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Sheriff: Near record inmate population for Kansas county

SalineCountyJail-740SALINA – Law enforcement officials in Saline County are busy.

They have established a record for the number of inmates that are currently housed in three regional county jails.

Those 108 inmates are currently being housed at jails in Ottawa, Cloud, and Mitchell Counties at a cost $30 per day, according to Saline County Under Sheriff Roger Soldan

The total inmate population for Saline County on Monday was listed at 293, which is just short of a record of 296 inmates that was set in 2015.

The Saline County Jail was last expanded in 1995 and currently has a capacity for 193 inmatesNe

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