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.
Box Butte County, Nebraska, has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Box Butte County is held at the county jail, run by the Box Butte 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 Box Butte County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Box Butte County is held at the county jail, run by the Box Butte County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Box Butte County Sheriff's Office at boxbuttecountyne.gov/sheriff-office (page title: Sheriff Office | Box Butte County), phone (308) 762-6464, 512 Niobrara Avenue Alliance, NE 69301, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 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 (308) 762-6464.
The Box Butte County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 13 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 31 beds, and it ran at 42 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Box Butte County has about 11,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 12 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Box Butte County Jail
The Box Butte County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Alliance make the arrests that end in a booking in Box Butte County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Box Butte County: the State Patrol in Box Butte County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Alliance's 166 for 2025 and the Box Butte County Sheriff's Office's 13 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Box Butte County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 179 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 Box Butte 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 Box Butte County?
Ask the Box Butte County Sheriff's Office at (308) 762-6464; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at boxbuttecountyne.gov/sheriff-office.
How many people are in the Box Butte County jail?
About 13 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 31 beds.
What is the phone number for the Box Butte County jail?
(308) 762-6464, the number on the page of the Box Butte County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Box Butte 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 Box Butte 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.