The Detention Center
Goshen County Detention Center
- Operated byGoshen County Sheriff's Office, Detention Division
- Address2120 East B Street, Torrington, WY 82240. Jail phone 307-532-5917.
- Opened1997, updated 1998. The county's page states a 90-prisoner capacity.
- Holds for othersThe county's page lists contracts with the Wyoming Department of Corrections, the U.S. Marshals Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Air Force, and other agencies — but see the note below.
Source: Goshen County detention · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
8/10Open- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✓Beds and daily population
- ✓What it costs taxpayers
- ✗Deaths in custody — not published
- ✓PREA audits
- ✗Independent inspection — not published
- ✓Who else it holds, and for how much
- ✓How to post bond
- ✓Phone, video and commissary rates
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year built1997, updated 1998
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- BedsUp to 90
Since then
- 1998 — an “update” with no scope or cost published
- 2007–08 — booking remodel and control-room upgrade, still written in the future tense on the county's page today
The Sheriff
Sheriff Kory Fleenor
- Where the name appearsThe sheriff's office narrative pages never name the sheriff; the name comes from the county's own staff directory.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Goshen County staff directory · checked August 21, 2026
The Judges
Wyoming splits the bench. Circuit Court handles initial appearances — the first place bond is set. District Court takes felonies after bindover.
Circuit Court, 8th Judicial District
- Hon. Jacqueline K. Brown — appointed July 2025; term expires January 2027
2125 East A Street, Torrington, WY 82240
District Court, 8th Judicial District
- Hon. Edward A. Buchanan — appointed September 2022; term expires January 2031
2125 East A Street, Torrington, WY 82240
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: the state judiciary · checked August 21, 2026
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
- The county's detention page is roughly two decades stale — it still cites fiscal-year 2006–2007 revenue and projects scheduled for 2007–2008. Its capacity and contract list need confirming before anyone relies on them.
- Goshen scores highest in Wyoming — and its detention page is still reporting fiscal year 2006–07 revenue of $1.03 million and projects “scheduled” for 2007–08. Nearly two decades stale.
- It names its contract agencies — state corrections, U.S. Marshals, ICE, the Air Force, city police departments — but publishes no per-diem rate for any of them.
- PREA disclosure is genuine: policy, annual statistics 2018–2024, and full audit reports for 2019, 2022 and 2025.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Goshen 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.
- Find your polling place — Wyoming Polling Place Locator →
- Your county clerk — the office that runs the election (PDF) →
- Register to vote in Wyoming →
In Wyoming the county clerk runs the election in Goshen County and prints the ballot the sheriff’s name is on. Links from the Wyoming Secretary of State and vote.gov.
Names verified August 21, 2026 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered