The Phillips County Inmate Population
The Phillips County inmate population is small and local in structure. Official research found one detention facility physically serving the county as a jail: Phillips County Jail, operated by the Phillips County Sheriff's Office. The jail holds people arrested in Phillips County, local court holds, probation or parole holds, and other agency holds when the sheriff accepts custody. No separate Phillipsburg municipal jail was found, and the City of Phillipsburg states that it contracts with Phillips County for law enforcement.
The current jail count is driven by arrests, bond decisions, court orders, holds, and transfers. A person may appear on the county roster while pretrial, on a local sentence, or held for another authority. A sentenced Kansas prisoner is searched in the Kansas Department of Corrections system, not the county roster. Federal and immigration custody use different locators. That split matters in Phillips County because no KDOC prison, BOP institution, ICE detention facility, or separate city jail was located in the county.
Phillips County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest local custody number located in official material is the live roster snapshot. The official Plutosites roster embedded by the sheriff showed five current rows when inspected on June 13, 2026. That figure is not a bed capacity, average daily population, or annual trend. County and sheriff pages did not publish a rated jail capacity, annual bookings, average length of stay, or multi-year jail count.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current Phillips County Jail roster count | 5 rows | Official roster portal, inspected June 13, 2026 |
| Rated jail capacity | Not published | No official county, sheriff, or KDOC source located |
| Average daily jail population | Not published | No official county source located |
| Phillips County population estimate | 4,733 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 |
| Kansas adult prison population and capacity | 9,849 / 10,674 | KDOC population block, updated September 18, 2025 |
Phillips County Inmate Population Trends
No official multi-year Phillips County Jail average daily population table was located. That limits trend claims. In a small county, one or two bookings can shift the public roster by a visible share, so the live count should be read as a custody snapshot. It should not be used to claim overcrowding, underuse, or a long-term rise or fall.
| Date or Period | Count | How to Read It |
|---|---|---|
| June 13, 2026 | 5 current rows | Live roster snapshot from the sheriff's embedded roster |
| Prior years | Not published | No official year-by-year jail ADP or year-end count located |
| Rated capacity | Not published | No bed count was found, so no crowding ratio can be calculated |
The county context is better sourced than the jail trend. Census QuickFacts reports 4,981 residents in 2020 and an estimated 4,733 residents as of July 1, 2025. That population base explains why a small jail roster is still meaningful locally. It also supports a cautious tone: current custody status is best confirmed through the sheriff, Kansas VINE, and the court record rather than from a trend line that the county has not published.
Phillips County Inmate Demographics
The public roster snapshot showed five current rows on June 13, 2026. All five rows displayed male sex values, race values included W and B, and visible ages were 38, 41, 41, 59, and 60. Charges included probation violation, parole violation, aggravated battery on a law enforcement officer, criminal threat, interference with law enforcement, and a fireworks-related entry. Bond type fields included NO BOND and blank or compound entries.
Those rows are current-custody data only. They are useful for understanding what the Phillips County inmate population looked like at the moment of inspection, but they are not a full demographic profile. The roster does not publish annual male and female totals, charge-level totals, sentence status totals, or average length of stay. It also does not expose housing unit or classification data in the public table.
Important: A live roster snapshot can describe who was listed at one point in time, not the average makeup of the jail.
Phillips County Jail Capacity
Phillips County did not publish a rated capacity, average daily population, pod layout, accreditation status, or public inspection report in the official sources reviewed. No official recent overcrowding notice, jail expansion plan, closure plan, consent decree, Department of Justice investigation, or jail class-action litigation was located for Phillips County in the past two years. Because the capacity number is missing, the public record does not support a claim that the jail is over capacity or below capacity.
The local jail information that is published is service oriented. The sheriff site gives a roster, visitation rules, commissary instructions, bonding-agent information, forms, and contact details. The county site identifies Sheriff Kyle Pinkerton and the office hours. That mix points readers toward live custody lookup and direct sheriff contact rather than a detailed corrections statistics report.
Laws on Phillips County Inmate Records
Kansas law gives the public a starting point for jail records, but it also allows redaction or withholding for protected material. In Phillips County, the public roster is the first access point for current jail custody. If a record is not visible there, Kansas Open Records Act procedures and the sheriff's contact information are the next route. Court charges are separate and should be confirmed through Kansas CaseSearch or the Phillips County District Court public-access route.
Key Statutes:
K.S.A. 45-216 states Kansas public policy that public records are open unless another law says otherwise.
K.S.A. 45-218 governs inspection, requests, responses, refusals, and fees under the Kansas Open Records Act.
K.S.A. 19-1904 requires the sheriff to keep a jail calendar with prisoner names, commitment cause, committing authority, and discharge details.
K.S.A. 19-1935 addresses KBI investigation and reporting when a city or county prisoner dies in jail or a contracted facility.
Phillips County and Kansas Prison Population
Sentenced prisoners from Phillips County may move into KDOC custody after court disposition. That changes the correct lookup system. The KASPER offender search is the Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository. It reflects people and cases tied to KDOC-funded or KDOC-operated programs, but KDOC warns that it is not a complete criminal history. KASPER is updated each working day, and status may change after an update.
No state prison is located in Phillips County. The KDOC facilities map lists adult correctional facilities in other Kansas communities, including El Dorado, Ellsworth, Hutchinson, Lansing, Larned, Norton, Topeka, Wichita, and Winfield. The KDOC homepage population block, updated September 18, 2025, reported 9,849 adults in correctional facilities against a capacity of 10,674. That statewide prison population is separate from the Phillips County inmate population in the local jail.
The KDOC facilities map shows that the prison system is separate from the county jail system.
Because Phillips County has no state prison, KASPER is a transfer or sentence lookup path rather than a local jail roster.
Search Phillips County Inmate Population
The official current-custody search starts with the sheriff's roster wrapper or the embedded roster at phillips.plutosites.net. The table is free and does not require a login. It supports keyword filtering and sorting through DataTables. The local roster covers current Phillips County Jail custody, not released-inmate archives, not KDOC prison custody, and not federal or immigration detention after transfer.
A name is enough to start. The roster fields are visible in one table, so users can scan or filter by first name, last name, charge text, date, bond amount, or bond type. The site does not publish a booking-number search field, a released-inmate tab, or a posted refresh interval. If the person is missing, the next step is to call the sheriff at (785) 543-6885, check Kansas VINE, and then move to KASPER, BOP, or ICE only when the custody type points there.
- Open the sheriff's inmate roster page or the embedded roster portal.
- Use the table search box to filter by name, date, charge, or another visible value.
- Sort by the Last column if the table is not already in last-name order.
- Use the charge link or tooltip to read the fuller charge text.
- Use the mugshot icon if the browser displays the booking-photo popover.
Phillips County Roster Search Fields
The Phillips County inmate population table is not a profile-card system. It shows one current inmate per row, with visible columns for identity, arrest timing, booking timing, charge text, bond, bond type, and mugshot access. The roster source also showed a DataTables keyword filter, which means the search is broad rather than limited to a single last-name box.
| Search or Sort Point | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyword search box | Text filter | No | Filters visible roster values such as name, charge, date, bond, or status text. |
| First / MI / Last | Sortable columns | No | Name is broken into separate table columns. |
| Arrest Date / Book Date | Sortable date columns | No | Shows date and time in the public table. |
| Charges | Tooltip or view link | No | Displays statute references and plain-English charge text. |
| Mugshot | Icon and popover | No | Booking photo appears through the roster popover when available. |
The live roster portal shows the current table layout used for the local custody search.
The screenshot matches the research finding that Phillips County publishes current rows with charges, bond, bond type, and a mugshot icon rather than a separate profile page.
Past Phillips County Inmate Records
The roster is described as current inmate listings and custody information. No released-inmate archive, daily booking report, or historical mugshot gallery was located in the official Phillips County sources. If a person no longer appears on the roster, that may mean release, transfer to another custody system, a data delay, or a name mismatch. It does not prove there was never an arrest or booking.
Historical booking records may require direct contact with the sheriff and, where appropriate, a Kansas Open Records Act request. No Phillips County jail-record request form or sheriff fee schedule was located, so the practical route is to ask the Phillips County Sheriff's Office how it wants a request submitted. For formal court charges after booking, search Kansas CaseSearch or contact the District Court. For conviction-history searches, the KBI public criminal-history route is separate and the research found public fee amounts there.
Phillips County Inmate Record Fields
A current Phillips County jail roster row gives enough data to identify the person and understand basic custody status, but it is not a complete court file. Charges on the roster are arrest or booking labels. They may change after the county attorney reviews the case. Bond fields also need care because a visible amount or status does not always mean release is available.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Age, Sex, Race | Basic descriptors shown in short table values. |
| First, MI, Last | Name split into sortable columns. |
| Arrest Date | Date and time of arrest in the visible roster format. |
| Book Date | Date and time the person was booked into custody. |
| Charges | Statute text and charge descriptions shown through the roster charge view. |
| Bond / Bond Type | Amount and status text, including NO BOND where that appears. |
| Mugshot | Booking photo access through an icon and popover. |
- Detainer
- A request from another agency to hold or notify before release.
- PR bond
- Release on a promise to appear, with conditions, rather than full cash payment.
- No bond
- A status that usually means ordinary payment will not release the person until a court or hold changes.
County Jail vs Kansas Prison
County jail and state prison are often confused. In Phillips County, the county roster is the pretrial and local jail custody source. KDOC is the sentenced state system. Kansas VINE is another split: the Attorney General says Kansas VINE covers county jail custody and does not include KDOC prison inmates. BOP and ICE are separate again.
| System | Who It Covers | Where to Look |
|---|---|---|
| Phillips County Jail | Current local jail inmates, holds, and local custody | Sheriff roster portal |
| Kansas VINE | County jail custody notification | Kansas VINELink |
| KDOC | State prison and KDOC-supervised population | KASPER |
| BOP | Federal sentenced custody | BOP inmate locator |
| ICE | Immigration detention after transfer | ICE detainee locator |
Phillips County Detention Facilities
Research located one local detention facility physically serving Phillips County as a jail. People may later move to state, federal, or immigration custody, but those are not separate Phillips County facilities. The local custody point is the jail tied to the courthouse and sheriff's office in Phillipsburg.
- Phillips County Jail - county jail operated by the Phillips County Sheriff's Office for local arrests, current jail inmates, court holds, probation or parole holds, and other accepted agency holds.
Phillips County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Phillips County inmate population?
The only sourced local count in the research was five current roster rows on June 13, 2026. Phillips County did not publish a rated jail capacity or average daily population in the official sources reviewed, so the live count should be treated as a snapshot.
How do I search the Phillips County inmate population?
Start with the sheriff's current roster portal, then call the sheriff if the roster does not answer the question. Use Kansas VINE for county jail custody alerts, KASPER for KDOC custody after sentencing, and BOP or ICE only for federal or immigration custody.
Does Phillips County publish mugshots?
Yes, the current roster includes a Mugshot column with an icon and popover image path. The official material did not show a released-inmate mugshot archive or say how long photos remain online after release.
Are court charges the same as roster charges?
No. The roster charge is a booking or arrest label. The Phillips County Attorney decides what charges to file, and those court records should be checked through Kansas CaseSearch or the courthouse public-access route.
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