Deuel County

The Detention Center

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• Operated byDeuel County Sheriff's Office
• Jail arrangementCounty's own site confirms the Sheriff's Office manages the county jail, but gives no facility name, address, or bed count
• ContactPO Box 565, Chappell, NE 69129; (308) 874-3305
• What was triedhttps://deuelcountyne.gov/webpages/board/board_members.html (fetch blocked, no provenance); https://deuelcountyne.gov/sheriff-office/ re-checked directly for jail name/transparency data — none found beyond the mailing address

Source: Deuel County, NE — Sheriff's Office · 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 Deuel 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 R. Scott DeCoste

• Runs the jailThe county's own site states the Sheriff's Office 'manages the county jail'; whether this is in-house or a contracted arrangement is not specified on the page
• How the office is filledElected countywide, four-year term (Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-520)
• DispatchThe Sheriff's Office does not run its own communications center; calls are routed through the Cheyenne County, Nebraska Communications Center under a service agreement

Source: Deuel County, NE — Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-25

The Judges

Nebraska judges are merit-selected and are state, not county, officials: the Governor appoints from a judicial nominating commission list, and appointees then face retention elections (Neb. Const. Art. V §21). The county court judge sets bail at first appearance. No named district or county court judge for Deuel County was located from a source opened in this pass.

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