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.
Sherman County, Kansas, has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sherman County is held at the county jail, run by the Sherman 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: Sherman County public records, Sherman County arrest records, Sherman County warrants, Sherman County criminal records, Sherman County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Sherman County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sherman County is held at the county jail, run by the Sherman County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Sherman County Sheriff's Office at shermancountyks.gov/sheriff-inmate-information (page title: Inmate Information | Sherman County Sheriff), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Sherman County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 19 people, down from about 24 in 2018. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Sherman County has about 5,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 33 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sherman County Jail
The Sherman County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Goodland make the arrests that end in a booking in Sherman County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Goodland's 148 for 2025 and the Sherman County Sheriff's Office's 65 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Sherman County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 213 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 Sherman 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 Sherman County?
Look on the custody page of the Sherman County Sheriff's Office at shermancountyks.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Sherman County jail?
About 19 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sherman County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Sherman 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.