Woodson County Release Records
A Woodson County release closes a detention-center booking, but it does not always mean the person walked directly into the community. The booking may end after bond, a court order, dismissal, time served, or completion of a local sentence. It may also close because the person moved to Kansas Department of Corrections custody, another county, a federal agency, or immigration custody. The record system that should be checked next depends on that outcome.
The Woodson County Sheriff's Office keeps the local booking record. Its public tools separate the current inmate roster from the 48 Hour Release list. A person normally drops off the current roster when that booking ends. The released profile is stronger proof than mere absence because it gives an exact release date and time. A Kansas state sentence, federal sentence, court case, or period of supervision creates a different record with a different custodian.
- Release
- The end of the displayed custody or booking event.
- Transfer
- Movement to another agency or facility, not necessarily freedom in the community.
- Parole
- Supervised release used mainly for older indeterminate Kansas sentences and certain exceptions.
- Probation
- Court-ordered supervision that may occur without a state-prison stay.
- Discharge
- The end of the correctional duty shown in a KDOC record.
Woodson County Release Outcomes
The sheriff profile records when a Woodson Detention Center booking ended, while the court record often explains the legal event behind it. Bond shown beside a charge is useful context, but it is not a structured release reason. A transfer can look like a release in the county system because Woodson custody ended even though another agency took custody. The safest reading joins the timestamp to the court case or receiving-agency record.
| Outcome | What it means | Best confirmation |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or court order | The local booking ends under bond terms or a judge's order. | Sheriff release time plus the court docket or order |
| Dismissal | Continued detention on that matter ends, though a public case history may remain. | Court disposition plus sheriff release record |
| Time served | A local jail term or credited term is complete. | Sentence entry and exact release time |
| KDOC transfer | Woodson custody ends and state custody begins. | Sheriff confirmation plus KASPER movement |
| Other agency transfer | The booking closes without a community release. | Woodson Detention Center and receiving agency |
| State release or discharge | Prison custody ends, with supervision possibly continuing until discharge. | KASPER status, movement, and supervising office |
| Federal release | BOP custody ends; another agency may still hold the person. | BOP release result and any supported receiving-agency check |
A death or an immigration handoff may also close a custody record. Neither should be labeled as an ordinary community release. If a profile gives no destination, ask the sheriff whether an open field identifies a transfer or receiving agency.
Woodson County Release Record Fields
The public Woodson profile is a booking record rather than a narrative release certificate. Its exact timestamp is the key local proof. Other fields help distinguish people and connect the stay to the arresting agency and court, but they do not all state why release occurred. Data availability varies, and the image area can show a placeholder.
| Field | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Booking number | The identifier for the detention-center stay and a precise term for a records request |
| Booking date and time | When the displayed Woodson booking began |
| Release date and time | When the displayed Woodson booking ended |
| Arresting agency | The agency tied to the arrest, which may differ from the booking county |
| Charges | Allegations listed with the booking, not a final finding of guilt |
| Bond | The displayed bond information, not proof that bond caused release |
| Age, gender, and race | Profile details that can help distinguish similar names |
| Image area | A booking photo when supplied, or an unavailable-image placeholder |
Does a release time prove the person went home? No. It proves the Woodson booking ended. A transfer, warrant, detainer, or separate case may place the person elsewhere. Check the court, KASPER, or another agency only when the facts point to that path.
Woodson County Bond Release Proof
Woodson's released list places bond information near the charge and release time. That layout helps frame a bond-out inquiry, but the amount alone cannot establish the release mechanism. Bond may have changed, a court may have issued a separate order, or another matter may have controlled the person's custody. Match the release timestamp to the Kansas District Court Public Access Portal and look for a bond setting, modification, dismissal, plea, sentence, or later order.
If the reason still matters, request the sheriff's release sheet or any open release-disposition field. Ask for an existing record, not an explanation created for the request. This keeps the request focused and lets the custodian separate open booking data from any protected investigative material.
Request Woodson County Release Records
The online release feed lasts 48 hours, but that limit does not mean the underlying booking record is destroyed. No public Woodson retention period for the full sheriff record was found. After the profile leaves the public window, use the county's open-record request form and direct the detention request to the Woodson County Sheriff's Office as the likely custodian.
- Identify the person by full name, aliases, approximate booking range, and booking number when known.
- Ask for the booking sheet, release date and time, open release disposition, receiving agency if recorded, bond documents kept with the booking, and the booking photo if needed.
- Request electronic copies and a cost estimate before chargeable work begins. No local booking-record or photo price was published.
- If a part is closed, ask for the open portion to be separated and for the specific legal basis for withholding.
105 West Rutledge Street
Yates Center, KS 66783
Phone: 620-625-8640, listed 24 hours
Fax: 620-625-8672
Administrative hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The sheriff contact form is not monitored around the clock, and ordinary email is not secure. Call first if the office needs a safer way to receive identifying details.
Woodson County Record Access Law
K.S.A. 45-215 states Kansas policy that public records are open unless another rule provides otherwise. K.S.A. 45-218 governs requests and requires action as soon as possible, no later than the end of the third business day. That deadline is for a response, not guaranteed production. A delay notice must explain the cause and give the earliest expected production time.
Access is not absolute. K.S.A. 45-221 lists records an agency may withhold. Investigative material, juvenile cases, sealed or expunged records, medical facts, protected identifiers, and court-closed records can affect release files. Ask for segregation of open material. KASPER has a separate retention rule: KDOC says a name remains unless the conviction is removed from public view through appellate reversal, expungement, or executive clemency.
A short online window is not a destruction schedule. Request the older Woodson booking record instead of assuming it no longer exists.
Woodson Release Time Versus Court Orders
The sheriff, detention center, and Woodson County District Court publish the same West Rutledge location, yet their records answer different questions. The sheriff's timestamp records the end of the physical booking. The court docket preserves the order, disposition, sentence, probation action, or dismissal that may explain why custody could end. A court event can occur before release processing, so its filing time should not be repeated as the time someone left custody.
The Woodson County District Court publishes case-contact information and links to the 31st Judicial District. For a long-past release, use the court history as context and request the sheriff release log for the actual local timestamp. Sealed or restricted matters may not appear in public search results.
Find Woodson County Released Inmates
A branching search avoids the common mistake of treating every missing roster name as proof of release. Start with the source that owns the likely custody event, then follow a transfer or sentence only when the record supports it.
- Open the sheriff's 48-hour release view. If the name appears, open the profile and note the booking number and exact release time.
- Compare the current roster only to see whether the person is still listed. Absence from both lists remains inconclusive.
- For an older local event, call the detention center or file a narrow KORA request for the release record.
- Search the Kansas court portal for bond, disposition, sentence, dismissal, probation, revocation, or transfer context.
- If a KDOC sentence is plausible, search KASPER by name, date of birth, or KDOC number and read status plus movement history.
- Use Kansas VINE for a specific-person custody check and later event alerts. Confirm an alert with the agency record.
- Use BOP for a federal sentence and ICE ODLS only when an immigration transfer is actually supported.
A released person usually leaves the live Woodson roster. A release profile, agency record, or receiving-system entry is needed to tell release from transfer.
Woodson KDOC Release Search
KASPER, the Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository, covers qualifying people sentenced to KDOC custody since 1980. It includes current inmates, people under post-incarceration supervision, and discharged people. It does not include every brief Woodson Detention Center booking. Select Woodson as Conviction County to look for a state case originating there; Supervision County answers a different question about administration of current supervision.
| Search control | Use |
|---|---|
| Name, aliases, birth date or age | Find and distinguish a person |
| KDOC or KBI number | Match a known state identifier |
| Conviction County | Find qualifying state cases tied to Woodson convictions |
| Supervision County | Investigate where supervision is administered |
| Facility | Limit current or historical placement results |
| Supervision type | Filter for Discharged, Parole, Community Corr., Inmate, or Absconder |
Open the individual record and read the movement dates, status, conviction information, maintaining parole office, and the official “Anticipated release date” field when present. “Discharged” is the strongest marker that the shown KDOC duty ended. Parole or post-release supervision means prison confinement ended while supervision continues. KASPER updates each working day, and its documented gap for some community-corrections events after April 21, 2021 makes direct office checks important.
The KASPER search form shows the county and status controls used for this lookup.
The screenshot represents the statewide state-sentence route, not the Woodson jail's recent-release list.
Woodson County 48-Hour Releases
The official local product is a rolling 48 Hour Release feed. It can sort entries by name or date and links each entry to its booking profile. There is no separate official 24-hour or 72-hour Woodson feed. To review the newest day, compare exact release timestamps and keep only those within the past 24 hours. A full three-day review needs a sheriff inquiry for the day that falls outside the public window.
The list and profile may show a photo or placeholder, booking number, booking and release times, charges, bond, arresting agency, age, gender, and race. Not every field is guaranteed. The sheriff publishes no fixed database refresh promise, so a new release can lag. The detention-center phone is the next channel when immediate confirmation matters.
Woodson Short Release Records
Woodson's system can preserve a very short booking to the minute. It can also identify an arresting agency outside Woodson County. Those details help separate where the arrest began, where the person was booked, and which court holds the case. The booking number ties the fields together when names are similar or the public entry later expires.
A brief interval should not be interpreted as proof of a particular release reason. Record the booking and release times, review the bond and charges only as context, and use the court docket or sheriff release sheet to identify the legal basis when that distinction matters.
Woodson Release Alerts and Federal Records
Kansas VINE through VINELink supports a specific-person check and release or custody-change alerts for participating records. Woodson's sheriff FAQ confirms local VINE use and publishes 866-574-8463. Search by name and available identifiers, verify the agency on the result, and register a phone, email, text, or in-app destination with a memorable four-digit PIN. VINE is an event and notice service, not a permanent release archive.
For a federal sentence, use the BOP inmate locator. Its result can show a release date and “Released” or “Not in BOP Custody,” but that label does not rule out another agency's custody. The BOP public history chiefly covers federal inmates released after 1982. ICE ODLS is separate and should be used only when an immigration detention or transfer is supported. The U.S. Marshals Service has no comparable general historical release locator.
Woodson Release Search by System
Match the system to the custody that ended. A current-custody list and a past-release record serve different jobs.
| Situation | First source | What it proves |
|---|---|---|
| Still listed in Woodson custody | Current sheriff roster | The name remains on the live local roster |
| Released locally within 48 hours | Sheriff release profile | The displayed booking ended at the listed time |
| Older Woodson release | Sheriff request plus court portal | Physical release record plus legal context |
| Kansas state prisoner or discharge | KASPER | State status, movements, supervision, and dates |
| Probation or community corrections | Court and 31st Judicial District | Court-ordered supervision and current office confirmation |
| Federal release | BOP locator | End of BOP custody, subject to another-agency warning |
| Supported immigration transfer | ICE ODLS | ICE custody or recent release information, when available |
Woodson County Release Facility
Woodson Detention Center is the only local detention facility identified in the official Facility Map. The Woodson County Sheriff's Office operates it. A person may leave for the community after bond, dismissal, court order, or completion of a local term, or may transfer to KDOC, another county, a federal agency, or immigration custody. The 48-hour profile is the first online proof that the local booking ended; the sheriff and receiving system resolve the destination.
No state prison, federal prison, or dedicated ICE detention center was identified inside Woodson County. Those statewide and federal search tools remain valid for Woodson cases, but they should not be described as additional county facilities.