Rooks County Jail Roster
The official Rooks County Sheriff's Office jail roster is the local online source for current Rooks County inmate search results. It is hosted by the sheriff's office and lists current entries with name, booking number, charges, bond, arresting agency, booking date and time, age, sex, race, and a photo or image placeholder. The research inspection found a small current roster count, so the list can often be reviewed quickly. Custody can still change fast, and the sheriff phone remains the best confirmation channel.
The roster is not a statewide criminal-history report, a conviction record, or a state prison locator. A person listed on the Rooks County inmate roster may be held for the Rooks County Sheriff's Office, Plainville Police Department, Kansas Department of Corrections, another sheriff's office, or another agency. Filed charges, pleas, dispositions, and sentencing details belong in District Court records after a case is opened.
The Rooks County Sheriff's Office home page gives the law-enforcement office context behind the jail roster.
That sheriff source should be used with the jail roster and jail visitation page because each official page answers a different custody question.
Search Rooks County Inmates
Use the Rooks County Sheriff's Office jail roster when the question is current county custody. Use name search for a broad lookup. Use booking number when the exact booking record is known. If the person is not listed, call the jail before assuming release, transfer, or no booking, because online roster timing may lag real-time custody changes.
- Open the Rooks County Sheriff's Office jail roster.
- Enter a name in the Name field, or enter the exact booking number if known.
- Review matching roster entries and confirm that the name, age, sex, and arresting agency match the person sought.
- Read the charge, bond, booking date, and agency fields as custody data, not final court outcomes.
- Call 785-425-6312 for current custody, visitation scheduling, bond process questions, or details not shown online.
Rooks County Roster Fields
The Rooks County jail roster search form is simple. The researched form showed a "Search For" area with two search fields. Both are optional search paths, and the page displays current entries and matching results. A broad name search may return more than one person, while a booking number search is the most precise when that number is known.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Options / Format Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Optional | Search by inmate name; use full name when possible. |
| Booking Number | Text | Optional | Search exact booking number such as the format shown on roster entries. |
| Search / filter behavior | Page filter | Unspecified | The page displays the number of inmates and matching entries. |
The manifest image from the Rooks County jail roster shows the specific public roster source used for these fields.
Roster data is strongest for current custody, while court records are stronger for case status and final disposition.
Rooks County Inmate Profile
The Rooks County inmate profile fields visible during research give enough detail to identify a booking and route follow-up questions. The profile does not publish every jail-management field. Height, weight, eye color, hair color, full date of birth, housing pod, next court date, medical flags, classification, attorney visit notes, and projected release date were not visible in the inspected roster entries.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full name in last-name-first format. |
| Image / mugshot area | A photo or image placeholder for the roster entry. |
| Booking Number | The jail booking identifier for the entry. |
| Charges | Statute numbers or descriptions, sometimes with multiple charges separated by pipe marks. |
| Bond | Bond amount listed on the custody entry, including zero or larger numeric amounts. |
| Arresting Agency | The agency tied to the booking, such as sheriff, police, KDOC, or other agency. |
| Date | Booking date and time in compact numeric format. |
| Age, sex, race | Basic identifying fields shown on the public entry. |
Rooks County Jail Contact
The Rooks County Sheriff's Office and jail are at 803 S. Elm Street in Stockton. The sheriff site lists phone, fax, and emergency contact information, and the county government sheriff page notes office hours and 24-hour dispatch. No separate second county jail facility was identified in the research sources, and no official jail capacity figure was published in the inspected text.
Rooks County Sheriff's Office and Jail
803 S. Elm Street
Stockton, KS 67669
785-425-6312
Fax: 785-425-6853
Office hours 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; dispatch is 24 hours a day
The Rooks County jail page supplies the public visitation rules for the same facility.
Use the jail page for visit scheduling rules, and use the jail phone when a current policy is not posted online.
Rooks County Inmate Visits
Public visitation is posted for two weekly windows. Visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours before visitation starts. Visiting time is limited to 20 minutes per inmate, and the jail limits visits to two visitors per week per inmate. The researched official jail page did not publish a remote video schedule or a separate attorney visitation schedule.
| Visit Type | Day / Time | Rule |
|---|---|---|
| In-person public visitation | Wednesday 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Schedule at least 24 hours before visitation starts. |
| In-person public visitation | Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. | Schedule at least 24 hours before visitation starts. |
| Visit length | 20 minutes | Time limit applies per inmate. |
| Visitor count | Two visitors per week per inmate | Limit applies per inmate. |
Visitors must register with names and addresses and produce valid government-issued identification. A visitor under 18 must be with a guardian over 18, both must show valid ID, and the minor must be at least 16 years old. Only keys and IDs are allowed in the public visitation area.
Note: A visit may end at once if a visitor creates a disturbance, uses objectionable language, talks loudly, or refuses staff direction.
County Jail vs State Searches
Rooks County inmate records should be separated from Kansas state prison, registered offender, and criminal-history systems. The county roster is the right source for current jail custody in Stockton. Sentenced state custody belongs with the Kansas Department of Corrections and KASPER. Registered offender records are maintained through KBI links. A statewide criminal-history check is a separate paid KBI/Kansas.gov process and may require KanAccess.
| Record Need | Correct Source | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current Rooks County jail custody | Rooks County Sheriff's Office jail roster | Does not prove conviction or final court outcome. |
| State prison or KDOC custody | Kansas Department of Corrections | Used for state corrections, not local booking status. |
| Registered offender search | KBI registered offender and KASPER links | Not a jail roster or warrant list. |
| Statewide criminal history | Kansas criminal history record search | Fee-based system with separate access rules. |
| Filed court charges | Rooks County arrest records and court charges | Tracks filed charges and court status, not jail housing. |
The Kansas Department of Corrections image is included because state custody is a separate access channel from the Rooks County inmate roster.
Move from the county roster to KDOC only when the person is no longer a county jail inmate or appears to be serving a state sentence.
Rooks County Booking Details
Roster charges are booking information. The roster may show battery, probation violation, aggravated criminal damage, aggravated burglary, theft, parole violation, offender-registration violations, and other charge descriptions or statute references. The court file may later show amended charges, dismissed charges, pleas, dispositions, or sentences. For the full criminal case file, use the District Court record rather than the jail entry.
Bond on the roster should be verified before payment or travel. The sheriff or court can explain current bond handling, court dates, and whether a person is held for another agency. Arresting agency matters too. The inspected roster showed entries tied to Rooks County Sheriff's Office, Plainville Police Department, Decatur County Sheriff's Office, Kansas Department of Corrections, and other agencies.
Rooks County Mail and Money
The official jail page inspected did not publish inmate mail address format, banned mail items, commissary ordering, money deposit methods, phone provider, video provider, tablet rules, or fee schedules. No official vendor such as Securus, GTL, HomeWAV, JPay, or Access Corrections should be assumed for Rooks County inmate records without sheriff confirmation.
Call 785-425-6312 for current mail, money, phone, commissary, and attorney visitation rules before sending funds, property, or personal documents. The researched sheriff address can be used for in-person questions, but money or property should not be mailed or dropped off without confirmation from jail staff.
Important: Official sources did not post a commissary or mail vendor; call the jail before sending money or mail.
No Rooks County App Found
No official Rooks County Sheriff's Office, Stockton Police, or Plainville Police mobile app was located in the researched official pages. That means the jail roster and phone contact are the documented public channels for Rooks County inmate lookup. Do not rely on third-party jail apps or aggregator sites as official custody sources.
The KBI registered offender and KASPER links image belongs with this distinction because it shows a state-level offender access path, not a county jail app.
Use state tools only for the state records they maintain; current Rooks County custody remains a sheriff roster and phone-confirmation issue.