Hooker Booking Contact Overview
The Hooker County Sheriff's Office is the local law-enforcement and records point for recent Hooker County arrests, sheriff reports, local warrant questions, and jail or booking questions that are not answered by a public roster. The official sheriff page names Sheriff Todd Yost and lists the office in Mullen. It also uses Nebraska sheriff-duty language stating that the sheriff has charge and custody of the jail and prisoners except where a board of corrections has those duties.
The same research found no Hooker County jail operations page, current local jail roster, visitation schedule, commissary policy, booking report, mugshot gallery, bed count, or detention center page on the county site. Because of that gap, the office should be described carefully as a holding, booking, and records contact, not as a published long-term inmate roster facility. The Nebraska Auditor interlocal filing identifies Lincoln County Jail service for Hooker County from 7/1/2020 to indefinite, which makes Lincoln County Detention Center the serving jail source for many custody confirmations.
The screenshot used here comes from the official Hooker County Sheriff page.
That source is the local agency page to use before assuming a person appears in a separate Hooker County jail database.
Hooker County Holding Population
Official sources did not publish an active Hooker County local jail capacity or a current Hooker County jail population. They also did not publish a roster count, annual booking total, average daily population, sex split, charge split, or long-term jail housing report for a Mullen facility. The strongest operational statistic is the interlocal jail-service relationship with Lincoln County Jail, plus the reported $50 per day rate and $9,230 amount used as lid exemption during the 2020-2021 reporting period.
That amount should be used only as service context. It should not be converted into a firm inmate population count because the source does not state whether the amount represents all inmate-days, partial billing, or another expenditure category. For a current Hooker County inmate search, the practical question is not how many beds are in Mullen. It is whether the person is still in local processing, has been transported to Lincoln County Detention Center, is listed in NEVCAP, has moved to NDCS, or is under federal or immigration authority.
Search Hooker Booking Records
A Hooker County custody search starts with the sheriff because the county site does not publish its own inmate roster. The sheriff can confirm whether the person was arrested by Hooker County law enforcement, whether a report or booking record exists, and whether the person was transferred or lodged elsewhere. Then use the Lincoln County Sheriff inmate roster because the Nebraska Auditor filing ties Hooker County jail service to Lincoln County Jail. Use NEVCAP for victim notification and offender or booking lookup when the portal has a match.
- Call the Hooker County Sheriff's Office for a recent arrest, local booking status, report request, or transfer question.
- Search the Lincoln County Detention Center roster for the person's name, charge, disposition, book date, and release field.
- Search NEVCAP by name or exact offender or booking ID when custody notification is the goal.
- Use the NDCS locator only for sentenced state-prison custody, not a new Hooker County jail booking.
- Use BOP or ICE systems only when federal sentenced custody or immigration detention is involved.
For a current county-jail question, the Hooker County jail inmate records workflow is sheriff first, Lincoln roster second, and state or federal locators only after the custody type supports that move. A no-result search is not proof that no arrest happened. The person may have been released, not accepted at the serving jail, held under a different agency name, or not yet reflected in a public system.
Hooker Sheriff Address Contact
The Hooker County Sheriff's Office contact card belongs on any facility-style page for this local booking contact because it is the county's direct office for sheriff records and recent arrest questions. The county phone directory confirms the sheriff number, and the sheriff page lists both street and mailing addresses. No separate jail information line was located for Hooker County, so the sheriff phone is the local contact channel.
Hooker County Sheriff's Office
303 NW 1st Street
Mullen, NE 69152
Mailing: PO Box 213, Mullen, NE 69152
308-546-2290
Fax: 308-546-2490
Lincoln County Detention Center
302 North Jeffers Street
North Platte, NE 69101
(308) 535-9599
Serving jail confirmation for Hooker County jail-service detainees.
Hooker County Visit Rules
No Hooker County local visitation schedule was found on the county website. The published visitation rules that apply in the documented jail-service path are the Lincoln County Detention Center rules when the person is held in North Platte. Before making the drive from Hooker County, confirm that the inmate is actually at Lincoln County Detention Center and that the visitor is approved for the selected visit type.
| Custody Location | Schedule | What to Confirm |
|---|---|---|
| Hooker County Sheriff's Office | No public jail visitation schedule located | Call the sheriff for local processing or records questions. |
| Lincoln County onsite non-contact | Monday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. | Custody, visitor ID, two-visitor limit, minor rules, and arrival time. |
| Lincoln County remote video | 6:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. | Account setup, approval, remote vendor access, and current jail rules. |
Lincoln County requires federally or state-issued photo ID and states that visitors are subject to search. Visits may be monitored or recorded. Minors need the documented adult and proof described in the rules. A protection or no-contact order can bar a visit and may lead to arrest if the person appears anyway.
Note: Do not drive to North Platte for a visit until the sheriff or detention center confirms custody and visit eligibility.
Hooker Booking Mail Money
No Hooker County local commissary, inmate mail, phone, video, or deposit policy was found for a Mullen jail facility. If the person is housed at Lincoln County Detention Center, Lincoln County's published inmate-service pages control. If the person has moved to state prison, NDCS rules control. If the person is in immigration or federal custody, ICE, BOP, U.S. Marshals, or the holding facility's rules may control.
| Service Question | Use This Channel | Documented Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Mail at Hooker local office | Call Hooker County Sheriff | No local inmate postal-mail policy located. |
| Commissary if held at Lincoln | JailATM, cash or money order at facility, or lobby kiosk | Exact deposit fee not published on Lincoln page. |
| Phone if held at Lincoln | Prodigy prepaid collect or PIN debit | $5.95 live operator deposit fee; $3.00 IVR deposit fee. |
| Bond or online payment | Lincoln remote payment links if directed | Official page says to contact the sheriff before online payment. |
The Lincoln County remote payment screenshot below comes from the official remote payments source.
The important point for Hooker County users is the warning to contact the sheriff before paying online, because a hold, court order, or wrong facility can make payment ineffective.
Hooker County Booking Intake
Hooker County does not publish a detailed booking workflow, so the accurate description combines the sheriff facts, the Lincoln County service relationship, and Nebraska Jail Standards topics. A typical path is arrest by the Hooker County sheriff or assisting agency, identity and warrant checks, local report or booking coordination, transport or lodging when detention is required, intake at the serving jail if accepted, and later court handling in Hooker County Court or district court depending on the charge level.
Intake is the jail entry process. It may include a search, property inventory, booking photograph, fingerprints, medical screening, charge or hold entry, classification, and access to phone or communication systems. Classification is the process a jail uses to decide housing and supervision needs. A detainer is a hold from another agency, and it may prevent release even when a local bond is posted.
- Local booking contact
- The sheriff office that can confirm recent local arrest facts and records before a person appears in a serving jail roster.
- Serving jail
- The jail that houses the person when Hooker County uses contracted jail service outside the county.
- Records request
- A focused written request for a specific sheriff, booking, or incident record, subject to Nebraska public-record limits and redactions.
About Hooker Booking Records
The Hooker County sheriff page and duties page describe broad sheriff functions: serving process, keeping the peace, investigating crimes, attending court when required, apprehending criminals, civil process, coroner duties where no coroner serves, extraditions, and custody duties under Nebraska law. Those are local law-enforcement duties. They do not create a public online roster by themselves.
For public-records access, Hooker County has a public-records page but no detailed sheriff records-request form was located. A useful request should identify the person, date of arrest or incident, type of record requested, and requestor contact information. Ask for any copying fee or redaction issue before records are produced. Nebraska public records law provides a baseline right to inspect and copy public records, but law-enforcement, criminal-history, juvenile, sealed, privacy-sensitive, or investigatory material may be withheld or redacted.
Hooker County has no official sheriff or Mullen police app located in the research. The mobile-friendly path is still direct phone contact, the Lincoln County roster, NEVCAP, NDCS, BOP, and ICE as appropriate. For the serving jail's full facility detail, see Lincoln County Detention Center.
Note: Treat the sheriff office as the local arrest and records contact, not a published long-term inmate roster.