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.
Cheyenne County, Nebraska, has about 9,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cheyenne County is held at the county jail, run by the Cheyenne 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: Cheyenne County public records, Cheyenne County arrest records, Cheyenne County warrants, Cheyenne County criminal records, Cheyenne County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Cheyenne County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Cheyenne County is held at the county jail, run by the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office at cheyennecountysheriff.com/inmate-roster (page title: Inmate Roster | Cheyenne County Jail Roster by CCSO), which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
Someone booked recently shows on that page; someone cited and released at the scene, or held a few hours at a city station, does not.
The Cheyenne County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 11 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 24 beds, and it ran at 46 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Cheyenne County has about 9,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 11 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Cheyenne County Jail
The Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Sidney make the arrests that end in a booking in Cheyenne County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Cheyenne County: the State Patrol in Cheyenne County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Sidney's 135 for 2025 and the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office's 31 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Cheyenne County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 166 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 Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne County?
Look on the custody page of the Cheyenne County Sheriff's Office at cheyennecountysheriff.com/inmate-roster. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Cheyenne County jail?
About 11 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 24 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Cheyenne 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 Cheyenne 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.