Rich County

The Detention Center

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• Operated byRich County Sheriff's Office
• Evidence a jail existsThe Sheriff's Office page lists 'Main Dispatch/Jail,' 'Jail Commander, Head Dispatcher, Sex Registry,' and 'Alternate Dispatch/Jail' phone lines, but no formal facility name, address, beds, or year built is published separately from the Sheriff's Office
• Sheriff's Office mailing address (per county site)P.O. Box 38, Randolph, UT 84064; Rich County Courthouse, 20 S. Main, Randolph, Utah 84064
• What was triedrichcounty.gov/sheriff/ checked in full for a distinct jail name, address, beds, and cost — none published beyond the phone-line references above

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

• ✓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 Rich 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 Dale Stacey

• Runs the jailYes — the Sheriff's Office lists a dedicated 'Jail Commander, Head Dispatcher' phone line and separate Dispatch/Jail lines
• How the office is filledElected

Source: Rich 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 First Judicial District covers Box Elder, Cache, and Rich 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 →