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 on September 24, 2026.
Hall County, Nebraska, has about 63,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Hall County is held at the county jail, run by the Hall 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: Hall County public records, Hall County arrest records, Hall County warrants, Hall County criminal records, Hall County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Hall County
The county jail, run by the Hall County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Hall County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Hall County Sheriff's Office at reports.hallcountyne.gov/inmates/current_inmates.php (page title: Hall County Department of Corrections | Current Inmate List), 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 Hall County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2021 the jail held about 190 people, down from about 290 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2019, the last year with a capacity figure, was 322 beds, and it ran at 89 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Hall County has about 63,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 30 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Hall County Jail
The Hall County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Grand Island make the arrests that end in a booking in Hall County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Hall County: the State Patrol in Hall County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Grand Island's 2,197 for 2025 and the Hall County Sheriff's Office's 528 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Hall County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 2,725 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 Hall County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Hall County serves the sentence in a facility of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, whose inmate locator is at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/COR_input.jsp.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Hall County?
Look on the custody page of the Hall County Sheriff's Office at reports.hallcountyne.gov. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Hall County jail?
About 190 on an average day in 2021, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 322 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Hall 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 Hall 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.