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.
Trego County, Kansas, has about 2,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Trego County is held at the county jail, run by the Trego 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 Trego County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Trego County is held at the county jail, run by the Trego County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Trego County Sheriff's Office at tregocountysheriff.com/InmateRoster.asp (page title: Inmate Roster), 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 Trego County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 3 people, down from about 8 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 14 beds, and it ran at 56 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Trego County has about 2,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 9 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Trego County Jail
The Trego County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for WaKeeney make the arrests that end in a booking in Trego County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Trego County Sheriff's Office's 40 for 2021 and WaKeeney's 40 for 2021.
Together, the two agencies in Trego County with all twelve months of 2021 on file reported 80 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 Trego 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 Trego 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 Trego County?
Look on the custody page of the Trego County Sheriff's Office at tregocountysheriff.com/InmateRoster.asp. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Trego County jail?
About 3 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 14 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Trego County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Trego 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.