Johnson County

The Detention Center

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• Operated byJohnson County Sheriff's Office
• AddressThe sheriff's page gives 222 South 4th Street, Tecumseh, NE 68450 as the location holding "the jail and its prisoners," the same address as the Sheriff's Office, but does not give the jail a distinct proper name
• State reporting data"JOHNSONCOSOTECUMSEH" appears with active submission history in the Nebraska Crime Commission's jail record status table — a state source, not the county's own site — consistent with a jail operating at this address
• Capacity, roster, fees, bond info, inspections, PREA, deaths, contractsNot published on the pages reviewed

Source: Johnson County Sheriff · checked 2026-08-25

• ✗The jail is named — not published
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Johnson County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-25. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Lynn Lyon

• Runs the jailPer Neb. Rev. Stat. 47-105 and 23-1703 (no county board of corrections identified for Johnson County); the sheriff's own page states "charge and custody of the jail and its prisoners"
• Office222 South 4th Street, Tecumseh, NE 68450 (mailing: PO Box 335)
• Contact(402) 335-3307, fax (402) 335-2737; walk-in hours Mon–Fri 8:00am–4:30pm, call-in 24 hours
• State/jurisdiction checkConfirmed as Johnson County, Nebraska — not to be confused with the much larger Johnson County, Kansas

Source: Johnson County Sheriff · checked 2026-08-25

The Judges

Nebraska uses merit selection with retention elections for every trial court judge, including the county court judge who sets bail at first appearance. The Governor appoints from a list submitted by a judicial nominating commission (Neb. Const. Art. V, sec. 21). No sitting judge's name for Johnson County was found on a source opened this session.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-25

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
• The boardBoard of County Commissioners →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →