This is a private reference site, not the Sheriff's Office, the jail, a court, or a Nebraska corrections agency. It cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, accept bond, schedule visits, or retrieve an official booking record. Use the official contacts below for government action or records.
Where to Ask About Custody or Records
For local jail questions, the official Sheridan County source is the Sheridan County Jail and Sheriff's Office. The county has not published a dedicated jail records request form, so non-emergency booking-record questions generally start by phone, email, mail, or an in-person request under Nebraska Public Records Statutes, Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712 through 84-712.09. Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712 covers examination and copying of public records, and Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712.01 defines public records broadly.
Sheridan County Jail / Sheriff's Office
303 East 2nd Street
Rushville, NE 69360
308-327-2161
Sheriff Jeff Brewer
The county homepage lists courthouse and county-office hours as 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Friday, except holidays. Those are not published as jail lobby, visitation, or records-counter hours, so call 308-327-2161 before visiting the jail. Official county links include sheridancounty.ne.gov, the sheriff page at sheridancounty.ne.gov/webpages/sheriff/sheriff.html, and the county contact directory at sheridancounty.ne.gov/webpages/contacts/contacts.html.
- For someone who may be in the county jail, start with jail inmate records and then call the sheriff or jail because no official online Sheridan County roster was located.
- For booking-photo questions, use jail roster mugshots and verify whether the sheriff can release a specific photo.
- For charges filed after arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Nebraska court search options.
- For the local detention facility, use the Sheridan County Jail page.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services locator at dcs-inmatesearch.ne.gov/Corrections/COR_input.jsp.
- For notification or custody alerts, use NEVCAP at nevcap.nebraska.gov/offender/search. Federal and immigration detainees require the BOP or ICE locator instead.