Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. 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.
Wallace County, Kansas, has about 1,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Wallace County is held at the county jail, run by the Wallace 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: Wallace County public records, Wallace County arrest records, Wallace County warrants, Wallace County criminal records, Wallace County court records, Kansas arrest records and Kansas inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Wallace County
The county jail, run by the Wallace County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Wallace County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Wallace County Sheriff's Office at wallacecountysheriff.com (page title: Wallace County Jail Roster Lookup, KS, Inmate Search), 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 Wallace County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 3 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 3 beds, and it ran at 100 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Wallace County has about 1,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 20 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Wallace County Jail
The Wallace County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Wallace County.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Wallace 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 Wallace 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 Wallace County?
Look on the custody page of the Wallace County Sheriff's Office at wallacecountysheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Wallace County jail?
About 3 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 3 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Wallace County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Wallace 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.