Meade Jail Release Ownership
Clark County's official jail page says all arrested people taken into custody are transported to Meade County Jail. Meade is therefore the regular physical custodian for a Clark arrest. It creates the booking record, records jail housing, processes a lawful discharge, and keeps the physical release time and disposition. Clark remains the arresting and case jurisdiction in the usual Clark prosecution. The two agencies do not hold duplicate versions of every field.
A community departure from Meade may follow bond, recognizance, a court order, time served, or completion of a county sentence. Movement to the Kansas Department of Corrections, Ford County, another jail, ICE, or the U.S. Marshals Service is a transfer. It ends Meade custody but does not establish that the person entered the community. Ask for the destination field whenever the jail record says transfer.
Confirm a Meade Jail Release
Meade's official “Inmate Search” page does not show a roster or a rolling list. It directs a visitor to Kansas VINE and supplies the VINE phone route. Search the named adult detainee under Kansas, compare the reporting jail and available identity data, and read the custody wording literally. A reported release is an event lead. It does not reveal whether the event was bond, time served, a court order, or transfer.
- Confirm with Clark that Meade held the person during the date at issue.
- Search Kansas VINE by the booked name or offender identifier.
- Call Meade jail or dispatch at 620-873-8765 for the records route.
- Request the exact release time, disposition, and receiving agency field.
- Compare the event with the Clark court bond, release, sentence, or commitment order.
Save the date, spelling, facility, and status returned by VINE. If a formal record is needed, obtain the jail record. VINE depends on agency reporting and is not a certified archive. A missing result can reflect spelling, a transfer, a lag, or an expired live record. The Clark County VINELink release check explains notification registration.
Read Meade Release Dispositions
The word “release” needs context. Bond or own-recognizance release means the person left detention while the case and its conditions continued. Time served means the jail recorded its custodial term as met, not that every legal obligation ended. A transfer to the Kansas Department of Corrections, another county, the U.S. Marshals Service, or ICE ends one jail's custody but is not a release to the community. A medical move with a continuing hold also differs from community discharge.
| Recorded event | What to verify |
|---|---|
| Bond or court order | Physical departure time and the signed Clark court order |
| Time served | Jail disposition, sentence, and any other hold |
| Transfer to KDOC | Receiving agency and later KASPER status |
| Transfer to another jail | Receiving facility and its later release record |
| ICE or USMS transfer | Federal receiving system, not the county roster |
The jail's release field answers when that jail stopped holding the person. The court order explains why. Neither should be stretched beyond what it records.
Meade Overflow Release Routing
Clark County commission minutes from April 16, 2025 document a period of increased jail intakes, full capacity, and temporary housing in Ford County. The minutes do not establish Ford as the permanent destination for every overflow case. They show why a Meade no-result should prompt a routing question, not a claim that the person was released.
If Clark confirms Ford County Jail held the person, Ford is the custodian of the physical booking and discharge record. Clark ordinarily remains the arrest and case jurisdiction unless the case itself moved. Ask Ford for the timestamp and jail disposition, then compare those fields with the Clark case. A transfer between Meade and Ford can look like a release in one local system while custody continues in the other.
Meade VINE Release Route
Meade County's official “Inmate Search” page does not publish a visible jail roster, booking table, or recent-release archive. It sends visitors to Kansas VINE and lists the telephone route. VINE is built for one named adult and custody-change notifications. It is not a 24-hour or 72-hour list, and no official Meade page supplies a release-feed field list, update cycle, photograph flag, or web-retention period.
Open Kansas VINE, select Kansas, and search the booked name or offender identifier. Compare the reporting facility and identity data before opening a match. Read the live custody wording exactly. Phone registration uses 1-866-574-8463, a callback number, and a four-digit PIN to acknowledge calls. Text, email, and in-app routes require the confirmation shown by the live interface.
A VINE release event means the participating jail reported a change. It does not explain whether Meade released the person on bond, acted on a court order, recorded time served, or transferred the person. VINE excludes KDOC prisoners, juveniles, and federal detainees in Kansas. If the entry identifies a transfer, move to KASPER, an authorized juvenile channel, or the federal receiving system. Preserve the event, then request Meade's record for durable proof.
The official Meade inmate-search page shows the VINE route.
The capture supports the correct workflow: use VINE as an event lead, then obtain the release entry from Meade.
Request Meade Release Records
Use Clark County Sheriff for the arresting-agency incident report, transport record, and Clark-held property record. Its services page requires a case number for incident and crash reports, though staff can help locate one. The published route allows USPS, fax, email, or pickup. Reports containing pictures are mailed, cards are not accepted, and prepaid check or money order goes to P.O. Box 566, Ashland, KS 67831. The page does not publish a booking-release price, so do not assume an unrelated service fee applies.
For the jail record, write to the actual jail. A focused request asks for the full booked name and aliases, booking number, arresting agency, admission date and time, charges as recorded at intake, bond entry, court or case number, release date and time, release authority, disposition code and definition, destination or receiving agency, and booking photograph. Request electronic copies where suitable and a fee estimate before work begins. If a portion is withheld, ask for the legal basis and any segregable open fields.
Kansas open-records law permits actual costs and advance payment. When immediate access is unavailable, K.S.A. 45-218(d) calls for an explanation of the delay and the earliest time and place for access within three business days. That is a response rule, not a guarantee that all records will be produced within three days.
Meade Jail Release Contact
The office operates around the clock for law enforcement, while its published administrative hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Calling ahead is wise when the purpose is a record or property pickup rather than an emergency response.
221 W. 9th Avenue
Ashland, KS 67831
Office: 620-635-2802
Fax: 620-635-2148
Administrative hours: 8 a.m.–5 p.m.
Staff may confirm routing or explain a request method, but phone access does not guarantee disclosure of protected personal details. Keep the search narrow and identify the exact booking episode.
Meade Release Request Fields
A strong request ties the release to one booking episode. Give the full booked name, aliases if known, approximate admission date, Clark arresting agency, and Clark case or incident number. Ask for the booking number, admission and physical departure times, release authority, disposition as stored, any code definition, and destination or receiving agency. Request the booking photograph separately because Kansas may treat the image differently from basic roster fields.
Meade publishes an open-record form for requests to the sheriff. It does not promise a sheriff-specific copying price or production date. Ask for electronic copies and a cost estimate before work begins. Kansas law permits actual costs and advance payment. If access is delayed, the agency must provide the explanation and earliest access time contemplated by K.S.A. 45-218(d). If material is withheld, ask for the legal basis and any segregable open fields.
Search Meade Release Records
Use a name search as a lead, then verify the result with the physical jail and the Clark court record.
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