The sheriff or the keeper of the jail in any county of the state shall receive all prisoners committed to the sheriff’s or jailer’s custody by the authority of the United States or by the authority of any city located in such county and shall keep them safely in the same manner as prisoners of the county until discharged in accordance with law. … K.S.A. 19-1930(a) requires a county sheriff to accept detainees without exceptions. This court cannot rewrite the provision to include an exception where the sheriff of a county believes a detainee requires medical attention prior to being booked into the jail. It is solely within the bailiwick of the Legislature to amend the statute should it see fit to include such an exception.
Source: Kansas Court of Appeals
