Meagher County

The Detention Center

Not found — the county's own site references 'detention functions' provided by the Sheriff's Office but does not name a specific facility

• Operated byMeagher County Sheriff's Office (per the site's general statement of duties)
• Detention functionsSite states the office provides 'general law enforcement, detention functions and support' for the county
• What was triedmeagherco.com/sheriff-s-office was the only page of meagherco.com that could be read; the site's homepage and other department pages, plus an alternate sheriff's-office domain (sheriff.meaghercounty.net), returned repeated server errors throughout this research session and could not be checked for a jail name, address, beds, budget, PREA, inspections, contracts, bond info, or fees

Source: Meagher County — Sheriff's Office · 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 Meagher 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 Not found

• Runs the jailAmbiguous — the county's own site states the Sheriff's Office provides 'general law enforcement, detention functions and support' for the county, but does not name a specific jail facility
• Service areaOver 2,300 square miles; office also supports fire, ambulance, and search and rescue
• How the office is filledElected

Source: Meagher 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 judicial officers, not county officials.

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 →