Russell County Jail Overview
Russell County Jail is operated by the Russell County Sheriff's Office at 210 E. 4th Street in Russell, Kansas. For this Barber County inmate-population project, it matters because official Barber County pages do not identify a public operating jail roster or current-inmate search, while the Russell jail has an official sheriff profile and a Kansas Sheriffs' Association jail listing. The research position is careful: Russell County Jail should be treated as a regional or contract jail channel to confirm, not as proof that every Barber County arrestee is automatically housed there.
The facility is a county jail and local detention setting. The KSA profile lists county prisoners, city prisoners, boarded or contract prisoners, pretrial detainees, sentenced misdemeanants, and types of holds as "Any." For Barber County readers, that means a person arrested by the Barber County Sheriff's Office, Medicine Lodge Police, Kiowa Police, or another local agency may need to be traced through both the local arresting office and the receiving jail. Formal charges for a Barber County case should still be checked through Kansas CaseSearch and Barber County District Court after filing.
The Russell County official sheriff page identifies Sheriff Andrew L. VanDerWege, Undersheriff Scott Axtell, and Administrative Assistance Carol Shannon, and gives the sheriff office address, phone, fax, and emergency routing. The screenshot below shows why this source is useful for official contact confirmation.
Use the official sheriff page to verify the office phone and address before calling about custody, travel, or records.
Russell County Jail Capacity and Population
The Kansas Sheriffs' Association Russell County profile is the main published source for jail-level details. It lists the Russell County Jail size as 21 beds, daily board as $50, jail staff as 6, sworn staff as 13, support staff as 2, and office, jail admin, and sheriff phone as 785-483-2151. It also lists the office and jail as operating 24/7. Those are facility facts, not a live population count or roster.
The KSA screenshot below is the source for the capacity and board-rate figures used here.
The profile does not provide a searchable inmate list, so the capacity number should not be read as a current inmate population.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Russell County Jail
No official online Russell County Jail roster, booking report, mugshot gallery, or sample public inmate profile was located in the Barber County research set. The lookup process is therefore a confirmation chain. Start with the Barber County Sheriff's Office or the city police department involved in the arrest, then call the jail that physically holds the person. If Russell County Jail is identified as the holding facility, call 785-483-2151 and ask for the custody status that the jail can release.
- Call Barber County Sheriff at 620-930-2590 or 620-886-5678 and ask whether the person was released, held locally for transport, or boarded at a jail outside Barber County.
- If Russell County Jail is named, call 785-483-2151 and provide the person's full name, date of birth if known, arresting agency, and approximate arrest date.
- Ask whether the person is currently held, has been released, was transferred, or is held for another agency, warrant, court order, federal matter, or immigration issue.
- For formal Barber County charges, search Kansas CaseSearch by party name or case number after a court case is opened.
- If the person has been sentenced to Kansas prison, use KDOC KASPER, which covers sentenced KDOC offenders since 1980 and is updated daily excluding weekends and non-working days.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the BOP Inmate Locator or ICE detainee locator. No BOP or ICE detention facility is located in Barber County.
Russell County Jail Address and Contact
Use the jail phone before traveling or mailing anything. The official sources give a physical address and a mailing address, but they do not publish visitor-entry details, parking rules, ADA entry instructions, a mail format, or a separate booking desk number.
Russell County Jail
210 E. 4th Street
Russell, KS 67665
785-483-2151
Office, jail admin, and sheriff phone listed as 24/7 by KSA
Mailing Address
PO Box 825
Russell, KS 67665
Fax: 785-483-3681
Confirm inmate mail rules before sending any item.
Directions and Arrival Planning
Russell County Jail is mapped at 210 E. 4th Street, Russell, KS 67665. A visitor traveling from Barber County or Medicine Lodge should confirm the route in a live map because rural routes, weather, and road work can affect the drive. No official visitor parking map, public-transit route, ADA entrance detail, or visitor entrance rule was published in the sources reviewed.
| Arrival Topic | Published Finding | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Map | Address verified by official sources | Use the jail address and call before travel. |
| Parking | No official visitor parking rule located | Ask where visitors should park and whether any entrance is restricted. |
| Public transit | No official transit route located | Plan private transportation or confirm local options. |
| Accessibility | No official ADA entrance detail located | Call for mobility accommodation instructions before arrival. |
Visiting Someone at Russell County Jail
No official Russell County Jail visitation schedule, video visit vendor, visitor ID rule, dress code, minor-visitor rule, or remote-visit policy was located in the sources reviewed. Do not rely on generic Kansas county jail schedules from unrelated counties. Call the jail before driving to Russell, especially if the person was recently arrested in Barber County and may still be in transport, pending release, or held elsewhere.
| Topic | Official Local Finding | Question to Ask |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Schedule not published | What days and times are available for this inmate? |
| Video visits | Vendor not published | Are visits in-person, on-site video, remote video, or suspended? |
| Visitor ID | ID rule not published | What government ID is required, and may minors visit? |
| Arrival rules | Entry rule not published | Where should visitors enter, and what property is prohibited? |
| Attorney visits | K.S.A. 19-1930 protects attorney visitation at reasonable hours | How should counsel schedule access under facility rules? |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Russell County Jail
The research did not locate an official Russell County inmate mail format, phone vendor, video vendor, commissary vendor, kiosk policy, online deposit link, money-order rule, or fee table. The safest approach is to call the jail and ask for the current rule tied to the specific inmate. That matters because a wrong name format, missing booking number, prohibited item, or outdated vendor can cause mail or funds to be rejected.
| Service | Published Detail | Confirm With Jail |
|---|---|---|
| Mail Address | Mailing address listed as PO Box 825, Russell, KS 67665 | Exact inmate name, booking number, facility line, and permitted contents. |
| Phone / Video | Vendor not published | How calls are funded, whether video visits exist, and whether incoming calls are allowed. |
| Money Deposit | Vendor and fee table not published | Whether kiosk, money order, cash, online, or phone deposits are accepted. |
| Commissary | Vendor not published | Ordering schedule, spending limits, refunds, and blocked items. |
Booking and Intake at Russell County Jail
For a Barber County arrest, the intake path may begin with Barber County Sheriff, Medicine Lodge Police, Kiowa Police, or another agency. The person may be released, held briefly while transport is arranged, or booked into a receiving jail. Kansas law supplies the general framework: K.S.A. 19-811 places charge and custody of the jail and prisoners with the sheriff, K.S.A. 19-1901 requires counties to provide jail services, and K.S.A. 19-1904 requires the sheriff to keep a true and exact calendar of prisoners committed to the county jail.
K.S.A. 19-1930 is also relevant because it addresses county jail receipt of U.S., city, and certain DOC prisoners, compensation and maintenance, medical screening before accepting seriously impaired or injured prisoners, and attorney visitation. Those statutes do not create a public web roster for Russell County Jail or Barber County, but they explain why a jail calendar, medical acceptance, and custody confirmation are part of the process.
About Russell County Jail
Russell County Jail is the documented regional jail facility in this Barber County source set. It is not a KDOC prison, a BOP federal prison, or an ICE detention center. A person sentenced to KDOC custody should be checked in KASPER rather than by calling the county jail alone. A federal prisoner should be checked through BOP, and an immigration detainee should be checked through ICE. For Barber County criminal cases, Kansas CaseSearch and the Barber County District Court clerk remain the formal court-record channels.
Because Barber County lacks an official online roster in the sources reviewed, a Russell County custody check is strongest when paired with the local arresting-agency call. Ask Barber County whether the person was arrested there and where the person was taken, then ask Russell whether the person is physically held there now. If charges have been filed, confirm the docket separately through court records.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, mail, money, and travel details directly with Russell County Jail before relying on any outside listing.