This is a private reference site, not the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office, the jail, the courts, NDCS, BOP, or ICE. We cannot confirm custody, release an inmate, post bond, schedule visitation, send money, or obtain an official booking record for you. Use the official office below that matches the record or custody issue.
Where to Ask About a Red Willow County Record
For local jail and sheriff records, start with the Red Willow County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center at 516 Norris Avenue, McCook, NE 69001. Jail questions go to (308) 345-8682 Monday-Friday. The sheriff's non-emergency number is (308) 345-1850, fax is (308) 345-1503, and email is info@rwsheriff.org. The records desk is open Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., except holidays. Local criminal history requests are made by mail or in person with the Criminal History Request Form and a $10 fee.
Use the list below to match the question to the right official channel.
- For a person who may be held in the county jail, use jail inmate records and contact the Red Willow County Detention Center at (308) 345-8682.
- For booking-photo questions, read jail roster mugshots and ask the sheriff records desk whether a releasable booking photo exists.
- For charges filed after an arrest, use court records after a jail arrest. Red Willow County Court is at 502 Norris Avenue, McCook, NE 69001, phone (308) 345-1904, and is open Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. District Court can be reached at (308) 345-4583.
- For McCook Police Department records or public criminal history checks tied to that agency, call (308) 345-3450.
- For a specific local facility, use the pages for Red Willow County Detention Center or McCook Detention Center.
- For a sentenced Nebraska state prisoner, use the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services incarceration record search rather than the county jail phone line.
- For a sentenced federal prisoner, use the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator. For immigration custody, use the ICE Online Detainee Locator; urgent detainee messages for McCook Detention Center go to (308) 345-8405.