Perkins County Inmate Population Overview
Perkins County inmate population records point to a small, contract-based jail system. The Perkins County Sheriff Office lists Sheriff Jeffrey Miller at 200 Lincoln Ave in Grant and states that the office manages jail duties, public safety, patrol, investigations, dispatch, and required registration work. Current custody evidence, though, shows Perkins inmates being housed in regional jails outside the county seat. That means the public search path is split by who made the arrest, who houses the person, and whether the case is still local jail custody or has become state prison custody.
The primary serving facility is Keith County Jail in Ogallala because Keith County says that jail serves Keith, Perkins, and Arthur counties. Lincoln County Detention Center in North Platte is the documented secondary or overflow site. Perkins County Board minutes from January 2026 show inmates at both facilities. A local searcher therefore needs to read another county roster for a Perkins arresting-agency line, then route questions to the correct office. Custody, bond, visits, mail, and commissary go to the holding jail. Arrest report questions go to the Perkins County Sheriff. Court dates and filed charges go to Nebraska court records.
Perkins County Inmate Population Statistics
The strongest local figures are snapshots, not a published Perkins average daily population. The Perkins County Board minutes give dated local inmate counts, and the Keith County roster gives one dated facility count. The U.S. Census QuickFacts county figures help show why the jail count is small, but they are not jail demographics. Jail-population figures should not be inferred from county age, race, or income data.
| Measure | Figure | Source / date |
|---|---|---|
| Perkins County population | 2,849 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 estimate |
| Perkins County land area | 883.31 square miles | U.S. Census QuickFacts, 2020 land area |
| Keith County Jail capacity | 14 single cells plus 2 holding cells | Keith County Jail, reviewed June 2026 |
| Keith roster count | 5 total, 4 male and 1 female | Keith County current roster, run 06/20/2026 20:54 |
| Perkins inmates reported | 2 total | Perkins County Board minutes, January 5, 2026 |
| Perkins inmates reported | 3 total | Perkins County Board minutes, January 20, 2026 |
Perkins County Inmate Population Trends
The trend is not an overcrowded Perkins jail. It is a low-volume, out-of-county holding pattern. Keith County justice-center material also matters because Keith is the primary serving jail for Perkins. That page discusses a future seventy-two-bed facility sized for longer-range needs, a fifty-four-bed alternative that could require later expansion or transport, and seasonal demand tied to Lake McConaughy. For Perkins County, the main population risk is not a local Grant jail count. It is the need to track where a person was sent after a Perkins arrest.
| Date / year | Figure | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | About 26 admissions | Keith County needs-assessment material cited Perkins admissions to Keith County Jail |
| 2019 | About 123 inmate-days | Keith County needs-assessment material cited Perkins inmate-days |
| Jan. 5, 2026 | 2 Perkins inmates | One at Keith County Jail and one at Lincoln County Jail |
| Jan. 20, 2026 | 3 Perkins inmates | Two at Keith County Jail and one at Lincoln County Jail |
| Jun. 20, 2026 | 5 Keith inmates | One visible current entry showed Perkins County Sheriff as arresting agency |
Perkins County Jail Population Laws
Nebraska law treats jail and arrest records as public records unless another statute makes a specific record confidential. That matters for the Perkins County inmate population because the record may be held by more than one office. The roster record may sit with Keith County Jail or Lincoln County Detention Center, the arresting-agency record may sit with the Perkins County Sheriff, and the filed charge record may sit in the Nebraska court system.
Key statutes:
Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712 gives interested persons the right to inspect and obtain public records unless a statute says otherwise.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 84-712.01 defines public records broadly for county and other public agencies.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 83-4,124 supports the Nebraska Jail Standards Board framework for adult jail standards.
Neb. Rev. Stat. 23-1821 requires notice to the coroner when a person dies while being apprehended or held.
Where Perkins County Inmates Are Held
Perkins County does not publish a Perkins-only online jail roster on the official county site. The custody map instead starts with Keith County Jail, then moves to Lincoln County Detention Center when the person is not listed or when the sheriff or county minutes indicate Lincoln housing. Sentenced Nebraska prisoners leave this local jail path and move into the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services incarceration record search.
- Keith County Jail serves Keith, Perkins, and Arthur counties and maintains the main current roster path for many Perkins Sheriff bookings.
- Lincoln County Detention Center is the documented secondary and overflow jail, and it is also listed by ICE as a detention facility.
- Nebraska DOC covers sentenced state-prison custody, not new Perkins County bookings or local bond questions.
Search Perkins County Inmate Records
The Keith County current roster is a list-style roster rather than a name-search form. It displayed male and female sections, roster run date and time, a population summary, and roster fields that included JailId, Photo, Name, Charges, Current Disposition, Total Bail, SID#, Book Date, Attorney, Next Court Date, Arresting Agency, and Release Date. The most important Perkins clue is the arresting-agency field. A line such as "Perkins Co SO Grant" connects the out-of-county jail record back to the Perkins County Sheriff.
The manifest capture from the Perkins County Sheriff Office page shows the local sheriff contact block and jail-management note used for the fallback path.
That local contact matters when the roster is hosted by Keith or Lincoln but the arrest report, transfer question, or records request belongs to Perkins County.
- Open the Keith County Jail current roster and check the roster run date before reading any record.
- Use browser find for the last name because the Keith roster is a list, not a search form.
- Read the arresting agency line to see whether the person was booked by Perkins County Sheriff.
- If no record appears, call Keith County Jail, then check Lincoln County Detention Center.
- For sentenced state custody, switch to the NDCS locator instead of the county roster.
Perkins County Roster Fields
The roster fields are useful, but they are not the whole case file. Booking charges are intake entries. Formal charges, hearings, dispositions, and financial entries appear in the court record after the prosecutor files the case. For a deeper custody walkthrough, the Perkins County jail inmate records page separates roster fields from court and DOC records.
| Field label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Run Date/Time | Roster timestamp | n/a | Shows how fresh the current list is. |
| JailId | Text/list field | n/a | Local jail identifier. |
| Photo | Image column | n/a | Photo column is present, but image detail was not captured in text. |
| Name | Text/list field | n/a | Last-name-first roster format. |
| Charges | Text/list field | n/a | Booking charges can differ from filed court charges. |
| Total Bail | Numeric/list field | n/a | Bond type is not fully described on the list. |
| Arresting Agency | Text/list field | n/a | Look for Perkins Co SO Grant on Perkins bookings. |
| Release Date | Date/list field | n/a | May be blank while the person remains in custody. |
State and Federal Inmate Search
County jail custody, state prison custody, federal custody, and immigration custody use different systems. NDCS is the right path after a Perkins County defendant is sentenced to Nebraska prison. The BOP locator is for federal Bureau of Prisons custody, generally after federal sentencing or designation. ICE uses its own detainee locator, and the Lincoln County Detention Center ICE listing matters because Perkins County also uses Lincoln County as a holding site.
The state prison locator image from NDCS incarceration search shows the separate Nebraska search form for state prison records.
Use the state prison form only after local jail custody has changed into state correctional custody.
| Custody type | Where to look | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| County pretrial or short local sentence | Keith or Lincoln roster | Current jail custody, charges, bail, booking data |
| Sentenced Nebraska prisoner | NDCS locator | State prison location, release date, DCS ID search |
| Federal prisoner | BOP inmate locator | Federal sentenced custody, not county booking photos |
| Immigration detainee | ICE detainee locator | ICE custody search by A-number or biographical data |
Past Perkins County Inmate Records
Released Perkins County inmates may not stay visible on a current roster. The research did not find an official Perkins archive, daily booking PDF, or county mugshot gallery. For older booking sheets, arrest reports, or booking photos, the practical route is a Nebraska public-records request to the Perkins County Sheriff or the jail that created the jail record. The request should name the person, date of arrest if known, date of birth if known, and the exact record sought.
NEVCAP is a separate notification and offender-search path. The Nebraska Victims of Crime Alert Portal can help with custody notifications and offender search by supported identifiers.
NEVCAP does not replace the holding jail for live bond, visit, mail, or release questions.
Perkins County Custody Terms
Several terms decide where the record appears. A booking record starts at the jail. A court record starts when the prosecutor files charges. A prison record appears after state commitment. A detainer or hold can stop release even when a local bond seems available.
- Booking
- Jail intake after arrest, including identity, property, photo, fingerprints, charges, and initial custody status.
- Detainer
- A request or hold from another agency that may affect transfer or release.
- PR bond
- Personal recognizance release, which lets a person leave custody based on a promise to return.
- DOC
- The Nebraska Department of Correctional Services, the state prison agency for sentenced prisoners.
Perkins County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Perkins County inmate population?
The best official snapshots found were two inmates on January 5, 2026 and three inmates on January 20, 2026, all housed outside Perkins County at Keith and Lincoln jails. Those are dated counts, not an average daily population.
Where does a Perkins County inmate search start?
Start with the Keith County current roster because Keith County Jail says it serves Perkins County. If the person is not listed, check Lincoln County Detention Center and call the holding jail.
Does Perkins County have a sheriff app?
No official Perkins County Sheriff app or app-only roster was located in the reviewed sources. Use the Keith and Lincoln rosters, NEVCAP, NDCS, and phone fallback channels.
Are booking photos part of the Perkins County inmate population search?
Keith and Lincoln roster materials include a photo field, but the research did not find a separate Perkins mugshot gallery. Booking-photo questions should start with the roster, then move to a records request.