Fillmore County

The Detention Center

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• Operated byFillmore County Sheriff's Office
• What the county publishesA 'Corrections Supervisor' staff title is listed on the Sheriff's Office page, but no dedicated jail/corrections page names the facility, gives its address, capacity, or budget
• History noteA county-published letter states 'Fillmore County has had 21 sheriffs since 1887'
• What was triedhttps://fillmorecountyne.gov/public-records/ (no records-request process, roster, or fee schedule published); https://fillmorecountyne.gov/webpages/board/board_members.html (blocked, no provenance)

Source: Fillmore County 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 Fillmore 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 Mark McFarland

• Runs the jailThe Sheriff's Office staff list includes a 'Corrections Supervisor' (Mel Coetzee), consistent with the sheriff's statutory charge of the county jail under Neb. Rev. Stat. 47-105 and 23-1703
• How the office is filledElected countywide, four-year term (Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-520)
• StaffThomas Hudiburgh, Chief Deputy; Nicholas Schleich, Sergeant; Mel Coetzee, Corrections Supervisor
• Contact900 G Street, Geneva, NE 68361; (402) 759-4441

Source: Fillmore County 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 this 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 →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →