Coffey County Detention Center Overview
The Coffey County Sheriff's Office operates the Coffey County Sheriff's Office Kansas Detention Center as the county jail in Burlington. Official detention material says the jail's role is to hold people safely while treating them with dignity and respect. It also separates pretrial custody from punishment. A person held before trial is confined to secure court appearance and case processing, while a sentenced county inmate is serving punishment imposed by a court.
The facility is a county-jail setting, not a state prison. It holds people charged and awaiting trial, warrant arrests, county-jail sentences, parole and probation holds, municipal-court sentenced persons, people waiting for Kansas prison or Community Corrections beds, and people held for other agencies. Those categories explain why one Coffey County jail roster can include new arrests, court commitments, supervision holds, and temporary state-transfer cases at the same time.
The official Coffey County detention page is the local source for the facility's custody role and jail phone. Its screenshot shows the sheriff's own description of the detention function.
That source supports using the Coffey County roster for local jail custody while routing sentenced prison searches to KDOC after transfer.
Coffey County Jail Capacity
The Kansas Sheriffs' Association listing for Coffey County names Sheriff Thomas L. Johnson and lists the jail size as 21 beds, with 17 male beds and 4 female beds. The same research set notes a daily board rate of $50.00. Coffey County materials also document an ongoing Law Enforcement Center project and older capacity pressure, including a prior reference to about 26 beds and portable or floor-bed use before the project. Because no later official post-project bed count was located, the 21-bed association figure is the safer published capacity number.
The inspected Coffey County current roster showed 27 current inmates on June 13, 2026, while the association listing still showed 21 beds. That contrast should be read with care because county commission minutes also show Law Enforcement Center construction and renovation work in 2025 and 2026. Verify current operating capacity with the jail before drawing conclusions about crowding.
Coffey County Roster Lookup
The correct lookup for this county-jail facility is the sheriff's Coffey County inmate roster. Use the roster disclaimer page first, then choose current inmates for a person believed to be held now or released inmates for the 48-hour release view. The roster is free and has name search, date and name sorting, current and released filters, and profile links. For broader custody notice, Kansas VINE can be used for county-jail custody notifications, but VINE is not a substitute for the jail's live records line.
- Open the Coffey County roster disclaimer and choose the current inmate list.
- Search by last name or browse by booking date if the arrest was recent.
- Open the profile and compare the name, booking number, date, charges, bond, and arresting agency.
- Call detention staff at 620-364-3199 before paying bond or relying on a charge or case number.
- If the person is no longer on the current roster, check the 48-hour release list and then use a records request.
People transferred to KDOC after sentencing are searched through KASPER, not the Coffey County jail roster. Federal sentenced inmates use the BOP inmate locator, and immigration detainees use the ICE locator. Those systems do not prove a person is still held at the Coffey County Sheriff's Office Kansas Detention Center.
Coffey County Jail Contact
Use the Law Enforcement Center address for detention visits, lobby money deposits, and jail visitor routing. The sheriff administrative office appears separately in the sheriff site footer, so records and office business may use the administrative address when the sheriff's site directs it there. The jail number is the key contact for custody, bond, and case-number confirmation.
Coffey County Sheriff's Office Kansas Detention Center
605 Neosho Street
Burlington, KS 66839
620-364-3199
Jail and detention information line
Coffey County Sheriff's Office
625 Neosho Street - 1st Floor
Burlington, KS 66839
620-364-2123
Administrative office: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Coffey County Video Visits
Visitation for the Coffey County Sheriff's Office Kansas Detention Center uses NCIC InTouch video visitation. A sheriff press release says the last day for former in-person visitation was September 1, 2024, and NCIC video visits began September 8, 2024. Visits are first come, first served and must be scheduled through NCIC. Account setup may require a valid phone number, email address, name, address, and, depending on the facility requirement, photo identification.
The sheriff's visitation page documents the video-visit system, on-site lobby option, remote visit limits, and CHIRPS notes.
The schedule below follows the published Coffey County rules, but approvals and availability still depend on the facility.
| Visit type | Schedule | Length | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote video | Any day of week | Up to 30 minutes | $0.35 per minute | Use a smart device and schedule through NCIC. |
| On-site video | Sundays, 1 p.m.-4 p.m. | Up to 20 minutes | Free | Lobby kiosk visit, limited to one on-site visit per week. |
| Former in-person visit | Ended September 1, 2024 | n/a | n/a | Replaced by NCIC video visits beginning September 8, 2024. |
Coffey County Money CHIRPS
The sheriff publishes inmate money steps for online deposits and lobby deposits. Online deposits use the sheriff's money page workflow: register or sign in, choose send money, select Kansas and the Coffey County facility, enter at least three characters of the resident's last name or the resident ID, enter payment and amount, accept terms, review, and send. The sheriff page did not publish a separate deposit fee in the research file.
The Coffey County money-for-inmates page also says the lobby commissary machine is just inside and left of the Sheriff's Office lobby entrance, with an ATM next to it.
That local lobby detail is useful for visitors who need to add funds without relying on the online deposit path.
| Service | Provider or location | Published detail |
|---|---|---|
| Online money deposit | Sheriff money page workflow | Select Kansas and facility, search resident by name or ID, review, and send. |
| Lobby deposit | Sheriff's Office lobby, 605 Neosho Street | Commissary machine near lobby entrance, ATM next to machine. |
| CHIRPS text messaging | Fund through inmatesales.com | $0.10 to send and $0.10 to receive, plus monthly rental fee. |
| Mail rules | Call jail before sending | Official Coffey County inmate-mail rules were not located in inspected sources. |
Coffey County Jail Intake
Coffey County official sources did not publish a full intake checklist, so the reliable intake description comes from the detention page and roster fields. A person may arrive after an arrest by the sheriff, Burlington Police, another local agency, Kansas Highway Patrol, a warrant authority, or as a hold for another agency. The jail booking record may then show a booking number, age, gender, race, arresting agency, booking date and time, charges, and bond. The profile warning says charges and bail may change after court appearances.
After booking, the case path usually moves toward first appearance, bond review, prosecutor review, and Coffey County District Court filings when charges proceed. County-jail custody can also continue for a person serving a local sentence, waiting on a state prison bed, or held on a supervision matter. For a full custody-record walkthrough, use the Coffey County jail inmate records page, then confirm live details with detention staff.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest or commitment, including identity and record creation.
- Detainer
- A request from another agency to keep custody or give notice before release.
- PR bond
- Personal recognizance release, meaning release on promise and conditions rather than cash payment.
- KDOC
- Kansas Department of Corrections, the state system used after transfer to prison custody.
Coffey County Bond Records
Bond information on the roster is useful, but the jail profile warns that charges and bail amounts may change after court appearances. The local rule is to call detention staff at 620-364-3199 before posting bail or relying on a listed charge or case number. Coffey County also publishes an approved bonding-agency list maintained by Coffey County District Court and updated through December 31, 2026.
For records that do not appear online, use the sheriff's records request page or web form. The records page includes the K.S.A. 45-230 notice about commercial solicitation use of names and addresses from public records. The fee schedule lists report copies at $2.50 digital, $2.00 mail, and $15.00 DVD. It also lists inmate housing at $50.00 per day and a padded-cell add-on of $15.00 per day.
| Record or fee | Published Coffey County detail |
|---|---|
| Digital report copy | $2.50 |
| Mailed report copy | $2.00 |
| DVD copy | $15.00 |
| Inmate housing | $50.00 per day |
| Padded cell add-on | $15.00 per day additional |
Coffey County Law Enforcement Center
The Law Enforcement Center project is one of the most important local details for this facility. Coffey County commission minutes in 2025 and 2026 reference Law Enforcement Center construction, River City Construction, change orders, jail construction fund payments, Phase I and Phase II work, courthouse renovation, and a secured enclosed link. May 2025 minutes also noted an expected mid-June open house for the new Law Enforcement Center. November 2025 minutes discussed a Phase I guaranteed maximum price and a project GMP amendment that included Phase II courthouse renovation and secured-link work.
The official sheriff homepage now shows Law Enforcement Center images, while detention, visitation, money, roster, bond, and records functions remain routed through the sheriff's office and jail contacts. Visitors should still confirm custody, visit approval, lobby access, and parking before traveling because construction or post-project operations can change public entry rules before every web page catches up.
Note: Call 620-364-3199 before a visit or bond payment because custody status, bail amounts, and access rules can change fast.