This is a private reference site, not a government office. We cannot confirm whether someone is in custody, release a person, post bond, schedule jail visits, or retrieve official booking records. For those actions, use the official office that holds the record or custody authority.
Official Custody and Records Contacts
For a Thomas County Jail custody check or a local booking-record request, start with the sheriff's office. The official county research lists Sheriff William Joseph Smith and states that the sheriff manages the county jail.
Thomas County Sheriff's Office / Thomas County Jail503 Main St, Thedford, NE 69166
Mailing: PO Box 82, Thedford, NE 69166
Phone: 308-645-2221
Non-emergency dispatch: 308-942-3435
Fax: 308-645-2623
Email: sheriff@thomascountyne.gov
Emergency: 911
Published office hours are Monday through Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.; closed weekends and holidays.
Use the most specific route below for the record or person you are trying to locate.
- For someone believed to be in the county jail, use jail inmate records and call the sheriff because Thomas County does not publish an official online roster.
- For booking photos, use jail roster mugshots and ask the sheriff whether a public-records request is required.
- For charges after a Thomas County arrest, use court records after a jail arrest and the Nebraska Judicial Branch or JUSTICE systems.
- For the local detention facility page, see Thomas County Jail.
- For a sentenced Nebraska state prisoner, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services incarceration records locator and NEVCAP when notification information is needed.
- For federal or immigration custody, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator or the ICE Online Detainee Locator instead of the county jail path.