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.
Saunders County, Nebraska, has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Saunders County is held at the county jail, run by the Saunders 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: Saunders County public records, Saunders County arrest records, Saunders County warrants, Saunders County criminal records, Saunders County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Saunders County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Saunders County is held at the county jail, run by the Saunders County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Saunders County Sheriff's Office at saunderscounty.ne.gov/sheriff-office (page title: Sheriff Office | Saunders County), phone 402-443-3718, 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 402-443-3718.
The Saunders County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 98 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 152 beds, and it ran at 64 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Saunders County has about 23,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 42 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Saunders County Jail
The Saunders County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Wahoo, Ashland and Yutan make the arrests that end in a booking in Saunders County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Saunders County: the State Patrol in Saunders County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Saunders County Sheriff's Office's 310 for 2025, Wahoo's 108 for 2025 and Ashland's 34 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Saunders County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 452 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 Saunders 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 Saunders 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 Saunders County?
Ask the Saunders County Sheriff's Office at 402-443-3718; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at saunderscounty.ne.gov/sheriff-office.
How many people are in the Saunders County jail?
About 98 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 152 beds.
What is the phone number for the Saunders County jail?
402-443-3718, the number on the page of the Saunders County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Saunders 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 Saunders 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.