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Kansas correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Anderson County Jail 32 Local 12/31/2013
Atchison Co. Jail 66 Local 12/31/2013
Barber Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Barton Co. Jail 93 Local 12/31/2013
Brown County Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
Butler Co. Jail 200 Local 12/31/2013
Chase Co. Jail 110 Local 12/31/2013
Chautauqua Co. Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Cherokee Co. Jail 71 Local 12/31/2013
Clark Co. Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Clay Co. Jail 7 Local 12/31/2013
Cloud Co. Jail 27 Local 12/31/2013
Coffey Co. Jail 13 Local 12/31/2013
Cowley Co. Jail 94 Local 12/31/2013
Crawford Co. Jail 78 Local 12/31/2013
Decatur Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Dickinson Co. Jail 26 Local 12/31/2013
Doniphan Co. Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Douglas Co. Jail 141 Local 12/31/2013
Edwards Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
El Dorado Correctional Facility 1,352 State 1737 Se Us Hwy 54 El Dorado 67042 Butler 6/30/2012
Elk Co. Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Ellis Co. Jail 61 Local 12/31/2013
Ellsworth Co. Law Enforcement Ctr. 14 Local 12/31/2013
Ellsworth Correctional Facility 1,869 State 1607 State Street Ellsworth 67439 Ellsworth 6/30/2012
Finney Co. Jail 98 Local 12/31/2013
Ford Co. Jail 119 Local 12/31/2013
Franklin Co. Jail 50 Local 12/31/2013
Geary County Detention Center 112 Local 12/31/2013
Graham Co. Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Grant Co. Jail 27 Local 12/31/2013
Greeley County Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Grossman Center - Geo Group, Inc 85 Private 4715 Brewer Place Leavenworth 66048 Leavenworth 6/30/2012
Hamilton Co. Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Harper Co. Jail 18 Local 12/31/2013
Harvey Co. Jail 110 Local 12/31/2013
Haskell Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Hodgeman County Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Hutchinson Correctional Facility 1,869 Joint Stat 500 Reformatory Rd Hutchinson 67501 Reno 6/30/2012
Jackson County Sheriff's office Jail Division 59 Local 12/31/2013
Jefferson Co. Jail 29 Local 12/31/2013
Jewell Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Kearny Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Kingman Co. Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Kiowa County Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
Labette Co. Jail 47 Local 12/31/2013
Lane Co. Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Lansing Correctional Facility 2,403 State 301 East Kansas Street Lansing 66043 Leavenworth 6/30/2012
Larned Correct Mental Health Facility 434 State 1318 Ks Highway 264 Larned 67550 Pawnee 6/30/2012
Leavenworth - Camp 476 Federal 1300 Metropolitan Leavenworth 66048 Leavenworth 6/30/2012
Leavenworth County Jail 126 Local 12/31/2013
Leavenworth Detention Center 922 Local 12/31/2013
Leavenworth USP 1,851 Federal 1300 Metropolitan Leavenworth 66048 Leavenworth 6/30/2012
Leavenworth USP 1,404 Federal 1300 Metropolitan Leavenworth 66048 Leavenworth 4/2/2020
Leavenworth-Camp 349 Federal 1300 Metropolitan Leavenworth 66048 Leavenworth 4/2/2020
Lincoln Co. Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Linn Co. Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Lyon Co. Jail 121 Local 12/31/2013
Marion Co. Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Marshall Co. Jail 21 Local 12/31/2013
Mcpherson Co. Jail 27 Local 12/31/2013
Meade Co. Jail 34 Local 12/31/2013
Miami Co. Jail 35 Local 12/31/2013
Mirror Incorporate - Wichita 50 Private 236 South Pattie Wichita 67211 Sedgwick 6/30/2012
Mirror, Incorporated - Newton Residential Facility 30 Private P.O. Box 711 Newton 67114 Harvey 6/30/2012
Mitchell County Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Montgomery Co. Jail 147 Local 12/31/2013
Morris Co. Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Morton Co. Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Nemaha Co. Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Neosho Co. Jail 36 Local 12/31/2013
Ness Co. Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
New Century Adult Detention Center 650 Local 12/31/2013
Norton Co. Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Norton Correctional Facility 842 State E Highway 36 Norton 67654 Norton 6/30/2012
Osage Co. Jail 21 Local 12/31/2013
Osborne Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Ottawa Co. Det. Ctr. 13 Local 12/31/2013
Pawnee Co. Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Phillips Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Pottawatomie Co. Jail 21 Local 12/31/2013
Pratt Co. Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Rawlins County Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Reno Co. Jail 77 Local 12/31/2013
Reno Co. Jail Annex 36 Local 12/31/2013
Republic Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Rice Co. Jail 33 Local 12/31/2013
Riley Co. Jail 76 Local 12/31/2013
Rooks Co. Jail 7 Local 12/31/2013
Russell Co. Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Saline Co. Jail 218 Local 12/31/2013
Scott Co. Jail 16 Local 12/31/2013
Sedgwick County Jail And Work Release 1,199 Local 12/31/2013
Seward Co. Jail 74 Local 12/31/2013
Shawnee County Adult Detention Center & Annex 525 Local 12/31/2013
Sheridan Co. Sheriffs Dept. 1 Local 12/31/2013
Sherman Co. Jail 20 Local 12/31/2013
Smith Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Southeast Kansas Regional Correctional Center 45 Local 12/31/2013
Stanton Co. Law Enforcement Ctr. 3 Local 12/31/2013
Stevens Co. Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Sumner Co. Jail 151 Local 12/31/2013
Thomas Co. Jail 18 Local 12/31/2013
Topeka Correctional Facility 681 State 815 Se Rice Road Topeka 66607 Shawnee 6/30/2012
Trego Co. Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Wabaunsee Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Wallace County Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Washington County Law Enforcement Center 7 Local 12/31/2013
Wichita Work Release Facility 248 State 401 S. Emporia Street Wichita 67202 Sedgwick 6/30/2012
Wilson Co. Jail 37 Local 12/31/2013
Winfield Correctional Facility 545 State 1806 Pinecrest Circle Winfield 67156 Cowley 6/30/2012
Woodson Co. Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Wyandotte Co. Jail 351 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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