The Detention Center
Powder River County Jail (county site refers to it generically as 'the jail'; no separate formal facility name published)
- Operated byPowder River County Sheriff's Office
- Visiting hoursMon, Wed, Fri, 5:00pm-7:00pm, when an officer is available; visitors subject to search and must show current ID
- Inmate video callsCIDNET Inmate Video Conference — customer service 1-888-984-1903
- AddressNot found beyond Sheriff's Office address, PO Box 200 / 119 North Park Avenue, Broadus, MT 59317
Source: Powder River County, Montana - Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-24
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✗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
- ✗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
- BedsNot found
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Devin Boman
- Runs the jailYes — Sheriff's Office page has a 'Jail Visiting Hours' section
- UndersheriffRuss Kinzer
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Powder River County, Montana - Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-24
The Judges
Montana district court judges and justices of the peace are state/county judicial officers elected independently of the sheriff and commissioners, not administrative county employees. The Justice of the Peace typically sets bail at first appearance.
16th Judicial District Court — Judges
- Hon. Michael Hayworth
- Hon. Rennie Wittman
Justice of the Peace
- Cathy Landa
- 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
- bond_info is 'yes' on the strength of the Justice of the Peace page, which states payments for fines, fees, and bond can be mailed, paid in person at the courthouse, or paid online via CitePay USA.
- The Sheriff's Office CIDNET inmate video-call page gives a signup process and customer-service number but no published per-minute or per-call rate, so 'fees' is recorded as 'no'.
- County Commissioners: Lee Randall (Chairman), John Olson, Lori Fortner.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Powder River 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