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Sheridan County Jail Information

Address

Sheridan County Jail
303 East 2nd Street
Rushville, NE 69360

Phone Number

Phone: (308) 327-2161

The Sheridan County Jail is located at 303 East 2nd Street in Rushville, NE and is a medium security county jail operated by the Sheridan County Sheriff’s Department.

This page will tell you all the information about everything you might want to know about the Sheridan County Jail, like how to find out who’s in jail at the Sheridan County Jail, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures and booking, how to find Sheridan County court records, and more.

Introduction

This guide is meant to give you information and advice that you’ll need to make the process less stressfull. If you have questions, just ask it in the comment section below, and any comments or feedback that would be beneficial to other people in the same situation would be appreciated.

Sheridan County Jail Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that has gone to jail and want to find out where they are? Do you know a family member or friend that’s been arrested and you need to find them?

To look up who is in jail at the Sheridan County Jail you need to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Sheridan County Jail Inmate Search is an online list of individuals who have been arrested, which includes status, and visiting schedule. You can also find info about anybody arrested and processed or released in the past 24 hour period. Inmates are shown in alphabetical order by last name. You will be able to locate their arrest information quicker if you have your friend or family member’s first and last name, birth date, or arrest number.

Sheridan County Jail Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake procedure at the Sheridan County Jail takes you through each of these steps:

You will be placed in a waiting area or cell. When the jail is busy, it will take a while to get processed.

First, you must answer some basic questions, such as your full name, home address, date of birth and an emergency contact, and they’ll also ask about your mental and medical history. Next, you’ll be given an inmate number and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all of your personal property will get taken away from you and stored until you get discharged from jail.

You will be allowed to make a telephone call in order to call a member of your family, friend, or loved one.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, they will let you keep wearing street clothes, but if you are not expected to make bail quickly you you will have to wear a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get released from jail. Getting discharged from jail may take anywhere from 10 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the faster you will be freed. Also, it will depend on whether or not you’ve been given a cash bond or if a judge has to decide on how much to set your bail at. For a minor offense, you will be booked and released on your own recognizance. When you get to the end of your sentence and know the discharge date, expect to be released at any time that day – but usually in the morning.

Sheridan County Jail Visitation

In order to have visitors, inmates have to give each visitor’s full name to the Sheridan County Jail before anyone can visit them. Your visitor’s names will go in a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors must provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Any visitors that arrives for visitation late or without a visiting order will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

The Sheridan County Jail visitation procedures can change, so call the jail at (308) 327-2161 before go to the jail to visit an inmate.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Sheridan County Jail you have to be added to this person’s approved visitation list.

Make sure to take your valid driver’s license or government issued ID when you go to visit or you will not be allowed to enter.

No mobile phones are allowed at Sheridan County Jail, and you will be searched before you can visit. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must obtain the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent prior to a visit. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If the visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is a family member of the inmate, they must be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is under the age of 18 and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know in order to send letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Sheridan County Jail. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Sheridan County Jail is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Sheridan County Jail is:

Sheridan County Jail
303 East 2nd Street
Rushville, NE 69360

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Sheridan County Jail
303 East 2nd Street
Rushville, NE 69360

The Sheridan County Jail mail policy changes often, so you should double check the site before you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Sheridan County Jail. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Sheridan County Jail to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you believe you have an outstanding warrant, you can check arrest warrants inquiry on the website or call the jail directly. You have to have the person’s first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and inquire at the information desk. Bear in mind that there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest, you will be taken into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, by phone, go there in person, or check online. Arrest records are public record and these records are freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are public records and available to anyone. Court Records include a court case file containing a docket and any of the documents filed in your case. You can access your court records on their website, or at Clerk of Court office where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each and every state maintains records of someone’s criminal history. These databases are all linked so you are able to track criminal backgrounds from any other state. You can go to courthouse and make an inquiry, or check the website. It is helpful to know the county, and if it was in a completely different state, you might have to pay for a more intensive search.

When you look up someone’s criminal record you are able to find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for crimes, which include, drug offenses, kidnapping, rape or other sexual assault, violent crimes including assault, battery and murder, or property crimes like theft or larceny.

Money & Commissary

The procedure to send money to someone in jail at the Sheridan County Jail are always changing, so it would be best to review the Sheridan County Jail website when you send any funds.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Sheridan County Jail

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Sheridan County Jail uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (308) 327-2161 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmateâ€™s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Sheridan County Jail store. An inmate can purchase several different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Remember that you will probably need to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell a selection of different products that the inmate can purchase if they have money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, in addition to hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

All phone calls from the Sheridan County Jail are collect calls or through a pre-paid phone account . Jail phone calls are a lot pricier than regular phone calls. Phone calls are restricted on when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates should keep in mind that there are a limited number of phones, so all the inmates must share phone time. If you break the rules, an inmate’s ability to use the phone might get cut back or eliminated completely, as part of the punishment.

Phone Number: (308) 327-2161

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at every facility that they are the exclusive phone provider for, which means that they get to set the prices. The profits off of all phone calls that inmates make are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Sheridan County Jail. The prices are posted and there are at least two pricing tiers based on where the inmate is calling. These three things will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails learning how to decrease your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you significantly on inmate phone calls. There are some circumstances where we won’t be able to save you any money, and in these cases we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone call rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Sheridan County Jail, click the link below.

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