Miami County Jail Overview
The Miami County Jail, also described in county materials as the Miami County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center, is operated by the Miami County Sheriff's Office. It is the only detention facility supported by the Facility Map for this project. The facility is in Paola and serves the county jail role for people arrested locally, held before trial, serving short local sentences, or waiting on transfer or another agency action.
The official Miami County Jail page says the current jail opened in 2018 and has 96 beds. The jail staffing published by the county includes one jail captain, five jail sergeants, twenty-one deputy jailers, one jail nurse, and one part-time jail nurse. The sheriff research identifies Sheriff Frank W. Kelly, Undersheriff Matthew P. Kelly, and Captain Andrew Roush in command or contact materials.
No official Miami County source located a separate county work-release annex, regional jail, city jail roster, ICE detention center, U.S. Marshals contract facility, or BOP prison in the county. City police contacts in Paola and Louisburg do not change the main custody path. When a person arrested by a city police department is held in custody, the practical local check remains Miami County Jail.
Miami County Jail Capacity
The known capacity figure for Miami County Jail is 96 beds, from the official jail page inspected during research on June 13, 2026. The county does not publish a current daily population count, average daily population, annual booking total, average length of stay, or demographic breakdown on the official jail page. Those missing figures should not be filled from guesses or old third-party sources.
The capacity number is still useful. It identifies the scale of the county jail and confirms that Miami County uses one primary local detention facility for the page set. It does not prove whether a named person is currently held there. Current custody should be confirmed with the jail, records staff, VINE, or the court case path depending on what the user needs to know.
Look Up Miami County Jail Inmates
The research did not find a working public Miami County roster form or recent-bookings gallery. The county site's inmate roster button resolved to the jail page itself. That makes the Miami County Jail lookup route a fallback chain: call the facility for current custody, use Sheriff's Records for releasable records, check Kansas VINE for custody notifications, and check court records once charges are filed.
- Call Miami County Jail at 913-294-3232 to ask about current custody, release status, transfer status, or bond eligibility.
- Use the Sheriff's Records Division for reports, releasable booking records, and letters of incarceration.
- Check Kansas VINELink if custody notification or status monitoring is needed.
- Search Kansas Case Search or Miami County dockets for formal charges after the arrest.
- Use KASPER, BOP, or ICE only if the person has moved to state prison, federal custody, or immigration detention.
For facility context, the screenshot below comes from the official jail page. It documents the jail's capacity, opening year, visitation restrictions, and detention contact block.
Miami County Jail Address
Miami County Jail and the Sheriff's Office share the same published address and main phone in the research. The sheriff's contact block lists office hours Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The jail page also lists a detention fax number. Use the phone line before travel because lobby visitation is listed as closed until further notice and official pages did not publish visitor parking, entry, or ADA entrance details.
Miami County Jail
209 S. Pearl St.
Paola, KS 66071
913-294-3232
Detention fax: 913-294-9547
Miami County Sheriff's Records
209 S. Pearl St.
Paola, KS 66071
913-294-3232
Records fax: 913-294-9118
Visit Miami County Jail Inmates
The official jail page states that public lobby visitation is closed until further notice. The published visit rules still matter because they show how Miami County controls visits when visitation is available and why a visit may be denied, suspended, or ended. Rules include one 20-minute visit per person per day, valid federal or state ID or a driver's license for adult visitors, and an adult with valid ID for visitors who are 17 or younger.
| Topic | Miami County Jail Rule |
|---|---|
| Lobby visitation status | Closed until further notice |
| Visit allowance | One 20-minute visit per person per day when visits are available |
| Adult ID | Valid federal or state ID card or driver's license required |
| Minor visitors | Visitors 17 or younger must be with an adult who has valid ID |
| Denial reasons | Intoxication, ID problems, disruptive behavior, dress-code issues, lack of space, safety or security risk, property damage, no-contact orders, or prohibited witness or victim contact |
Dress rules ban revealing or see-through clothing, low-cut tops, halter tops, tube tops, dresses, skirts, or shorts above mid-thigh, obscene or offensive clothing, and visits without footwear. Severe weather, power loss, or another safety issue can also stop a visit.
Note: Call Miami County Jail before travel because the official page lists lobby visitation as closed until further notice.
Miami County Jail Visitor Limits
Miami County's prohibited-item list is strict. Visitors may not bring purses, bags, mobile phones, recording devices, writing instruments, weapons, food, drinks, tobacco items, packages, mail, photographs, or pets into a visit. The certified-service-animal exception requires proof. These limits are meant to protect facility order and should be checked before any visit or in-person records stop.
- No phones, recording devices, writing instruments, or weapons.
- No purses, bags, packages, food, drinks, tobacco, mail, or photographs.
- No pets or animals except certified service animals with proof.
- No clothing that violates the published dress code.
- No visits if a no-contact order, protection order, or prohibited witness or victim contact applies.
Mail Money and Phones
Official Miami County Jail material located in the research did not publish a full inmate mail address format, commissary vendor, money deposit method, deposit fees, phone vendor, video vendor, or attorney-visit process. It did state that no packages, mail, or photographs may be left for an inmate and that all items must be mailed in. That is a drop-off rule, not a full mail policy.
| Service | Published Miami County Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail left at jail | No packages, mail, or photographs may be left for an inmate; items must be mailed in |
| Mailing address format | Not published in official source located; confirm with jail |
| Commissary vendor | Not published in official source located; confirm with jail |
| Money deposit options | Not published in official source located; confirm with jail |
| Phone or video provider | Not published in official source located; confirm with jail |
Records-payment rules should not be confused with inmate money rules. The sheriff's fee schedule says public-record fees are paid by cash or money order and that credit or debit cards are not accepted for records. That payment rule applies to records access, not necessarily to inmate trust deposits.
Miami County Jail Records Requests
Sheriff's Records is the fallback when a Miami County Jail inmate lookup needs a written record instead of a phone confirmation. Requests may be made in person or in writing. The records page says to include the report number if available, date, time, location, and names. It also says a reply may take up to 72 hours depending on when the request is received and the nature of the incident. Information still under investigation cannot be released.
| Record Item | Published Fee |
|---|---|
| Report copy | $5.00 |
| Bond receipt copy | $5.00 |
| Photograph CD | $40.00 |
| Video CD | $50.00 |
| Clerical staff time | $15.00 per hour |
| Research staff time | $25.00 per hour |
The official fee schedule cites K.S.A. 45-219 as fee authority and says payment is due before records are received or accessed. Cash and money order are listed payment methods for records. Records checks must be obtained in person by the person requesting the record, and letters of incarceration are no-cost, in-person records available to the incarcerated person or attorney with valid photo ID.
Booking at Miami County Jail
Booking is the county jail intake stage after an arrest or warrant. It can include identity confirmation, custody entry, charge or warrant notation, medical or safety screening, property handling, and classification. The research did not publish a Miami County-specific intake checklist or timing rule, so the page should not promise that a booking record appears online within a set number of minutes or hours.
Once a Miami County arrest moves forward, the court side becomes just as important as the jail side. The County Attorney decides which charges to file, and District Court records show the filed case, court events, attorneys, prosecutor, courtroom, and hearing dates. A jail booking label can differ from the final court charge list because charges may be amended, reduced, added, or dismissed.
About Miami County Jail
Miami County's jail and sheriff complex is part of a local law-enforcement history that the sheriff's office traces back more than 150 years. The sheriff history page says the county has had 39 sheriffs and that the front-lobby history room displays memorabilia and photos of former sheriffs. It also notes older law-enforcement equipment, radio equipment, and the office's first intoxication detector.
The sheriff's community programs are not jail inmate programs, but they add local context. Official pages describe Cops for Tots, Angel Tree, Kids & Cops Fishing at Lake Miola, Bears on Patrol, Explorer Post, and the Citizens' Academy. The Citizens' Academy gives residents a nine-week look at sheriff functions and Kansas law, with eligibility rules that include being at least 18, living or working in Miami County, and having no criminal record.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation, mail, and deposit details with Miami County Jail before travel or payment.