SALINA, Kan. (AP) â A central Kansas sheriff says there wouldn’t be so many inmates in his jail if the courts had more judges and staff members to handle their cases.
The Salina Journal reports Saline County Sheriff Glen Kochanowski told county commissioners on Monday that more than half of the inmates at the county jail were awaiting trial.
Only 19 of the 269 inmates at the jail on Monday had been sent there by the municipal court judge. Kochanowski says that as of mid-August, more than half were awaiting trial in district court.
The jail holds 192 inmates, with the overflow being housed in jails outside the county. The sheriff says adding judges and staff to the 28th Judicial District would reduce the time the inmates spend in the county jail.