Osborne County Jail Overview
Osborne County Jail is operated by the Osborne County Sheriff's Office. Official county sources list Sheriff Scottie Becker and place the sheriff's office and jail at 128 South 5th Street, PO Box 235, Osborne, KS 67473. The jail is the only detention facility physically identified in the local official sources reviewed for Osborne County.
The jail is a county-level, short-term local detention facility. It holds people arrested in Osborne County, pretrial detainees, local short-sentence prisoners, and other prisoners lawfully accepted by the sheriff. No public local source described a separate detention center, housing-unit map, pod list, work-release unit, medical unit, or jail accreditation statement.
Osborne County Jail Capacity
The official sheriff page states that the Osborne jail was built in 1955 and has a holding capacity of 12. Vera Institute historical data lists rated capacity as 13 for 2015 through 2019 and lists a 2019 jail population of 5. The Vera values are historical dataset figures, while the county's 12-person holding capacity is the local official figure published on the sheriff page.
Look Up Osborne County Jail Custody
No official online Osborne County Jail roster was located. The correct lookup path for a local jail booking is therefore direct contact with the Sheriff's Office, followed by a KORA request if a record copy is needed. Kansas VINE can help with custody notifications, but it is not a full jail booking database.
- Call the Osborne County Sheriff's Office or dispatch at 785-346-2001 for a current custody check.
- Ask whether the person is held at Osborne County Jail and what public booking information can be released.
- For a record copy, request the jail booking or jail-calendar record through the Sheriff's Office or the county KORA process.
- Use Kansas VINELink for custody notifications where the person appears in VINE.
- If the person was sentenced or transferred, search KASPER, BOP, or ICE ODLS instead of the county jail.
Osborne County Jail Address
The sheriff's phone number is also the published non-emergency dispatch number. Call before visiting, sending money, mailing items, or asking for release details because the county pages do not publish jail lobby hours, visitor entrance rules, bond desk procedures, or a records counter schedule.
Osborne County Jail
128 South 5th Street, PO Box 235
Osborne, KS 67473
785-346-2001
Fax: 785-346-2345
Visiting Osborne County Jail
The official Osborne County sources reviewed do not publish a jail visitation schedule, visitor ID policy, dress code, child-visitor rule, video-visit provider, or attorney-visit procedure. Kansas law provides a baseline by requiring humane treatment and reasonable visits from parents or friends under jail rules, but it does not give an Osborne-specific schedule.
| Visit Topic | Published Osborne Detail | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Not published | Call 785-346-2001 before traveling. |
| Video visits | Not published | Do not assume a vendor or remote option. |
| Visitor ID and dress code | Not published | Ask jail staff what identification and clothing rules apply. |
| Attorney visits | Not published | Attorneys should coordinate directly with sheriff or jail staff. |
Mail Phone and Money
No public Osborne County page identified a jail mail format, phone provider, tablet program, commissary vendor, money-deposit site, deposit limit, or fee schedule. Use the published sheriff's office address only after confirming how inmate mail must be addressed. Many jails reject mail that lacks an inmate name, booking number, sender address, or approved format, but Osborne-specific rules were not found.
| Service | Published Detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Sheriff office address is published | Confirm inmate-mail format before sending. | |
| Phone calls | No provider published | Ask jail staff about phone account rules. |
| Money deposits | No vendor or fee table published | Confirm whether deposits are accepted in person, by mail, or through a vendor. |
Booking at Osborne County Jail
Published county pages do not give a local intake checklist, so the reliable description is general to Kansas county jail practice. After an arrest, a person may be transported to Osborne County Jail, identified, searched, and processed. Property may be inventoried, a booking record is opened, fingerprints or photographs may be taken if performed under local policy, and the person is held for first appearance, bond, release, or transfer.
Booking does not create the full court case by itself. The court record begins when the prosecutor files charges in district court. Osborne County Attorney Paul S. Gregory is the local prosecutor source for filed criminal charges, while the District Court clerk and Kansas CaseSearch are the court-record access points.
Osborne County Jail Records
For a jail-calendar or booking-record copy, use the county open-records process. The Osborne County KORA page names Heather Betzold as the Freedom of Information Officer and says the county has three business days to produce a record or explain why it has not been produced. It also lists standard copy and search fees.
The official Osborne County Sheriff page is the local source for the jail's contact block, sheriff name, construction year, and holding capacity.
That screenshot supports the facility details that matter most for an Osborne County Jail inmate lookup: the operator, the address, the phone line, and the published capacity note.
State Federal and ICE Transfers
Osborne County Jail is not a Kansas state prison, a federal prison, or an ICE detention facility. Once a person leaves local jail custody, the search must follow the receiving system. KASPER covers KDOC custody and supervision. BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. ICE ODLS covers immigration detainee searches using either A-number and country of birth or biographical fields.
Note: Confirm custody with Osborne County Jail before visiting, sending money, or assuming the person has been transferred.