Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 26, 2026 and October 2, 2026.
Salina, Kansas, in Saline County, has about 46,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Salina is held at the county jail, run by the Saline County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Salina
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Salina is held at the county jail, run by the Saline County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Saline County Sheriff's Office at salinecountyks.gov/Sheriff-Office/Online-Search/Housed-Inmates (page title: Sheriff Office Housed Inmates Search | Saline County | Saline County), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Saline County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2022 the jail held about 250 people, down from about 270 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 172 beds, and it ran at 155 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Saline County has about 53,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 48 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Saline County Jail
The Saline County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Salina (filed by the FBI as Salina Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Salina.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Salina's 1,358 for 2025, the Saline County Sheriff's Office's 919 for 2025 and Assaria's 0 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Saline County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,277 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Salina arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Saline County serves the sentence in a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov/@@search?SearchableText=inmate+search.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Salina?
Ask the Saline County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at salinecountyks.gov.
How many people are in the Saline County jail?
About 250 on an average day in 2022, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 172 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Saline County go?
To a facility of the Kansas Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.ks.gov.
Is this the official Salina website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.