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144 South Lane PO Box 478, Dighton, KS, 67839

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Lane County County can be found in the Kansas area. Dighton – is the county seat. Lane County has a total population of 1559 and was formed in 1886.

Lane County County has a total area of 717 square miles. The zip codes in Lane County County are 67839, 67850.

Lane County Sex Offender Registry

The Lane County County Department of Corrections, through the Sheriff of Lane County County, operates the Lane County Jail in Dighton, Dighton, Kansas. Lane County Jail is one of the largest single-site county correctional facilities in the United States, holding up to 5,000 inmates daily and admitting up 98,000 pre-trial detainees each year. Lane County Jail sits on a 80-acre land with 8 divisions, 4 onsite Sheriff’s departments, a health services facility, 4 education departments, a dayroom, and privatized food service and Lane County Jail commissary. The Lane County Jail’s physical address is 144 South Lane, , PO Box 478, Dighton, KS, 67839.

Lane County Jail was constructed in 1845. By then, the Lane County Jail served less than 95 residents. Later in 1907, the population in Lane County County had grown, and so did crime rates.

By the 1955s, 56 of the inmates were county-sentenced individuals serving up to 6 years at the Lane County Jail.

Following criminal justice reforms, the Lane County County Department of Corrections merged county and city jails into one streamlined correctional facility. By 2014, the Lane County Jail could house up to 8,500 individuals.

Programs and Services

Lane County Jail serves as a central location where inmates undergo screening and classification before proceeding to Kansas state prison. While Lane County Jail, they undertake various Lane County Jail inmate programs and services to facilitate their stay in Lane County Jail and incorporation back into their communities upon release:

Individual in Custody Services at the Lane County Jail

All inmates at the Lane County Jail have access to legal services, supplies for ongoing needs, and literacy advancement.

The Lane County County Sheriff’s Rehabilitative Programs

The Lane County County Sheriff’s Office runs inmate rehabilitation programs like Lane County Jail mental health transition, substance abuse control, religious and educational programs, Lane County Jail personal wellbeing enrichment programs, veteran services, and community support.

Complying with the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA)

Due to the high inmate capacity, families and friends of inmates at the Lane County Jail raise concerns about the safety of their loved ones while serving their sentences. In turn, Lane County Jail adheres to the PREA, a federal law with zero tolerance for sexual harassment or abuse of persons in locked-up facilities like city and county jails. The Lane County Jail works with the Rape Victim Advocates to provide discrete medical and legal assistance to any Lane County Jail inmate who is a victim of sexual abuse.