The Frontier County Inmate Population
The local Frontier County inmate population begins with Frontier County Jail, the only detention facility identified in the facility map from official sources. The jail is operated by the Frontier County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff page names Sheriff Michael Jordan, lists the public phone number as 308-367-4411, gives fax 308-367-4268, and publishes the mailing address as PO Box 320, Curtis, NE 69025. The same county page states that the sheriff's office manages the county jail, which makes the sheriff the first local contact for current custody, booking, release, bond, and transfer questions.
Official Frontier County pages reviewed did not publish a live jail roster, a separate jail division page, a capacity figure, a current population count, annual bookings, or average daily population. That absence matters. It means the Frontier County inmate population should not be described with third-party bed-count claims or guessed daily totals. For local custody, use the sheriff's phone line and the county records-request route. For sentenced state-prison custody, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services locator. For court cases, use Nebraska JUSTICE or the Stockville court offices. For federal or immigration custody, use BOP, U.S. Marshals, or ICE channels instead of treating the county jail as a statewide locator.
The official Frontier County Sheriff page is the source for the sheriff name, phone number, mailing address, and jail-management statement shown below.
Frontier County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest official population fact for Frontier County is structural rather than numerical: the county has one local detention facility in the research map, Frontier County Jail. Official county and Nebraska Jail Standards pages reviewed on June 21, 2026 did not publish a rated capacity, current headcount, average daily population, or annual booking total for the jail. The Nebraska Crime Commission's public Jail Demographic Data dashboard is the official place to keep checking for jail-admission data, but the captured research did not extract a static Frontier County ADP or annual-booking number from that interactive dashboard.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Frontier County Jail average daily population | Not published in official sources reviewed | County and NCC sources reviewed June 21, 2026 |
| Frontier County Jail rated / bed capacity | Not published in official sources reviewed | Frontier County Sheriff page; NCC Jail Standards pages reviewed June 21, 2026 |
| Frontier County Jail annual bookings | Not extracted from official static source | NCC Jail Demographic Data dashboard is the official data channel |
| Frontier County population | 2,655 county residents | Nebraska Association of County Officials profile |
| Nebraska local jail annual bookings | At least 30,000 different people booked into local jails each year | Prison Policy Initiative Nebraska profile |
| Nebraska incarceration rate | 591 per 100,000 people, including prisons, jails, immigration detention, and juvenile facilities | Prison Policy Initiative Nebraska profile |
| U.S. local jail population | 664,200 persons in custody at midyear 2023 | Bureau of Justice Statistics, Jail Inmates in 2023 |
The Nebraska Crime Commission Jail Demographic Data dashboard is relevant because it organizes jail admissions, demographics, arresting agencies, and facility information with filters for facility, month, year, offense, age group, sex, and race.
Frontier County Inmate Population Trends
No official year-by-year Frontier County Jail average daily population series was captured in the research. The trend story that can be stated from official sources is narrower: Frontier County Jail remained part of Nebraska's Jail Standards system, and a Jail Standards Board agenda dated April 18, 2025 listed Frontier County Jail among facilities found in full compliance during annual inspection review. That agenda is a compliance snapshot, not a current population count and not a promise about conditions on any later date.
| Year | ADP / Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Not extracted | NCC dashboard contains multi-year admissions data, but no static Frontier figure was captured. |
| 2023 | Not published locally | National benchmark: BJS reported 664,200 people in U.S. local jails at midyear 2023. |
| 2024 | Not published locally | No official Frontier County Jail ADP figure was located. |
| 2025 | Not a population figure | Frontier County Jail appeared in the Jail Standards Board full-compliance group on the April 18, 2025 agenda. |
| 2026 | Dashboard available | NCC dashboard screenshot reported jail-admissions data through a public dashboard as of February 18, 2026. |
Who Makes Up the Frontier County Inmate Population
The local Frontier County inmate population consists of people held in a sheriff-operated county jail setting: recent arrestees, pretrial detainees, people serving short local commitments, and people held for court, warrant, transfer, or other accepted local authority. Official sources did not publish a Frontier County breakdown by sex, race, age, charge type, conviction status, or arresting agency. The statewide NCC dashboard has filters for those categories, but the research did not capture an official Frontier-specific demographic output.
- Pretrial and local custody - Use the sheriff's office for current local custody because no official Frontier County online roster was located.
- Sentenced state-prison custody - Use NDCS when a Frontier County case results in state prison rather than continued county-jail custody.
- Federal and immigration custody - Use BOP, U.S. Marshals, or ICE systems when a person is held under federal or immigration authority.
- Statewide context - Prison Policy Initiative reports that 74% of people in Nebraska jails have not been convicted; that is statewide context, not a Frontier County-specific measurement.
Frontier County Jail Capacity and Overcrowding
Official sources reviewed did not publish Frontier County Jail's bed capacity, housing layout, construction year, average daily population, or current population. They also did not show an official Frontier County jail-overcrowding order, consent decree, new-construction project, jail closure notice, or death-in-custody item. The April 18, 2025 Jail Standards Board agenda is the most specific recent jail-status item located, and it placed Frontier County Jail in the full-compliance group for that meeting agenda.
Because capacity is not published in the official local sources reviewed, avoid relying on unofficial directory pages that repeat a small-bed count without showing the government source. For a current operational question, such as whether the jail is holding a specific person, whether a person was transferred for safekeeping, or whether visitation is available, call the Frontier County Sheriff's Office at 308-367-4411.
Laws Governing the Frontier County Inmate Population
Nebraska law explains why some jail and criminal-history records can be requested even when Frontier County does not publish a roster. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-105 places charge of the county jail and prisoners with the sheriff, subject to Jail Standards Board rules. Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-712 is the core public-records statute, while § 84-712.05 lists records that may be withheld. Nebraska criminal-history statutes also matter: § 29-3520 treats complete criminal history record information maintained by a criminal justice agency as public record, and § 29-3521 specifically includes arrest-identification photographs, police blotters, offense reports, incident reports, court records, and wanted lists in public-dissemination categories. Access still has limits because § 29-3523 can make some criminal-history information nonpublic after specified nonfiling, diversion, dismissal, acquittal, deferred judgment, or problem-solving court dismissal outcomes.
Key Statutes:
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-712 - Nebraska's public-records rule allows inspection and copying unless another law provides an exception.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3521 - Arrest-identification photos, blotters, offense reports, incident reports, court records, and wanted lists are public records for dissemination.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-105 - The sheriff has charge of the county jail and all persons lawfully confined there.
Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 83-4,124 through 83-4,134 - These provisions establish Nebraska's Jail Standards program and inspection framework.
Frontier County and the State Prison Population
A person arrested in Frontier County does not remain in the county-jail population forever. While a case is pending, the person may be held locally, released on bond or recognizance, transferred, or held for another agency. If the person is convicted and sentenced to Nebraska state prison, the lookup path moves to the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services incarceration records search. NDCS is separate from Frontier County Jail, and its prison records cover sentenced state custody rather than a live county roster.
The official NDCS facilities list reviewed in the research did not show a state correctional facility in Frontier County. NDCS facilities are located elsewhere in Nebraska, including Lincoln, Omaha, York, and Tecumseh area facilities. For a Frontier County case that has become a state-prison sentence, use NDCS for prison location, prison custody status, and prison public-records questions rather than calling the county jail for prison visitation, mail, or money rules.
How to Search the Frontier County Inmate Population
No official Frontier County jail roster or sheriff inmate-search portal was located on the county website. The sheriff page links to "Inmate Population Search - State of Nebraska," but that link points to NDCS, which is a sentenced state-prison locator, not a live Frontier County Jail roster. The practical search method is a sequence: verify local custody with the sheriff, check state custody when sentencing or transfer is possible, use NEVCAP for victim-notification style custody information, and search Nebraska court systems for filed charges and court dates.
Before starting, gather the person's full name, date of birth or age if known, arrest date, court case number, and whether the person may have been sentenced, transferred, released, or held on a warrant. Those details help separate a local booking from a state-prison record, court record, federal sentence, immigration detention record, or old case that is no longer in active custody.
- Call the Frontier County Sheriff's Office at 308-367-4411 for current Frontier County Jail custody, booking, bond, release, transfer, and visitation questions.
- If the person may be sentenced to state prison, search NDCS incarceration records by last name or DCS ID.
- Check NEVCAP, Nebraska's victim notification and offender search portal, for custody-notification information.
- Use Nebraska JUSTICE or the Nebraska multi-court calendar when the arrest has moved into a filed County Court or District Court case.
- For federal sentenced prisoners, use the BOP inmate locator; for immigration detention, use ICE ODLS; for federal pretrial custody, look to U.S. Marshals or federal court channels.
- If the record is not online, send a public-records request to the department that holds the record, or use the County Clerk's FOI route when the correct department is unclear.
Current Inmate Lookup in Frontier County
Because Frontier County does not publish an official current-inmate roster, there is no local search form with name fields, booking numbers, housing filters, or public profile links to describe. Current inmate lookup depends on the sheriff's office. Ask whether the person is held at Frontier County Jail, released, transferred to another county jail for safekeeping, committed to NDCS, or held for another agency. If the person has a filed case, also check the Stockville court offices or Nebraska court search tools because court filings may confirm charges and hearing dates even when custody has changed.
| Lookup Channel | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frontier County local roster | Not available | n/a | No official county-hosted roster form or searchable current-inmate page was located. |
| Sheriff phone line | Phone | Person's name | Call 308-367-4411 for current local custody, bond, release, transfer, and jail procedure questions. |
| NDCS locator | Online state search | Last name or DCS ID | Use for sentenced Nebraska state-prison custody, not for a local pretrial roster. |
| NEVCAP | Online notification/search portal | Search details vary by portal | Use as Nebraska's victim-notification and offender search channel. |
| Nebraska JUSTICE | Online court search | Name, case number, court, or other search fields | Use for filed criminal, traffic, civil, juvenile, probate, county, and district court case information; details may carry a fee. |
The NDCS incarceration records page is useful after a state sentence because it accepts a last name or DCS ID and can narrow by first name.
Past and Released Inmate Records
No official Frontier County page states how long released inmates remain visible online because no official public roster was located. For past booking records, start with the Frontier County Sheriff's Office if the record concerns local jail intake, release, bond, booking photo, jail log, or incident information. If the correct department is unclear, Frontier County's FOI page says requests can be routed through the County Clerk, and the county will forward the request to the department holding the record.
Nebraska public-records law does not require a requester to state a purpose, and the county FOI page says a department will give an approximate fee after routing so the requester can decide whether to proceed. Records may still be limited by Nebraska statutory exceptions or later case outcomes. A release from jail also does not erase a court case, so older arrests may require both a sheriff records request and a Nebraska JUSTICE or court-clerk search.
What a Frontier County Inmate Record Shows
There is no verified Frontier County public roster profile, so do not assume the county displays a mugshot, booking number, bond field, housing unit, charges, or release date online. Those items may exist in jail records or state jail-data systems, but public access depends on the record, the custodian, and any applicable legal exception. The Nebraska jail data specification shows that jail systems report booking, subject, custody, offense, and charge data elements to state systems, yet that reporting requirement is not the same thing as a public county website profile.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Booking number | A unique jail booking identifier if provided by the sheriff or state jail data system; no local public format was verified. |
| Booking date/time | The date and time of admission to jail, listed in Nebraska jail data specifications but not verified on a Frontier public profile. |
| Charges/statute code | Arrest or booking charges may differ from formal charges filed later by the County Attorney. |
| Bond amount | Release terms should be confirmed with the sheriff and the court handling the case; no online Frontier bond field was located. |
| Custody housing facility | The state data specification includes housing facility, but no public Frontier unit or pod field was found. |
| Custody status | May show held, released, transferred, sentenced, or another status in custody systems; verify directly because no live local roster exists. |
County Jail vs. State Prison: Where to Look
Most search mistakes happen when a county-jail question is sent to a state-prison locator, or a prison question is sent to the local jail. Frontier County Jail is the local sheriff facility for pretrial detention, short county commitments, recent bookings, release questions, bond questions, and accepted holds. NDCS is the state prison agency for people sentenced to Nebraska prison. BOP and ICE are separate federal systems. Nebraska JUSTICE and court calendars are court-record tools, not jail rosters.
| County Jail | State Prison (NDCS) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who Is Held | Recent arrestees, pretrial detainees, short local sentences, warrants, and accepted holds | People sentenced to Nebraska state-prison custody |
| Run By | Frontier County Sheriff's Office | Nebraska Department of Correctional Services |
| Where to Look | Call the sheriff at 308-367-4411; use records requests when needed | Search the NDCS incarceration records site by last name or DCS ID |
| Stays Listed | No official Frontier online listing period was published | NDCS maintains state-prison incarceration records separate from county jail records |
State and Federal Inmate Search
Use NDCS incarceration records for Nebraska state-prison custody. The NDCS search requires either a last name or DCS ID, and first name can narrow results. Use NEVCAP for Nebraska victim-notification and offender-search information. Use BOP's inmate locator for federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to present; it searches by BOP Register Number, DCDC Number, FBI Number, INS Number, or name. Use ICE ODLS for immigration detention searches by A-number and country of birth or by biographical information in a normal browser.
No BOP institution, ICE detention center, NDCS prison, regional jail, city jail, work-release annex, or separate municipal lockup was located in Frontier County from official sources. That does not mean a Frontier County resident cannot be in one of those systems. It means the search path changes once custody moves away from the local sheriff-operated jail.
Frontier County Detention Facilities
The official facility map for Frontier County contains one local detention facility. The sheriff mailing address is in Curtis, while County Court and District Court records are handled from Stockville. Keep that local geography separate: custody and jail operations go to the sheriff, while filed cases, hearings, dockets, and court records go to the courts.
- Frontier County Jail - sheriff-operated local adult detention for recent arrestees, pretrial detainees, short county commitments, court/warrant holds, and transfers when accepted by the sheriff.
Frontier County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Frontier County inmate population?
Official sources reviewed did not publish a current jail headcount, average daily population, rated capacity, or annual bookings for Frontier County Jail. The official countable local facility is Frontier County Jail, operated by the Sheriff's Office. For statewide comparison only, Prison Policy Initiative reports at least 30,000 different people are booked into Nebraska local jails each year, and BJS reported 664,200 people in U.S. local jails at midyear 2023.
How do I search the Frontier County inmate population?
Start with the Frontier County Sheriff's Office at 308-367-4411 because no official county-hosted jail roster was located. If the person was sentenced to state prison, use NDCS. If custody notification is the goal, check NEVCAP. If the arrest has become a filed case, search Nebraska JUSTICE or the multi-court calendar, or contact the Frontier County Court or District Court in Stockville at 308-367-8629.
Can I look up a released or past inmate?
There is no published Frontier County online archive showing how long released inmates remain visible because no official local roster was found. For a past booking, request records from the Sheriff's Office or route the request through the County Clerk if the correct department is unclear. Nebraska public-records and criminal-history statutes support access to many arrest and court records, but exceptions and later nonpublic outcomes can apply.