Elko County

The Detention Center

Elko County Detention Center

• Operated byElko County Sheriff's Office
• Jail mailing addressElko County Detention Center, c/o inmate name and number, P.O. Box 2028, Elko, NV 89803. The Sheriff's Office is at 775 West Silver Street, Elko, NV 89801
• Detention commandLieutenant Adrienne Parry, 775 W Silver St., Elko, NV 89801, 775-777-2531
• Roster withdrawn'Inmate Search Temporarily Unavailable. We are currently migrating to a new inmate information system. During this transition, the inmate roster will be temporarily unavailable through the Sheriff's Office app.' The only route offered instead is Nevada S.A.V.E. notifications
• Nevada S.A.V.E.'Nevada S.A.V.E. stands for Survivors, Advocates, Victims and Enforcement Notifications... a program providing notifications about major status changes of individuals in custody (Offender) in Nevada.' 24/7 toll free 1-866-393-5445
• Telephone and visitation vendor'Please be advised - during the week of October 1st, 2025 the inmate telephone service, video visitation and tablets at Elko County Detention Center changed from ICSolutions to NCIC Inmate Communications.' Prepaid accounts on 1-800-943-2189 or www.ncic.com. No rate is published
• CommissaryDeposits through smartdeposit.com. Money orders and cashier's cheques under $150.00 may be mailed. No price list is published
• Mail rules publishedAll incoming mail is opened and inspected. Books must be paperback only - 'Inmates are not allowed to posses hardback books while in the facility.' Photographs must be on photo paper
• What was triedThe Sheriff's own site elkosheriff.com - Administration, Detention, Inmate Support, Inmate Search, Nevada S.A.V.E., Sheriff's Welcome - and on the county site the Sheriff department page, the courts index, all three district court department pages, the Elko, Carlin, Wells and Eastline justice court pages, the County Commission page, the Hearing Notices document centre and the full site map. The county publishes no bed count, no daily population, no year built, no jail budget document of its own, no death in custody, no PREA audit result and no inspection result

Source: Elko County Sheriff's Office - Inmate Info · checked 2026-08-23

• ✓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 — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Elko 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 builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Aitor Narvaiza

• Runs the jailYes. The Elko County Sheriff's Office runs the Elko County Detention Center; the county's own sheriff page lists 'Jail Hours: Monday - Sunday, 24 Hours A Day' beside the office hours
• How the office is filledElected. NRS 248.010 provides for a sheriff elected in each county; NRS 211.030 makes the sheriff the custodian of the county jail
• SpellingThe Sheriff's own site spells the name Aitor Narvaiza, as does the Nevada Association of Counties 2026 directory. The county's own department page spells it 'Aitor Narvazia' twice. The Sheriff's own spelling is used here
• Office775 West Silver Street, Elko, Nevada 89801. Phone 775-738-3421, fax 775-753-9845. Undersheriff Justin Ames; Office Manager Rachel McAnany
• Size of the agency'The Sheriff's Office is the largest Law enforcement agency in Elko County providing law enforcement for the City Of Wells and unincorporated community of Spring Creek, Jackpot, Montello, and Ruby Valley'

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

The Judges

Nevada District Court judges are elected in nonpartisan district-wide races to six-year terms, and 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; the Justice Court also holds preliminary examinations in felony and gross misdemeanour cases. Mid-term vacancies are filled by appointment - by the Governor for a District Court seat, by the board of county commissioners for a Justice of the Peace - and the appointee then stands at the next election. NRS 211.030 makes the sheriff the custodian of the county jail and NRS 248.050 makes the sheriff responsible for the prisoners in it, so the judge who sets bail and the officer who holds the prisoner are answerable to different electorates. Elko County's own courts page states the rule plainly: 'They are all governed by the Nevada Judiciary branch of the State of Nevada... All Judges are elected to six-year terms while employees of the courts are considered employees of the court yet are treated as employees of the County.' That is the split the brief is after - the judges are state officers, the court staff are paid like county staff.

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 →