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Nebraska Jails & Prisons
Every jail, prison and detention facility in Nebraska — addresses, phone numbers, visiting rules, and the official inmate search for each one.
Nebraska has 8 state prisons operated by Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, plus 69 county and local jails. This directory lists 11 because it still carries institutions the agency is closing. How we count.
- ArrestedTaken to the county jail for the county where the arrest happened — not where they live.
- County jailHeld here while the case runs. 69 local jail facilities in Nebraska. Bail is set and posted here.
- Court and sentencingMost people leave from here. Only a sentence to state time moves someone into the prison system.
- Released, fined, or a county sentence — the path ends here for most people
- Reception centreWeeks, not days. They are scored, assessed and assigned. Expect little contact during this stage — this is the part families are least warned about.
- InstitutionPlaced at one of 8 institutions, at a security level set by their score — not by the worst thing the prison is allowed to hold.
- Release and supervisionThey report to a parole or probation office, which is rarely the city they were held in.
Browse Nebraska records by system.
Jails, state prisons, federal facilities, and ICE detention are run by different agencies under different rules. These groups are how we file the records — not official counts of what the state operates.
What do you need to do in Nebraska?
Each link goes to the agency that actually handles it. Individual facilities can still add their own rules, so confirm with the one holding the person.
All Nebraska facility records.
Open a group to see its records. Type in the box to narrow the list by facility, city, or county.
State prisons in Nebraska11 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Diagnostic And Evaluation Center | Lincoln | Lancaster |
| Hastings Correctional Center | Hastings | Adams |
| Lincoln Correctional Center | Lincoln | Lancaster |
| Lincoln Regional Center | Lincoln | Lancaster |
| Nebraska Correctional Center For Women | York | York |
| Nebraska State Penitentiary | Lincoln | Lancaster |
| Norfolk Regional Center | Norfolk | Madison |
| Omaha Correctional Center | Omaha | Douglas |
| Tecumseh State Correctional Institution | Tecumseh | Johnson |
| Whitehall Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility | Lincoln | Lancaster |
| Work Ethic Camp | McCook | Red Willow |
County and city jails in Nebraska69 records
Juvenile facilities in Nebraska7 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas County Youth Center | Omaha | Douglas |
| Lancaster County Youth Services Center | Lincoln | Lancaster |
| Nebraska Correctional Youth Facility | Omaha | Douglas |
| Northeast Nebraska Juvenile Services Center | Madison | Madison |
| Patrick J Thomas Juvenile Justice Center | Papillion | Sarpy |
| Youth Rehabilitation & Treatment Center - Geneva | Geneva | Fillmore |
| Youth Rehabilitation And Treatment Center- Kearney | Kearney | Buffalo |
Community corrections and work release in Nebraska3 records
| Facility | City | County |
|---|---|---|
| Community Corrections Center - Lincoln | Lincoln | Lancaster |
| Community Corrections Center - Omaha | Omaha | Douglas |
| Douglas County Work Release Center | Omaha | Douglas |
Where in Nebraska?
Most people know the county or the city, not the name of the facility. Start there. Bail is set and posted at the county jail, so the county page is also where the sheriff, the custody search and the court contacts live.
67 counties in Nebraska with facility records
- Lancaster County 8
- Douglas County 6
- Madison County 3
- Buffalo County 2
- Fillmore County 2
- Johnson County 2
- Platte County 2
- Red Willow County 2
- Sarpy County 2
- York County 2
- Adams County 1
- Antelope County 1
- Boone County 1
- Box Butte County 1
- Brown County 1
- Butler County 1
- Cass County 1
- Cedar County 1
- Chase County 1
- Cherry County 1
- Cheyenne County 1
- Clay County 1
- Colfax County 1
- Custer County 1
- Dakota County 1
- Dawes County 1
- Dawson County 1
- Deuel County 1
- Dixon County 1
- Dodge County 1
- Dundy County 1
- Franklin County 1
- Frontier County 1
- Furnas County 1
- Gage County 1
- Garden County 1
- Hall County 1
- Hamilton County 1
- Harlan County 1
- Hitchcock County 1
- Holt County 1
- Jefferson County 1
- Kearney County 1
- Keith County 1
- Kimball County 1
- Knox County 1
- Lincoln County 1
- Merrick County 1
- Morrill County 1
- Nemaha County 1
- Nuckolls County 1
- Otoe County 1
- Phelps County 1
- Pierce County 1
- Polk County 1
- Richardson County 1
- Rock County 1
- Saline County 1
- Saunders County 1
- Scotts Bluff County 1
- Seward County 1
- Sheridan County 1
- Thayer County 1
- Thurston County 1
- Valley County 1
- Washington County 1
- Webster County 1
68 cities in Nebraska with facility records
- Lincoln 9
- Omaha 6
- Columbus 2
- Geneva 2
- Hastings 2
- Kearney 2
- Madison 2
- Mccook 2
- Papillion 2
- Tecumseh 2
- York 2
- Ainsworth 1
- Albion 1
- Alliance 1
- Alma 1
- Auburn 1
- Aurora 1
- Bassett 1
- Beatrice 1
- Beaver City 1
- Benkelman 1
- Blair 1
- Bridgeport 1
- Broken Bow 1
- Center 1
- Central City 1
- Chadron 1
- Chappell 1
- Clay Center 1
- Curtis 1
- Dakota City 1
- David City 1
- Fairbury 1
- Falls City 1
- Franklin 1
- Fremont 1
- Gering 1
- Grand Island 1
- Hartington 1
- Hebron 1
- Holdrege 1
- Imperial 1
- Kimball 1
- Lexington 1
- Minden 1
- Nebraska City 1
- Neligh 1
- Nelson 1
- Norfolk 1
- North Platte 1
- O'neill 1
- Ogallala 1
- Ord 1
- Osceola 1
- Oshkosh 1
- Pender 1
- Pierce 1
- Plattsmouth 1
- Ponca 1
- Red Cloud 1
- Rushville 1
- Schuyler 1
- Seward 1
- Sidney 1
- Trenton 1
- Valentine 1
- Wahoo 1
- Wilber 1
2 closed facilities in Nebraska
These have shut. Nobody is held at any of them. They are listed because the names stay in people’s records, letters and memories long after the doors close, and because a directory that simply omits them looks broken to the person searching.
2 more, closing date not yet confirmed
- HASTINGS CORRECTIONAL CENTER Hastings
- LANCASTER COUNTY DETENTION FACILITY / INTAKE Lincoln
Parole and probation
Nebraska parole offices — where someone reports after release, which is rarely the city they were held in.