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 24, 2026 and September 30, 2026.
Saluda County, South Carolina, has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Saluda County is held at the county jail, run by the Saluda 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.
Related guides: Saluda County public records, Saluda County arrest records, Saluda County warrants, Saluda County criminal records, Saluda County court records, South Carolina arrest records and South Carolina inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Saluda County
The county jail, run by the Saluda County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Saluda County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Saluda County Sheriff's Office at saludacounty.sc.gov/departments/detention-center (page title: Detention Center | Saluda County), phone 864-445-0286, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 864-445-0286.
The Saluda County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 40 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 42 beds, and it ran at 95 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Saluda County has about 19,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 21 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Saluda County Jail
The Saluda County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Saluda and Ridge Spring make the arrests that end in a booking in Saluda County.
The FBI's agency list also places five state agencies and one state police unit in Saluda County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The Batesburg-Leesville Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Saluda County, so its arrests are not broken out for Saluda County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Saluda County Sheriff's Office's 125 for 2025, Saluda's 46 for 2025 and Ridge Spring's 6 for 2024.
Together, the two agencies in Saluda County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 171 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 Saluda County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the South Carolina Department of Corrections lists its inmates at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Saluda County?
Ask the Saluda County Sheriff's Office at 864-445-0286; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at saludacounty.sc.gov.
How many people are in the Saluda County jail?
About 40 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 42 beds.
What is the phone number for the Saluda County jail?
864-445-0286, the number on the page of the Saluda County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Saluda County go?
To a facility of the South Carolina Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at doc.sc.gov/inmate-search-disclaimer.
Is this the official Saluda County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.