Saline County Juvenile Detention Center

• Saline County Jail, 800 E. Pacific Ave., Salina, KS 67401; jail 785-826-6502; administration 785-826-6500; fax 785-827-1050.
• Nearby jails:
• McPherson County Jail, 1177 W. Woodside, McPherson, KS 67460, 620-245-1225
• Ottawa County Jail, 312 N. Ottawa, Minneapolis, KS 67467, jail 785-392-3625
• Ellsworth County Jail, 212 N. Kansas, Ellsworth, KS 67439, 785-472-4416
• Dickinson County Jail, 109 E. 1st St., Abilene, KS 67410, 785-263-4081

The official page sometimes loads with no results. Phone 785-826-6502 with the full name and date of birth; staff can confirm custody and charges.

VINELink, or 866-574-8463, confirms custody in Salina and registered users hear about a release or transfer by voice, SMS or email.

All visits are video. On-site stations at the jail run weekdays 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m.; remote visits from home run daily 9 to 11 a.m., 1 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. (the sheriff's FAQ gives different hours, so confirm at 785-826-6502). Our visitation page has general tips.

Personal mail goes to the jail's mail-scanning processor in Florida: the inmate's name, Saline Co. Jail, P.O. Box 9174, Seminole, FL 33775-9174; letters are scanned and delivered electronically. Legal mail and publications go to P.O. Box 1606, Salina, KS 67402. See our mail page and email page.

Deposits and approved packages go through the outside vendor named on the sheriff's inmate-information page. See our money page and commissary page.

Inmates call through the jail's phone system using prepaid or collect accounts. A family-funded prepaid account keeps calls from depending on collect billing; ask 785-826-6502 how to set one up. See our phone page.

The sheriff keeps them off the web. Request one in writing from the sheriff's office, P.O. Box 1606, under K.S.A. 45-215; records may be withheld. ICE images need ICE FOIA.

Salina deputies with the Saline County Sheriff's Office serve the county's warrants; call 785-826-6500 to check a name. Salina district court cases are on Kansas CaseSearch, and because Kansas has no statewide warrant search, that record is where a Salina bench warrant would be noted. With a lawyer's help, you can turn yourself in at the Saline County Jail, the usual way to get a warrant cleared. Salina's district court clerk, 300 W. Ash St., answers at 785-309-5831 about missed hearings.

At 800 E. Pacific, or through a 28th District-approved bondsman whose fee of 10% or more is not returned (K.S.A. 22-2809b). Steps: our bail page.

Testing, curfews, travel limits and court services reporting are typical (K.S.A. 22-2802); a person-crime charge brings at least 72 hours of no contact.

- Saline County District Court, Saline County Courthouse, 300 W. Ash St., Salina, KS 67401 (mail: P.O. Box 1760, Salina, KS 67402-1760); 785-309-5831, fax 785-309-5845. - Salina Municipal Court, 255 N. 10th St., Salina, KS 67401 (P.O. Box 1154, Salina, KS 67402-1154); 785-826-7230, fax 785-826-7235. See our court page.

A first appearance without unnecessary delay (K.S.A. 22-2901); felony preliminary within 14 days (K.S.A. 22-2902); trial within 150 days of arraignment in jail, 180 on bond (K.S.A. 22-3402).

Saline County district filings appear on CaseSearch; juvenile and sealed files do not. Copies come from the clerk at 785-309-5831.

If income is low, raise it with the Salina judge at arraignment and sign the indigency statement; BIDS (785-296-6631) pays.

Kansas lets lawyers see detained clients "at all reasonable hours" (K.S.A. 19-1930); call the jail ahead.

Report prescriptions and conditions to the Salina jail, 785-826-6502. The sheriff supplies meals and medical care and houses male and female prisoners apart (K.S.A. 19-1903).

To the Saline County Sheriff's Office (K.S.A. 22-4902), within three business days of beginning to live, work or study in the county (K.S.A. 22-4905). See the KBI offender registry.

1. The arresting agency delivers the prisoner to 800 E. Pacific.
2. Prints, photo, property list and a health screen follow; a medical emergency goes to the hospital first (K.S.A. 19-1930).
3. Bond is set by schedule or judge.
4. The name appears on the housed inmates search when it is working, and charges later in CaseSearch.

Salina keeps minors out of adult housing. Youths ordered detained go to a separate juvenile center; ask the sheriff (785-826-6500) or the clerk (785-309-5831).

1. Saline County federal cases are filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas, Topeka division, 444 S.E. Quincy, Room 490, Topeka, KS 66683, 785-338-5400.
2. Whether the person stays locked up is argued before a federal magistrate.
3. The U.S. Marshals in Topeka, 785-596-9470, pick which contract jail houses them.
4. Sentenced prisoners appear on the BOP inmate locator.

1. ICE lodges an I-247A at the Salina jail.
2. County bond does not clear it.
3. Pacific Avenue staff may keep them "up to 48 hours after they would otherwise be released" (8 CFR 287.7(d)).
4. Kansas falls to ICE Chicago, 872-351-3990.
5. Track via the ICE detainee locator or 888-351-4024.

From the Pacific Avenue building after bond, a release order or the end of a sentence. Salina's CityGo bus can help with a ride.

County and Salina city jail sentences are served in the Saline County Jail. Prison terms go to KDOC; search KASPER and our Kansas prisons directory.

Yes. Saline County judges at 300 W. Ash St. (785-309-5831) must set a sentence start date that reflects every pretrial day spent in custody, as K.S.A. 21-6615 requires. The jail at 785-826-6502 can confirm the booking and release dates.

Yes. Under K.S.A. 22-4529, a defendant given appointed counsel owes $100 to the district clerk on Ash Street. Saline judges may excuse it, and Salina defendants get it refunded when charges are dismissed or a jury acquits.

• Saline County Sheriff's Office, 800 E. Pacific Ave., Salina, KS 67401: 785-826-6500.
• Salina Police Department, 255 N. 10th St., Salina, KS 67401: 785-826-7210.
• Assaria Police Department, Assaria: 785-667-5595.
• Kansas Highway Patrol: 785-296-6800. Emergencies: 911.