Garden County

The Detention Center

Garden County Jail

• Operated byGarden County Sheriff's Office
• Address611 Main Street, Oshkosh, NE 69154
• VisitationNon-contact visitation; onsite video visitation Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4 p.m., remote access 8 a.m.-10 p.m.; each inmate permitted at least 2 hours per week
• Bond processCash bonds accepted in exact amounts; credit-card bonds accepted through allpaid.com, which charges an 8.5% fee
• RosterThe Sheriff's Office page links out to a third-party site (jdsinc.net/negarden) for the jail roster rather than publishing one itself, so the 'roster' check below is 'no'
• Capacity/budget/deaths/PREA/inspections/contractsNot published on the county's own site

Source: Garden County Jail · checked 2026-08-25

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗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
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Garden 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 Randy Ross

• Runs the jailYes — the Sheriff's Office page lists 'county jail management' among its functions; 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)
• ContactPO Box 494, 611 Main Street, Oshkosh, NE 69154; (308) 772-3540

Source: Garden 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 →