Madison County Jail Inmate Lookup

Madison County Jail Overview

Madison County Jail is the primary adult jail for Madison County and is operated by the Madison County Sheriff's Department. The sheriff's corrections page places the jail at 1313 N. Main Street in Madison and describes it as attached to the Madison County Courthouse. That shared courthouse and sheriff complex matters for records work because the same address is used for jail visits, bond posting, sheriff business, county court, district court, and county attorney business.

The jail holds adult pretrial detainees, people serving county-jail sentences, and other local custody entries shown on the sheriff's current roster. It is not a Nebraska Department of Correctional Services prison, not the Northeast Nebraska Juvenile Services Detention Center, and not a federal or ICE detention center. If a Madison County case has moved to a state prison sentence, the right search path becomes the NDCS locator rather than the county roster.

The sheriff's official corrections page is the source for the facility overview and capacity. The screenshot below shows the public jail page where the county posts the adult jail description, address, mail format, and bond note.

Use that sheriff corrections page for the facility baseline, then use the current roster and jail office contacts for live custody questions because population and bond status can change quickly.

Madison County Jail Capacity and Population

The sheriff's corrections information page states that Madison County Jail is a 120-bed facility. The inspected sheriff roster run dated 06/20/2026 at 06:00 showed 64 current adult roster entries: 53 male, 11 female, and 0 other. That roster count is a point-in-time custody number, not an annual average daily population and not a booking total. Using the 120-bed capacity, the inspected roster represented about 53 percent of rated beds at that moment.

Madison County publishes a strong current roster and a clear capacity figure, but official annual bookings, average daily adult jail population, average length of stay, and multi-year county-specific adult jail trends were not located in the county pages reviewed. The Nebraska Crime Commission's jail demographic data portal is the state-level place to check for broader jail statistics when those figures are needed.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Madison County Jail

The correct adult lookup source is the Madison County Sheriff's current roster at madisonsheriffne.gov/wp-content/uploads/inmates/inmateroster.html. The roster is free and public, but it is a static HTML roster rather than a search form. It shows the run date and time, separates entries by gender section, and includes booking photos, Jail ID, name, charges, disposition, total bail, book date, attorney, next court date, arresting agency, and release-date label.

1. Open the sheriff's roster landing page or the direct current roster URL.
2. Use the browser find command to search for a last name because the roster does not provide its own search box or filter.
3. Match the person by name, Jail ID, book date, arresting agency, and charge information.
4. Read each charge row separately because one booking can show multiple charges with different dispositions or bail amounts.
5. If the person is not listed, check the jail office, court records, NDCS, BOP, ICE, or NEVCAP depending on the custody path.

The sheriff's current inmate roster is also the source for booking photos while an entry appears online. The screenshot below shows the roster format with photos, charges, bail, and population totals.

Do not use the adult roster for the juvenile detention center next door. Juvenile records are controlled through the juvenile facility, courts, guardians, and confidentiality rules, not through the adult sheriff roster.

Madison County Jail Address and Contact

For live custody, bond, and visit questions, use the jail office or sheriff contact channels rather than relying only on a roster screenshot. The county contact directory lists the jail line as 402-454-3311 ext. 161 and the sheriff line as 402-454-3311 ext. 700. The Spanish jail information page lists the jail office number as 402-454-1333 and notes that bonds are posted at the Madison County Sheriff's Office.

Visiting Someone at Madison County Jail

Madison County Jail publishes on-site video visitation rules through the sheriff's jail visitation schedule and rules. Visitors must register at least 15 minutes before the scheduled visitation time. Each inmate may have four 30-minute visits per week. Visitors need government-issued photo identification, and minors must be with a parent or legal guardian with proof of guardianship. The facility limits the visitation area to seven visitors per session on a first-come, first-served basis.

The sheriff's visitation page also publishes dress and conduct rules. Shirts and shoes are required. The rules ban halter tops, swimsuits, short shorts, exposed chest, back, breast, thighs, or midsection, profane or offensive clothing, spandex, tights, leggings, tank tops, and clothing staff considers improper. Cameras, cell phones, recording devices, food, drinks, and smoking are not allowed in the visiting area.

The sheriff's visitation rules page is the source for the schedule, visitor ID rules, dress code, and special-visit limits. The screenshot below captures the official rules page used for the table above.

Special visits are limited to hardship, death in the family, or travel over 150 miles. The inmate must request the special visit 24 hours in advance, immediate family only may visit, and only one special visit is allowed every 30 days.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Madison County Jail

Adult jail mail uses the PO Box format published by the sheriff. Bond is posted at the Madison County Sheriff's Office, and the Spanish jail page says an ATM is available in the sheriff's department lobby and correct change is preferred. The sheriff navigation includes CIDNET Public Portal, Jail ATM, and NEVCAP links, but the official county pages reviewed did not publish a complete commissary fee table for Madison County Jail.

Booking and Intake at Madison County Jail

Madison County does not publish a full adult booking manual, but the roster and Nebraska Jail Standards show what the process creates. A sheriff's deputy, Norfolk Police officer, Nebraska State Patrol officer, or other agency may bring an arrestee to the jail. Jail staff verify identity, authority for custody, arresting agency information, and admission details. A local jail record is created, the Jail ID appears on the roster, and a booking photo is taken for identification under Nebraska jail standards.

The public roster is a custody-side record. It can show arresting agency, charges, current disposition, total bail, book date, attorney, next court date, and release-date label, but it does not display a full case number, housing unit, race, date of birth, height, weight, or bond type. After arrest, the Madison County Attorney reviews law-enforcement reports and decides what charges are filed in court. That means the roster charge text can differ from the formal court record later found through Madison County Court, District Court, the Nebraska JUSTICE search, or the court calendar.

About Madison County Jail

Madison County Jail is part of the local public-safety and court complex in Madison. It supports adult custody for the county, including bookings from the sheriff's office, Norfolk Police, Nebraska State Patrol, and other agencies reflected on the roster. The facility has a published 120-bed capacity and is subject to Nebraska Jail Standards oversight. State jail standards cover records and statistics, admission and release, classification, security, mail, visiting, telephone access, health services, food services, discipline, grievances, and inmate rights.

Program details are limited in the official sheriff pages reviewed. The sheriff's visitation material focuses on inmate handbook rules for public visits, special visits, professional visitors, attorney visits, contraband, dress, children, and recording-device restrictions. For custody-event notifications, use Nebraska's victim notification portal, NEVCAP, when available. For sentenced prison custody after a Madison County case, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services locator instead of the county jail roster.