Furnas County

The Detention Center

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• Operated byFurnas County Sheriff's Office
• What the county publishesThe Sheriff's Office page states the office manages the county jail, but the site has no dedicated jail/corrections page naming the facility, giving its address, capacity, or budget
• What was triedhttps://furnascounty.ne.gov/public-records/ (no records-request process or roster published); https://furnascounty.ne.gov/budgets/ (no jail/sheriff budget line item found)

Source: Furnas 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 Furnas 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 Doug Brown

• Runs the jailYes — the Sheriff's Office page states the office 'manages the county jail and oversees the registration of sex offenders'; the elected sheriff has 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)
• StaffSeth Gustafson, Chief Deputy; Mark Huntley, Deputy Investigator; Cordell Stover, Alexa Nichols, Jordan Smith, Deputies; Jaden Smith, CSO
• Contact912 R Street, Beaver City, NE 68926; 24-hour office

Source: Furnas 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. Furnas County's own site names a County Court 'Clerk Magistrate,' Jennifer Raburn, but this is a clerk position, not a judge, so no judge is recorded.

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 →