Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Omaha, Nebraska, in Douglas County, has about 489,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Omaha is held at the county jail, run by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Omaha
The county jail, run by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Omaha, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Douglas County Sheriff's Office at dgso.org/index.php/dgso-inmate-reports (page title: DGSO Inmate Reports), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on October 9, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster.
The Douglas County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2024 the jail held about 1,150 people, down from about 1,360 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023, the last year with a capacity figure, was 1,435 beds, and it ran at 76 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Douglas County has about 601,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 19 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Douglas County Jail
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Omaha (filed by the FBI as Omaha Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Omaha.
The FBI's agency list also places one state police unit, two campus police departments and one other agency in Douglas County (the arrest records guide names each one).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Omaha's 15,491 for 2025, the Douglas County Sheriff's Office's 2,633 for 2025 and Ralston's 203 for 2025.
Together, the seven agencies in Douglas County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 18,439 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Omaha arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services lists its inmates at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/COR_input.jsp.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Omaha?
Ask the Douglas County Sheriff's Office; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at dgso.org/index.php/dgso-inmate-reports.
How many people are in the Douglas County jail?
About 1,150 on an average day in 2024, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,435 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Douglas County go?
To a facility of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services; its inmate locator is at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov.
Is this the official Omaha website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.