Piute County

The Detention Center

Not found

• Operated byNot found
• No jail foundPiute County's own site describes the Sheriff's Office as providing 'law enforcement services to all areas of Piute County and contract cities' but does not name or describe a jail, and does not state where arrestees are held
• Sheriff's Office address (per county site)550 N Main, Junction, UT 84740
• What was triedpiute.gov sheriff page checked in full; no 'jail,' 'housed,' 'Sevier,' or 'Garfield' language found. A 2008 Utah legislative audit found Piute County had no jail at that time, per the state brief for this project; this research could not independently confirm current arrangements from the county's own site. Note: piutecounty.org, which some external references point to, is now an expired/parked domain, not the county's actual site — the real site is piute.gov

Source: Piute County — Sheriff · checked 2026-08-24

• ✗The jail is named — not published
• ✗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 Piute County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-24. 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 Marty Gleave

• Runs the jailNo jail found published on the county's own site — see jail entry below
• How the office is filledElected
• Office staffDeputies Mike Gayler, Troy Kennedy, Erik Christensen; Secretary Morgan Eliason (per county site)

Source: Piute 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. The Sixth Judicial District covers Garfield, Kane, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, and Wayne Counties.

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 →