The Detention Center
Grand County Jail
- Operated byGrand County Sheriff's Office
- Address125 E. Center Street, Moab, UT 84532 (same building as county offices)
- Bail/bond7th District Court and Justice Court take credit card bail Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–5 p.m.; the jail itself cannot take credit card bail; bonds handled at a separate door; approved bail bond companies listed online
- RosterDaily-updated 'Jail Inmate List' published as scanned booking-log pages (5 pages as of Aug. 21, 2026)
- What was triedgrandcountyutah.net/255/Jail checked for beds/year built/cost — not published
Source: Grand County — Jail · checked 2026-08-24
Transparency rating
3/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✗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
- ✗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 found
Since then
- Not found
The Sheriff
Sheriff Jamison Wiggins
- Runs the jailYes — Grand County Jail
- How the office is filledElected
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Grand County — Sheriff · checked 2026-08-24
The Judges
Utah judges are appointed by the Governor through a nominating commission, then face retention election. They are state judicial officers, not county officials.
Seventh District Court — Presiding Judge
- Don M. Torgerson
Grand County Justice Court
- Danalee Welch-Odonnal
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-24
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 →
Notes on the record
- Visitation/phone/commissary rates are handled entirely through third-party vendors (NCIC) linked from the county site; no rates are published on the county's own pages.
- Seven-member elected Grand County Commission (the county's own site titles the body both 'County Commission' and, in page URLs, 'County Council'): Melodie McCandless (Chair), Bill Winfield (Vice Chair), Mike McCurdy, Mary McGann, Trisha Hedin, Brian Martinez, Jacques Hadler.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Grand 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 2026-08-24 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered