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.
Reno County, Kansas, has about 61,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Reno County is held at the county jail, run by the Reno 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.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Reno County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Reno County is held at the county jail, run by the Reno County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Reno County Sheriff's Office at publicsafety.renocountyks.gov/housed-search?tab=all (page title: Corrections Housed | Reno County Public Safety), 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 Reno County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 220 people, up from about 190 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 250 beds, and it ran at 90 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Reno County has about 61,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 36 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Reno County Jail
The Reno County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Hutchinson, South Hutchinson, Buhler and Haven make the arrests that end in a booking in Reno County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in Reno County: the Nickerson/South Hutchinson Unified School District and Reno County Drug Enforcement Unit (other agency).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Hutchinson's 1,386 for 2025, the Reno County Sheriff's Office's 677 for 2025 and Haven's 29 for 2019.
Together, the two agencies in Reno County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,063 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 Reno 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 Reno 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 Reno County?
Ask the Reno County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at publicsafety.renocountyks.gov.
How many people are in the Reno County jail?
About 220 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 250 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Reno County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Reno 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.