The Crawford County Inmate Population
The confirmed local detention site for Crawford County is the Crawford County Sheriff's Office jail complex in Girard. The sheriff's current CRIMEWATCH portal names Sheriff Billy Tomasi and links to jail resources, including the public roster, commissary, phones, inmate services, tips, alerts, and the CRIMEWATCH app. The jail holds people booked by the sheriff, municipal police departments, court orders, corrections authorities, and other agencies with lawful commitments. That means a Pittsburg, Frontenac, Girard, university police, or sheriff arrest can still appear in the same Crawford County Jail roster because the county jail is the local booking hub.
The Crawford County inmate population should be read in custody stages. A person arrested and awaiting first appearance, bond, or a local sentence is usually searched through the county roster. A person sentenced to the custody of the Kansas Department of Corrections is searched through KDOC KASPER, not the county jail. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through the BOP inmate locator, while immigration custody is searched through ICE ODLS. VINELink adds notification service, but it is not the original court or booking record.
Crawford County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest local count is the live roster count from the CRSO current-custody query. Research inspected on June 13, 2026 showed 107 current-custody records, with the first page displaying records 1 through 50 of 107. That count is a point-in-time online roster result. It is not an annual average, and the roster itself warns that information is updated regularly but may not reflect a person's actual current location or other fast-changing facts.
The local capacity figure comes from a 2023 Kansas Reflector interview with then-Sheriff Danny Smith that described the jail as having capacity for about 100 inmates. The sheriff portal did not publish a separate rated-bed sheet. Those two facts can still be compared, but only as a careful snapshot: the live roster count was slightly above the reported capacity point on the inspection date, while the capacity source was an interview rather than a formal facility specification.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Current online custody count | 107 current-custody records | CRSO Inmate Search, inspected June 13, 2026 |
| First roster page size | Showing 1 to 50 of 107 | CRSO current-custody result page, June 13, 2026 |
| Jail capacity | About 100 inmates | 2023 Kansas Reflector interview cited in research |
| County population | 38,972 | 2020 Census, cited by county and Census sources |
| Largest city | Pittsburg, 19,918 | Crawford County cities page, 2020 Census |
| KDOC statewide prison capacity | 10,670 | Kansas Statistical Abstract / KDOC facility table, FY25 |
| KDOC FY25 average daily population | 9,578 | Kansas Statistical Abstract / KDOC facility table, FY25 |
Crawford County Inmate Population Trends
Trend data is thin for Crawford County, so the useful figures are not a smooth annual series. They show a local jail count of 78 persons in a 2013 correctional facility extract, a later capacity statement of about 100, and a 2026 live roster count of 107. The research also found local mental-health and reentry context, including commission references to mental-health needs in jail and a sheriff inmate-services page that describes behavioral health, addiction treatment, basic life skills, employment, housing, and reintegration support.
The best reading is that Crawford County's jail population should be treated as a changing local custody count, not as a fixed census. Arrest volume, bond decisions, court calendars, holds from other authorities, probation or parole matters, and transfers to KDOC all affect the number. The CRSO roster captures the public booking side; it does not replace jail management records or state prison population reports.
| Year / Date | Population Measure | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2013 | 78 local jail persons | Prisoners of the Census / Census correctional facility extract cited in research |
| Dec. 13, 2023 | About 100 capacity | Interview with then-Sheriff Danny Smith |
| June 13, 2026 | 107 current-custody roster records | CRSO live roster query |
Crawford County Jail Population Makeup
The public roster does not publish a full demographic or legal-status breakdown. It shows Race, Gender, Height, Weight, and Multiple Bookings in the result grid, and detail pages add booking history, bond, charge, prisoner type, and arresting agency. The first page of the current roster included White and Black race entries, Male and Female gender entries, and physical description fields. It did not show age, date of birth, ethnicity, felony or misdemeanor class, pretrial versus sentenced totals, housing pod, or hold-agency totals in the search grid.
That limited field set matters. The Crawford County inmate population can include newly charged people, local sentenced inmates, court holds, parole or probation holds, corrections violations, and commitments from city, county, state, or federal authority. Public users can read a booking charge or bond line, but the court case controls filed charges and later dispositions. When the roster is not enough, the next step is the jail phone, a written KORA request to the sheriff or record custodian, Kansas Case Search, or KDOC KASPER depending on the custody stage.
- Booking
- Jail intake record created after arrest or court commitment.
- Jail Calendar
- Kansas roster term used by CRSO for public booking information under K.S.A. 45-221.
- Detainer
- A hold from another agency, such as parole, another county, ICE, or federal authority.
- KASPER
- KDOC's Kansas Adult Supervised Population Electronic Repository for state custody and supervision.
Laws Behind Crawford County Jail Records
Kansas law is the reason local booking information can be public while some correctional, investigative, medical, victim, and security-sensitive material remains restricted. The roster disclaimer grounds Crawford County Jail records in the Kansas Open Records Act as a jail calendar. That does not make every police, court, medical, or jail-management record public in full. It does support access to core identifying and custody information that helps the public verify who is in jail and why the person was booked.
Key Kansas rules:
K.S.A. 45-216 declares Kansas public records open for inspection unless another law provides otherwise.
K.S.A. 45-221 lists exemptions but also permits disclosure of inmate names, photos, identifying information, custody data, location, and related correctional information.
K.S.A. 19-811 places charge and custody of the county jail and prisoners with the sheriff.
K.S.A. 19-1930 requires the sheriff or jailer to receive and safely keep prisoners committed by lawful authority.
Death-in-custody reporting is a separate public-safety context. The Kansas implementation plan for the federal Death in Custody Reporting Act identifies county jails and state correctional facilities as part of the reporting landscape. It is not a live inmate roster, but it shows why jail population and custody reporting are tracked beyond a single county webpage.
Search the Crawford County Inmate Population
The CRSO Inmate Search is the direct public roster for the Crawford County Jail. The portal is free, requires no login, and lets a user search current and prior visible bookings by name, subject number, booking number, custody status, booking date range, and housing facility. Its only housing facility option found in research was Crawford County Jail. The result grid includes booking-photo thumbnails, name, custody flag, race, gender, height, weight, and a multiple-bookings field.
The manifest screenshot from the official roster search form is useful because it shows the fields a reader will actually face before results appear. The CRSO Inmate Search form screenshot below matches the county roster path described in the research.
Those fields support both narrow searches by known booking number and broad current-custody checks when the name is not certain.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Unspecified | Single box, likely accepts full or partial names. |
| Subject Number | Text | Unspecified | Person identifier; sample detail showed 4189. |
| Booking Number | Text | Unspecified | Format seen as YYYY-########. |
| In Custody | Checkbox | Optional | Limits results to currently jailed people. |
| Booking From Date | Date text / datepicker | Optional | Searches by start of booking date range. |
| Booking To Date | Date text / datepicker | Optional | Searches by end of booking date range. |
| Housing Facility | Dropdown | Optional | Blank or Crawford County Jail. |
How Crawford County Inmate Lookup Works
For a current jail search, start with the county roster. For a broad check, select In Custody and leave the name blank, then use the result count and pages. For a narrow check, search by name first, then add a subject number or booking number if known. For a past booking, clear the current-custody limit and use the date range. A person with multiple bookings may have more than one booking history and more than one photo timestamp on a detail page.
- Open the CRSO Inmate Search from the sheriff jail menu or the direct roster URL.
- Use Name for a first search, or check In Custody for a broad current-jail list.
- Add Subject Number, Booking Number, or booking-date range when a common name returns too many results.
- Open the linked name to review demographics, photos, booking history, charges, and bond information.
- If the person is not found, call the jail, use VINELink for notifications, or switch to KDOC, BOP, or ICE depending on the custody type.
The county arrest information page also routes users to the inmate roster, offender search, and VINE. That page is a helpful official county doorway when a reader starts from the county site rather than the sheriff's CRIMEWATCH portal.
The county page reinforces that roster lookup, state offender search, and victim notification serve different public needs.
What Crawford County Inmate Records Show
A roster detail page can show much more than the result grid. Research on a sample detail page found demographic information, photos, booking history, booking bonds, and booking charges. It also identified fields not visible in that public sample: date of birth, age, eye color, hair color, housing pod or cell, court date, judicial officer, warrant number, statute number, charge class, case number, projected release date, and total sentence. Absence from the public view does not mean the field is absent from internal jail records.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Full name in last, first, middle format. |
| Subject Number | Person-level jail identifier. |
| Photos | Public booking images, sometimes with multiple current and prior timestamps. |
| Booking Number | Event-level booking identifier in a year-number format. |
| Booking Date | Date and time tied to the jail booking. |
| Release Date | Blank for current custody, populated for past bookings. |
| Total Bond Amount | Money amount listed for the booking, if entered. |
| Charge Description | Booking-side accusation or hold wording. |
| Arresting Agency | Agency tied to the booking or charge, when shown. |
Booking charges are not the same as final court charges. Prosecutors may amend, decline, reduce, or add charges after the arrest. Court records after a Crawford County jail arrest are searched through Kansas Case Search or district court access, while custody and bond display first on the jail side.
Crawford County Jail vs State Prison
Crawford County has no confirmed Kansas prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility in the local facility map. A person sentenced to KDOC custody leaves the county jail process and enters the statewide corrections system after intake and classification. KDOC's KASPER FAQ says the locator is updated each working day and covers offenders sentenced to the custody of the Secretary of Corrections since 1980 who are incarcerated, under post-incarceration supervision, or discharged from a sentence.
| Custody Stage | Best Lookup | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| County jail booking | CRSO Inmate Search | Current or visible past Crawford County Jail bookings. |
| State prison or supervision | KDOC KASPER | Sentenced Kansas custody, supervision, discharge, movement, and conviction fields. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | Location search by A-number/country or biographical information. |
| Custody notifications | VINELink | Release and status notifications, not the source record. |
The KDOC locating-a-resident FAQ explains the statewide fields visible in KASPER, including registration number, physical description, conviction information, release date, movement dates, custody or supervision level, and discipline record.
That state locator is the correct path once a Crawford County case becomes a KDOC sentence rather than a local jail booking.
Crawford County Detention Facilities
The facility map resolves to one local page for this build. The Crawford County Jail is operated by the sheriff and is the only housing-facility option located in the public roster. No separate work-release center, annex, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility was confirmed in Crawford County official sources.
- Crawford County Jail - county jail for people booked by local agencies, pretrial detainees, local sentenced custody, court holds, parole or probation holds, and other lawful commitments.
The sheriff jail menu also links to Inmate Canteen for commissary and CPC / InmateSales for inmate phone and service accounts. The current official pages reviewed did not publish a full local visitation calendar, mail policy, dress code, or commissary fee table, so those operational details should be confirmed with the jail before travel or payment.
Crawford County Jail Programs
The sheriff's inmate-services page describes community-partner programming focused on behavioral health, addiction treatment, basic life skills, reintegration, jobs, housing, sobriety, and reduced recidivism. It is not a jail handbook, but it is the strongest local source for program content found in the research. It also fits the local news context, where jail mental-health needs have appeared in county commission references and state reporting.
The sheriff's inmate-services screenshot from the manifest shows the official local program page rather than a third-party summary.
Program access, eligibility, schedule, and participation rules were not posted in the captured text, so families should use the jail line for current availability.
Crawford County Inmate Population FAQ
How many people are in the Crawford County inmate population? The live CRSO current-custody query inspected June 13, 2026 returned 107 records. That is a point-in-time roster count, not a yearly average.
What is the Crawford County Jail capacity? Research found a 2023 interview stating the jail had capacity for about 100 inmates. An official rated-bed sheet was not located on the sheriff portal.
Where does a Crawford County inmate search start? Start with the CRSO Inmate Search for recent or current county jail bookings. Use KDOC KASPER after a state-prison sentence, BOP for sentenced federal custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
Can released inmates still appear? The roster can show booking history and prior photos for some people with multiple bookings. If a past booking is not visible, use the sheriff phone, written KORA request, or court records.
Does VINELink replace the jail roster? No. VINELink is useful for custody-status notifications and victim notification, but the sheriff roster, court records, KDOC, BOP, and ICE systems remain the source paths.
Does the CRIMEWATCH app replace the roster? No app-only Crawford inmate roster was confirmed. The CRIMEWATCH Mobile app can help with alerts, posts, tips, maps, arrests, wanted items, and following the sheriff agency.