Phelps County

The Detention Center

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• Operated byPhelps County Sheriff's Office
• Facility name on county siteNot named on the Sheriff's Office page fetched
• State reporting nameListed in the Nebraska Crime Commission's jail-data reporting table as 'PHELPSCOSOHOLDREGE' — a state list, not a county-published source, so not used to satisfy the 'named' check
• What was triedhttps://phelpscounty.ne.gov/webpages/sheriff/sheriff.html (no facility name, address, capacity or budget given); https://phelpscounty.ne.gov/webpages/sheriff/jail.html (not reachable)

Source: Phelps 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 Phelps 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 Gene Samuelson

• Office address715 5th Ave Ste 20, Holdrege, NE 68949
• Runs the jailSheriff's Office page gives no separate jail detail; Phelps County does appear as a reporting jail facility to the state ('PHELPS CO SO HOLDREGE')
• How the office is filledElected on a partisan ballot, four-year term (Neb. Rev. Stat. 32-520)

Source: Phelps County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-25

The Judges

Nebraska's trial courts (District Court and County Court) are state judicial officers, not county officials. All Nebraska judges are merit-selected: the Governor appoints from a judicial nominating commission list, then face retention elections (Neb. Const. Art. V, section 21). The county court judge sets bail at 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 →