Search Saline County Inmate Population

The Saline County inmate population is held at the Saline County Detention Center at 735 South Neeley Street in Benton. The Saline County Sheriff's Office runs a live online roster with booking numbers, booking dates, charges, and mugshots. A second list posts 48-hour releases. The jail serves the city of Benton and Bryant, plus the rural parts of the county. You can search the roster online free of charge. Use this page to find the right link, call the jail, or send a records request to the sheriff.

Saline County Inmate Population Search

The Saline County Sheriff's Office runs the main inmate population tool for the county. It is a free web page. No log-in is needed. Anyone can pull up the list. The roster is kept fresh through the day as new bookings arrive and as inmates post bond or go to court.

Start with the Saline County inmate roster. The page shows the booking number, booking date, charges, and a mugshot for each current inmate. Type a last name to pull one person or scroll the full list. A second page posts the 48-hour release list for inmates who were let go in the past two days.

The roster loads fast on a phone or a desktop. Print the page if you need a paper record for court or for a bond call. Another access point is the Saline County roster choose page, which gives a menu of current, new, and released inmate lists. A third page at salinecounty.org mirrors the main roster.

Saline County Sheriff's Office

The Saline County Sheriff's Office runs the jail, patrols the county, and keeps the records on the inmate population. The office sits at 735 South Neeley Street in Benton. Staff answer news, warrant, and records questions. A crime tip line runs at (501) 303-5744.

Visit the Saline County Sheriff's Office main site for news, phone lines, and staff info. The admin office line is (501) 303-5609. The non-emergency line is (501) 303-5648. Email info@scsosheriff.org for records questions. The office works with the Benton Police and the Bryant Police on arrests that get booked into the county jail.

The main site lists staff, news, and jail tools. It is the first stop for most records questions.

Saline County Detention Center

The Saline County Detention Center sits on South Neeley Street in Benton. It holds about 464 inmates when full. Men and women are housed in split pods. Felons, misdemeanor holds, and pretrial inmates are kept apart as space allows. The jail runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The jail desk line is (501) 303-5642.

Call the jail line for intake status, bond info, and visit rules. Visit rules can shift based on the jail count and staff load. Mail to an inmate should include the inmate's full name and booking number on the front of the envelope. All mail is screened before it is given to the inmate.

The Saline County roster page also links to the visitation and commissary tools. Commissary funds can be added online or at a kiosk in the lobby.

The roster choose page is a menu that lets you pick current, new, or released inmate lists.

Cities in Saline County

The Saline County jail books inmates from across the county. The two largest cities are Benton and Bryant. Each has its own police department. City police send arrests to the Saline County jail once booking starts. Haskell, Bauxite, and Shannon Hills are smaller towns in the county that share police work with the sheriff's office.

Benton is the county seat. It hosts the main courthouse, the sheriff's office, and the main jail. Bryant is the second largest city and sits just north along I-30. Both cities feed the county inmate population roster.

State Inmate Population Records

Saline County inmates who get a prison sentence are moved to the Arkansas Department of Correction. The state runs its own live search for state prison inmates. The tool is free and open to the public.

Use the ADC inmate population search to look up a person in state prison. Search by name, ADC number, county of conviction, facility, or offense. Results list the unit where the inmate is held, the sentence, and the projected release date. The Arkansas Department of Correction main site lists all state units and the rules for mail, visits, and money.

Ark. Code Ann. § 12-27-113(e)(1) directs the ADC to keep full records on each inmate. That rule is the base for the state search site and the FOIA policies tied to prison data.

Saline County FOIA Requests

Arkansas law gives any state resident the right to ask for public records. The law is in Ark. Code Ann. § 25-19-101 et seq. Saline County has three business days to respond to most requests. Some records are sealed. Active case files, juvenile files, and medical records are not open.

Send a written FOIA request to the Saline County Sheriff's Office at 735 South Neeley Street, Benton, AR 72015. Email the request to info@scsosheriff.org. Court case records go through the circuit clerk in the Benton courthouse. The Arkansas Attorney General FOIA page walks you through the steps and lists the common exemptions. The AG main line is (501) 682-2007. The Arkansas Attorney General main site has training and guides for record requests.

Saline County Court Records

Every person in the Saline County inmate population has a court case tied to the booking. Cases land in the circuit court or the district court. Trace most of them online through the state court portal.

The Arkansas CourtConnect portal covers Saline County circuit court cases. Search by person name, case number, or filing date. Free basic searches are open. Certified copies cost $5 to $10 each plus a copy fee. The Arkansas Judiciary website links to circuit clerks, court rules, and forms. Use it to find the Saline County Circuit Clerk address or to look up a judge.

Under Ark. Code Ann. § 16-13-330, circuit clerks keep case files for the circuit court. Records are open under FOIA rules unless sealed by a judge.

VINE Alerts and Federal Records

Saline County takes part in VINE. Victims and family can sign up for free custody alerts. The alerts arrive as a call, a text, or an email when an inmate's status changes. Changes cover transfers, releases, and escapes. Register at VINELink by typing the inmate's name. You can also call the Arkansas VINE hotline at 1-800-510-0415.

The state sex offender list is at the ACIC sex offender registry and is free to search by name or town. Federal charges out of Saline County go through the Eastern District of Arkansas. Use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator to search by name or BOP register number. The Federal Bureau of Prisons main site lists each facility.

Nearby Arkansas Counties

Saline County sits in central Arkansas just southwest of Little Rock. Benton is the county seat. Nearby counties run their own jails and post their own inmate population data. Pick one below to view that county page.