This website is a private reference guide, not the Brown County Sheriff's Office or any government records desk. It cannot confirm custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail services, or retrieve official booking records. Use the official offices below for those requests.
Official Brown County Jail and Records Contacts
The local custody and report-copy contacts identified in the Brown County research are:
Brown County Sheriff's Office / Brown County Jail709 Utah Street
Hiawatha, KS 66434
Main phone: 785-742-7125
Fax: 785-742-3058
- Records contact: Cynthia Linck, 785-742-3188.
- Jail Sergeant: Brett Hollister, 785-742-3291.
- Report-copy requests: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
- Report pickup: Sheriff's Office at 709 Utah Street.
- Report-copy fee: $5.50, exact change required.
For inmate and record questions, start with the resource that matches the custody or record type:
- For someone held in the Brown County Jail, use jail inmate records and then call the sheriff's main line if the roster does not answer the question.
- For booking images and what the roster shows, review jail roster mugshots.
- For charges filed after booking, use court records after a jail arrest.
- For facility details, use the Brown County Jail page linked in the footer.
- For a sentenced Kansas prisoner, use the Kansas Department of Corrections KASPER locator.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator System.