The Nemaha County Inmate Population
The local Nemaha County inmate population is centered on Nemaha County Jail, which is managed by the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office in Auburn. The official county sheriff page states that the office handles jail management, emergency response, investigations, sex-offender registration, and communications work. It names Sheriff Brent Lottman as sheriff, but it does not publish a live jail roster, jail capacity, pod layout, jail handbook, or current daily inmate count. That absence is a key fact for anyone trying to search the Nemaha County inmate population from a county website.
Nemaha County has one detention facility identified for this project: Nemaha County Jail. No official municipal lockup, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention facility was located inside the county. People arrested in Auburn, Peru, Brownville, Johnson, Brock, Julian, Nemaha, or rural parts of the county may pass through the sheriff's jail if they are not released by citation or another court order. Once a person is sentenced to state prison, the correct search moves to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services rather than the county jail.
Nemaha County Inmate Population Statistics
Current Nemaha County jail capacity, current average daily population, annual bookings, and current demographic splits were not located in official county sources. The Nebraska Crime Commission jail demographic dashboard and state jail data portal are the official channels for jail data, and the portal includes a Nemaha County Sheriff's Office Auburn agency option. The research did not extract a reliable current numeric table, so the page uses only figures found in the cited source file.
The Crime Commission dashboard is still important. It is the official state starting point for jail demographics, release data, and agency filters. The official county site does not fill that role. County-level population context comes from the U.S. Census, while jail custody counts require jail or state criminal justice data.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| County population estimate | 7,102 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 |
| County population, Census | 7,074 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, April 1, 2020 |
| Current jail capacity | Not located | No official current county figure found |
| Current average daily population | Not located | State dashboard checked, numeric output not extracted |
| Local detention facilities | 1 | Facility map from official source review |
The Nebraska Crime Commission jail demographic data page is the best public place to start when county jail population data is needed beyond a single custody call.
The dashboard screenshot supports the population-data discussion because it shows the state-level reporting channel, not a Nemaha County roster.
Nemaha County Inmate Population Trends
Historical jail trend data exists, but it is older. The 1985 Nebraska Jail Population Report listed Nemaha County Jail average daily population figures for the early 1980s. Those figures show a small jail population, with average daily population below ten in each reported year. They should not be treated as the current Nemaha County inmate population. They are useful only as historical context, because no official current ADP table was captured in the research file.
| Year | Average Daily Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 7.3 | Historical Nebraska jail population report |
| 1983 | 5.7 | Same historical report |
| 1984 | 4.8 | Same historical report |
| 1985 | 7.2 | Same report; many Nebraska jails had ADP below ten |
| 2026 | Not located | Current official Nemaha ADP not extracted |
Nemaha County Inmate Population Makeup
Current demographic details for the Nemaha County inmate population were not located in official county material. Race, age, gender, charge severity, pretrial status, sentenced status, and hold-for-other-agency breakdowns were not captured from a public Nemaha table. The state jail data portal exposes filters for age, ethnicity, charge, race, gender, days held, severity, release code, agency, release year, and release month, but the build should not invent the numbers that the portal did not yield.
For a live custody question, the more useful distinction is legal status. County jail custody usually covers recent arrests, pretrial detainees, people held on warrants, and some short local commitments. Sentenced state prisoners are searched through NDCS. Federal sentenced prisoners are searched through BOP. Immigration detainees are searched through ICE ODLS. Keeping those groups separate prevents a bad search result from being read as proof that a person is not in custody.
Laws Governing Nemaha County Jail Data
Nebraska law explains why some jail and booking records can be requested even though Nemaha County does not post an online roster. The sheriff or jail administrator must keep a jail register, and public-record statutes allow inspection and copies of public records unless another law permits withholding. Those rules do not make every jail document public on demand. Investigative, security, juvenile, victim, confidential, and protected records can still be withheld or redacted.
Key Statutes:
Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712 allows inspection and copies of public records unless another statute says otherwise.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712.05 lists records that may be withheld, including sensitive jail and law-enforcement material.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 47-106 requires a jail register with the prisoner's name, commitment cause and date, and discharge details.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 23-1821 requires notice to the county coroner when a death occurs during apprehension or custody.
Nemaha County Jail Standards
The sheriff's page is brief, but county board minutes add operational detail. March 2021 county minutes reported that Nemaha County Jail was in full compliance with Nebraska Minimum Jail Standards. September 2021 minutes authorized the jail to use Tiger Commissary. January 2021 and January 2024 records show approval of inmate medical insurance for the jail. These are not population counts, but they confirm active county jail operations and state jail-standards oversight.
The Nebraska Jail Standards overview explains the state board's authority over county jail cleanliness, classification, beds, food, medical care, instruction, telephone or video access, and discipline.
The standards source matters because the county site does not publish its own jail handbook or condition report.
How to Search Nemaha County Inmates
No official Nemaha County, Nebraska jail roster was located on the county website. That means the search path starts with the sheriff's office instead of a county roster page. The Kansas Nemaha County sheriff roster must not be used for this Nebraska county. The most reliable local first step is to contact the Nemaha County Sheriff's Office and ask whether the person is presently in local custody, whether the jail will confirm custody by phone, what identifiers are needed, and whether the person has been released, transferred, or bonded out.
- Call the sheriff and jail contact number listed on the official county page for current local custody questions.
- Search NEVCAP as a Nebraska custody alert and offender search fallback, while noting that Nemaha is marked offline or inactive in the research.
- Use the NDCS Incarceration Records search only if the person may be a sentenced state prisoner.
- Use the BOP inmate locator for sentenced federal custody and ICE ODLS for immigration detention.
- Use Nebraska court records if the question is about charges filed after booking rather than present jail custody.
Nemaha County Inmate Search Fields
Because no county-hosted roster was located, the field table below uses NEVCAP, the statewide alert and offender-search tool. The research found Nemaha County Sheriff's Office Auburn in NEVCAP facility data, but it also found the facility marked offline or inactive. Treat NEVCAP as a fallback search and notification tool, not as a guaranteed live Nemaha County jail roster.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAST NAME | Text | Required for name search | At least 3 characters, maximum 50 |
| FIRST NAME | Text | Optional | At least 2 characters if used |
| SELECT FACILITY | Typeahead | Optional | Includes Nemaha County Sheriff's Office Auburn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | Date | Optional | Validation requires adult date of birth |
| OFFENDER ID / Booking ID | Text | Required for ID search | Exact DCS offender ID or booking ID |
The NEVCAP offender search page is the statewide custody-alert route when the county roster is missing or offline.
NEVCAP can help with alerts and statewide searches, but a no-result screen should be checked against the sheriff or the proper state and federal locator.
What Nemaha County Inmate Records Show
A Nemaha County online roster sample could not be inventoried because the official county site does not publish one. Nebraska law still supports several record categories. A jail register must include the prisoner's name, date and cause of commitment, date or manner of discharge, and other jail operation details. Criminal justice information law treats original records of entry and arrest-identification photographs as public records for dissemination, subject to public-record exceptions and criminal-history limits.
| Record Field | How to Treat It in Nemaha County |
|---|---|
| Name and identity | Supported by the jail-register statute; confirm with the sheriff for current custody. |
| Date and cause of commitment | Required jail-register category, often tied to arrest, warrant, or court order. |
| Discharge or transfer | May explain release, bond, transfer to NDCS, or another end of local custody. |
| Booking photo | Potential public criminal justice information, but not posted online by the county in the research. |
| Court charges | Verify through court records, because booking charges can differ from filed charges. |
Nemaha County Jail vs State Prison
County jail and state prison searches answer different questions. Nemaha County Jail handles local jail custody under the sheriff. NDCS handles sentenced Nebraska state prisoners after a qualifying sentence and state commitment. A person who is not listed through one system may still be in the other, especially after sentencing, transfer, or release from local jail.
| County Jail | State Prison | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is held | Recent arrests, pretrial holds, warrants, short local custody | Sentenced Nebraska state prisoners |
| Run by | Nemaha County Sheriff's Office | Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
| Where to look | Sheriff/jail phone and records request, with NEVCAP as fallback | NDCS Incarceration Records search |
| Rules | County jail visitation, mail, and commissary rules | State prison visitation, mail, money, and facility rules |
State and Federal Inmate Search
The NDCS locator accepts last name, optional first name, or DCS ID number, with hCaptcha before submission. It is not a Nemaha County jail roster. It is for sentenced state prisoners. NDCS visitation, mail, money, and facility questions also use state pages, not Nemaha County Jail rules.
No BOP or ICE detention facility was found in Nemaha County. The BOP inmate locator covers federal sentenced prisoners from 1982 to the present. ICE ODLS covers immigration detainee lookup by A-number or name with country of birth and birth date. Federal pretrial custody may involve the U.S. Marshals Service, and no Nemaha-specific USMS contract was located.
Nemaha County Detention Facilities
Nemaha County has one local detention facility identified from official sources. The facility link below is the local page for the county jail, not a state, federal, or immigration facility page.
- Nemaha County Jail - sheriff-operated county jail custody for local arrests, pretrial holds, warrants, and other county jail commitments.
Nemaha County Inmate Population FAQ
Is there a Nemaha County jail roster?
No official Nemaha County, Nebraska online jail roster was located on the county website. Start with the sheriff/jail phone number, then use NEVCAP, NDCS, BOP, ICE, and court records as the facts require.
How big is the Nemaha County inmate population?
Current jail capacity and current ADP were not found in official county sources. Historical ADP figures from the early 1980s were below ten, but those numbers are not current counts.
Where are filed charges found?
Formal court charges are found through Nebraska court channels, not by relying on a booking record alone. County Court handles misdemeanors and felony preliminary hearings, while District Court handles felony cases.
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