The Arthur County Inmate Population
The Arthur County inmate population is not housed in a county-owned jail. The official custody point is Keith County Jail in Ogallala, which serves Keith, Perkins, and Arthur Counties. That means a person arrested on an Arthur County matter may appear on a Keith County regional roster, while the roster total itself is not an Arthur-only jail count. The official Arthur County site lists the sheriff, court, county attorney, and district court clerk, but it does not publish a local jail page, a local inmate roster, or a separate jail visitation rule set.
Arthur County is one of Nebraska's smallest counties by population, so jail data can be easy to misread. A few names on a regional roster can seem large compared with the local resident base, but the same roster may also include Keith County, Perkins County, Ogallala Police, State Patrol, and other agency bookings. The most accurate reading separates three groups: people in local or regional jail custody, sentenced Nebraska prisoners in Nebraska Department of Correctional Services custody, and federal or immigration detainees searched through federal systems.
Arthur County Inmate Population Statistics
Published local statistics are thin. No official source located in the research pass published Arthur-only average daily jail population, annual bookings, average length of stay, or a local incarceration rate. The numbers that can be used are the resident population from U.S. Census QuickFacts, the regional Keith County Jail roster snapshot, and the jail capacity figures posted by Keith County. Each one answers a different question. Census figures describe the county base. The roster snapshot describes current regional jail occupancy at one run time. Capacity describes the current jail building, not the number of Arthur County detainees.
The U.S. Census QuickFacts page for Arthur County is the best official source for resident-population context. It does not count inmates as jail admissions, but it helps show scale. The screenshot comes from that Census source and supports the population and geography figures in the table.
Those Census facts should not be mixed with the jail roster as if they came from the same system. The roster is a jail custody list. Census QuickFacts is county demographic data. Both are useful, but each must stay in its lane.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Arthur County resident population | 396 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 estimate |
| Arthur County 2020 Census population | 434 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, April 1, 2020 |
| Arthur County 2010 Census population | 460 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, April 1, 2010 |
| Land area | 715.15 square miles | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2020 geography |
| Population density | 0.6 per square mile | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2020 |
| Regional roster count | 5 total, 4 male, 1 female, 0 other | JDS Keith roster run, June 20, 2026 at 15:54 |
| Current jail capacity | 14 single cells plus two holding cells, also described as 16 individual-cell capacity including holding cells | Keith County Jail official pages |
Arthur County Inmate Population Trends
The most reliable trend line for Arthur County is the resident count. The county had 460 residents in 2010, 434 in 2020, and an estimated 396 in 2025. That decline matters because a very small resident base makes every local custody event more visible, yet it does not create a clean jail trend by itself. The jail trend material found in the research is Keith County regional planning material, not a set of Arthur County booking totals.
Keith County's New Justice Center Project page discusses future jail demand and a possible larger facility. The planning page refers to a possible 72-bed jail, a 54-bed alternative, summer peak demand near 60 inmates in 2024, and a forecast near 75 by 2031 if growth occurs. Those figures are important for Arthur County because Arthur detainees use Keith County Jail, but the numbers are regional planning figures, not Arthur-only jail population data.
| Year | Population / Count | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 460 Arthur County residents | U.S. Census QuickFacts decennial count. |
| 2020 | 434 Arthur County residents | U.S. Census QuickFacts decennial count. |
| 2024 | 423 Arthur County residents | U.S. Census QuickFacts V2024 estimate. |
| 2025 | 396 Arthur County residents | U.S. Census QuickFacts V2025 estimate. |
| 2024 | Summer peak near 60 inmates | Keith County justice-center planning, regional and not Arthur-only. |
| 2031 forecast | Summer peak near 75 inmates | Keith County forecast for future regional jail demand. |
| June 20, 2026 | 5 current roster entries | JDS regional roster snapshot at 15:54, not average daily population. |
Arthur County Jail Capacity
Arthur County does not operate the current jail building used for its local detainees. The relevant capacity is the Keith County Jail capacity. The official jail page states the current jail was built in 1978 and has 14 single cells plus two holding cells. The jail-environment page describes 16 individual-cell occupation capacity, including two holding cells. Housing is arranged in four pods: Orange, Blue, Yellow, and Green. The same official material says the facility is adult-only, complies with Nebraska Jail Standards and PREA, and has no outside recreation.
The official Keith County Jail page is the source for the core facility facts used for the Arthur County inmate population. It expressly states that the jail serves Arthur County, which is why the jail appears as the primary facility here.
Overcrowding must be stated with care. No official Arthur County overcrowding finding, jail litigation, consent decree, or death-in-custody notice was found in the Arthur County source set. The regional planning material does show future pressure. Keith County studied a larger justice center, with a 72-bed option and a smaller 54-bed option, because future summer peaks could exceed the current building's useful capacity.
Who Counts in Arthur County Custody
The Arthur County inmate population can include different custody statuses. A person may be newly booked after an arrest, held before a first court appearance, kept on a court hold, serving a short local sentence, or waiting for transfer to another system. The Keith County roster lists current local jail custody. It does not replace the court case record, and it does not show every past Arthur County booking after release.
- Local jail custody: Adults held at Keith County Jail for Arthur, Keith, Perkins, Ogallala, State Patrol, or other listed agencies.
- Pretrial detainees: People held before the case is resolved, often with bond or court-hold details on the roster.
- Local sentenced inmates: People serving a jail sentence or short custody term under local authority.
- State prisoners: Sentenced Nebraska prisoners searched through NDCS after transfer from county jail custody.
- Federal or ICE custody: People searched through BOP or ICE tools when they are no longer held only in the regional jail.
The June 20, 2026 roster snapshot showed five total inmates, grouped as four male and one female, but that count is for the Keith County regional roster. It should not be called the Arthur County jail population unless the roster entry or arresting agency clearly ties a person to Arthur County.
Arthur County Inmate Population Laws
Nebraska law explains why jail records can be inspected and why some details are withheld. For Arthur County inmate population work, the useful legal split is simple. Roster and jail-register data are public-record issues. Medical, security, juvenile, sealed, or protected data can be restricted. Court charges belong to the court record once filed. A jail roster charge is a custody entry, not proof of conviction.
Key Statutes:
Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712 gives public access to public records unless another law says otherwise.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712.05 lists exemptions that can limit law-enforcement, medical, security, or protected personal information.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 23-1703 places jail and prisoner custody with the sheriff unless a county board of corrections has assumed that role.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 47-106 requires a jail register with core commitment and discharge information.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 29-404.02 sets a court-appearance deadline for certain warrantless arrests when the person stays in custody.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 29-901 governs release, appearance bonds, bail bonds, cash deposits, and possible pretrial supervision terms.
Chapter 47 of the Nebraska statutes also covers jail rules, inspection, care, work-release, sentence-credit, and community-correctional provisions. For older or removed records, Neb. Rev. Stat. 29-3523 matters because some criminal-history information can be removed from public dissemination after dismissal, acquittal, no filing, certain diversion outcomes, pardons, qualifying sealing orders, or law-enforcement error.
Search Arthur County Inmate Population
Current local custody is checked through the Keith County Current Inmate Roster. The roster is hosted by JDS Inc. and linked from the official Keith County Jail page. It is a current listing rather than a query form. There is no visible search box, login, fee, export control, or pagination in the research capture. The practical search method is to open the roster, check the run date and time, then scan the sex-grouped sections or use the browser find function for a last name.
The roster screenshot shows the regional current-custody source that serves Arthur County. It is useful for names, charges, bail fields, booking date, and arresting agency, but it does not prove that every listed person has an Arthur County case.
For a deeper custody walkthrough, the Arthur County jail inmate records page separates roster fields, phone confirmation, records requests, and state or federal fallback searches.
- Open the official Keith County Jail page or go directly to the JDS current roster.
- Read the roster run date and time before relying on the list.
- Scan the male, female, and other sections, or use browser find for the last name.
- Confirm the person by JailId, SID number, booking date, charges, bail fields, and arresting agency.
- If the person is missing, call Keith County Jail at (308) 284-4772 because the person may be newly booked, released, transferred, or in another custody system.
- Use NDCS, BOP, ICE, or NEVCAP when the case has left local jail status or requires notification.
Arthur County Roster Lookup
The Keith County roster fields are helpful because they give more than a name. A current entry can show the local jail ID, photo column, charges, disposition or bail values, SID number, booking date, attorney field, next court date field, arresting agency, and release-date field. Some fields may be blank. Housing pod, full date of birth, medical flags, detailed court filings, and judge information were not visible in the public roster capture.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Search fields | None observed | Not applicable | The public JDS page is a current roster listing, not a query form. |
| Sex grouping | Page grouping | Not applicable | Males, Females, Other, and Total are shown at the bottom. |
| Run Date/Time | Page metadata | Not applicable | The roster displays when it was generated. |
| Buttons | None observed | Not applicable | No Search, Reset, Advanced Search, or Clear button was observed. |
Arthur County Inmate Record Fields
A roster entry is a jail record, not the final court file. Charges shown at booking can change after prosecutor review. Bail can change after a court hearing. A release-date field may be blank while a person remains in custody. For court filings, use the Nebraska Judicial Branch case-search path after the case is entered into JUSTICE.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| JailId | Numeric local jail identifier assigned by the regional roster system. |
| Photo | A photo column exists, though every image display was not confirmed in text capture. |
| Name | Person's name, generally surname first, then given and middle name or initial. |
| Charges | Booking or custody charge descriptions, which may later differ from filed court charges. |
| Total Bail | Roster bail field or amount shown with the current custody entry. |
| SID Number | Nebraska state identification number when listed. |
| Book Date | Date the person was booked into the jail. |
| Arresting Agency | Agency tied to the booking, useful for spotting Keith, Perkins, Arthur, Ogallala, or State Patrol cases. |
| Release Date | Release field, often blank for current custody entries. |
Note: A roster charge is an allegation or custody label unless a court record later shows conviction or another final result.
Arthur County Past Inmate Records
The public roster is a current list. The research found no official Arthur County archive of released inmates, no Keith County released-inmate search, and no published retention window for old roster entries. For a past Arthur County jail booking, start with the likely custodian. Use the Arthur County Sheriff for Arthur sheriff-created arrest records. Use Keith County Jail for jail custody, booking, bond, visitation, or housing records generated by the regional jail. Use Nebraska court systems for formal case filings after charges are filed.
A public-records request should be narrow. Ask for the person's name, approximate booking date, arresting agency, and the record type sought. Nebraska public-records law supports inspection and copying, but exemptions can apply. Records tied to medical care, security, juvenile matters, sealed court orders, protected personal data, or criminal-history removal may be withheld or redacted.
Arthur County Jail vs Prison
Many failed inmate searches come from using the right name in the wrong system. Keith County Jail covers current local custody for Arthur County matters. NDCS covers sentenced Nebraska prisoners after transfer to state custody. BOP covers federal sentenced custody. ICE ODLS covers immigration detention. NEVCAP is a notification and offender-search path, not a replacement for every jail roster.
| System | Who Is Covered | Where to Look |
|---|---|---|
| Regional jail | Adults held pretrial, on local sentences, on court holds, or on agency holds for Keith, Perkins, and Arthur Counties. | Keith County Current Inmate Roster |
| State prison | Sentenced Nebraska prisoners in NDCS custody after transfer from local jail. | NDCS incarceration record search |
| Federal custody | Federal sentenced inmates, generally from 1982 to present in BOP locator data. | BOP Inmate Locator |
| Immigration detention | People held in ICE detention or searched by A-number or biographical data. | ICE Online Detainee Locator System |
| Victim notification | Notification and offender status search where Nebraska providers report data. | NEVCAP offender search |
State Federal Inmate Search
The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services locator requires either a last name or a DCS ID. First name can narrow a name search, and the page includes a Download All option. NDCS also warns that accuracy is not warranted and directs accuracy questions to its records administrator in Lincoln. NDCS is the right tool after a person becomes a state prisoner, not when a new Arthur County arrest is still in regional jail custody.
Federal and immigration searches use separate agencies. The Federal Bureau of Prisons locator searches by number or name and returns federal custody fields such as register number, age, race, sex, release date, and location. ICE ODLS searches by A-number or by name, country of birth, and birth date. Neither BOP nor ICE is a mugshot gallery, and neither replaces the Keith County roster for local Arthur County pretrial custody.
Arthur County Detention Contacts
Arthur County's local law-enforcement contact is the sheriff's office in Arthur. Regional jail custody runs through Keith County Jail. These two offices should not be treated as one records desk. Use the sheriff for Arthur County sheriff records and local law-enforcement contact. Use the jail for current custody, bond verification, visitation, mail, phone, and booking records held by the regional facility.
Arthur County Sheriff
Sheriff Calvin Turner
205 Fir Street, PO Box 188
Arthur, NE 69121
308-785-7911
sheriff@arthurcountyne.gov
Keith County Jail
103 East 5th Street
Ogallala, NE 69153
(308) 284-4772
jail@keithcountyne.gov
Arthur County Detention Facilities
The facility map has one detention facility serving Arthur County. There is no city jail, state prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention center physically in Arthur County in the research file. The regional jail is the local custody point, while state, federal, and immigration locators handle later transfers or separate legal custody.
- Keith County Jail - Regional jail operated by Keith County and serving Keith, Perkins, and Arthur Counties; it holds adults age 18 and older in local custody.
Because the jail is in Ogallala, Arthur County residents often have to handle bond, visits, mail, and phone questions outside Arthur village. Call the jail before travel when the roster is unclear or when a visit, bond, or property issue depends on current custody status.
Arthur County Custody Terms
Common jail and court terms carry specific meanings. Knowing the difference helps avoid a wrong search result or a wrong assumption about a case.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, usually involving identity checks, property, screening, photo or fingerprint steps, and roster entry.
- JailId
- The local roster number shown on Keith County's public current inmate roster.
- SID Number
- A Nebraska state identification number used in criminal justice records when listed.
- Court Hold
- Custody tied to a court order or pending court action, not just a new arrest.
- DCS ID
- The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services identifier used for state prison searches.
Arthur County Inmate Population FAQ
Does Arthur County have its own jail roster? No. The official roster path is the Keith County Current Inmate Roster because Keith County Jail serves Arthur County. Arthur County's official sheriff page does not publish a separate inmate roster.
How big is the Arthur County inmate population? No Arthur-only average daily jail population or booking count was found in official sources. The JDS roster snapshot on June 20, 2026 showed five people in the regional Keith County Jail roster, but that was not an Arthur-only count.
Where are Arthur County detainees held? Local adult detainees are held at Keith County Jail, 103 East 5th Street, Ogallala. Sentenced state prisoners move to NDCS custody, and federal or immigration detainees use BOP or ICE lookup systems.
Can a roster entry show a mugshot? The Keith County roster includes a Photo column. Details about historical photo retention, side views, or how long photos stay online were not published in the located official sources. Booking photo details are covered on the Arthur County jail roster mugshots page.
Who should be called when the roster does not answer the question? Call Keith County Jail at (308) 284-4772 for current custody, bond, visitation, mail, and jail records. For Arthur sheriff-created records, contact Sheriff Calvin Turner at 308-785-7911 or sheriff@arthurcountyne.gov.