Custer County Jail / Sheriff's Office Overview
The official Custer County Nebraska sheriff page identifies the sheriff's office at 116 S 11th in Broken Bow and says the office manages the county jail. That makes it relevant to Blaine County users who are trying to trace a person after a rural arrest, especially when the Blaine County Sheriff's Office / Jail Contact Point cannot confirm that the person is currently held in Brewster. The Custer facility is a county jail operated by the Custer County Sheriff's Office, not a state prison, federal prison, or immigration detention center.
The research record does not prove that Blaine County routinely houses prisoners in Custer County. No official Blaine-Custer jail contract was located. The page should therefore avoid saying that Blaine arrestees are held there as a rule. Instead, Custer is best framed as a nearby regional county-jail fallback to check after first calling Blaine County Sheriff's Office / Jail Contact Point. If Custer confirms a booking, physical custody questions such as visits, mail, money, property, release, and phone access belong to Custer, while Blaine County court records may still control Blaine-filed charges.
The manifest includes a subject-matched image from the official Custer County sheriff page. It is useful here because it shows the Nebraska sheriff page that confirms the office location, posted office hours, and jail-management role.
Users should be especially careful with Custer County search results because several prominent "Custer County Sheriff" pages are for Oklahoma, not Nebraska. Those wrong-state pages may include detailed roster, app, visitation, or commissary information that does not apply to Broken Bow, Nebraska and should not be used for Blaine County lookup work.
Custer County Jail Capacity and Population
Custer County has more facility detail in high-authority materials than Blaine County. A Nebraska government juvenile-services plan for the Custer/Blaine/Dawson/Gosper/Greeley/Loup/Valley area describes the Custer sheriff's office in Broken Bow as including a 28-unit jail. A local Broken Bow emergency-services page reported a 26-unit jail and named Dan Osmond as sheriff. Because the official Custer County page confirms jail management but the research contains two different unit counts from different sources, the safest facility description is that high-authority sources report a jail in the 26 to 28 unit range, with the Nebraska government plan specifically giving 28 units.
No current Custer jail population count, daily roster count, or average daily population was captured in the official source sweep. For Blaine County purposes, that means the Custer page can help users understand where to call, but it cannot estimate how many Blaine-area detainees might be housed there. The presence of a nearby jail does not prove that a specific Blaine County arrestee was transferred there.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Custer County Jail / Sheriff's Office
The research did not locate an official Custer County Nebraska online jail roster, booking feed, mugshot gallery, visitation portal, or inmate-account vendor. The lookup path is therefore phone-based and verification-based. Start with Blaine County if the arrest or case is tied to Blaine. Then call Custer County only if Blaine cannot confirm custody, says the person was transferred, or gives a reason to check Broken Bow. If the person has a state-prison sentence, use the NDCS Incarceration Record Search rather than Custer County. If the case is federal or immigration-related, use federal or ICE systems instead of a county jail contact.
- Call Blaine County Sheriff's Office first for a Blaine-area arrest and ask whether the person is held locally, released, bonded out, or transferred.
- If Blaine County points to Custer or cannot confirm the location, call Custer County Sheriff's Office at the Broken Bow number and ask whether the person was booked or transferred there.
- Use full legal name, date of birth or approximate age, date of arrest, arresting agency, and any known court case or warrant information.
- If Custer confirms custody, ask Custer for visitation, mail, phone, property, bond-payment, and release instructions because the holding facility controls those operational rules.
- Search Blaine County court channels separately if the arrest happened in Blaine County, since the court case may remain in Blaine even if the jail bed is outside the county.
| Search Need | Best Starting Point | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Recent Blaine County arrest | Blaine County sheriff | Local custody and transfer status starts with the arresting or county contact point |
| Possible neighboring jail booking | Custer County sheriff | Nearby county-jail fallback, not confirmed Blaine contract housing |
| Sentenced Nebraska prisoner | NDCS locator | State prison custody leaves the county jail system |
| Federal defendant or sentence | BOP locator or U.S. Marshals | Federal custody is a separate system |
| Immigration detention | ICE locator | ICE detention is not tracked by Custer County roster assumptions |
Custer County Jail / Sheriff's Office Address and Contact
The official Custer County Nebraska sheriff page gives the sheriff's office address, phone, and office hours. It also states that the sheriff's office manages the county jail. Treat those office hours as sheriff office hours, not as a confirmed jail visitation schedule. For urgent custody questions, call before traveling and ask which desk or officer can confirm booking, release, bond, or transfer status.
Custer County Jail / Sheriff's Office
116 S 11th
Broken Bow, NE 68822
(308) 872-6418
Office hours listed: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Monday-Friday, closed weekends and holidays
Blaine County First Contact
145 Lincoln Ave
Brewster, NE 68821-9700
(308) 547-2222 Ext 203
Use first for Blaine County arrest or custody questions
If a person was arrested in Blaine County but physically held in Custer County, keep two tracks open. Ask Custer about physical custody, visits, mail, phone, and release logistics. Ask Blaine County Court or the Blaine district court clerk about filed charges, future hearings, and case documents. The physical jail and the court file may be in different counties.
Visiting Someone at Custer County Jail / Sheriff's Office
No official Custer County Nebraska jail visitation schedule was located in the source sweep. The official sheriff page gives office hours, but office hours do not equal jail visiting hours. Do not rely on wrong-state Custer County websites or third-party jail directories for Nebraska visitation rules. If Custer confirms the person is housed there, ask directly about approved visitors, in-person or video visits, identification, children, dress code, prohibited items, attorney visits, and whether visits must be scheduled in advance.
| Facility or System | Schedule Found? | Published Schedule | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Custer County Jail / Sheriff's Office, Broken Bow NE | No jail schedule found | Not published in located official Custer NE sources | Call before travel; office hours are not jail visitation hours |
| Blaine County Sheriff's Office / jail contact point | No | Not published | Confirm whether a person is held locally or elsewhere |
| NDCS prisons | Yes, statewide page exists | Facility-specific through NDCS | Use only after NDCS locator confirms prison custody |
Travel note: Call the holding facility before leaving for Broken Bow. Confirm custody, visit availability, required ID, and whether the person has been moved.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Custer County Jail / Sheriff's Office
The research did not locate an official Custer County Nebraska jail mail format, phone vendor, video vendor, commissary vendor, money-deposit service, fee schedule, or property-release instruction. That means mail and money should wait until Custer confirms the person is housed there and gives the current rules. If Custer is only a place to check, sending mail or deposits before confirmation creates a risk that the item is rejected or sent to the wrong agency.
| Service | Custer County Nebraska Published Status | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| Mail Address | No inmate mail format captured | Ask for exact name, ID, housing, and address format before mailing |
| Phone or Video | No official vendor captured | Ask Custer how calls are set up after custody is confirmed |
| Money Deposit | No official vendor or fee table captured | Do not deposit until Custer gives the current method |
| Commissary | No vendor captured | Ask whether commissary is available and whether limits apply |
| Property | No local form captured | Ask about property release, pickup hours, and identification |
If the person is not in Custer County but has instead entered NDCS, use the state prison mail and money process. NDCS family and friend mail is handled through separate statewide rules, including a central mail address format using the facility name, NDCS, incarcerated individual's name and ID number, and P.O. Box 247, Phoenix, MD 21131. Do not apply Custer County jail assumptions to NDCS mail or deposits.
Booking, Transfer, and Release at Custer County Jail / Sheriff's Office
As a county jail, Custer County may handle local bookings, temporary holds, and release processing for people in its custody. For Blaine County users, the important question is not simply whether Custer has a jail, but whether this person was booked there. Ask whether the person is held on a Custer County charge, a Blaine County case, a warrant, a transfer, or a hold for another agency. The answer affects where to look for bond, court dates, and release conditions.
If the arrest happened in Blaine County, court charges may still be filed in Blaine County even if the person is held in Broken Bow. Booking charges can differ from formal court charges because the prosecutor may file, amend, reduce, add, or dismiss allegations. Use Blaine County court records after a jail arrest for the filed case path, and use jail inmate records for custody and booking-record questions.
| Question | Ask Custer | Ask Blaine or State System |
|---|---|---|
| Is the person physically housed in Broken Bow? | Yes | Ask Blaine only if the arrest or transfer started there |
| What charges were filed in court? | Only if Custer case | Use Blaine County Court or district court clerk for Blaine cases |
| Can money or mail be sent? | Yes, if Custer holds the person | Use NDCS rules if state prison custody applies |
| Is this a federal or ICE hold? | Ask whether a hold exists | Use BOP, USMS, or ICE systems for separate custody |
State, Federal, and ICE Searches When Custer Is Not the Answer
Custer County Jail is still a county jail. It does not replace the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services locator for sentenced state prisoners. The NDCS locator requires last name or DCS ID and can be used after a person has moved from county custody into state prison. Research found no NDCS prison physically located in Blaine County, and Custer County Jail should not be described as a prison intake center.
Federal and immigration custody also require separate checks. The BOP locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and is appropriate after a person is in BOP custody. The U.S. Marshals District of Nebraska can be relevant for federal pretrial custody or transport questions. ICE Online Detainee Locator is used for immigration detention by A-number or by name, country of birth, and birth date. A county sheriff may know that another agency hold exists, but the county jail page is not the official federal or ICE locator.
About Custer County as a Blaine County Fallback
Custer County matters in this Blaine County project because it is a nearby larger county with an operating jail in Broken Bow, and because Blaine County's rural service map points people toward nearby communities for certain services. The Nebraska government juvenile-services plan described the nearest DHHS office as Broken Bow and placed Blaine County within a regional rural context. That does not create a jail contract, but it explains why Broken Bow is a reasonable practical checkpoint when a Blaine County contact cannot resolve a custody question.
Keep the sequence disciplined. Start with the Blaine County sheriff for Blaine arrests. Use Custer as a neighbor check, not as the default answer. Use Blaine County Court and the district court clerk for filed Blaine case records. Use NDCS for state-prison custody, NEVCAP for victim notification, BOP or U.S. Marshals for federal custody, and ICE for immigration detention. This separation prevents the most common mistake in rural jail searches: assuming every custody system updates one county roster.