A rendering of Sarpy County’s future jail at 84th Street and Nebraska Highway 370 in Papillion. The new jail will offer more mental health services.

The new 150,000-square-foot jail, on the county’s campus near 84th Street and Nebraska Highway 370, is aimed at easing overcrowding and will have more space for programming and services to help ...

Sarpy County will use cash on hand to pay the $1,050,000 purchase price for the land. "This is the first step, but an important step, toward improving mental health care in Sarpy County," said ...

The Sarpy County Jail is built to house 148 people. Kelly said the average number of inmates fluctuates around 180. "This is the second year in a row we've been notified by the state that our jail ...

Right now, the Sarpy County Jail is designed to handle 168 inmates at a time. But, there's been a number of days in the past few years where that number has exceeded 200.

Many county services were moved to the new Sarpy County 1102 Building for the loss of parking spaces and construction. But all court-related services are still at the Sapy Courthouse Campus.

Law enforcement with the Sarpy County Sheriff's Office will soon make more money.The county board approved a new contract ...

But soon, it'll have the first-ever Sarpy County Sheriff's Office precinct. "It gives us access to be able to communicate quicker and work together closer," said Gretna Mayor Mike Evans. "We're not ...

PAPILLION — Sarpy County officials are planning to switch control of the jail from the sheriff's office to a civilian corrections staff and director.