Dickinson County Inmate Population
The local Dickinson County inmate population is held at the Dickinson County Detention Facility, the county jail operated by the sheriff's office in Abilene. Official local sources did not identify any separate state prison, federal prison, ICE facility, work-release annex, or regional jail physically in Dickinson County. Local arrests by sheriff's deputies and city police agencies route through the county jail when the person is booked locally.
The inmate count changes as people are arrested, released on bond, held on warrants, sentenced locally, transferred for court, or moved to Kansas Department of Corrections custody. The county roster is the right first stop for a fresh Dickinson County arrest or a person still in the local jail. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, the county roster is no longer the main lookup source. That search moves to KASPER, the Kansas corrections locator.
Dickinson County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest local numbers come from the sheriff's official 2024 annual report and the sheriff's office page. Those sources report a 64-prisoner maximum capacity, 785 subjects booked during 2024, an average daily population of 38, and a highest 2024 population of 50. The 2024 high count was below the rated capacity reported by the county.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Average daily population | 38 | Dickinson County Sheriff Annual Report, 2024 |
| Rated capacity | 64 prisoners | Sheriff's office page and 2024 annual report |
| Annual bookings | 785 subjects | Dickinson County Sheriff Annual Report, 2024 |
| Highest population | 50 | Dickinson County Sheriff Annual Report, 2024 |
| Detention staff in report | Captain, Lieutenant, 4 Sergeants, 12 Detention Officers | Dickinson County Sheriff Annual Report, 2024 |
The sheriff's annual reports page is the source for the local report set. The sheriff annual reports index links the 2024 report used for these jail population and booking figures.
Dickinson County Inmate Population Trends
The research located one detailed annual jail population year: 2024. That year provides a baseline rather than a full multi-year trend line. The county jail was built in 2020, so any long-term comparison should treat the newer courthouse jail as a change in facility context. No official source in the project research published a year-by-year public average daily population table for 2020 through 2023.
| Year | Population Figure | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | ADP 38; high 50; capacity 64 | Official sheriff annual report |
| 2023 | Not located | No official local ADP table found in the research file |
| 2022 | Not located | No official local ADP table found in the research file |
| 2021 | Not located | No official local ADP table found in the research file |
| 2020 | Facility built | Sheriff's office page states the jail was built in 2020 |
Using the official 2024 figures, the average daily population was about 59 percent of rated capacity and the highest population was about 78 percent of capacity. Those are simple calculations from county numbers, not separate county-published percentages. No official-source evidence in the research showed a current overcrowding lawsuit, consent decree, emergency release order, or jail closure.
Who Is in Dickinson County Jail
The Dickinson County inmate population includes people booked by sheriff's deputies and local police agencies, pretrial defendants, people serving county-level sentences, and people waiting for court, bond, release, transfer, or transport. The public roster's housing facility filter lists DICKINSON COUNTY JAIL, and a sample profile showed the prisoner type as newly charged.
Aggregate demographic totals were not published in the official sources reviewed. The roster does show race, gender, height, and weight in search results, and the detail page adds age and city, state, and ZIP style address information. Those fields describe individual public profiles. They should not be treated as an official demographic breakdown of the full Dickinson County inmate population.
- Booking
- The jail intake process after arrest, including identity, property, photo, and record entry.
- Bond
- Money or release conditions set by the court or tied to a warrant or charge.
- Detainer
- A notice or hold from another agency that can affect release even after local bond.
- KDOC
- The Kansas Department of Corrections, which handles sentenced state prisoners.
Dickinson County Inmate Records Laws
Kansas public-record law shapes access to jail population, booking, and inmate records. The public roster is the simplest source for current custody. If the roster does not show the record, a request to the sheriff's office or detention facility can be framed under the Kansas Open Records Act. Criminal investigation records, juvenile records, court orders, and protected information may limit release.
Key Kansas laws:
K.S.A. 45-216 states the Kansas policy that public records are open unless another law provides otherwise.
K.S.A. 45-220 sets access and copy procedures for public records and custodian duties.
K.S.A. 45-221 lists records that are not required to be disclosed, including some criminal investigation records.
K.S.A. 19-811 places charge and custody of the county jail and prisoners with the sheriff.
The county's Open Records page also gives the K.S.A. 45-230 notice about using public-record name and address lists for sales solicitation. That rule matters when jail roster data includes names and address-style information.
Search Dickinson County Inmates
The official Dickinson County Inmate Listing is the county jail roster. It is a Tyler Technologies/New World public inmate inquiry portal. The portal was free and did not require login during research. Results loaded with the In Custody box checked by default, which makes it useful for current Dickinson County inmate population searches.
The roster is best for current jail custody, booking details, public mugshot thumbnails, bond information, and charge rows. A person who has already been sentenced to Kansas prison should be searched in KASPER instead. A federal or immigration custody question uses the BOP or ICE locator.
- Open the Dickinson County Inmate Listing.
- Leave In Custody checked when searching the current jail population.
- Search by name first, then narrow by subject number, booking number, or booking date if known.
- Use the Housing Facility filter only when the DICKINSON COUNTY JAIL option helps narrow the result.
- Open the linked name to review the public profile, booking history, bond rows, and charges.
- If no result appears, check spelling, release status, transfer status, and the KDOC, federal, or ICE lookup path.
Dickinson County Roster Search Fields
The roster supports several search fields, but none was marked as required in the inspected page. A broad name search is usually the simplest start. Booking number and subject number help when the user already has an exact identifier from a court record, police report, bond paper, or prior roster result.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Unspecified | Accepts name text; results display names in last, first, middle format. |
| Subject Number | Text | Unspecified | Optional narrowing field; exact format not explained on the page. |
| Booking Number | Text | Unspecified | Optional narrowing field; exact format not explained on the page. |
| In Custody | Checkbox | No | Checked by default for current custody searches. |
| Booking From / To Date | Date fields | No | Useful when the booking window is known. |
| Housing Facility | Dropdown | No | Includes DICKINSON COUNTY JAIL. |
The county roster screenshot captured in the project manifest shows these search filters on the official public portal.
The screenshot connects the roster fields to the current custody workflow: names, booking identifiers, custody status, booking dates, and the jail facility filter are all searched in one place.
Dickinson County Inmate Record Details
A Dickinson County inmate record can show more than a name match. The inspected sample detail page showed demographic information, a booking photo, booking history, bonds, bail totals, and charge rows. It did not show a full date of birth, Social Security number, exact street address, housing pod, cell, judge, warrant number, or projected release date.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Photo | Public booking image in the search grid and detail profile. |
| Name and demographics | Name, age, gender, race, height, weight, and city/state/ZIP style address. |
| Booking history | Booking date, release fields when present, prisoner type, total bond, and total bail. |
| Bond rows | Bond number, bond type, and bond amount, including cash/surety in the sample. |
| Charges | Charge description, offense date, disposition, arresting agency, attempt/commit, and linked bond reference. |
Past Dickinson County Inmate Records
The public roster did not publish a refresh rate or retention rule for released people in the research source. If a current search fails, the person may have been released, transferred, booked under a different spelling, moved to KDOC after sentencing, held federally, or not yet entered into the public roster. The jail phone is the practical local fallback for current custody questions.
Older booking records or booking photos no longer visible online should be requested through the sheriff's office or detention facility under KORA. Ask for a specific record by name, booking date, booking number if known, arresting agency, and the public fields needed. If an exemption is cited, ask whether segregable public fields can still be released.
Dickinson County Jail vs Prison Lookup
County jail custody and state prison custody are separate systems. The Dickinson County jail roster covers local pretrial detention, newly charged people, short county sentences, and people waiting on release, court, or transfer. The Kansas Department of Corrections locator covers sentenced state prisoners and supervised populations linked to KDOC programs.
| Custody Question | Where to Search | Best Use |
|---|---|---|
| Fresh Dickinson County arrest | County jail roster | Booking, custody, public photo, charge rows, bond fields. |
| Sentenced Kansas prisoner | KASPER | KDOC location, status, and supervised population search. |
| Federal sentenced inmate | BOP inmate locator | Federal Bureau of Prisons custody. |
| Immigration custody | ICE detainee locator | ICE detention location, not county booking photos. |
| Release notification | VINELink Kansas | Custody event notifications where available. |
Booking Bond and Court Records
The local jail roster can show Total Bond Amount, Total Bail Amount, bond rows, and charge rows tied to bond numbers. That is useful for jail custody status, but it is not the same as the formal court case record. After arrest, the Dickinson County Attorney decides what charges to file, and the District Court maintains the court record. The court side is searched through Kansas Case Search or the clerk.
Bond can be cash, surety, personal recognizance, property or security if allowed, or no-bond depending on the case and any hold. A local bond may not produce release if another warrant, KDOC/parole hold, out-of-county hold, federal hold, or immigration detainer blocks release. The county did not publish a full bond-posting schedule in the research, so custody-specific bond questions should be confirmed with the jail.
For filed charges, bond conditions, hearing dates, and case disposition, use the court pathway described on the court records after jail arrest page.
Dickinson County Detention Facility
The facility map resolves one local detention facility for this site. The Dickinson County Detention Facility is the county jail for local bookings, pretrial custody, short county sentences, and transport-related holds. It is operated by the Dickinson County Sheriff's Office and is the facility listed in the public roster's housing facility dropdown.
Dickinson County Detention Facility
109 E. 1st Street
Abilene, KS 67410
785-263-4734
County jail for current Dickinson County inmate population searches.
Dickinson County Visitation and Mail
The official jail visitation page says Dickinson County Detention Facility visits become video-only effective July 1, 2026. On-site kiosks at the sheriff's office remain available at no charge, and all visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours ahead. Remote visits use NCIC Inmate Communications and have broader daily windows.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| On-site kiosk | Monday-Friday, 8:00-11:30 a.m. and 1:00-4:00 p.m. | No charge for kiosk use; schedule at least 24 hours ahead. |
| On-site weekends/holidays | None | No on-site visits on weekends or Dickinson County observed holidays. |
| Remote video | Sunday-Saturday, 8:00-11:30 a.m., 1:00-4:30 p.m., and 6:30-9:30 p.m. | Uses NCIC and an internet-connected device. |
Mail rules come from the inmate handbook summarized in the research. Personal incoming and outgoing mail is opened and inspected for contraband and security. Legal incoming mail is opened by the inmate in staff presence, and legal outgoing mail may be sealed. Packages require approval.
State Federal and ICE Searches
No KDOC prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention center was found physically in Dickinson County. That does not mean every person arrested in Dickinson County remains in the local jail. Sentenced state prisoners move into KDOC custody and can be searched in KASPER. KDOC says KASPER location and status data is updated daily, excluding weekends.
Federal sentenced inmates are searched with the BOP locator. Federal pretrial defendants may be in U.S. Marshals custody or contracted space, so the local jail can confirm whether the person remains in Dickinson County custody before the search moves to federal court channels. Immigration detention uses ICE's Online Detainee Locator System and does not function as a county booking-photo gallery.
The manifest includes the KASPER search screen, which is the right statewide locator when a Dickinson County defendant has moved from the county jail into Kansas corrections custody.
KASPER is distinct from the Dickinson County jail roster because it covers KDOC-supervised populations, not every current county-jail booking.
Dickinson County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Dickinson County inmate population? The official 2024 sheriff annual report listed an average daily population of 38, a high count of 50, and a 64-prisoner capacity for the detention facility.
Where is the current Dickinson County inmate population searched? Current county-jail custody is searched through the official Dickinson County Inmate Listing, with the In Custody filter checked by default.
Does the roster show mugshots? Yes. The inspected public roster showed booking photos in search results and on individual detail pages. Booking photo details are covered on the jail mugshots page.
What if the person is not on the roster? Check spelling, release status, transfer status, and timing. Then use the jail phone, KASPER, VINELink, BOP, ICE, or a KORA records request depending on the custody path.
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