Blaine County

The Detention Center

Not found

• Operated byNot found
• No jail facility namedThe Sheriff page's only jail-related content is a paraphrase of the state statute on sheriff custody of the jail; no facility name, address, or capacity is published anywhere on the county's site
• Not in the state's jail-facility rosterBlaine County does not appear among the county jail facilities listed in the Nebraska Crime Commission's Jail Data Query tool's facility dropdown, nor in its jail-agency reporting-status table (same as Arthur and Banner counties)
• Where current prisoners are heldNot established from a source opened this session
• What was triedhttps://blainecounty.nebraska.gov/sheriff-0; https://blainecounty.nebraska.gov/; https://blainecounty.nebraska.gov/board (no facility-specific information found on any)

Source: Nebraska Crime Commission — Jail Data Query facility list · checked 2026-08-25

• ✗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 Blaine County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-25. 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 Tim Sierks

• Runs the jailStatutorily yes — the county's own sheriff page quotes the statute that 'the sheriff has charge and custody of the jail and its prisoners, except in counties where a county board of corrections exists' — but Blaine County does not appear to currently operate a jail facility (see jail entry)
• How the office is filledElected countywide, four-year term (Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-520)
• Office address145 Lincoln Ave, Brewster, NE 68821-9700

Source: Blaine County, NE — Sheriff (blainecounty.nebraska.gov) · checked 2026-08-25

The Judges

Nebraska judges are merit-selected, not county officials: the Governor appoints from a judicial nominating commission's list, and the judge then faces an uncontested retention vote at the next general election after three years, and every six years thereafter (Neb. Const. Art. V, sec. 21). Blaine County's own County Court page names only its Clerk Magistrate (Michaela Hobbs), not the presiding judge; the presiding County Court judge, this county's judicial district, and the District Court judge were not established from sources reviewed this session.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-25

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 →