The Detention Center
None operated by Logan County
- Operated byNot applicable
- Where prisoners goCounty Commissioners' 2020 proceedings record a line-item expense for 'boarding prisoner' paid to the Custer County Sheriff, indicating Logan County contracts out prisoner housing rather than operating its own jail
- CaveatSourced to a 2020 minutes document; no more recent Logan County document confirming the current contract arrangement was found
- What was triedlogancounty.ne.gov site navigation has no jail/corrections/detention page; sheriff-office page describes only statutory 'charge and custody' duty with no facility named
Source: Logan County Commissioners' Proceedings, January 15, 2020 · checked 2026-08-25
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 Sean Carson
- TitleSheriff and Emergency Manager
- Runs the jailNo county jail operated; see jail entry
- Contact308-636-2288, PO Box 327, Stapleton NE 69163
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Logan County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-25
The Judges
Nebraska judges are merit-selected: the Governor appoints from a judicial nominating commission's list, then the judge faces periodic uncontested retention elections (Neb. Const. Art. V, sec. 21). The County Court judge sets bail at first appearance; the judge is a state judicial officer, not a Logan County employee.
County Court Judge
- Brenda Cochran
District Court Judge
- 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 →
- Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →
Notes on the record
- Logan County's own site publishes board agendas/minutes and a 'Budgets' landing page, but the budgets page returns no actual budget document, and no jail-specific line items, roster, death, PREA, inspection, contract-rate, bond, or fee information was found published on logancounty.ne.gov.
- Nebraska Jail Standards Board inspection reports go to the county governing body, not the public; Logan County does not publish one.
- Board of County Commissioners, three members (District 1-3): Lee Wonch (Chairperson, District 1), Jon Hill (District 2), Nathan Kramer (District 3). Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Logan 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