The Detention Center
Not found
- Operated byNot found
- Not in the state's jail-reporting listGrant County does not appear among the counties in the Nebraska Crime Commission's jail record submission status table, which does list Hall, Hamilton and Harlan counties (the other members of this research group) as reporting jail agencies; Grant is Nebraska's least populous or near-least populous county
- Where current prisoners are heldNot established from a source opened this session
Source: Nebraska Crime Commission — Jail record submission status table · checked 2026-08-25
Transparency rating
0/10Closed- ✗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
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
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Chaz Brown
- Runs the jailStatutorily the sheriff has charge of the county jail under Neb. Rev. Stat. 47-105 and 23-1703, but Grant County does not appear to currently operate a reporting jail facility (see jail entry); the Sheriff's Office page describes staff roster and service coverage but no detention facility
- How the office is filledElected countywide, four-year term (Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-520)
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Grant 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's list, and the appointee then faces an uncontested retention vote (Neb. Const. Art. V § 21). No named county or district court judge for Grant County was located from a source opened this session.
District Court
- Not found
County Court
- Not found
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
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 →
Notes on the record
- Grant County's own site does not publish a jail or corrections page, and the county does not appear in the Nebraska Crime Commission's jail-agency reporting table — consistent with the county not currently operating a jail. Where its prisoners are held was not established.
- State-layer finding applies: no state agency publishes Jail Standards Board inspection reports, and none was found published by the county.
- Board of Commissioners, three members: Brian Brennemann (Chairperson), Daniel Vinton, and Susan Connell. "The Board of Commissioners meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month" at 105 E Harrison St, Hyannis.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Grant County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-08-25 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered