The Detention Center
Sublette County Detention Center
- Operated bySublette County Sheriff's Office
- OpenedApril 2004. Four pods, maximum 52 inmates.
- Address35½ S. Tyler, Pinedale, WY 82941.
- Holds for othersThe county states it fills vacant cells with contract prisoners from surrounding counties and the U.S. Marshals Service, and has rented cell space for 15 years.
- Food serviceContracted to Rendezvous Pointe Senior Center in Pinedale.
Source: Sublette County jail · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
6/10Partial- ✓The jail is named
- ✓Who is in custody
- ✓Beds and daily population
- ✓What it costs taxpayers
- ✗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
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtApril 2004 — construction began January 2002
- Original costJail-only cost not found. The whole county government facilities project it belonged to was reported at $8.4 million.
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds52 in four pods
Since then
- 2004 — a separate juvenile detention pod finished in the project's final phase; cost not published
The Sheriff
Sheriff K.C. Lehr
- OfficeThe sheriff's office operates from two locations, Pinedale (307-367-4378) and Marbleton (307-276-5448).
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Sublette County Sheriff's Office · 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, 9th Judicial District
- Hon. John LaBuda — appointed January 2023; term expires January 2029
40 South Fremont, Pinedale, WY 82941
District Court, 9th Judicial District
- Hon. Kate G. McKay — appointed January 2023; term expires January 2031
21 S. South Tyler, Pinedale, WY 82941
- 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 says plainly that it rents cell space to other counties and the U.S. Marshals and has done so for fifteen years. It publishes neither the agreements nor the rates.
- Detention appropriation: $2,786,023 for FY2026–27. The county also publishes a plain-language guide explaining what that buys.
- Records from July 2019 forward are current; 2017 to mid-2019 sit in the archive tab. Meeting audio is filed separately.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Sublette 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 Sublette 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