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.
Sheridan County, Nebraska, has about 4,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sheridan County is held at the county jail, run by the Sheridan 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: Sheridan County public records, Sheridan County arrest records, Sheridan County warrants, Sheridan County criminal records, Sheridan County court records, Nebraska arrest records and Nebraska inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Sheridan County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Sheridan County is held at the county jail, run by the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office at sheridancounty.ne.gov/webpages/sheriff/sheriff.html (page title: Sheridan County Sheriff), phone 308 327-2161, 2161 Address Sheriff's Office 303 East 2nd Street Rushville, NE 69360, 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 308 327-2161.
The Sheridan County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2019 the jail held about 23 people. Its rated capacity in 2019 was 24 beds, and it ran at 96 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Sheridan County has about 4,900 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 47 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Sheridan County Jail
The Sheridan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Gordon make the arrests that end in a booking in Sheridan County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Sheridan County: the State Patrol in Sheridan County (state police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Gordon's 102 for 2025 and the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office's 43 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Sheridan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 145 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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 Sheridan County?
Ask the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office at 308 327-2161; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at sheridancounty.ne.gov.
How many people are in the Sheridan County jail?
About 23 on an average day in 2019, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 24 beds.
What is the phone number for the Sheridan County jail?
308 327-2161, the number on the page of the Sheridan County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Sheridan 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 Sheridan 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.