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.
Pawnee County, Nebraska, has about 2,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pawnee County is held at the county jail, run by the Pawnee 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: Pawnee County public records, Pawnee County arrest records, Pawnee County warrants, Pawnee County criminal records, Pawnee County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Pawnee County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Pawnee County is held at the county jail, run by the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office at pawneecountyne.gov/sheriff-office (page title: Sheriff Office | Pawnee County), phone (402) 852-2969, 68420, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 28, 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 (402) 852-2969.
The Pawnee County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 1 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 3 beds, and it ran at 33 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pawnee County has about 2,500 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 5 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pawnee County Jail
The Pawnee County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Pawnee County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Pawnee County: the State Patrol in Pawnee County (state police).
The Pawnee County Sheriff's Office reported 39 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee 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 Pawnee County?
Ask the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office at (402) 852-2969; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pawneecountyne.gov/sheriff-office.
How many people are in the Pawnee County jail?
About 1 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 3 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pawnee County jail?
(402) 852-2969, the number on the page of the Pawnee County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pawnee 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 Pawnee 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.