Carbon County

The Detention Center

Not found

• Operated byNot found
• Jail statusCarbon County's own website lists no detention or jail department under 'Law & Justice' (County Attorney, District Court, Jury Information, Justice Court, Sheriff, DUI Task Force, Concealed Weapon Permits only).
• What was triedChecked https://carbonmt.gov/sheriff/, the site's full Law & Justice department menu, and the site's own search for 'jail' and 'detention' (results were incidental word matches on the Sheriff and Justice Court pages and commissioner meeting minutes, not a jail facility page) — no county jail found on the county's own site.

Source: Carbon County, MT · checked 2026-08-24

• ✗The jail is named — not published
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Carbon County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-24. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Josh McQuillan

• TitleSheriff/Coroner
• Term expires12/31/2026
• How the office is filledElected
• Runs a jailNo — the county's own site lists no detention/jail department (see jail entry)

Source: Carbon County, MT · checked 2026-08-24

The Judges

Montana district court judges and justices of the peace/city judges are elected. The Justice of the Peace typically sets bail at first appearance. Both are state/county judicial officers under the Montana judicial branch, per MCA Title 3.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-24

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
• The boardBoard of County Commissioners →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →