Otoe County

The Detention Center

Otoe County Corrections Center

• Operated byOtoe County Sheriff's Office (Corrections Division)
• StaffingOverseen by the Sheriff, a Corrections Supervisor, and 2 Sergeants
• OperationOperates around the clock, housing people 'taken into custody by law enforcement or by order of the courts'
• ServicesFree 30-minute video visitation by appointment; work-release program with judge approval; online commissary ordering; fingerprinting ($10 first card, $5 each additional)
• Public rosterAn 'Inmate Roster' page exists at https://otoecountyne.gov/sheriff/divisions/corrections/inmate_roster.php but as fetched displays only 'Coming Soon' — no actual roster data is published

Source: Otoe County Sheriff's Office — Corrections · checked 2026-08-25

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗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 Otoe 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 Not found

• Office phone(402) 873-9500
• Runs the jailYes — the Otoe County Corrections Center is overseen by the Sheriff, a Corrections Supervisor, and 2 Sergeants
• How the office is filledElected on a partisan ballot, four-year term (Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-520)

Source: Otoe County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-25

The Judges

Nebraska's trial courts (District Court and County Court) are state judicial officers, not county officials. All Nebraska judges are merit-selected: the Governor appoints from a judicial nominating commission list, then face retention elections (Neb. Const. Art. V, section 21). No Otoe County Court or District Court judge name was confirmed from a page reached in this research — the county's district court page returned a 404 when fetched.

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 →