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Nebraska correctional populations of Census 2020 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 Co. Jail 32 Local 12/31/2013
Antelope Co. Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Boone Co. Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Box Butte Co. Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Brown Co. Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Buffalo Co. Jail 106 Local 12/31/2013
Butler Co. Detention 23 Local 12/31/2013
Cass County Detention Facility 78 Local 12/31/2013
Cedar Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Chase County Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Cherry County Justice Center 7 Local 12/31/2013
Cheyenne Co. Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Clay Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Community Correctional Center - Lincoln 336 State 2720 W Van Dorn Srteet Lincoln 68522 Lancaster 6/30/2012
Community Corrections Center - Omaha 159 State 2320 Avenue J Omaha 68110 Douglas 6/30/2012
Custer Co. Jail 10 Local 12/31/2013
Dakota Co. Jail 108 Local 12/31/2013
Dawes Co. Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Dawson Co. Jail 89 Local 12/31/2013
Diagnostic & Evaluation Center 468 State 3220 West Van Dorn Lincoln 68522 Lancaster 6/30/2012
Dixon Co. Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Douglas Department of Corrections 1,203 Local 12/31/2013
Dundy Co. Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Fillmore Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Franklin County Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Frontier Co. Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Furnas Co. Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Gage Co. Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
Hall County Department of Corrections 178 Local 12/31/2013
Hamilton Co. Jail 8 Local 12/31/2013
Harlan Co. Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Hitchcock Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Holt Co. Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Jefferson Co. Jail 13 Local 12/31/2013
Johnson Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Kearney Co. Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Keith Co. Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Kimball Co. Jail 10 Local 12/31/2013
Knox Co. Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Lancaster County Jail Complex 568 Local 12/31/2013
Lincoln Correctional Center 502 State 3216 West Van Dorn Street Lincoln 68522 Lancaster 6/30/2012
Lincoln County Detention Center 108 Local 12/31/2013
Madison Co. Jail 81 Local 12/31/2013
Merrick Co. Jail 10 Local 12/31/2013
Morrill Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Nebraska Correctional Center For Women 250 State 1107 Recharge Road York 68467 York 6/30/2012
Nebraska Correctional Center For Youth 65 State 2610 North 20Th Street East Omaha 98110 Kitsap 6/30/2012
Nebraska State Penitentiary 1,242 State 4201 S. 14Th Street Lincoln 68502 Lancaster 6/30/2012
Nemaha Co. Jail 7 Local 12/31/2013
Omaha Correctional Center 563 State 2323 Avenue J Omaha 68110 Douglas 6/30/2012
Omaha Tribal Police Department And Adult Detention/F N/A Indian Country 6/30/2016
Otoe Co. Jail 18 Local 12/31/2013
Phelps Co. Corr. 32 Local 12/31/2013
Pierce Co. Jail 10 Local 12/31/2013
Platte Co. Det. Fac. 79 Local 12/31/2013
Polk Co. Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Rock Co. Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Saline Co. Jail 77 Local 12/31/2013
Sarpy Co. Jail 133 Local 12/31/2013
Saunders Co. Jail 119 Local 12/31/2013
Scotts Bluff Co.Detention Center 161 Local 12/31/2013
Seward Co. Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Sheridan County Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Tecumseh State Correctional Institution 923 State 2725 N Highway 50 Tecumseh 68450 Johnson 6/30/2012
Thayer Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Thurston Co. Jail 13 Local 12/31/2013
Valley Co. Jail 7 Local 12/31/2013
Washington Co. Jail 25 Local 12/31/2013
Webster Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Work Ethic Camp - MCCook 148 State 2309 N Highway 83 Mccook 69001 Red Willow 6/30/2012
York Co. Jail 23 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

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 April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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