Wabaunsee County Jail Overview
Wabaunsee County Jail, also described by the sheriff's site as the Wabaunsee County Detention Center, is operated by the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office. The facility serves the local jail role for Alma and the county as a whole. It is not a KDOC prison and should not be searched as one. The researched Facility Map found one local detention facility in the county, with no state prison, federal BOP institution, or ICE detention center physically located in Wabaunsee County.
The jail holds adult pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, court and warrant holds, and accepted other-agency holds. The roster inspected during research showed entries tied to Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Highway Patrol, Morris County Sheriff's Office, Brown County, and other-county status notes. That means the Wabaunsee County Jail population can include people whose arresting agency or court case is not purely local, even though they are physically listed in the county jail.
Wabaunsee County Jail Population
The official detention page does not publish a current rated bed capacity. It also does not publish annual bookings, an average daily population, or a pod-by-pod population table. The available jail-specific figures are a point-in-time current roster count and a historic correctional-population listing. Those figures are useful, but they are not substitutes for a current jail capacity report.
For a fresh count, use the Wabaunsee County Jail roster because releases, new arrests, bonds, medical-clearance delays, and transfers can change the list. The roster is the current public view. It is not a long-term population dashboard.
Search Wabaunsee County Jail Inmates
The correct lookup system for Wabaunsee County Jail is the WBSO jail roster. The roster is hosted on the sheriff's website under Agency Data and was free to use during research. It accepts a name or booking number and displays current entries on the roster page. If the person is not listed, use the sheriff's phone line for confirmation, then check Kansas Case Search, KASPER, BOP, or ICE only if the custody path has moved outside the county jail.
- Open the official WBSO jail roster.
- Search by name, using a last name or a known partial name.
- Use the booking number field if a booking number appears on court papers or was given by the jail.
- Read the roster entry for charges, bond, arresting agency, booking time, age, sex, race, and image field.
- Call WBSO when the listing conflicts with court information or when bond or release status may have changed.
Wabaunsee County Jail Contact
Contact details for Wabaunsee County Jail run through the Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office. The sheriff's office is also the records and custody fallback when the roster does not answer a narrow question. For court dates, filed charges, or payment questions, use Wabaunsee County District Court instead of the jail.
Wabaunsee County Jail
215 Kansas Avenue
Alma, KS 66401
785-765-3323
Toll-free: 877-765-3303
Fax: 785-765-2339
Email: wbso@wbcso.org
The sheriff's mailing address is P.O. Box 176, Alma, KS 66401. Records fees located during research include $8 for an offense report and $5 for an accident report, with certified funds or cash only and no personal checks.
Visit Wabaunsee County Jail
Wabaunsee County Jail publishes on-site visitation rules for family and friends. Visits are recorded and may be monitored. Visitors must be family members and at least 18 years old unless the Sheriff grants an exception. The facility says visitation is ADA-compliant. The jail can end a visit or remove future visitation privileges for inappropriate dress, inappropriate behavior, or safety and security concerns.
| Day | Hours | Type | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday | 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | On-site | One 15-minute visit per inmate |
| Other days | Not published | Not listed | Confirm with the jail before travel |
The official Detention Center page lists the visitation, phone, bond, mail, money, and commissary rules that apply to the Wabaunsee County Jail.
The screenshot supports the facility rules because it is the sheriff's own detention page, not a third-party jail directory.
Mail Money and Phone Rules
Mail to a person at Wabaunsee County Jail should use the inmate's name, the jail name, and the jail address. All correspondence is opened and inspected before delivery. The jail tells senders to check with the inmate before sending items because not all items are allowed. Unapproved correspondence may be returned, and packaging should remain in original form. Legal mail is handled under common jail practice, but the public page does not provide a detailed legal-mail schedule.
| Service | Wabaunsee County Jail rule |
|---|---|
| Mail address | Inmate name, Wabaunsee County Jail, 215 Kansas Ave., Alma, KS 66401. |
| Phone calls | One initial free call after booking, then collect calls or phone-card calls purchased through the jail. |
| Money | Delivered in person only; personal checks are not accepted. |
| Commissary | Inmates may buy commissary if they have funds and no pending facility expenses; friends and family may also purchase commissary. |
| Vendor fees | No official commissary or deposit fee table was located. |
Bond at Wabaunsee County Jail
Wabaunsee County Jail accepts bonds 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. The jail accepts cash bonds and surety bonds only. It does not handle property bonds. A cash bond means the full amount set by the court. A surety bond must go through a bondsman first, and bonding companies or agents are approved by the court. The jail page says a list can be obtained through the courts or kept on file in the jail.
| Bond type | Local rule |
|---|---|
| Cash bond | Full court-set amount paid to secure release. |
| Surety bond | Handled through an approved bondsman before coming to the jail. |
| Property bond | Not handled by Wabaunsee County Jail. |
| No-bond or hold | Must be confirmed with the jail or court; a zero amount on the roster does not explain every hold. |
Booking at Wabaunsee County Jail
The sheriff's site does not publish a full booking checklist, but the roster shows the public output of booking: booking number, charges, bond, arresting agency, date and time, image field, and basic demographic fields. The detention page states that a newly booked person receives one initial free phone call to try to bond or notify someone of custody.
Kansas law also matters at intake. Under K.S.A. 19-1930, a sheriff or jailer has custody duties for committed prisoners, but is not required to receive or detain a person still in arresting-agency custody until a medical examination if the person appears unconscious, seriously ill, seriously injured, or seriously impaired. Medical clearance can therefore affect when a person appears on the Wabaunsee County Jail roster.
Wabaunsee County Jail Records
For current custody, use the roster and the jail phone line. For filed court charges, hearings, dispositions, and sentencing, use Kansas Case Search or Wabaunsee County District Court. The District Court is at the same 215 Kansas Avenue county address environment, with court operations listed on the third floor. The county court page also notes a drop box on the south side of the courthouse parking lot for traffic or criminal payments, paperwork, or correspondence.
For a booking record or report that is not online, use the sheriff's phone, email, mail, or in-person route and cite Kansas Open Records Act language if needed. The researched sheriff forms page did not locate a dedicated booking-record request form. WBSO's process-fee page should be checked before payment because it is the official source for listed report costs.
About Wabaunsee County Jail
The Wabaunsee County Sheriff's Office describes itself as serving Wabaunsee and surrounding communities since 1859 and lists more than 25 employees across Patrol, Communications, Detention Center, Work Release, Civil Office, Victims Advocate, Records, and Sheriff's Office Administration. Jail programming details are thin in official sources. The public pages mention work release as an office component and describe commissary, calls, mail, visits, money, and bonds, but do not publish GED, tablet, religious-service, grievance, medical-provider, or accreditation details.
Note: Confirm custody, bond, and visit status with Wabaunsee County Jail before traveling or sending money.