Clark County Inmate Search Overview
Clark County does not operate a local online jail roster on its own website. The Clark County jail page states that all persons arrested and taken into custody are transported to Meade County Jail for booking and incarceration. Meade County Jail houses both pretrial detainees and post-conviction inmates serving sentences or awaiting transport to Kansas Department of Corrections. This means Clark County custody searches must follow the Meade County and Kansas VINE path rather than a Clark County roster table.
The Clark County Sheriff's Office is at 221 W 9th Ave., Ashland, KS 67831, phone 620-635-2802. Heath Heston is listed as sheriff. The office serves Ashland, Minneola, and Englewood 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. It has four sworn officers including the sheriff, covers about 960 square miles, and serves about 2,000 citizens. Meade County Sheriff assists with dispatch for emergency services in Clark County.
The local Clark County Kansas VINE notice appears in this assigned image.
That local notice is the key custody clue: the official county route points users to VINE rather than a county-run jail roster.
Use Clark County Inmate Lookup
The official custody lookup route is Kansas VINELink or the Kansas VINE phone system at 866-574-8463. Meade County's inmate search page also points users to Kansas VINE. Kansas VINE is available by telephone, internet, or mobile app, and users can register for telephone, email, text, or in-app custody notifications. Live operator support and assistance in more than 190 languages are part of the official VINE description.
- Confirm that the person was arrested in Clark County or may be held through Meade County Jail.
- Open the Kansas VINELink state page or call 866-574-8463.
- Search using the name or identifier options available in the live VINE system.
- Review the custody status and agency or facility information before assuming the person is still held.
- Register for notifications if custody changes are important to victim safety, family planning, or court appearance tracking.
- If VINE does not show the person, call the Clark County Sheriff's Office or check whether the person is in state-prison status through KDOC KASPER.
The Kansas VINELink system is shown in the assigned image below.
VINELink is useful for current county jail custody, but it does not replace court records, sheriff reports, or state-prison records.
Clark County Inmate Search Fields
Live VINELink form labels were not fully visible through static text extraction, so the table below uses only the official descriptions captured in research. The core confirmed features are Kansas state coverage, name or ID-style custody searching, notification registration, county jail custody scope, and VINE phone, web, and mobile access.
| Field or Feature | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| State | State page or dropdown | Yes | Use the Kansas VINE state page. |
| Name or ID search | Web or mobile search | Unspecified | Official descriptions support custody-status search; exact live labels require manual verification. |
| Notification channels | Registration options | Optional | Telephone, email, text, and in-app notifications are described by official sources. |
| Coverage | County jail custody | Not applicable | Kansas Attorney General states Kansas VINE is specific to county jail offenders. |
| Phone access | Toll-free phone | Optional | 866-574-8463 provides VINE custody status and notification access. |
Clark County Inmate Profile Fields
No public Clark County-specific inmate profile was visible on an official site. Since Clark County inmates are housed through Meade County Jail and Meade points to VINE, a public custody profile should be read as a custody-status tool, not a full booking packet. Exact profile fields should be confirmed in the live VINELink system before relying on a field label.
| Likely Public Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The person searched in VINE or shown in custody status results. |
| Custody status | Whether the person is currently in participating county jail custody, released, or has another status shown by VINE. |
| Facility or agency | The jail or agency tied to the custody record when the system shows it. |
| Notification options | Phone, email, text, or app notification choices for custody changes. |
| Language or operator support | VINE support features described by the Kansas Attorney General. |
| State-prison distinction | Whether the search should move to KDOC KASPER because the person is no longer county-jail only. |
Note: VINE custody status is not the same as a court disposition, charge record, or active warrant confirmation.
Clark County Jail Facilities
Clark County's official page confirms that people arrested and taken into custody are transported to Meade County Jail. The accessible official text did not publish a Clark County jail capacity, a Meade County Jail roster table, or detailed Meade visitation hours. The Meade County inmate page points to Kansas VINE for custody status. The practical facility contacts are therefore the Clark County Sheriff's Office for arrest and local property questions, Meade County Jail for housing and visitation rules, and Kansas VINE for custody status.
Clark County Sheriff's Office
221 W 9th Ave.
Ashland, KS 67831
620-635-2802
Administration 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Meade County Jail Custody Route
Meade County official site lists courthouse address: 200 N Fowler
Meade, KS 67864
Verify jail contact through Meade County official site
Custody status through Kansas VINE at 866-574-8463.
Kansas VINE / VINELink
Web, phone, and mobile app custody notifications
Kansas county jail custody coverage
866-574-8463
The Meade County inmate search page is represented in this assigned image.
Meade County's VINE referral confirms that Clark County custody searches should not expect a local Clark County roster table.
Clark County Booking Path
The local custody path is Clark County arrest or custody event, transport to Meade County Jail, booking and incarceration in Meade, custody status through Kansas VINE or VINELink, then related court case tracking through Clark County District Court or Kansas CaseSearch. A person may be a pretrial detainee, serving a sentence, or awaiting transport to Kansas Department of Corrections. Each stage uses a different official record source.
Personal property left at the Clark County Sheriff's Office facility is held for 30 days after release and then disposed of. That is a local property rule, not a jail roster rule. Bond, first appearance, charges, and hearing dates should be checked through the District Court and court docket when a case has been filed.
| Stage | Primary Record Source | What to Check |
|---|---|---|
| Arrest or report | Clark County Sheriff's Office | Report number, arrest context, property, and local agency questions. |
| County jail custody | Meade County Jail and Kansas VINE | Custody status, release notice, and notification registration. |
| Court charges | Clark County District Court or CaseSearch | Case number, charges, bond, hearings, disposition, and sentence. |
| State prison | KDOC KASPER | KDOC custody, supervision, discharge, or absconder data where applicable. |
Clark County Inmate Visitation
Clark County's jail page does not publish Meade County Jail visitation hours, commissary vendor, phone vendor, remote video provider, dress code, mail-format rules, deposit rules, tablet rules, attorney visitation schedule, or visitor denial reasons. The accessible Meade County contact-inmates page showed a CidSpace guide image reference, but the detailed rules were not exposed in accessible text. Do not borrow visitation rules from another Kansas county.
| Topic | Officially Confirmed | Where to Verify |
|---|---|---|
| Facility for Clark County inmates | Meade County Jail houses Clark County inmates. | Clark County Sheriff jail page. |
| Custody status search | Kansas VINE by phone, web, or app. | Meade County inmate search page and Kansas VINE. |
| In-person visitation schedule | Not published in accessible official text. | Call Clark County Sheriff or verify with Meade County Jail. |
| Remote video visitation | CidSpace image reference found, details not text-visible. | Meade County contact-inmates page and jail staff. |
| Mail and money rules | Not published in accessible official text. | Meade County jail staff. |
| Attorney visits | Not published in accessible official text. | Meade County jail staff or Clark County court. |
The Meade County contact inmates page is shown in this assigned image.
Because the full guide text was not available, visitation, mail, and deposit details should be verified directly before travel or payment.
Clark County Inmates and KASPER
KDOC KASPER is for state-prison and corrections status, not active county jail custody. KDOC says KASPER includes offenders sentenced to the custody of the Secretary of Corrections since 1980 and includes currently incarcerated, post-incarceration supervision, and discharged offenders. It does not include county jail-only custody in the same way, and it should not be used as an active warrant list.
The Kansas Department of Corrections homepage is included as an assigned inmate-records image.
KASPER becomes useful only when the custody question has moved beyond county jail status into KDOC custody, supervision, discharge, or absconder information.
Clark County VINELink App
Kansas VINE is available by web, phone, and mobile app. The Kansas Attorney General's VINE page states that iPhone and Android users can get the free VINEMobile app through app stores. Google Play lists VINELink by Vinelink / Appriss Insights, LLC. Features include access to VINE, viewing offender custody status from participating agencies, and registering for custody-change notifications by in-app notification, phone, email, text, or TTY where available.
This is not app-only access. The web and phone system are also available. The app is useful when in-app custody-change notices are preferred, while phone access at 866-574-8463 remains important for users without app access.