The Detention Center
The county publishes no formal name for this facility.
- Operated byNiobrara County Sheriff's Office, Detention Division
- What the county saysNo formal facility name is published. The sheriff's site calls it the detention division and describes six certified detention deputies supervising 14 to 20 inmates daily.
- Address416 South Elm Street, Lusk, WY 82225, with the sheriff's office.
- Rated capacity and average daily population
- Annual detention budget and cost per inmate per day
- Deaths in custody, by year
- Federal per-diem contracts (US Marshals / ICE) and what they pay
- Whether an inmate can post a cash bond by card
- A published, official name for the facility
Source: Niobrara County Sheriff — detention · checked August 21, 2026
The Sheriff
Sheriff Randy Starkey
- Where the name appearsOnly on the sheriff's own site, which the county's official site links to as its sheriff page.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Niobrara County Sheriff · 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. Clark C. Allan — appointed January 2021; term expires January 2027
- Magistrate Dennis C. Meier — appointed January 2003; term expires January 2029
424 South Elm Street, Lusk, WY 82225
District Court, 8th Judicial District
- Hon. F. Scott Peasley — appointed August 2017; term expires January 2031
- Hon. Edward A. Buchanan — appointed September 2022; term expires January 2031
424 South Elm Street, Lusk, WY 82225
- The county's bond schedule
- Share of the jail population held pretrial
- Median time from booking to first appearance
Source: Wyoming Judicial Branch, wyocourts.gov · checked August 21, 2026
Notes on the record
- The county's own website does not name its sheriff anywhere; it links out to the sheriff's separate site.
- In a county this small, the long-serving magistrate may be who actually handles an initial appearance.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Niobrara 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?
Names verified August 21, 2026 · dollars and outcomes still being gathered