Lincoln County Detention Center Overview
The Lincoln County Detention Center is operated by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office at 302 North Jeffers Street in North Platte. It is the single local detention facility resolved in the Lincoln County facility map. No separate city jail, state prison, BOP prison, county annex, work-release building, or standalone ICE jail was identified inside Lincoln County.
The facility houses adult pretrial detainees, people arrested by surrounding federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, and people sentenced by Lincoln County courts to less than one year. The 2025 PREA audit also lists work release and inmate worker classifications inside the facility. ICE maintains a facility listing for the same physical jail, so immigration custody is a lookup channel for this building, not a second local facility page.
The sheriff detention page shows the official service links for the jail.
Those links connect roster lookup, visitation, phone, commissary, inmate email, PREA, and bond-payment information.
Lincoln County Detention Center Population
The 2025 PREA audit is the most specific source for Lincoln County Detention Center capacity and population. It lists designed or rated capacity at 214, current population at 106, day-one audit population at 105, and average daily population for the prior twelve months at 128. The audit states the jail was not over capacity during the prior twelve months.
| Facility Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Housing units | 11 | 2025 PREA audit |
| Custody levels | Minimum, medium, maximum, medical, work release, inmate worker | 2025 PREA audit |
| Population designation | Adult men and women, no youthful inmates | 2025 PREA audit |
| Staff with inmate contact | 36 | 2025 PREA audit |
| Contractors and volunteers | 7 contractors, 151 volunteers | 2025 PREA audit |
Lookup Lincoln County Jail Inmates
Current local detainees use the sheriff-linked roster at inmateroster.lincolncountysheriff.us. The roster is the county jail lookup, not the state prison lookup. During research the roster timed out, but indexed text verified a run date/time and public columns for JailId, Photo, Name, Charges, Current Disposition, and Total Bail.
- Start at the sheriff's detention page and open the Inmate Roster link.
- Check the roster run date and time before relying on the result.
- Use name and JailId to distinguish people with similar names.
- Read Charges and Total Bail as booking information, not as final court outcome.
- If the person is sentenced to state prison, search NDCS instead of the county roster.
Fallback channels include the jail phone line at 308-535-9599, an in-person inquiry at the Sheriff's Office, a public-records request for older or offline booking records, NEVCAP for victim-notification searches, BOP for federal sentenced custody, and ICE ODLS for immigration custody.
Lincoln County Detention Center Contact
The Sheriff's Office and detention center share the North Jeffers Street address. Calls are received 24 hours per day, while office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. except government holidays. Use the main line to confirm custody, ask about roster outages, confirm visitation status, or request records routing.
Lincoln County Detention Center
302 North Jeffers Street
North Platte, NE 69101
308-535-9599
Fax: 308-535-9594. Emergency calls should use 911.
Detention and PREA Contact
Penny Ball
308-535-9562
ballpl@lincolncountyne.gov
Sheriff Jerome Kramer is the agency administrator listed in the PREA audit.
Visiting Lincoln County Detention Center
The official visitation page documents non-contact onsite visitation, remote visitation, identification rules, minor visitor rules, monitoring, search notice, and dress code. Visitors should arrive early and confirm current custody before travel because orders, holds, movement, or discipline can affect visit access.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Onsite non-contact | Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Two visitors per visit, including children; arrive 10 minutes early. |
| Remote video | 6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. | Use the linked Prodigy or HomeWAV process and obtain approval where required. |
| Minor visitor | During approved visit times | Under 18 must have biological parent and birth certificate unless minor spouse rules apply. |
The sheriff visitation page shows the local visitation rules and remote visit links.
Dress conservatively. Visitors are subject to search, and visits may be monitored or recorded.
Phone Email and Commissary
Lincoln County Detention Center uses separate vendor channels for phone, email, and commissary. Prodigy supports prepaid collect and PIN debit phone accounts. JailATM supports secure email and commissary services, and jail kiosks also provide an electronic law library, commissary ordering, and inmate/staff coordination. No Lincoln County-specific postal mail format or rejected-items list was located in the research.
| Service | Provider or Channel | Rules or Fees |
|---|---|---|
| Prepaid collect phone | Prodigy | Family or friend account tied to a phone number. |
| PIN debit phone | Prodigy | Inmate-owned prepaid account, no refunds. |
| Live operator payment | 866-700-4545 | $5.95 fee; 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2 p.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays. |
| IVR phone payment | 866-797-5578 | $3.00 fee, available 24/7/365. |
| Inmate email | JailATM | Facility approval required before friends and family may email. |
| Commissary deposit | JailATM, lobby kiosk, cash, or money order | Sending cash by mail is strongly discouraged; no full JailATM fee schedule was captured. |
The JailATM inmate email page shows the email and kiosk service description.
Confirm the person remains in custody before funding accounts because transfer or release may change account access.
Bond Payments and Release
The sheriff provides an official remote payment route for bonds through AllPaid/GovPayNow place code 8684. The remote payment page says to use the correct payment link and contact the Sheriff's Office at 308-535-9599 when unsure. Bond payment does not always mean immediate release because warrants, detainers, court holds, identity issues, or jail processing can delay or block release.
| Bond Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Official bond payment | AllPaid/GovPayNow PLC 8684 |
| Remote payment menu | Sheriff remote payments page |
| Confirm before paying | Call 308-535-9599 if case number, amount, or payee detail is unclear. |
| Release limits | Court holds, detainers, warrants, and processing can still affect release. |
PREA Programs and Standards
The detention mission says the jail provides basic needs, programs for inmate betterment and reintegration, and staff development. The sheriff divisions page says inmates receive legal, medical, psychological, commissary, and visitation services. The PREA page states zero tolerance for sexual assault, abuse, misconduct, and harassment of a sexual nature by inmates, detainees, staff, volunteers, or contractors.
The 2025 PREA audit, submitted January 9, 2026, reported 45 standards met, 0 not met, and 0 exceeded. Reporting routes include correctional staff, mental health staff, medical staff, facility administrators, and the grievance hotline posted in housing areas. The health services contact listed in the audit is Amanda Mays, RN, BSN, at 308-535-9550.
The sheriff PREA page shows policy and reporting information.
For current safety or medical concerns, contact the facility through official jail channels rather than relying on online roster data.
Note: Confirm custody and visit approval with Lincoln County Detention Center before traveling or funding vendor accounts.
County State Federal and ICE Custody
Lincoln County Detention Center is a county jail. Current local detainees use the sheriff-linked roster, and people sentenced to Nebraska prison use the NDCS locator after transfer. Federal sentenced inmates use the BOP locator. Immigration detainees use ICE ODLS, and the ICE facility listing can identify Lincoln County Detention Center as the housing site.
This distinction prevents duplicate searches. A person can move from the Lincoln County jail to state prison, federal custody, immigration custody, or release. Each move changes which agency controls the official record.
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