The Detention Center
The county publishes no formal name for this facility.
- Operated byOchiltree County Sheriff's Office
- County publishes a jail nameNo - the Sheriff page links an "Inmate Jail Roster" but never names the facility. The roster system identifies it only as "OCHILTREE CO SO PERRYTON".
- Address511 S. Ash, Perryton, TX 79070
- RosterLive booking roster hosted at http://www.interopweb.com/ochiltreesotx, linked from the county Sheriff page
- Roster fieldsName, age, sex, race, address, arrest date, days in custody, bond amount, charges with statute citations, warrant numbers
- What was triedhttps://www.co.ochiltree.tx.us/page/ochiltree.Sheriff ; http://www.interopweb.com/ochiltreesotx ; https://www.co.ochiltree.tx.us/page/ochiltree.Commissioners.Court ; https://www.co.ochiltree.tx.us/page/ochiltree.County.Clerk ; https://www.co.ochiltree.tx.us/page/ochiltree.Public.Notices ; https://www.co.ochiltree.tx.us/page/ochiltree.Budgets
- Beds and population, 2026-0815 people held in 48 rated beds
Source: Ochiltree County - Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✗The jail is named — not published
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✗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
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 published by the county. TCJS rates the Ochiltree County jail at 48 beds (Aug 1, 2026 population report).
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Terry Bouchard
- Published as"Terry Bouchard" on the county page; "Terry L. Bouchard" in the Sheriffs' Association of Texas directory
- Address511 S. Ash, Perryton, TX 79070
- Phone(806) 435-8000
- HiringThe office publishes openings for Deputy Sheriff and Correction Officer
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Ochiltree County - Sheriff · checked 2026-08-22
The Judges
One county-wide Justice of the Peace. The JP page states "Magistrations will take place between 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM daily as needed" and that proceedings are streamed live on the court's YouTube channel. The county links the 84th District Court out to 84thcourt.com rather than hosting a judge page; the 84th serves Ochiltree, Hansford and Hutchinson Counties.
County Judge
- Charles Kelly
Justice of the Peace
- Eric Kerl
District Court
- Curt W. Brancheau (84th Judicial District)
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-22
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 →
Notes on the record
- No Commissioners Court agendas or minutes are published anywhere on the county site - checked the Commissioners Court page, the County Clerk page and Public Notices. The Clerk posts agenda filings for the Soil and Water and Ground Water conservation districts but nothing for Commissioners Court.
- Adopted budgets FY2015-16 through FY2025-26 and proposed budgets through FY2026-27 are published.
- The roster is the county's strongest disclosure in this group: it publishes bond amounts and charge citations per person.
- TCJS Aug 1, 2026 population report: 15 held against 48 rated beds (31% of capacity).
- Ochiltree County is not on the TCJS non-compliant list as of Aug 2026.
- Four commissioners plus the County Judge, who presides. Pct. 1 Duane Pshigoda, Pct. 2 Brent Thurman, Pct. 3 JW DeWitt, Pct. 4 Kevin Walker; Judge Charles Kelly presides.
- County seat: Texas State Library and Archives Commission — Counties and County Seats
The record
3 people have died in the Ochiltree County jail since 2018.
Deaths: Texas Justice Initiative, the cleaned copy of the Texas Attorney General’s custodial death reports — the state’s own public index carries no cause of death and has not been refreshed since August 2025. Population: Texas Commission on Jail Standards monthly report. Counted, not estimated.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Ochiltree County and what it costs the people who live here. Nationally, almost 77% of the people who died in local jails in 2019 had not been convicted of anything, and suicide was the leading single cause of those deaths (Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mortality in Local Jails, 2000–2019).
How much is your sheriff — and your judge — costing you?
Your VOTE is POWERFUL.
The sheriff who runs this jail is elected. So are the commissioners who pay for it.
Names verified 2026-08-22 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered