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Saluda County Detention Center Overview

Saluda County Detention Center is a county jail operated through the Saluda County Sheriff's Office and county government structure. It holds pretrial detainees, locally sentenced jail inmates, and people held pending transfer or court action. The official detention page names Jail Administrator Janice B. Ergle and Assistant Jail Administrator Lorine Kelly, and it links to mail, Pay Tel/InteleVisit, and PREA resources.

The facility page does not publish a bed count, housing-unit list, security classification chart, current population, average daily population, or daily booking report. It also does not provide a public online roster. For that reason, the facility page should be read as a contact and procedure source rather than a live inmate search portal.

Saluda County Detention Center Population

Official Saluda sources did not publish a current population or rated capacity for the detention center. The BJS Census of Jails collects facility measures such as confined population, average daily population, capacity, admissions, releases, conviction status, demographics, and staffing, but the research file did not locate public Saluda facility-level numbers. The proper build choice is to state the gap, not to infer a bed count.

Lookup Saluda Detention Center Inmates

There is no official online jail roster for Saluda County Detention Center. Current custody must be checked through the jail's direct phone channel, in-person inspection, or written public-record process. If the person has been sentenced to state prison, search SCDC instead. If the person is in federal or immigration custody, use the BOP or ICE locator rather than the county jail.

1. Call the detention center at 864-445-0286 with the person's full legal name and date of birth or age if known.
2. Ask whether the person is confined, released, transferred, or held for another agency.
3. Ask whether bond has been set and whether a hold or detainer affects release.
4. Use the Saluda County FOIA form if an existing booking or jail-confinee record is needed.
5. Check the Saluda Public Index for court charges after the case appears.

Saluda County Detention Center Contact

The jail phone is the strongest official contact for current local custody. The sheriff's main office is useful for general law-enforcement routing, but detention-specific questions should begin with the detention center. The administrative office hours published by the county apply to office access; they do not create a public promise that every booking or release question can be handled only during those hours.

The county detention page lists the jail administrators and detention resources used for facility questions.

The official page is the best source for jail contact and policy links, but it does not include a searchable inmate roster.

Visit Saluda County Detention Center

Saluda County links an InteleVisit/Pay Tel document for video visitation. The document describes three visit paths: immediate visits requested by the person in custody, personal-device visits scheduled at least one day in advance, and on-site facility visits scheduled at least one day in advance. The research file did not locate a public weekly table with specific visiting hours by day.

Mail and Pay Tel at Saluda Jail

Saluda's mail rules are detailed and should be followed exactly. All non-legal inmate mail goes to a processing center, not the jail building. The envelope must include the facility name, inmate name, inmate ID number, Facility ID 5234, and the sender's complete name and address. Mail that does not include required details may not be scanned for the person in custody.

Legal mail uses a different route. It goes directly to Saluda County Detention Center, inmate's full name, 205 E Church St, Saluda, SC 29138, and must be marked Legal Mail. The policy says legal mail is opened in the inmate's presence. Books from a publisher and money orders are also not sent to the non-legal mail processing center.

Booking at Saluda Detention Center

Saluda County does not publish a detailed booking timeline or an online profile that shows when a new booking appears. A practical local booking path can include transport to the detention center, identity and warrant checks, property inventory, screening, fingerprints, photograph if required, entry of charges or holds, classification, communication setup, and housing assignment. Those details should be treated as general process points unless a specific record confirms them.

Bond and first appearance questions often involve the jail and court. Saluda Magistrate Court handles many local criminal and traffic matters, and the Saluda Public Index can show case events once a case is created or updated. A hold from another county, SCDC, a federal agency, or ICE may prevent release even when local bond is posted.

Records From Saluda Detention Center

The county FOIA policy is the written route for existing jail records not provided by phone or in person. It states that requests should be specific and that the county does not have to create a record that does not exist. It also identifies jail, detention center, or prison confinee documents for the preceding three months as records available for inspection and copying during normal hours, subject to redaction.

About Saluda County Detention Center

The county detention page publishes PREA materials, including policy, public brochure, investigation report, and audit resources. It also publishes the mail policy and communication links that are most useful to families. Official pages did not locate a local work-release program, medical procedure guide, commissary deposit portal, or reentry program page for the facility, so those should be confirmed directly before relying on them.

The detention center is in the county seat near the courthouse and other county offices. The sheriff's office is at a separate Law Enforcement Drive address. The Clerk of Court and Magistrate Court are also nearby in Saluda, which matters after an arrest because a family member may need to follow custody, bond, and court-record channels on the same day.