185/Sheriff.
How many people are in the Pawnee County jail?
About 8 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 15 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pawnee County jail?
620-285-2211, the number on the page of the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pawnee County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Pawnee 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.