Inmate Search 🔍 | Meade County Jail

Meade County Jail is a minimum security jail which falls under jurisdiction of Meade, KS. The jail is maintained and operated by sheriffs in Meade County. Offenders from the Police and City jails are transferred to the jail after the paper work is done. They usually stay in the jail, until they are sentenced, acquitted or released on bail. It houses inmates on temporary hold, typically serving less than a year jail term. Most of the inmates in Meade County Jail are convicted for misdemeanor offenses like driving under the influence, fighting/assault, theft etc. It provides basic amenities to the inmates like bathroom facility, 3 meals daily, education program and TV facility. It also provides work release program and other specialized services to the inmates.

Location

223 North Meade Street PO Box 487
Meade, Kansas 67864

Fax Number

620-873-8778

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Q. How do I find out if someone is currently detained at Meade County Jail?

Meade County Jail maintains an online inmate list where one can find the list of detainees. The list is updated usually fairly frequently. To check the inmate roster please visit Meade County Jail Sheriff Department website. If that doesn't work, another good way to find someone is to call the Meade police department at 620-873-8765 and find out about the inmate directly.

Q. What if you are not able to find the inmate in Meade County Jail?

It means the inmate is transferred to nearby county jail or state prison facility or is released from jail. Check Kansas inmate search page for more details on how to search for an inmate in Kansas.

Q. What are the visitation rules of Meade County Jail?

Any individual with valid government ID and who isn’t on felony probation is allowed to visit an inmate. Children below 18 years, must be accompanied by a legal guardian.
For more information one can call 620-873-8765.

Meade County Jail Visitation Hours

Sunday	7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.	5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Monday	7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday	7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday	7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Thursday	7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Friday	7:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.	5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Saturday	9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.	12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.	5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

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More Information

Generally, county jails and prisons are only differnt because prison is for inmates with longer sentences and the county jails are for holding. Holding a criminal in county jail is meant to keep them off the streets until a judge decides to free them or he or she decides what sentence the offender will be given for their crimes. Meade County in Kansas is actually an historical location in that at its inception was a log building back in 1826. This was the first building. In 1906, and the 3rd building was built it was made out of brick. It is now a 2 story building. By 1984, Meade County Jail was placed in the National Registry of Historic places.

With the growing number of people being arrested in the United States, prison and jailing systems will continue to grow and it is safe to say that Meade County Jail will be one to expand as well. Realistically, it it inevitable for all institutions in the world to expand through the coming years as the Earth's population grows. People are staying in jail longer because because there are so many trials scheduled for inmates awaiting their fate. Primative by comparison to modern times, those weho were found to be criminals suffered whipping and branding in front of the townspeople as a form of embarrassment as well as pain. Also, there are no longer legal hangings being handed out by judges the way that they were when Meade County Jail was in its early years so due process and sentencing is obviously a much longer process than it had been in the past.

The dark past of Meade County Jail mirrors that of almost all jail houses across the country. The government mandates that they all provide safety, food, water and humane living quarters. Imagining that is was not always the case is easy now considering the use of the cruel and sometimes unusal punishments offenders of the law had to face back in the 1800's and early 1900's. Slavery was being abolished but the backlash that caused, especially across southern states, was unfortunately the worst we have since seen in the history of the United States.

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