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.
Garden County, Nebraska, has about 1,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Garden County is held at the county jail, run by the Garden 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: Garden County public records, Garden County arrest records, Garden County warrants, Garden County criminal records, Garden County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Garden County
The county jail, run by the Garden County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Garden County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Garden County Sheriff's Office at gardencounty.ne.gov/sheriff-office (page title: County Sheriff | Garden County), phone (308) 772-3540, 611 Main Street Oshkosh, NE 69154, 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 (308) 772-3540.
The Garden County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2018 the jail held about 4 people. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Garden County has about 1,800 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 22 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Garden County Jail
The Garden County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Garden County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Garden County: the State Patrol in Garden County (state police).
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Garden 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 Garden County?
Ask the Garden County Sheriff's Office at (308) 772-3540; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at gardencounty.ne.gov/sheriff-office.
How many people are in the Garden County jail?
About 4 on an average day in 2018, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data.
What is the phone number for the Garden County jail?
(308) 772-3540, the number on the page of the Garden County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Garden 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 Garden 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.