Saline County

The Detention Center

Saline County Jail

• Operated bySaline County Sheriff's Office
• Named on the county's own siteThe Sheriff's Office mailing-information page addresses inmate mail to 'Smart Communications / Saline Co. Jail' and lists the facility at 800 E Pacific Ave, Salina, KS. Source: https://www.salinecountyks.gov/Inmate-information
• Public rosterSaline County's own site runs a public 'Housed Inmates' search — 'Searchable list of current housed inmates in Saline County Jail updated as changes happen in the jail.' Source: https://www.salinecountyks.gov/Sheriff-Office/Online-Search/Housed-Inmates
• Jail AdministratorThe Corrections Division is run by a Jail Administrator (Captain rank), per https://www.salinecountyks.gov/divisions-corrections — an internal Sheriff's Office role, not a separate county department, so jail_administrator is left null per project convention.
• VisitationIn-person visitation Mon-Fri 1-5pm and 7-10pm; remote video visitation via Smart Communications (smartinmate.com) daily 9-11am, 1-5pm, 7-10pm; 2 onsite visits/week, unlimited remote visits. Source: https://www.salinecountyks.gov/Inmate-information
• What was triedSaline County's own site (salinecountyks.gov) was opened and examined this session: Sheriff-Office, divisions-corrections, Inmate-information, and the Housed-Inmates search tool. No jail capacity, budget, PREA, inspection, death-in-custody, bond-posting, or fee-schedule information was found published on the county's own site.

Source: Saline County, Kansas — Sheriff's Office / Corrections Division · checked 2026-09-17

• ✓The jail is named
• ✓Who is in custody
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Saline County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-17. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Roger Soldan

• TitleSaline County Sheriff
• Office contactPO Box 1606, Salina, KS 67402-1606; (785) 826-6500, fax 785-827-1050
• Runs the jailStatutory jailer under K.S.A. 19-811; the Kansas Sheriffs' Association profile for Saline County lists no staffing, capacity, or budget fields

Source: Kansas Sheriffs' Association — county profile (Saline County) · checked 2026-09-17

The Judges

Kansas decides judicial selection district by district under Kan. Const. Art. 3 §6 and K.S.A. 20-2901. In most rural Kansas counties the district magistrate judge sets bail (K.S.A. 20-302b). The 28th Judicial District has adopted the nonpartisan method: a local nominating commission of lawyers and non-lawyers sends the Governor a list of names, the Governor appoints, and the judge then faces retention votes. Kansas districts choose this by ballot under K.S.A. 20-2901; partisan election is the default they opted out of.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-17

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
• The boardBoard of County Commissioners