Champaign County

The Detention Center

Tri-County Regional Jail

• Operated byTri-County Corrections Commission — Champaign, Madison and Union counties
• Jail address4099 State Route 559, Mechanicsburg, OH 43044
• Member countiesChampaign, Madison, Union
• Runs the jailTri-County Corrections Commission; Executive Director Scott E. Springhetti
• Phone937.834.5000
• In custody158 people in custody at the Tri-County Regional Jail on 20 Sep 2026, per the jail's linked roster (updated every 30 minutes)
• Own county holding facilityNone found — the Champaign County Sheriff's site describes no jail of its own
• Jail AdministratorScott E. Springhetti — Executive Director, Tri-County Regional Jail

Source: Tri-County Regional Jail · checked 2026-09-20

• ✓The jail is named
• ✓Who is in custody
• ✓Beds and daily population
• ✗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 Champaign County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-09-20. 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 — no rated capacity is published on the regional jail's site

The Sheriff

Sheriff Chad M. Burroughs

• Runs the jailNo — Champaign County is a member of the Tri-County Regional Jail at Mechanicsburg with Madison and Union counties; the sheriff's site sends people asking about an arrest to the regional jail's website
• How the office is filledElected, four-year term
• Office address214 N. Main St., Urbana, OH 43078

Source: Champaign County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-09-20

The Judges

Ohio common pleas judges are elected to six-year terms; municipal and county court judges also set bail for people arrested in their areas. They are state judicial officers, not county officials.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-09-20

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe jail budget, the building itself, and the agreements that send prisoners to a regional jail or rent beds to other agencies. In Cuyahoga and Summit, the elected County Executive and County Council.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and has charge of the county jail by state law (Ohio Rev. Code 341.01) — unless the county uses a regional jail run by a multicounty board.
• NoteThe county's own site lists a commissioners page at http://www.co.champaign.oh.us/commissioners but it returned no readable content or links on two attempts.
• The boardChampaign County Board of Commissioners
• Where the jail money is decidedNot found