Kimball County Jail Overview
Kimball County Jail is the primary and only confirmed local detention facility in the Kimball County facility map for this build. The jail is operated by the Kimball County Sheriff's Office at 114 East 3rd St, Kimball, NE 69145. The official county sheriff page identifies Sheriff David Hottell and says the Sheriff's Office is responsible for operation of the county jail and for safe and secure housing of persons remanded to the sheriff's custody.
The facility is a county jail and local adult detention facility, not a state prison, federal prison, immigration detention center, city jail, or regional jail. The City of Kimball has a police department, but the research did not confirm a separate city jail. When a city arrest results in jail housing, the custody point to check is the sheriff and county jail route.
The official Kimball County homepage and county office materials place the courthouse and county services at the same East 3rd Street address used in the jail and sheriff records.
The Kimball County Sheriff's county jail page is the local source for bond, inmate phones, texting, jail standards language, visitation rules, and property rules.
Kimball County Jail Capacity and Population
No current rated capacity or current average daily population was located on official Kimball County or sheriff pages. A dated correctional-facility dataset from Prisoners of the Census lists Kimball Co. Jail with 10 people as of 12/31/2013. That figure is useful as historical context, but it should not be treated as the current bed count, design capacity, average daily population, or live headcount.
Because Kimball County is a small rural county, even a small change in jail occupancy can change the apparent custody rate. For live custody status, use NEVCAP or call the sheriff. For planning-level population data, Nebraska Crime Commission jail demographic data may provide statewide context, but the exact Kimball current figure was not extracted in the research file.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Kimball County Jail
The correct online lookup for this county jail is NEVCAP, the Nebraska Victims of Crime Alert Portal. The Kimball County jail page links NEVCAP as the place to check who is in jail. NEVCAP's facility list includes Kimball County Sheriff's Office Kimball with facility code NB0530000.
- Open the NEVCAP offender search linked by the sheriff's jail materials.
- Search by last name, then add first name, date of birth, age, or age range if needed.
- Use the facility field to narrow to Kimball County Sheriff's Office Kimball when the interface offers a facility selection.
- Confirm the agency or location description, such as Kimball Co. S.O., before assuming the record belongs to this jail.
- Call (308) 235-3615 when the record does not show bond, charges, booking photo, court date, release timing, or property instructions.
Kimball NEVCAP records inspected in the research showed identity and custody-status fields, but did not show charges, bond, mugshots, booking date and time, court date, housing unit, projected release date, or detainer flags. Use Nebraska court records for filed charges and hearing information after arrest.
Kimball County Jail Address and Contact
The jail, sheriff, and courthouse address information point to the same East 3rd Street complex. Call before traveling if the reason for the visit is bond, custody confirmation, property, mail, accessibility, or a visit schedule question.
Kimball County Jail
114 East 3rd St
Kimball, NE 69145
(308) 235-3615
Sheriff and jail information line
County Courthouse
114 East 3rd Street
Kimball, NE 69145
(308) 235-2241
Monday-Thursday 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
The official Kimball County sheriff page also provides the sheriff contact information and links tied to jail operations.
Visiting Someone at Kimball County Jail
Kimball County publishes a concise in-person visitation schedule. Visits are held Mondays and Thursdays from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Visits may be limited to 20 minutes so each inmate has time. Visitation is not allowed on holidays or when the courthouse is closed, which matters because the jail uses the courthouse/sheriff complex address.
Visitors must be 18 or accompanied by a parent, must show photo identification, cannot be on probation, parole, or diversion, and are subject to search before visitation. No separate video-visitation vendor, remote-video schedule, attorney-visit schedule, or detailed dress code was located in the official Kimball jail material.
| Day | Hours | Type | Rules |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | In-person | May be limited to 20 minutes; photo ID required. |
| Thursday | 2:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. | In-person | No visits on holidays or courthouse closures. |
| Attorney visits | Not published | Legal visit | Call the sheriff for current procedure. |
| Video visits | Not published | Not confirmed | No official Kimball video-visitation vendor was located. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Kimball County Jail
The sheriff page states that no personal property will be accepted for inmates during incarceration. Personal items are purchased through the Sheriff's Office with inmate funds. That is a practical rule for families: do not arrive with clothing, hygiene items, packages, or other personal property unless jail staff have specifically told you it will be accepted.
The official jail material links inmate phone service through CIDNET and texting through Reliance Telephone. The research did not locate a detailed mail policy, a commissary fee table, a kiosk fee table, a money-order rule, or a remote-video policy. For letters, books, legal mail, or money questions, call the sheriff before sending anything.
| Service | Provider / Detail | Fees or Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Mail Address | Use Kimball County Jail, 114 East 3rd St, Kimball, NE 69145, and include the inmate's full name and agency offender ID if available. | Exact local mail format not published. |
| Inmate Phone | CIDNET link from sheriff/county page. | Fee schedule not located on county page. |
| Inmate Texting | Reliance Telephone link from sheriff jail page. | Fee schedule not located on county page. |
| Personal Property | No personal property accepted; personal items purchased through the Sheriff's Office with inmate funds. | Item and commissary fee table not located. |
Bond Payment Rules at Kimball County Jail
Kimball County publishes a bond window: inmates are allowed to post bond through the Sheriff's Office daily from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The county page lists cash, bank transfer, or wire transfer, while the sheriff jail page also lists credit card and links to AllPaid for bond payments. Bonds are subject to fines and costs being withheld.
Before paying, confirm the inmate is actually in Kimball County custody, confirm the bond amount, and ask whether any hold or detainer prevents release. NEVCAP did not show bond amounts in inspected Kimball records. Formal bond orders and later changes may appear in Nebraska court records, while the sheriff handles the local custody and payment process.
Booking and Intake at Kimball County Jail
Kimball County does not publish a full local booking procedure. Based on the jail standards framework and local custody description, a person arrested in Kimball County or remanded by a court is transported into sheriff custody. Intake normally includes identification, search, property handling, booking record creation, medical or mental-health screening, classification, and housing assignment.
The public NEVCAP record suggests that the fields visible to the public are limited to identity, custody status, age, date of birth, agency offender ID, gender, race when entered, and location or agency description. Booking charges and later filed charges are not the same thing. The jail record shows custody, while the county attorney and court record show the prosecution path after arrest.
Jail Standards and Annual Inspection
The sheriff jail page says Kimball County Jail is governed by Nebraska Jail Standards Agency rules and inspected annually. The listed inspection areas include jail policy, inmate complaints, physical inspection, menu review for dietary requirements, health and medical records, and the Fire Marshal's annual inspection. The page states that inspection history has held Kimball County to a high level of professionalism and inmate care in a cost-effective manner.
State jail standards documents cover areas such as records and statistics, admission and release, classification and assignment, security and control, mail, visiting, telephone, health services, food services, inmate rights, discipline, grievances, and facility design. Those standards supply context for conditions and procedures when the county does not publish a more detailed local manual.
Directions and Visitor Arrival Notes
The jail is in Kimball at 114 East 3rd St, near the courthouse block. Travelers coming from I-80 generally exit into Kimball and proceed north into the local street grid toward East 3rd Street. Visitors already downtown should use the official sheriff/courthouse address rather than looking for a separate jail public entrance, because a separate public entrance address was not found.
No official visitor-parking lot, parking rate, bus route, rail stop, or ADA visitor entrance instruction was located in the jail instructions. Call ahead for accessibility, parking, holiday closures, and visitation confirmation. Visitor eligibility rules and search requirements should be resolved before traveling.
Records Requests and Court Fallbacks
No dedicated Kimball County Sheriff public-records request form was located on the sheriff page or county jail page. Use Nebraska Public Records Act procedures as the fallback. Ask for a specific record, such as a booking register entry, jail incident report, booking photo if retained and releasable, bond information, jail report, or arrest-related report. Provide the subject's full name, approximate booking date, and requester contact information.
Some records may be withheld or redacted under Nebraska law, including investigatory, medical, security, victim-identifying, and personal financial information. For formal charges, hearings, case status, and dispositions after a booking, use Nebraska JUSTICE, courthouse terminals, or the Nebraska Multi-Court Calendar. For statewide criminal history, use the Nebraska State Patrol criminal history request channel.
Local prosecution and court context comes from the Kimball County Attorney page and the Kimball County District Court page. Those sources help explain why a jail custody record, court case record, warrant index, and criminal-history record may be held in different systems.
Confirm first: Custody status, bond, visit availability, and property rules can change. Call Kimball County Jail before traveling or paying bond.