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Osage County Law Enforcement Center Overview

Osage County Law Enforcement Center / Osage County Jail is operated by the Osage County Sheriff's Office. It is the county's primary detention facility, not a state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention center. The jail handles local booking and intake, pretrial detention, people serving local sentences, court and warrant transports, and detainees awaiting movement to court or another jurisdiction. The public jail address is 131 W 14th Street, Lyndon, KS 66451, and the jail phone is 785-828-4991.

The facility opened as part of the new Law Enforcement Center move on February 5, 2025. County materials describe a modern jail with secure booking and processing, multiple holding cells for short-term or detox placement, dayrooms for recreation and inmate interaction, designated visitation areas, and enhanced surveillance and safety features. The Osage County Corrections page lists 18 detention professionals, including two full-time cooks. Jail duties include intake, booking, release, inmate movement, security checks, meals, laundry, cleanliness, visitation coordination, court transport, other-jurisdiction transport, court security, and warrant transports.

Facility Capacity and Population

Official Osage County sources give a rated capacity of 120 inmates for the new jail. The county does not publish a live current population count, average daily population, annual booking count, pretrial/sentenced split, or demographic breakdown on the inspected official pages. That means the capacity figure is sourced, but a daily jail population number should be verified directly with the jail or through public records if needed.

The older Osage County corrections building was originally built in 1985 as a 25-bed jail and was later modified to fit additional beds. County history says the new center addressed space, storage, mold, foundation, safety, communications, and health concerns. County updates also say the completed project came in under budget and is generating revenue, but those statements do not provide a public day-by-day custody count.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Osage County Law Enforcement Center

No official online Osage County jail roster or searchable inmate profile page was located on the county website. The lookup process therefore uses a fallback chain instead of a county roster link. Start with the jail phone for current custody, then use Sheriff's Records and court channels to verify booking and case information. Use Kansas VINE for custody notifications, and use KDOC, BOP, or ICE systems only when the person has moved outside the county jail system or the case is not local.

1. Call the jail at 785-828-4991 and ask whether the person is currently housed at Osage County Law Enforcement Center / Osage County Jail.
2. If the person was recently arrested, ask whether bond has been set, whether bond is still pending within the county's 48-hour bond window, and whether another hold affects release.
3. For public records after the immediate custody question, contact Sheriff's Records during normal records-copy hours and ask about the Register of Persons Charged, arrest-sheet material, or other publicly releasable booking information.
4. Use VINELink for custody-status notifications when the person can be found in the Kansas VINE system.
5. Use Kansas Case Search or the Osage County District Court clerk for filed charges, docket events, hearing dates, and court dispositions after the prosecutor files a case.
6. Use KASPER only for Kansas Department of Corrections custody or supervision. Use BOP inmate locator for sentenced federal inmates and ICE Online Detainee Locator for immigration custody.

Osage County Law Enforcement Center Address and Contact

The jail, sheriff's office, and public law-enforcement center contact point are in Lyndon, the Osage County seat. Official sources do not publish visitor parking rates, public-transit instructions, or detailed public-entry directions. Confirm entrance instructions, parking, property approval, and visit scheduling before traveling, especially because all inmate items must be approved by a jail sergeant before being taken to inmates.

Visiting Someone at Osage County Law Enforcement Center

Osage County changed jail visitation effective January 1, 2025. In-person visitation is no longer permitted, and all visits are video-only. The corrections page says visitors may come to the jail for free video sessions between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., seven days a week. Scheduling is through InmateSales. Remote video sessions use the InmateSales account system and related apps where supported by facility rules.

Osage County's local page confirms InmateSales for visitation, but it does not publish a complete fee table, phone-call rate table, commissary schedule, dress code, child-visitor rule, or attorney-visit rule. The InmateSales and InmateSales View apps are communication tools, not an Osage County warrant search or jail roster app.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Osage County Law Enforcement Center

Mail and money rules are narrow and local. The corrections page says all letters, notes, and cards, both incoming and outgoing, must be sent by U.S. Mail. It also says the only items accepted for inmates are cash or money orders. Books brought in are considered donated to the jail, and all items must be approved by a jail sergeant before being taken to inmates. The facility is non-smoking.

Booking and Intake at Osage County Law Enforcement Center

For a local arrest, the usual path is transport to the Osage County jail by the sheriff's office, a city police department, Kansas Highway Patrol, or another authorized agency. Jailers handle secure intake, booking, release, inmate movement, security checks, and court or other-jurisdiction transport. County materials describe a secure booking and processing area and holding cells for short-term or detox placements.

Booking is not the same as a final court charge. A person may enter custody on an initial allegation, an arrest warrant, a bench warrant, or another hold. The County Attorney later decides what charges to file in court. The corrections page says all bonds will be set within 48 hours, but release can still be delayed by no-bond orders, another county warrant, probation or parole holds, federal holds, or immigration detainers. For filed charges and hearing events, use court records rather than the jail phone alone.

Facility History From 25 Beds to 120 Beds

The facility history is unusually specific for a county jail page. Osage County's older corrections building was built in 1985 as a 25-bed facility. The sheriff's office and corrections operation were once housed together at 702 Ash Street until the sheriff's office moved, while corrections remained in the old building. County history says the older jail developed foundation issues, shifting floors and walls, unusable rooms when doors could not close, water intrusion, mold, and limited storage.

In 2021, a 35-person community board reviewed the detention problem and unanimously agreed that a new facility was needed. The county's New Law Enforcement Center history describes a comparison between a smaller 77-bed option and a larger revenue-based option. Voters approved a four-year half-cent sales tax in February 2022 to help start and operate the project. Groundbreaking occurred April 17, 2023. The final single-story plan included sheriff's office space, communications, a 120-bed correctional facility, room for expansion, mental health beds and services, and an ambulance bay. Osage County moved into the new Law Enforcement Center on February 5, 2025.

County updates later stated that the project was completed under budget and was generating revenue. Those revenue and capacity statements give context for why the county built a larger jail, but they do not replace a live roster or official current population count. For current custody, always return to the jail, Kansas VINE, records channels, and court records.