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 on September 24, 2026.
Wabaunsee County, Kansas, has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wabaunsee County is held at the county jail, run by the Wabaunsee 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: Wabaunsee County public records, Wabaunsee County arrest records, Wabaunsee County warrants, Wabaunsee County police reports, Wabaunsee County property records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Wabaunsee County
The county jail, run by the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Wabaunsee County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office at wbcso.org/agency-data/jail-roster (page title: Jail Roster | Wabaunsee County Sheriff), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Wabaunsee County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 12 people, up from about 1 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 22 beds, and it ran at 5 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Wabaunsee County has about 7,100 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 16 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Wabaunsee County Jail
The Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Alma and Alta Vista make the arrests that end in a booking in Wabaunsee County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office's 154 for 2025, Alma's 0 for 2019 and Alta Vista's 0 for 2020.
Together, the two agencies in Wabaunsee County with all twelve months of 2020 on file reported 105 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 Wabaunsee 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 Wabaunsee 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 Wabaunsee County?
Look on the custody page of the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office at wbcso.org/agency-data/jail-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Wabaunsee County jail?
About 12 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 22 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Wabaunsee County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Wabaunsee 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.