The Detention Center
The county publishes no formal name for this facility.
- Operated byTeton County Sheriff's Office, Support Services Division
- What the county saysThe sheriff's office calls it only “the Detention Center” — no fuller proper name appears on its pages.
- SizeCompleted 1986 at 35 beds, expanded 2003 to 45 beds. 175 S. Willow Street, Jackson, WY 83001.
- Holds for othersThe sheriff's office lists seven agencies: its own, Jackson Police, Wyoming Highway Patrol, Grand Teton and Yellowstone national parks, Wyoming Game and Fish, and the U.S. Marshals Service.
- Federal detaineesThe office's FAQ confirms the facility holds people for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- 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: Teton County Sheriff — Detention Center · checked August 21, 2026
The Sheriff
Sheriff Matt Carr
- Where the name appearsThe signature block on the sheriff's office welcome page.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Teton 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. Erin E. Weisman — appointed August 2024; term expires January 2027
250 E. Simpson Avenue, Jackson, WY 83001
District Court, 9th Judicial District
- Hon. Melissa M. Owens — appointed January 2022; term expires January 2031
250 E. Simpson Avenue, Jackson, WY 83001
- 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
- No proper name is published for this jail, so none is invented here.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Teton 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