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 September 30, 2026.
Antelope County, Nebraska, has about 6,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Antelope County is held at the county jail, run by the Antelope 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.
Related guides: Antelope County public records, Antelope County arrest records, Antelope County warrants, Antelope County criminal records, Antelope County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Antelope County
The county jail, run by the Antelope County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Antelope County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Antelope County Sheriff's Office at antelopecounty.nebraska.gov/sheriff (page title: Sheriff | Antelope County), phone (402) 887-4148, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at (402) 887-4148.
The Antelope County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 29 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 30 beds, and it ran at 97 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Antelope County has about 6,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 46 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Antelope County Jail
The Antelope County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Neligh make the arrests that end in a booking in Antelope County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Antelope County: the State Patrol in Antelope County (state police).
The Tilden Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Antelope County, so its arrests are not broken out for Antelope County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Neligh's 3 for 2025 and the Antelope County Sheriff's Office's 1 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Antelope County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 4 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 Antelope County 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 Antelope County?
Ask the Antelope County Sheriff's Office at (402) 887-4148; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at antelopecounty.nebraska.gov/sheriff.
How many people are in the Antelope County jail?
About 29 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 30 beds.
What is the phone number for the Antelope County jail?
(402) 887-4148, the number on the page of the Antelope County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Antelope 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 Antelope County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.