The Detention Center
Roosevelt County jail (operated by the Sheriff's Office; no separate proper name published)
- Operated byRoosevelt County Sheriff's Office
- Roster published'Jail Roster — Current Inmates & Charges', PDF dated 8/18/26
- AddressNot found — no dedicated jail address separate from the Sheriff's Office listed on the county site
- Beds / year built / cost / fundingNot found
- What was triedhttps://www.rooseveltcountymt.gov/sheriff-coroner/, https://www.rooseveltcountymt.gov/contactus/, and a site-search for 'jail' (no dedicated jail/detention department page exists separate from the Sheriff's Office)
Source: Roosevelt County MT — Sheriff's Office / Coroner · checked 2026-08-24
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✗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
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 Jason Frederick
- Runs the jailYes — Sheriff's Office page publishes a 'Jail Roster'
- TitleSheriff
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Roosevelt County MT — Jason Frederick staff page · checked 2026-08-24
The Judges
Montana district court judges are elected officials of the state judicial district; Justices of the Peace are also elected and typically set bail at first appearance. Neither is a county administrative employee.
District Court Judge
- Not found
Justice of the Peace
- Traci Harada
Justice of the Peace — Culbertson
- Penny Hendrickson
- 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
- Roosevelt County publishes a current jail roster (dated 8/18/26 at time of research) directly on the Sheriff's Office page, but no dedicated jail page gives a facility name, address, bed count, budget, or any other transparency item.
- Montana has no confirmed statutory adult jail inspection agency; state_inspection is recorded as empty for this reason, per research brief.
- Board of County Commissioners: Doug Marottek, Robert Toavs, Gordon Oelkers (each listed simply as 'Commissioner' on the county site; no districts or terms published).
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Roosevelt 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