Eureka County

The Detention Center

Eureka County Justice Facility, housing the Eureka County Detention Facility

• Operated byEureka County Sheriff's Office, Detentions Division
• When it was built'The Eureka County Justice Facility was built in 1989'
• Who staffs it'The Eureka County Detention Facility is staffed by a Sergeant and several Deputies who work varying shifts to accommodate the safety and security of the public, other employees and inmates housed within the facility'
• Double duty'Detention staff also act as Bailiff for the Eureka Justice Court and the 7th Judicial District Court' - and transport prisoners to court, supervise inmate and weekender work projects and keep facility security
• WeekendersThe county's own description records 'weekender work projects', so the facility holds people serving intermittent sentences as well as pre-trial prisoners
• Visiting'Inmate Visitation is conducted via CIDNET. Inmates have unlimited access to phone and CIDNET Video Visitation while in the day room area of the Detention Center.' A CIDNET public portal and a set of visitation restrictions are linked. No price is published
• PREAThe Detentions Division page links a 'PREA REPORT FORM' - a reporting route, not an audit result
• Sheriff's own reportingThe Sheriff's Reports/Staffing/Budget page publishes Quarterly Reports for Quarters 1, 2 and 3 of 2021 and Budget Staffing Requests for 2020, 2021 and 2022, and nothing since
• County moneyThe Comptroller's page states that the office administers 'the county's $54 million annual budget' and publishes final budgets, tentative budgets, annual audit reports, quarterly reports and summary fiscal reports. The FY2027 final general fund PDF is a scanned image with no extractable text, so no corrections line could be read from it
• What was triedThe Sheriff's Office landing page, Command Staff, Detentions Division and Reports/Staffing/Budget; the District Court, Justice Court, Judicial Services, Commissioners and Comptroller pages; the Final Budgets page and the FY2027 final general fund PDF. The county publishes no roster, no bail guidance, no fee schedule, no bed count, no daily population, no death in custody, no PREA audit result and no inspection result

Source: Eureka County Sheriff's Office - Detentions Division · 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 Eureka 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 built1989 - 'The Eureka County Justice Facility was built in 1989'
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Miles Umina

• Runs the jailYes. 'As the leader of the sheriff's office, the Sheriff-Coroner oversees patrols, investigations, crime prevention... They manage the county jail, maintaining facility security and compliance with regulations'
• How the office is filledElected office, currently filled in an acting capacity. The Sheriff's Office landing page calls him 'Miles Umina, Sheriff-Coroner'; the Command Staff page on the same site says 'Miles Umina, Acting Sheriff-Coroner'. The Nevada Association of Counties 2026 directory lists the post as 'Sheriff-Acting'
• The office is a combined oneSheriff and Coroner are held together in Eureka County. 'As Coroner, they investigate all deaths, coordinate autopsies, sign death certificates, and communicate with families about the investigation process' - which means the same officer holds the prisoner and investigates any death in the jail
• Office411 N. Main Street, PO Box 736, Eureka, Nevada 89316. Non-emergency dispatch 775-237-5330. Administrative hours from 5 January 2026 are Monday to Thursday 07:00-17:30, closed Friday
• What was not foundNo appointment date, no predecessor's name and no minute recording the acting appointment is published on the county site

Source: Eureka County Sheriff's Office - Command Staff · 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. Eureka County's Justice Court page sets out its own role in custody plainly: 'For more serious offenses (gross misdemeanors and felonies,) the justice court will conduct a preliminary hearing... The court also conducts pretrial custody hearings and makes probable cause determinations for all warrantless arrests made by law enforcement.' The Beowawe Department sits only on the third Thursday of each month, 10:00 to 15:00. Note the discrepancy on the district bench: the county's own page names Gary D. Fairman where the state judicial directory of 17 March 2026 names Dylan Frehner, in office since 11 April 2025.

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 →