Search the Sherman County Inmate Population

The Sherman County Inmate Population

The Sherman County inmate population is held at one local detention facility, the Sherman County Bastille / Sherman County Jail in Goodland. Sheriff Chad Mann's office operates the jail and publishes the official current-inmate list. That local list is the right starting point for recent arrests, pretrial custody, local jail sentences, failures to appear, probation-violation holds, court holds, and "hold for another agency" entries.

The local jail population is not limited to sheriff arrests. Research from the current roster showed arrests by the Sherman County Sheriff's Office, the Goodland Police Department, and the Kansas Highway Patrol. A person arrested in Goodland or on a highway in the county may still appear in the county jail roster because the Bastille is the county detention point.

Sentenced Kansas prison custody is different. The Kansas Department of Corrections uses KASPER for state custody and supervision records. Federal custody uses the Bureau of Prisons locator, and immigration custody uses ICE ODLS. Those systems should not be merged with the Sherman County inmate population count unless the local roster itself shows a local hold.

Sherman County Inmate Population Statistics

Official county pages reviewed did not publish a certified jail capacity, annual average daily population, demographic table, or current official daily count. The best sourced local figures in the research came from the Jail Data Initiative Sherman County Jail profile, which used a short scrape period from March 1, 2023 through April 4, 2023. Those numbers are useful, but they are dated roster-derived indicators.

Sherman County Jail Population Trends

The Sherman County inmate population trend line is thin because no official county annual jail-population report was located in accessible county material. The county current-inmate page had an inmate reports repository link, but the research did not locate usable yearly files in accessible text. For that reason, the only firm local trend entries are the limited 2023 Jail Data Initiative scrape and the 2026 current-list observation.

That gap matters. A current-inmate list can show who is listed now, but it does not prove annual jail use, release volume, seasonal changes, or bed pressure. The safest Sherman County inmate population statement is narrow: the county publishes current custody rows, and the dated JDI scrape gives a limited historical benchmark.

Who Makes Up Sherman County Custody

The Sherman County inmate population is a local jail mix rather than a single category. The roster has shown new arrest charges, serving-time entries, failures to appear, probation violations, contempt, holds for court, and holds for another agency. It also showed charges and statuses tied to drug offenses, traffic incidents, violent-charge allegations, property matters, and court nonappearance.

The county roster does not publish age, date of birth, sex, race, ethnicity, height, weight, housing unit, classification level, or structured pretrial-versus-sentenced status. Demographic breakdowns should not be inferred from names or photographs. The public fields are custody fields, not a demographic report.

Pretrial detainee

A person held after arrest while charges, bond, or court dates are pending.

Serving time

A person serving a local jail sentence rather than waiting on a new arrest.

Hold for another agency

A custody reason tied to another court, law-enforcement agency, or jurisdiction.

Detainer

A notice asking the jail to hold or notify another agency before release.

Sherman County Jail Capacity and Law

No official Sherman County page reviewed published a rated capacity, crowding order, jail expansion plan, consent decree, recent jail litigation, or death-in-custody notice. The Jail Data Initiative also listed capacity as N/A. Because no capacity denominator is available, the Sherman County inmate population cannot be responsibly described as over or under capacity from the sourced material.

Kansas public-record law explains why some jail data is available and why some detail is withheld. K.S.A. 45-216 states the public policy that public records are open unless a law says otherwise. K.S.A. 45-218 covers inspection requests, agency responses, refusals, and fees. K.S.A. 45-221 lists exceptions, including criminal-investigation and privacy categories.

Sherman County and State Prison

No Kansas Department of Corrections prison is physically listed in Sherman County on the official KDOC facility list. Once a Sherman County defendant is sentenced to KDOC custody and transferred, the county jail roster is no longer the main lookup tool. Search moves to KASPER, the Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository.

KASPER states that it reflects people and cases tied to KDOC-funded or KDOC-operated programs, not a full criminal history. It also warns that users should not arrest a person solely from KASPER information and that the system is updated each working day, while status can change between updates. The KDOC homepage population block in the research listed adult correctional facilities at 9,849 residents for 10,674 capacity and adult parole at 5,357, updated September 18, 2025.

Search Sherman County Inmate Population

The official Sherman County inmate information page is the main online channel for the local jail. It is not a name-search form. It is a public current-inmate list with no login, no visible filters, no advanced search, no pagination, no export tool, and no posted maintenance window in the page text captured for research.

The list is still useful because it places key custody facts in one row. A reader can compare the name, date arrested, charges, arresting agency, bond, and mugshot thumbnail when posted. If a person is not listed, the next step is not to assume release. The person may have been released, transferred, spelled differently, moved to KDOC custody, held federally, held by ICE, or not yet reflected in the county list.

1. Open the official current-inmate page from the Sherman County Sheriff's Office.
2. Scan the rows by last name and first name because there is no public search box on the captured page.
3. Use the date arrested and arresting agency to distinguish a new booking from a serving-time entry or hold.
4. Read the full charge and bond cells before treating a dollar amount as enough for release.
5. Call 785-890-4835, check Kansas VINE, and use KASPER, BOP, or ICE when the county list does not answer the custody question.

Sherman County Roster Fields

The county's current inmate list is a published roster. It does not accept public search input in the captured text, so the "field" table is best read as a roster-display table. These are the fields a reader can use to identify the person and decide which office or locator to check next.

The official inmate page screenshot in the project manifest shows the current inmate table with mugshot thumbnails, charge text, arresting agency, and bond column.

That roster image matches the research finding that Sherman County publishes a current list rather than a searchable portal.

Past Sherman County Inmate Records

Released people may disappear from the current-inmate list without a public release history. The county did not publish a roster retention schedule, archive search form, booking number lookup, or historical mugshot gallery in the reviewed pages. For older jail records, use the sheriff's report-copy process or the county open-records form when the current list is not enough.

The sheriff FAQ says most Sheriff's Office records are public under KORA, with exceptions for open criminal investigations, sealed or expunged records, certain personnel records, and juvenile records. Requests can be made in person or by mail to Sherman County Sheriff's Office, Attn: Reports, 813 1/2 Broadway, Goodland, KS 67735. Report copies cost $2, and pictures cost extra.

Sherman County Jail vs Prison

A Sherman County inmate population search works best when the custody type is clear. The local jail covers arrests and local detention. KDOC covers sentenced state-prison custody and supervision. Federal and immigration systems are separate again, and they may not show U.S. Marshals pretrial detainees or county holds in the same way.

Sherman County Detention Facility

The Facility Map resolves one local detention facility for this site. The primary jail is the Sherman County Bastille / Sherman County Jail, operated by the sheriff. No KDOC prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention facility was found in Sherman County in the official facility lists reviewed.

• Sherman County Bastille / Sherman County Jail - local adult detention for current county inmates, recent bookings, court holds, serving-time entries, probation and failure-to-appear holds, and some other-agency holds.

Sherman County Court and Bond

Booking charges on the jail roster are not the final court record. After arrest, the Sherman County Attorney reviews and prosecutes criminal cases within county jurisdiction. Court records then move through Sherman County District Court, part of the 15th Judicial District. Kansas Case Search and courthouse access are the better sources for filed charges, court dates, dispositions, and Rule 22 access limits.

Bond appears on the roster, but the full bond cell matters. Examples in the research included no bond, cash or surety amounts, and mixed no-bond plus cash-or-surety language. A person may remain in the Sherman County inmate population because one hold blocks release even when another charge has a dollar amount. For court-filed charges after booking, use the Sherman County court records after jail arrest page.

Sherman County Inmate Contact

Visitation at the Bastille is video-based. The inmate information page lists free on-site video visitation on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:00-5:00 p.m. MST, while the sheriff FAQ lists Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30-4:30 p.m. MST. Both require photo ID, valid email, age 18 or older, sign-in before 4:00 p.m., and a call on the day of the visit to confirm that visitation will occur.

Remote video visitation is listed as available every day from 8:00 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. MST through inmatecanteen.com / JailATM link text. The county says calls cannot be transferred to inmates and messages are not relayed. Inmates use a separate phone system, collect calls, or commissary phone cards. Outside phone cards do not work.

Sherman County Inmate FAQ

How big is the Sherman County inmate population? The only sourced local average in the research is the Jail Data Initiative's 2023 scrape, which listed a mean daily population of 19 for March 1 through April 4, 2023. The county did not publish an official current average daily population or rated capacity in the pages reviewed.

Where is the current Sherman County inmate population listed? Current local custody appears on the official Sherman County inmate information page. The page is a current list, not a search portal, and it shows names, arrest dates, charges, arresting agency, bond, and many mugshot thumbnails.

Why is someone missing from the Sherman County jail list? A missing name may mean release, transfer, a spelling difference, a state prison transfer, federal custody, immigration detention, or an update delay. Call the jail, then check KASPER, VINELink, BOP, or ICE if the custody path points outside the county jail.

Are Sherman County jail mugshots public? Many current roster entries show mugshot thumbnails. The county did not publish a separate gallery, archive, or retention schedule. More detail belongs on the Sherman County jail mugshots page.

Can court charges differ from jail charges? Yes. The roster shows booking or arrest language. The Sherman County Attorney may file, amend, reduce, or dismiss charges in court, and the court record becomes the better source for case status.