Finney County Jail Roster Overview
The official Finney County Jail Inmate Search is hosted on the sheriff's website and is the first place to look for a current adult jail inmate. Sheriff Steven R. Martinez leads the Finney County Sheriff's Office, and the roster is free, no login was visible, and the sheriff's FAQ says it updates regularly throughout the day. It is a current-custody tool. It should not be treated as a complete arrest history, a court docket, or a statewide criminal-history database.
The roster is part of the Jail Division, which operates the 220-bed Finney County Jail inside the Law Enforcement Center. The adult jail holds pretrial detainees, sentenced county prisoners, warrant arrests, municipal prisoners, and prisoners lodged for other authorities when applicable. When a person leaves the jail by release, bond, transfer, sentence, state custody, federal custody, or ICE custody, the county roster may stop being the right source.
The roster source page shows name and booking-number search options with compact public results.
Use Finney County Inmate Roster
Start with the spelling of the person's name as it may appear in a jail record. A booking number is better when available because the public roster can contain people with similar names. The page does not publish wildcard rules or a minimum-character rule, so use a simple search first and then compare the result fields carefully.
- Open the sheriff inmate search page from the Jail Division menu.
- Enter the person's name, or enter the B-prefixed booking number if known.
- Review the visible list entries and compare age, sex, race, agency, booking date, charge line, and bond.
- Call the jail at 620-272-3756 when the entry is missing, delayed, or too close to another person with the same name.
- Move to KASPER, BOP, ICE ODLS, VINE, court records, or a KORA request if the person is not in current county jail custody.
Finney County Roster Search Fields
The public roster uses a short search form. No fee, account requirement, export tool, or released-inmate retention rule was visible in the research. Pagination appears at the bottom of results, and the inspected roster count was a live website count rather than an official long-term population figure.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Unspecified | Search by inmate name; the page does not state wildcard or minimum-character rules. |
| Booking Number | Text | Unspecified | Roster booking numbers appear as B-prefixed values such as B000143020. |
Finney County Inmate Profile Fields
Finney County inmate records on the roster are compact. They help identify a person in current custody and summarize the visible booking basis, but they are not the full jail file. The public entries inspected did not show date of birth, address, housing unit, property inventory, medical screening, first-appearance time, court date, or release date.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The current jail inmate, generally displayed last name first. |
| Mugshot / image | A booking photo or roster image linked to the public entry. |
| Booking Number | The sheriff booking identifier used by the jail. |
| Charges | Booking, warrant, detainer, failure-to-appear, or probation-violation text visible on the roster. |
| Bond | The listed amount, which may be zero or blank when another hold or court action controls release. |
| Arresting Agency | The agency that brought or lodged the person, such as Garden City Police or the sheriff. |
| Date and demographics | Booking or lodging date and time plus age, sex, and race. |
Find County State Federal Inmates
Finney County inmate records split by custody type. The county roster covers current adult jail custody. The KDOC KASPER search covers sentenced Kansas prisoners and some supervised populations, but KDOC says it is not a complete criminal history and updates each working day. The BOP inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. The ICE Online Detainee Locator covers current ICE custody and recent qualifying CBP custody. Kansas VINE through VINELink is a notification system, not a full booking-record search.
| Custody | Where to Look | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Pretrial or local sentence | Finney County jail roster | Current adult jail custody and visible booking fields |
| Sentenced Kansas prison | KDOC KASPER | State prison location, status, and KDOC-associated history |
| Federal prison | BOP locator | Sentenced federal custody, subject to release-date caveats |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS | ICE detainee location, not a mugshot or booking gallery |
Finney County Jail Facilities
The adult jail and the regional juvenile detention center serve different record users. The adult jail is searched through the sheriff's public inmate roster. The juvenile center does not feed that adult roster, and juvenile placement information is more restricted under state law and court practice.
Finney County Jail
304 N. Ninth Street
Garden City, KS 67846
620-272-3756
Custody operations are listed as 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Southwest Kansas Regional Juvenile Detention Center
507 W. Santa Fe
Garden City, KS 67846
620-272-3800
Office hours are listed as Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Booking Process in Finney County
After arrest, the person is transported to the jail, identified, searched, property is taken, and a booking record is created. Finney County's booking page adds a local detail: the Sheriff's Office says it was one of the first sheriff's offices in Kansas to use a Cross Match live-scan electronic fingerprint machine. That system sends fingerprints and arrest data electronically to the Kansas Bureau of Investigation Automated Fingerprint Identification System.
Booking may include a photo, fingerprinting, medical screening, trust-fund setup, charge entry, bond entry if available, classification, and housing placement. The public roster may update during the day, but the sheriff does not publish an exact number of minutes before a new booking appears. A missing entry can mean processing is not complete, the person was released, the person is not in Finney custody, or another agency holds the person.
Finney County Visitation Records
Finney County Jail visitation is video-based through HomeWAV. Family and friends register online and can use housing-unit video stations, the jail lobby, or a home computer. Professional visitors, including attorneys and clergy, may use internet visits or secure booths for private communication. The sheriff says limited face-to-face professional visits may occur under certain circumstances.
| Visit Type | Location / Method | Schedule | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family / friend video | HomeWAV, jail lobby, housing video station, home PC | Daily 8 a.m.-10:30 p.m. | Up to 20 minutes; last visit begins at 10 p.m. |
| Professional visit | Internet, secure booth, or limited face-to-face access | No fixed public schedule located | Not published |
The sheriff visitation page documents the HomeWAV setup and daily video visitation window.
Contact Finney County Records
The Records Division handles criminal offense reports, traffic accident reports, traffic citations, extracted victim, suspect, property, and vehicle data, registered offender listings, and civil employment fingerprinting. The records page names Jessica Pacheco as Records Supervisor. No official online booking-record request form or fee schedule was located, so the fallback is direct contact with the Records Division and a Kansas Open Records Act request when needed.
A records request is most useful when the roster is too narrow for the question. Ask for the specific record type, such as a booking record, jail book entry, offense report, accident report, or extracted data tied to a date and name. Under K.S.A. 45-218, a public agency must act on a records request by the end of the third business day, but the response can include an estimate, a denial, a redaction, or a fee notice. K.S.A. 45-221 also matters because law-enforcement records, criminal-history information, jail books, and mug shots can have exceptions or limits.
Finney County Sheriff's Office Records Division
304 N. Ninth Street
Garden City, KS 67846
620-272-3700
Fax: 620-272-3777
Monday-Friday 7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Commissary and Inmate Funds
Finney County's booking and trust-fund page says money is confiscated at booking and placed in an in-house computerized trust fund. Commissary purchases, medical co-pays, and other debits draw from that account. Remaining money is issued by debit card or check on release. Checks and money orders are no longer accepted for trust deposits.
Medical care can also affect an inmate trust account. The sheriff's medical-care page says prisoners receive medical and dental treatment as necessary, and a full-time nurse handles initial evaluation, counseling, treatment, and medication coordination under approved protocols and practitioner approval. Co-pays may be assessed for nurse visits, doctor visits, or prescriptions when funds are available, but necessary health services and medications are provided regardless of ability to pay. That detail is important when reading inmate records because a trust balance is not the same as bond status, release eligibility, or court debt.
| Service | Provider / Channel | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Commissary | Keefe Commissary Network | Non-perishable food, writing supplies, stamps, non-prescription medications, and hygiene items once a week. |
| Online deposit | Access Corrections | Internet deposits for family and friends. |
| Phone deposit | 866-345-1884 | Official sheriff page and FAQ list this number. |
| In-person deposit | Lobby kiosk | Confirm lobby access before travel. |
| Prohibited methods | Checks and money orders | Not accepted for inmate trust deposits. |
The booking and trust-fund source page lists the Access Corrections, Keefe, and deposit-channel details.
Note: Confirm custody with the jail before sending funds, because release, transfer, or another agency hold can change the right payment path.