The Detention Center
Weston County Detention Center
- Operated byWeston County Sheriff's Office
- SizeThe county describes a 38-bed facility at 25 N. Sumner Avenue, Newcastle.
- Detention administratorLt. Jason Jenkins.
Source: Weston County Detention Center · checked August 21, 2026
Transparency rating
2/10Closed- ✓The jail is named
- ✗Who is in custody — not published
- ✓Beds and daily population
- ✗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
The Building
You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.
- Year builtNot found
- Original costNot found
- Paid for byNot found
- Beds38
The Sheriff
Sheriff Bryan Colvard
- Office25 N. Sumner Avenue, Newcastle. Phone 307-746-4441.
- Detention budget requested vs. approved, by year
- Jail staffing levels and vacancy rate
- Lawsuits and settlements involving the jail
Source: Weston 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, 6th Judicial District
- Hon. Lynda Bush — appointed May 2022; term expires January 2029
1 West Main Street, Newcastle, WY 82701
District Court, 6th Judicial District
- Hon. Matthew F.G. Castano — appointed March 2022; term expires January 2031
- Hon. James Michael Causey — appointed January 2022; term expires January 2031
- Hon. Stuart S. Healy III — appointed December 2020; term expires January 2029
- Hon. Michael J. McGrady — appointed July 2024; term expires January 2027
1 West Main Street, Newcastle, WY 82701
- 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 four district judges serve the whole 6th District and mostly sit in Gillette, not Newcastle.
- Weston publishes every county budget back to 2010, and not one of them carries a detention or jail line. The closest is a “law enforcement complex” line of $618,423 — the building, not the jail.
- No bond or bail information appears anywhere on the site.
- Minutes and agendas are on separate pages; an audio archive is linked from the board page.
These three offices decide who sits in a cell in Weston 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 Weston 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