This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release an inmate, post bond, pull official booking records, or retrieve court files. For those actions, use the official office or locator that controls the record.
Where to Ask
For current Knox County custody questions, start with the sheriff and jail. The official county pages list the Knox County Sheriff's Office and Knox County Jail at the same local address. Sheriff Don Henery is identified on the county sheriff page. The county does not publish a separate online roster, booking desk schedule, or jail records-unit hours, so call before relying on a web search or before driving to Center.
Knox County Sheriff's Office and Knox County Jail
206 Main Street
Center, NE 68724
402-288-4261
Fax: 402-288-5602
Emergency: 911
Use the office that matches the kind of question. Jail staff may be the right starting point for present custody or bond routing, while public records and court offices handle different parts of the paper trail after an arrest.
- For someone who may be in the Knox County Jail, start with jail inmate records guidance and call the sheriff or jail at 402-288-4261.
- For a booking photograph, use the jail roster mugshots page and the county public-records route if the photo is not posted online.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest, Nebraska JUSTICE, the Knox County County Court page, or the Clerk of the District Court page.
- For a written local records request, use the Knox County public records page.
- For local prosecution context, use the Knox County County Attorney page and the relevant court record.
- For a sentenced state prisoner, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services inmate search, not the county jail.
- For a federal prisoner, use the BOP inmate locator; for immigration custody, use the ICE detainee locator.
- For custody or court notifications, use NEVCAP, the Nebraska Victims Crime Alert Portal.