The Douglas County Youth Services is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The facility is operated and managed by the Douglas County Sheriff’s Department.

The facility is a medium-security county jail. The facility is home to adult inmates only. Minor or juveniles in the court system are not housed in this facility. The facility holds both male and female inmates as well.

Most of the inmates in the Douglas County Youth Services are inmates who are waiting for their trial and they have been denied bond or could not post bond.

However, not all inmates are waiting for their trial. There are inmates in the Douglas County Youth Services that are serving out their sentence as well. These inmates typically have a sentence of fewer than two years.

Inmates who were waiting for sentencing while in the Douglas County Youth Services can be shipped off to their home facility if their sentence is longer than 2 years.

The Douglas County Youth Services also works closely with other law enforcement agencies too. They will take in federal inmates when needed along with taking inmates from the surrounding counties.

The Douglas County Youth Services offers its inmate roster online for the general public to search. This roster is updated regularly.

Douglas County Sheriff's Office

Inmate Mailing Address

Inmate Name, ID, Housing #
Douglas County Youth Services
330 Industrial Lane, Lawrence, KS, 66044-1471

Douglas County Youth Services Prison Information