Churchill County

The Detention Center

Churchill County Detention Center

• Operated byChurchill County Sheriff's Office
• Jail address180 West A Street, Fallon, NV 89406 - detention 775-423-1596. The Detention Center is housed inside the Sheriff's Office
• When it opened'The Churchill County Detention Center, housed inside the Churchill County Sheriff's Office, opened in December 2017 and is a much-welcomed improvement over the older, overcrowded facility we used to have'
• Beds'The detention facility is rated as a 120-bed facility, however, operational capacity fluctuates between 65 and 80 based on the classification of the inmates'
• Who it holds'The Detention Center primarily houses adults but can accept juveniles if they have been adjudicated as an adult and remanded to our custody by the Courts. The majority of our population are pre-trial inmates, who are housed here until they make bail or are awaiting trial'
• How it was paid forTwo USDA jail loans, both issued 29 December 2017 for a 32-year term at 2.750 per cent with final payment due 21 December 2049: Series 2017 A, original amount $8,740,000, and Series 2017 B, original amount $6,260,000 - $15,000,000 between them. Outstanding balances at 1 July 2026 were $7,105,234 and $5,089,118, with FY2026-27 debt service of $411,832 and $294,972
• Money in the budgetSheriff-Public Safety is budgeted at $10,203,380 for the year ending 30 June 2027, against $9,064,392 estimated for the current year and $8,341,332 actual for the year ended 30 June 2025. The adult jail is not itemised separately inside that figure. The separately budgeted JPO Detention Centre - Teurman Hall, the juvenile facility - is $1,742,209
• MedicalJail medical for adults is contracted: the FY2026-27 budget lists Kurt K. Carlson at $36,000 for Jail Medical: Adult, and Central Nevada Health District for Jail Medical: JPO
• Booking regime'Inmates initially booked into the facility are locked down in their cells for 48 hours and are only available for phone calls one hour a day. After that time, they can be put on a tier rotation of either morning or evenings time out of their cells for phone calls, shower, TV, etc.'
• Contacting a prisonerVisitation is 'through Securus by creating an account at https://securustech.net/ and visiting from the comfort of your home for a minimal fee'; a kiosk in the Sheriff's Office foyer takes deposits. No visit price, per-minute call rate or commissary price list is published
• What was triedThe Sheriff's Office page, the Detention Facility page, the Visiting Hours and Policies page, the Forms, Fees and Links page, the 23-page Inmate Handbook adopted 16 May 2024, the Budgets page and the FY2026-27 final budget, and the County Commissioners and Agendas and Minutes pages were all read. There is no public in-custody roster on the county site - only VINE and a mobile app - no bail guidance, no fee schedule for calls, visits or commissary, no PREA audit result, no inspection result and no death in custody

Source: Churchill County Sheriff's Office - Detention Facility · checked 2026-08-23

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✓What it costs taxpayers
• ✗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 Churchill County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-23. 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 builtOpened December 2017
• Original costNot published as a construction cost. The two USDA jail loans issued on 29 December 2017 total $15,000,000 of original principal - Series 2017 A $8,740,000 and Series 2017 B $6,260,000
• Paid for byUSDA loans, 32-year term at 2.750 per cent, final payment 21 December 2049, repaid from county funds; FY2026-27 debt service of $411,832 and $294,972 on the two series
• BedsRated 120; operational capacity fluctuates between 65 and 80 depending on the classification of the people held

The Sheriff

Sheriff Lee Orozco

• Runs the jailYes. The Churchill County Detention Center is housed inside the Churchill County Sheriff's Office and run by its Support Division
• How the office is filledElected. NRS 248.010 provides for a sheriff elected in each county; NRS 211.030 makes the sheriff the keeper of the county jail
• A change of sheriff in 2026The county's own Sheriff's Office page carries an In Memoriam notice: 'The Sheriff's Office remembers Sheriff Richard Hickox who passed away in April 2026. He served this department for 28 years, rising through the ranks. He was elected in 2018 and served as sheriff for seven years before his untimely passing.' Lee Orozco is now named as Sheriff on that page
• Caution on older sourcesThe Nevada Association of Counties 2026 directory still lists Richard Hickox as Sheriff of Churchill County. The county's own page is the later source and is the one followed here
• OfficeChurchill County Sheriff's Office, 180 West A Street, Fallon, NV 89406 - 775-423-3116, fax 775-423-6689; Civil Division 775-423-8083; Detention 775-423-1596
• How this was verifiedNamed as Sheriff in the contact block of the county's own Sheriff's Office page, on the same page as the notice of his predecessor's death

Source: Churchill County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-23

The Judges

Nevada District Court judges are elected in nonpartisan countywide (or district-wide) races to six-year terms; Justices of the Peace are elected to six-year terms in their township. Both are state judicial officers under Article 6 of the Nevada Constitution, not county officials, although the county pays for the Justice Court. At first appearance it is normally the Justice of the Peace who sets bail. NRS 211.030 makes the sheriff the keeper of the county jail and NRS 248.050 makes the sheriff responsible for the prisoners in it. Churchill County's district court is a single-department court: Judge Stockard is the whole of the Tenth Judicial District bench. The Justice Court for the county is the New River Township Justice Court in Fallon, whose published duties include 'Preliminary Examinations in Felony and Gross Misdemeanor Cases' and 'Trials for Misdemeanor Criminal Matters'. The City of Fallon separately runs a municipal court under Judge Michael R. Lister.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-23

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 →