The Detention Center
Jefferson County Detention Center
- Operated byJefferson County Sheriff's Office
- Address110 S Washington St., Boulder, MT 59632 (mail: PO Box 588)
- Beds24-bed adult facility
- Jail CommanderMike Hecht
- Detention SergeantBre Stulc
- RosterPublished online at jefferson-so-mt.zuercherportal.com/#/inmates
- Phone/commissary vendorTurnKey (as of September 2019); no rate schedule published on county site
- VisitationTue/Wed/Sun 9am-6pm, 45 min max, per detention_center page
- What was triedChecked jeffersoncounty-mt.gov/detention_center/ and jeffersoncountysheriffmt.gov/detention-center for year built, cost, funding, budget, PREA, inspections, contracts, bond info — none published
Source: Jefferson County Detention Center · checked 2026-08-24
Transparency rating
3/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✓Beds and daily population
- ✗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
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds24
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Tom A. Grimsrud
- Runs the jailYes — Jefferson County Detention Center, administered by the Sheriff
- UndersheriffJames Everett
- Civil OfficerJeri Goodwin
- How the office is filledElected
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Jefferson County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-24
The Judges
Montana district court judges and justices of the peace are elected. The Justice of the Peace usually sets bail at first appearance. Both are state/county judicial officers, not county administrative officials.
5th Judicial District Court Judge
- Luke Berger
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
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 →
Notes on the record
- Montana has no confirmed statutory adult jail inspection agency; state_inspection recorded empty per the research brief.
- Checked jeffersoncounty-mt.gov detention center, sheriff, and district/justice court pages; no budget, PREA, inspection, death-in-custody, contract-rate, bond, or fee information published on the county's own site.
- Board of County Commissioners: Dan Hagerty (Chair, District 1), Cory Kirsch (District 2), Craig Doolittle (District 3).
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Jefferson County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-08-24 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered