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.
Custer County, Nebraska, has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Custer County is held at the county jail, run by the Custer 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: Custer County public records, Custer County arrest records, Custer County warrants, Custer County criminal records, Custer County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Custer County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Custer County is held at the county jail, run by the Custer County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Custer County Sheriff's Office at custercountysheriff.com/inmate-search (page title: Inmate Search | Custer County Sheriff's Office), phone 877-654-8463, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 24, 2026.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Custer County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 11 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 27 beds, and it ran at 41 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Custer County has about 10,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 10 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Custer County Jail
The Custer County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Broken Bow make the arrests that end in a booking in Custer County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Custer County: the State Patrol in Custer County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Custer County Sheriff's Office's 105 for 2025 and Broken Bow's 32 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Custer County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 137 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 Custer 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 Custer County?
Look on the custody page of the Custer County Sheriff's Office at custercountysheriff.com/inmate-search, or call 877-654-8463. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Custer 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 27 beds.
What is the phone number for the Custer County jail?
877-654-8463, the number on the page of the Custer County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Custer 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 Custer 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.