Neosho County Jail Overview
Neosho County Jail operates with the Neosho County Sheriff's Office as the county's local adult detention point. The research identifies the sheriff as Greg Taylor and ties the Sheriff's Office and jail to the Erie facility address. The jail population can include pretrial detainees, people serving local county sentences, municipal arrestees accepted by the county jail, and lawful holds from other agencies. No Kansas Department of Corrections prison, Federal Bureau of Prisons facility, or ICE detention facility was located in Neosho County from the official lists reviewed.
The most important Neosho County Jail fact for lookup work is the missing official roster. No county-published online jail roster, recent-bookings page, mugshot gallery, public capacity figure, or posted visitation schedule was located. The jail still remains the correct first call for current custody. A person may not appear in KASPER, BOP, or ICE systems if the person is only in local pretrial custody at Neosho County Jail.
The Kansas Sheriffs' Association Neosho County card is the clearest official-style contact card for the sheriff office phone and fax, and the county's detention-officer posting confirms the sheriff and jail location. Use those details instead of unofficial jail-directory entries.
The sheriff contact card supports the direct-call lookup route, but it does not replace jail staff confirmation for custody, bond, visits, mail, or release questions.
Neosho County Jail Contact
Use the jail contact information for current custody, release status, bond routing, visit rules, mail questions, and records routing. The county courthouse address is separate and should not be used as the jail address. The County Attorney and many criminal court filing contacts are in Chanute, which is a separate step after booking.
Neosho County Jail
402 E. State St.
Erie, KS 66733
Mailing: PO Box 109, Erie, KS 66733
620-244-3888
Fax: 620-244-3887
Before traveling to Neosho County Jail, call to verify lobby entry, visitor check-in, approved identification, and whether any public service has moved to a different counter. No official public lobby hours or visitor parking rule was located. Drivers should use the official 402 E. State St. address for the sheriff and jail rather than older directory addresses.
Neosho County Jail Population
No official local source reviewed published the current Neosho County Jail population, rated capacity, housing layout, or year built. Because unofficial pages conflict, capacity claims should not be used. The only high-authority local jail population point in the research is a historical correctional population figure of 36 for the Neosho County Jail on December 31, 2013, from the Prisoners of the Census correctional population table. That number is not a current count.
| Measure | Published Finding | How to Use It |
|---|---|---|
| Current population | Not located in official county source | Call the jail for current custody questions instead of relying on a web count. |
| Rated capacity | Not located in official county source | Do not cite directory capacity figures unless the county confirms them. |
| Historical jail population | 36 on 12/31/2013 | Use only as historical context, not as a current census. |
| Facility count | One mapped local facility | The mapped local detention facility is Neosho County Jail. |
Look Up Neosho County Jail Custody
Neosho County Jail inmate lookup should begin with the jail phone because no official online roster was located. Have the person's full name, date of birth if known, arrest date, and arresting agency if known. Ask whether the person is currently in custody, whether the person was released, whether bond is set, and whether the case is in district court, municipal court, or another agency's hold.
- Call Neosho County Jail at 620-244-3888 for current local custody status.
- Search Kansas VINE for county-jail custody status and notification registration.
- File a Neosho County KORA request for booking records, arrest reports, bond sheets, jail log entries, or booking photos not released online.
- Use Kansas CaseSearch for the court case that follows booking, including filed charges and hearing dates.
- If the person is no longer in local custody, search KASPER, BOP, or ICE ODLS based on the custody type.
Kansas VINE is especially useful for this facility because the Attorney General describes VINE as a county-jail custody-status and notification service. It does not include KDOC prisons, so it should be paired with KASPER once a person has been sentenced to state custody.
Neosho County Jail Visits
No official Neosho County Jail visitation schedule was located. That includes in-person visits, video visitation, dress code, visitor approval, child visitor rules, attorney-visit procedure, and check-in location. The safe rule is simple: confirm the current procedure directly with the jail before leaving for Erie. A person may also be unavailable for visits during intake, medical screening, transport, court, lockdown, or release processing.
| Visit Question | Published Jail Detail | Ask the Jail |
|---|---|---|
| In-person schedule | Not published | Which days and times are open for the inmate's housing status? |
| Video visits | Vendor not located | Does the jail offer remote or on-site video, and what does it cost? |
| Visitor approval | Not published | Does the visitor need preapproval or a scheduled slot? |
| Identification | Not published | What photo ID is required for adults and minors? |
| Attorney visits | Not published | What is the current legal-visit procedure? |
Note: Call the jail before travel because a posted online schedule was not found and custody status can change quickly.
Neosho County Jail Mail and Money
No official jail-specific mail, phone, video, tablet, commissary, or money-deposit page was located for Neosho County Jail. A Tiger Commissary search result appeared in research, but the county pages reviewed did not link or confirm it. That means deposits should not be made through a vendor until jail staff confirms the provider, account name format, fees, and refund limits.
| Service | Confirmed Detail | Confirm Before Acting |
|---|---|---|
| Mail address | Jail mailing address uses PO Box 109, Erie, KS 66733 | Exact inmate name, booking-number format, photos, books, cards, and legal-mail rule. |
| Phone or tablet | Provider not located | Account setup, call rates, blocks, attorney-call handling, and refund process. |
| Money deposit | County-linked vendor not confirmed | Current vendor, accepted payment types, deposit fees, and posting time. |
| Commissary | Policy not published | Ordering schedule, spending limits, indigent items, and release balance rules. |
Neosho County Jail Booking
Neosho County Jail booking begins after an arresting agency brings a person to the sheriff-operated jail and custody is accepted. Local official sources do not publish the internal booking checklist, so the common Kansas county-jail sequence should be treated as general. Intake can include identity checks, warrant checks, property inventory, fingerprinting, booking photo, health screening, classification, phone access, housing placement, and bond or hold review.
Jail booking charges are not always the final court charges. After booking, law-enforcement reports may go to the Neosho County Attorney in Chanute. The prosecutor can file charges that open the court record in the 31st Judicial District, and hearings may occur at Chanute or Erie locations. Custody questions remain with the jail, but formal charge status belongs with the court case.
Neosho County Jail Records
For records that are not released by phone or online, use the county's KORA request process. A focused request should name the record type, the person, the approximate arrest or booking date, and any case number. Useful request terms include booking record, jail log entry, arrest report, bond sheet, release record, and booking photograph. Kansas law allows public-record access, but it also allows certain law-enforcement records to be withheld or redacted.
| Record Type | Best First Source | Important Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Current custody | Neosho County Jail phone and Kansas VINE | Status may change before any written record is produced. |
| Booking record | Sheriff or county KORA custodian | Some fields may be redacted under Kansas law. |
| Booking photo | KORA request to the custodian | Mugshots are not required to be open in every case. |
| Filed charges | Kansas CaseSearch or district court clerk | Formal charges can differ from booking charges. |
| Sentenced prison custody | KDOC KASPER | KASPER is not a complete criminal-history search. |
The KORA fee schedule found in the county form lists black-and-white copies at $0.25 per page, USB media at $10, administrative or research time at $7 per hour increment, postage at the current rate, and prepayment for estimates over $20. Payment is by cash or check to the Neosho County Clerk.
Directions to Neosho County Jail
Neosho County Jail is in Erie, the county seat area, but the sheriff and jail address is distinct from the courthouse at 100 South Main Street. From US-59, drivers can enter Erie and route toward State Street. From the Chanute area and US-169, route west or northwest toward Erie and use a current map for the final approach. No official transit route, parking policy, or ADA entrance detail was located.
Visitors should bring government photo identification, avoid carrying unnecessary bags, and call before arrival to confirm current check-in rules. People going to court or the County Attorney may need Chanute or Erie court addresses instead of the jail address, so the purpose of the trip should be clear before travel.
Neosho County Jail Transfers
A person held at Neosho County Jail may leave local custody through release on bond, release after a court order, transfer to another county, transfer to KDOC after sentencing, movement under federal authority, or immigration custody. Each move changes the correct lookup tool. County jail staff may know the immediate release or transfer status, but after a person enters another system the new custodian becomes the better source.
Use Neosho County inmate records for the broader lookup chain and use the inmate population overview on the Neosho County inmate population home page for county, state, federal, and immigration distinctions. The main rule is to match the search to the custody stage: jail for current local custody, court for charges, KASPER for Kansas prison custody, BOP for federal prison custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.