Lincoln County

The Detention Center

Lincoln County Jail (Detention Center)

• Operated byLincoln County Sheriff's Office
• Address302 North Jeffers Street, North Platte, NE 69101 (shared with the Sheriff's Office)
• ContactSheriff's Office: 308-535-9599; Detention Center: 308-535-9598, per a 2019 employment-application document
• Budget line items (FY2022-23 adopted budget)Sheriff (line 651): $2,715,288 adopted; County Jail (line 671): $3,241,950 adopted
• Related budget lines"Jail Building & Grounds" (line 642, $156,085–$230,450 across the years shown), a "Jail Bond Fund," and a "Jail Building Fund" all appear as separate lines in the county's own budget document

Source: Lincoln County FY2022-23 Adopted Budget · checked 2026-08-25

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✓What it costs taxpayers
• ✗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 Lincoln 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 byCounty general fund plus a dedicated "Jail Building Fund" and "Jail Bond Fund," per the county's own budget document
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Not found

• Runs the jailYes, per the county's own budget document, which lists both a "Sheriff" department (line 651) and a "County Jail" department (line 671) as county-funded operations
• How the office is filledElected on a partisan ballot to a four-year term (Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-520)
• What was triedA Lincoln County Sheriff's Office employment-application PDF dated 2019 named "Jerome Kramer" as Sheriff and "Roland Kramer" as Chief Deputy, but that source is roughly seven years old and could not be confirmed as still current, so the name is not recorded here per the rule that a former officeholder is worse than "Not found"; https://lincolncountyne.gov/employment-opportunities/ (current site, confirms "Sheriff" as a live nav item but does not name the officeholder); https://lincolncountyne.gov/ (root site, blocked by provenance)

Source: · checked 2026-08-25

The Judges

Nebraska judges are state judicial officers, not county officials, chosen by merit selection: the Governor appoints from a judicial nominating commission's list, then the judge faces a retention election. The county court judge sets bail at first appearance. Specific current judges for Lincoln County's district were not located within the search budget for this group.

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 →