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Lincoln County Detention Center Overview

Lincoln County Detention Center is operated by the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office. It is the primary local jail for arrests routed through Lincoln County, including people held before court, people serving short county sentences, and people held on other lawful holds. The official detention center page places the jail at the sheriff's Pioche station and gives the same main number used for sheriff non-emergency dispatch. The facility is not an NDOC prison, and it should not be searched through the state prison locator unless the person has been transferred after sentencing.

The same building also appears on the ICE detention facility listing for Lincoln County Detention Center. That matters because a person can be physically held at 225 Justice Way while being managed through immigration detention rules. A county booking question and an ICE detainee question may lead to different records, different visit rules, and different locator tools. The county page does not publish a housing-unit chart, an online mugshot feed, a booking report, or a rated capacity figure.

The official county detention center page shows the strongest facility facts: address, jail phone, video visitation, mail routing, and the online deposit link. Readers should treat those facts as the base source for current jail logistics. Court dates, filed charges, bond terms, and immigration status must be confirmed through the jail, the court, the sheriff's public information process, ICE, or the correct state or federal locator.

The county detention page is shown in the screenshot below from the official Lincoln County website.

The page is useful for jail contact, visitation, mail, and deposit details, but it is not a public roster for current Lincoln County inmates.

Lincoln County Detention Center Population

Lincoln County has not published a live average daily population, local rated bed capacity, annual booking total, or current jail dashboard for the detention center in the official county sources reviewed. The best sourced population figure in the research is a dated Census 2020 correctional population count from the Prison Policy Initiative correctional population locator, which lists "Lincoln Co. Det. Ctr." as a local facility with 96 people. That number should not be read as a current roster count or as a county-rated capacity statement.

Look Up Lincoln County Detention Inmates

No official Lincoln County online jail roster was located in the county site review. The correct local lookup path is a fallback chain. Call the jail first for current custody questions, then use the channel that matches the reason the person may be held. A county jail booking, an immigration detainee record, a sentenced NDOC record, and a federal BOP record are not the same record set.

1. Call Lincoln County Sheriff's Office and Detention Center at 775-962-5151 and ask whether the person is currently housed at Lincoln County Detention Center.
2. Ask whether a booking or inmate number is available, since Lincoln County mail must include the inmate number in the address line.
3. Use Nevada VINE through VINELink for custody-status lookup and notification when available.
4. Search ICE ODLS if the person may be in immigration custody at the same jail.
5. Search the NDOC offender search or the BOP inmate locator only if the person has moved into state or federal custody.
6. For booking records, arrest reports, body-worn camera video, or aggregate data, use the sheriff's public information request process.

Lincoln County Detention Center Contact

The jail and sheriff's main Pioche station share the Justice Way address. The county also lists PO Box 570 as the mail route for sheriff and detention materials. County office hours shown on the broader county site are Monday through Thursday, but the sheriff page says the non-emergency and dispatch number is answered 24 hours per day, seven days per week. Call before traveling because ordinary public visits are not handled as walk-in social visits.

Lincoln County Detention Visitation

Lincoln County says all ordinary inmate visitation is by video through NCIC. The county detention page states there is no in-person visitation at this time except legal and religious purposes, and video terminals are available at the detention center. Attorney and religious visits are separate from ordinary social visits and should be arranged through the facility before arrival.

ICE custody adds a second layer. The ICE facility listing for Lincoln County Detention Center states detainees are allowed non-contact visitation and gives a Monday through Friday daytime window in the source research. Because the same physical jail can hold different custody classes, visitors should verify whether the person is a county inmate or an ICE detainee before planning a visit.

The county's video visit vendor is shown in the NCIC screenshot below.

NCIC is a communications and video-visitation vendor, not the official Lincoln County jail roster.

Lincoln County Detention Mail and Money

Mail for Lincoln County Detention Center inmates goes to PO Box 570 in Pioche. The county detention page says the inmate number must be included in the address line. That makes the phone lookup important before sending mail, since a letter without the correct inmate number may not route cleanly. The county also says no personal items or information will be passed from detention staff to inmates; materials must be sent by mail or handled through legal counsel where appropriate.

Lincoln County links inmate account deposits to JailATM. The research did not locate a public county fee schedule for deposits, commissary order deadlines, kiosk availability, phone rates, tablet rules, or message costs. JailATM requires account access to continue, so users should verify fee and funding limits in the portal before paying.

The county-linked deposit option appears through the JailATM web deposit portal.

Use the portal only after confirming the person is actually in Lincoln County jail custody and obtaining any needed inmate number.

Lincoln County Detention Booking

A local arrest usually routes through identification, search, property inventory, booking record creation, fingerprinting and booking photo when required, health or safety screening, classification, and housing. Lincoln County does not publish a new-booking refresh time or a daily booking report, so a recent arrest may have to be confirmed by phone. A booking charge is not always the final court charge. The prosecutor and court process can change, reduce, dismiss, or replace an initial custody label.

Booking number

A local custody identifier. Lincoln County mail instructions make this number important for addressing inmate mail.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency, such as immigration, parole, another county, or federal authorities.

Remand

A court order sending or returning a person to custody.

Classification

The jail's housing and security review after intake.

Lincoln County Detention Records

The sheriff's forms page says LCSO provides access to public records under Nevada's Public Records Act, NRS Chapter 239. The public information request form can be used for an incident crime report, arrest report, body-worn camera video, voluntary statements, purchase agreements, and aggregate data. The form asks for the requestor's name, mailing address, phone, email, request date, requested records, incident report checkbox and report number when known, signature, and date.

Requests may be submitted by email to FOIA@lincolncountynv.gov, by mail to Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, PO Box 570, Pioche, NV 89043, or in person. The form states Nevada law provides five business days to respond. A response is not the same as a guarantee that the full record will be released. The sheriff warns that records are not warranted as complete or accurate, law-enforcement records may be exempt or redacted, and juvenile records are not subject to release.

For broader custody routing, Lincoln County jail inmate records should be checked separately from court filings and state prison records.

About Lincoln County Detention Center

The detention center sits in Pioche, the county seat, while court offices use the Lincoln County Courthouse address on North Main Street. That local geography matters. Court hearings, case copies, and filed charges are handled through the courts; custody, visits, mail, inmate number questions, and deposits are handled through the detention center. Lincoln County is rural and large, with communities such as Pioche, Panaca, Caliente, Alamo, Hiko, and Rachel spread across long driving distances. Call before leaving for a visit or records errand.

The sheriff page links PREA material and explains that the Prison Rape Elimination Act applies to jails, prisons, police lockups, private facilities, juvenile facilities, and community correctional settings. The detention page does not list GED, substance abuse, medical, mental health, grievance, reentry, or work-release programs for the county jail. When a person is sentenced to state custody, the lookup and program path shifts away from the jail to NDOC facilities such as Pioche Conservation Camp.