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Nebraska correctional populations of Census 2010 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Adams County Jail 28 Local 5th Street And St. Joseph Hastings 68902 3/31/2006
Antelope County Jail 4 Local 205 E. 6th Neligh 68756 3/31/2006
Boone County Jail 2 Local 217 South 5th Street Albion 68620 3/31/2006
Box Butte County Jail 18 Local Box 636 Alliance 69301 3/31/2006
Brown County Jail 2 Local 142 W. 4th Street Ainsworth 69210 3/31/2006
Buffalo County Jail 50 Local 1500 Central Avenue Kearney 68848-1270 3/31/2006
Butler County Jail 30 Local Courthouse David City 68632 3/31/2006
Cedar County Jail 11 Local Courthouse Hartington 68739-0415 3/31/2006
Chase County Jail 2 Local 921 Broadway Imperial 69033 3/31/2006
Cherry County Jail 9 Local 365 North Main Valentine 69201 3/31/2006
Cheyenne County Jail 19 Local 1000 10th Avenue Sidney 69162 3/31/2006
Clay County Jail 8 Local 104 E. Edgar Clay Center 68933 3/31/2006
Community Correctional Center - Lincoln 298 State 2720 W Van Dorn Srteet Lincoln 68522-9284 Lancaster County 12/30/2005
Community Corrections Center-Omaha 152 State 2320 Avenue J Omaha 68110 Douglas County 12/30/2005
Custer County Jail 9 Local 116 South 11th Broken Bow 68822 3/31/2006
Dakota County Jail 75 Local Courthouse Dakota City 68731 3/31/2006
Dawes County Jail 15 Local 451 Main Street Chadron 69337 3/31/2006
Dawson County Jail 85 Local 709 North Grant Street Lexington 68850 3/31/2006
Diagnostic & Evaluation Center 412 State P.O. Box 22800 Lincoln 68542-2800 Lancaster County 12/30/2005
Dixon County Jail 7 Local 302 3rd Street Ponca 68770 3/31/2006
Dodge County Corrections Department 38 Local 428 North Broad Street Fremont 68025-4962 3/31/2006
Douglas Dept Of Corrections 900 Local 710 South 17th Street Omaha 68102 3/31/2006
Dundy County Jail 1 Local Courthouse Benkelman 69021 3/31/2006
Fillmore County Jail 3 Local 900 G Street Geneva 68361 3/31/2006
Franklin County Jail 8 Local 405 15th Ave Franklin 68939 3/31/2006
Frontier County Jail 4 Local P.O. Box 320 Curtis 69025-0320 3/31/2006
Furnas County Jail 1 Local 912 R Street Beaver City 68926 3/31/2006
Gage County Jail 26 Local 612 Lincoln Blvd. Beatrice 68310 3/31/2006
Garden County Jail 7 Local County Courthouse, 611 Main St. Oshkosh 69154 3/31/2006
Hall County Corrections 123 Local 111 W. 1st St. Grand Island 68801 3/31/2006
Hamilton County Jail 11 Local 715 12th Street Aurora 68818 3/31/2006
Harlan County Jail N/A Local Courthouse Alma 68920 3/31/2006
Hitchcock County Jail 4 Local 229 East D Street Trenton 69044-0306 3/31/2006
Holt County Jail 7 Local North 4th Oneill 68763 3/31/2006
Jefferson County Jail 11 Local 606 3rd St. Fairbury 68352-2610 3/31/2006
Johnson County Jail 4 Local 222 South 4th Street Tecumsah 68450 3/31/2006
Kearney County Jail 7 Local 246 N. Colorado Minden 68959 3/31/2006
Keith County Jail 10 Local 103 E. 5th St. Ogallala 69153 3/31/2006
Kimball County Jail 8 Local 114 E. Third St. Kimball 69145 3/31/2006
Knox County Jail 6 Local Courthouse Center 68724 3/31/2006
Lancaster County 378 Local 605 South 10th Street Lincoln 68508 3/31/2006
Lincoln Correctional Center 506 State P.O. Box 22800 Lincoln 68542-2800 Lancaster County 12/30/2005
Lincoln County Jail 42 Local 302 N. Jeffers North Platte 69101 3/31/2006
Madison County Jail 65 Local Courthouse Madison 68748 3/31/2006
Merrick County Jail 7 Local 1821 16th Avenue Central City 68826 3/31/2006
Morrill County Jail 4 Local 6th And L Street Bridgeport 69336 3/31/2006
Nebraska Correctional Center For Women 323 State 1107 Recharge Road York 68467-8003 York County 12/30/2005
Nebraska Correctional Center For Youth 96 State 2610 N 20th Street E Omaha 68110-2730 Douglas County 12/30/2005
Nebraska State Penitentiary 1,201 State P.O. Box 2500 Lincoln 68542-2500 Lancaster County 12/30/2005
Nemaha County Jail 15 Local 1805 N St. Auburn 68305 3/31/2006
Omaha Correctional Center 532 State P.O. Box 11099 Omaha 68111-0099 Douglas County 12/30/2005
Otoe County Jail 7 Local Sheriffs Office Nebraska City 68410 3/31/2006
Phelps County Jail 50 Local 715 5th Avenue, Suite 20 Holdredge 68949-2254 3/31/2006
Pierce County Jail 8 Local 111 W. Court Street Pierce 68767 3/31/2006
Platte County Jail 126 Local 2610 14th St. Columbus 68601 3/31/2006
Polk County Jail 2 Local 251 North Main Street Osceola 68651 3/31/2006
Richardson County Jail 6 Local Courthouse Falls City 68355 3/31/2006
Rock County Jail N/A Local 400 State Street Bassett 68714 3/31/2006
Saline County Jail 65 Local P.O. Box 911 Wilber 68465 3/31/2006
Sarpy County Jail 168 Local 1208 Golden Gate Drive Papillion 68046-2800 3/31/2006
Saunders County Jail 19 Local 354 W. 4th Wahoo 68066 3/31/2006
Scotts Bluff County Jail 58 Local 1725 10th Street Gering 69341 3/31/2006
Seward County Jail 27 Local 261 S. 8th St. Seward 68434 3/31/2006
Sheridan County Jail 16 Local 302&1/2 East 2nd Street Rushville 69360 3/31/2006
Tecumseh State Correctional Institution 851 State 2725 N Hwy 50 Lincoln 68450 Johnson County 12/30/2005
Thayer County Jail 1 Local 324 Olive Avenue Hebron 68370 3/31/2006
Thurston County Jail 22 Local Courthouse Pender 68047 3/31/2006
Valley County Jail 7 Local Courthouse Ord 68862 3/31/2006
Washington County Jail 30 Local 1535 Colfax Blair 68008 3/31/2006
Webster County Jail 3 Local 641 N. Cedar Red Cloud 68970 3/31/2006
York County Jail 14 Local 510 Lincoln Avenue York 68467 3/31/2006

This table draws data from three sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 1, 2010: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date on April 4, 2010.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on December 30, 2005 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2005 [Computer file]. ICPSR24642-v2. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-10-05. doi:10.3886/ICPSR24642
  • Local jails on March 31, 2006 was extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2006 [Computer file]. ICPSR26602-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2010-01-26. doi:10.3886/ICPSR26602

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of March 2010.

For state, federal and local prisons built or expanded in the latter half of the decade, you may find this list of New and Expanded Prisons Since 2000 helpful as well.

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