Mineral County

The Detention Center

Mineral County Detention Facility

• Operated byMineral County Sheriff's Department
• LocationSuperior, MT (specific street address not found on the county's own site)
• Beds27, per KPAX news coverage from April 2021; not published on the county's own site
• HistoryClosed in 2017 and 2019 due to staffing problems and inmate escapes; reopened in February 2021 under then-Sheriff Mike Toth, who made reopening a priority after his August 2020 appointment; the building was reported as approximately 25 years old (built circa 1996) as of 2021, per KPAX
• Interim arrangement while closedMineral County paid Sanders County's jail in Thompson Falls to house inmates, covering housing and transportation costs, per KPAX
• What was triedco.mineral.mt.us/departments/sheriff/ mentions 'county detention center administration' as a duty but does not itself name the facility or give an address, bed count, budget, PREA, inspections, contracts, bond info, or fees

Source: KPAX — Mineral County Detention Facility reopens · 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 Mineral 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 on the county's own site (KPAX news reports the building was roughly 25 years old as of 2021, i.e. built circa 1996)
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found on the county's own site (KPAX news reports 27 beds as of 2021)

The Sheriff

Sheriff Ryan Funke

• Runs the jailYes — the county's own site lists 'county detention center administration' among the Sheriff's Office responsibilities
• How the office is filledElected

Source: Mineral County — Sheriff · 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 →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →