Duchesne County Jail Overview
Duchesne County Jail is operated by the Duchesne County Sheriff's Office. The jail is part of the sheriff and justice-center campus in Duchesne and is the only confirmed physical detention facility in Duchesne County found in official county, Utah Department of Corrections, BOP, and ICE sources. No separate city jail, regional jail, work-release annex, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center was confirmed inside the county.
The jail houses county inmates, local pretrial detainees, local sentenced inmates, and contracted state inmates from Utah. The county jail information page describes the building as a 166-bed facility. The sheriff About Us page describes it as a 165-bed facility operated by 26 corrections officers. Both figures are official county statements, so the capacity should be read as a sourced one-bed variance rather than a single resolved number.
The official sheriff About Us page documents staffing, command contacts, divisions, and the 165-bed jail figure.
That source is useful when checking facility capacity, staffing, and the sheriff's corrections command contact.
Duchesne County Jail Lookup
No official public Duchesne County Jail roster or booking-photo gallery was located on the county or sheriff site. That means a lookup for a newly arrested person should not start with an assumed web roster. Use the jail phone and sheriff contact channels first, then move to Utah VINE, GRAMA, Utah Courts, UDC, BOP, or ICE based on the facts.
- Call Duchesne County Jail at 435-738-0190 and ask whether the person is in current local custody, released, transferred, or held under another agency.
- Call the sheriff main line at 435-738-2015 or dispatch at 435-738-2424 or 435-722-4558 if routing is needed.
- Search Utah VINE when release, transfer, or custody-status notification is the key issue.
- File a sheriff GRAMA request through NextRequest for booking, release, bond, incident, or photograph records that are not posted online.
- Search UDC Offender Search if the person is sentenced to Utah custody, on probation, on parole, or housed as a UDC inmate through IPP.
- Use BOP or ICE ODLS only for federal sentenced custody or immigration detention.
For a broader explanation of record sources, the Duchesne County custody lookup workflow is covered on the Duchesne County inmate records page.
Duchesne County Jail Contact
The jail's address and phone are the anchor details for current custody questions, mail routing, deposits, and visit planning. The sheriff office shares the public-safety campus and provides the main office number, dispatch lines, tip line, and business-hour contact path for sheriff services.
Duchesne County Jail
21554 West 9000 South
Duchesne, UT 84021
Mailing: P.O. Box 10, Duchesne, UT 84021
Jail: 435-738-0190
Fax: 435-738-0191
Email: sheriff@duchesne.utah.gov
Duchesne County Sheriff's Office
21554 West 9000 South
P.O. Box 985, Duchesne, UT 84021
Main: 435-738-2015
Dispatch: 435-738-2424 or 435-722-4558
Business hours: Monday-Friday, 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Sheriff Travis L. Tucker is the elected sheriff. County corrections command information names Captain Jason Curry as jail captain, with the jail phone listed as the general facility contact.
Duchesne County Jail Visits
Duchesne County Jail uses HomeWAV video visitation. County visitation material says regular in-person visits have been discontinued from the video-visitation program, with in-person visits requiring Jail Captain approval. A separate male and female visiting-hours section still contains pandemic-era suspension wording, so visitors should confirm the current status with the jail before traveling.
| Visit type | Schedule or limit | Rules |
|---|---|---|
| Video visitation | Set up through HomeWAV | Use the county-named vendor and follow account setup and support instructions. |
| Regular in-person | Discontinued unless Jail Captain approves an exception | Call the jail before relying on any in-person visit language. |
| Approved onsite booth | Two half-hour visits per weekend, one hour total per week | Saturday is the first day of the visitation week under county rules. |
| Visitor ID | Required for all visitors age 18 or older | Photo ID or driver's license is required. |
| Booth conduct | Maximum three visitors in the booth | No food, drink, cameras, item drop-offs, or poor conduct. |
The county also says minors not related to the inmate will not be allowed, young children must be accompanied by an adult, and visits may be terminated by correctional staff for conduct issues. Current or former members of any correctional facility are prohibited from visiting inmates unless one year has passed since release.
Duchesne County Jail Mail Money
Mail and money for Duchesne County Jail use different addresses. Letters are routed through the jail's mail-processing address in Greensboro, North Carolina, with the facility ID listed by the county. Money orders go to the jail's Duchesne post office box and must be payable to Duchesne County Jail. Inmate-account deposits can also be made through JailATM online or through the lobby kiosk.
| Service | Provider or address | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Letters | Inmate Name, Duchesne County Jail, Facility ID #5269, P.O. Box 18247, Greensboro, NC 27419 | Sender's full name and return address required; no contraband, money, orders, envelopes, stamps, or photos. |
| Money orders | Duchesne County Jail, Inmate Name and ID #, P.O. Box 10, Duchesne, UT 84021 | Must be payable to Duchesne County Jail and mailed separately from letters. |
| Online deposits | JailATM | Visa or Mastercard accepted for inmate-account deposits. |
| Lobby kiosk | JailATM kiosk | Visa, Mastercard, or cash accepted; valid photo ID required. |
| Phone accounts | Paytel | Accounts can be set up online or by phone through Paytel customer service. |
These deposits are inmate-account funds. They are not the same as bond. For release or bond questions, call the jail and confirm the court, accepted payment method, and any other holds before paying anything.
Duchesne County Jail Booking
A person arrested in Duchesne County may be taken to Duchesne County Jail unless cited and released, taken directly to court, transferred, or handled by another agency. Booking is the receiving process after arrest. County booking materials indicate that staff gather arrest and booking documentation, fingerprints, mug shots, medical-history information, and property records for internal jail use. Public access to those records is not the same as internal access.
Formal charges may come later through the county attorney and the courts. Jail booking entries can reflect arresting-agency information, while Utah court records show the complaint, information, amended charges, hearings, judgments, and outcomes after filing. Bond can also change after a court appearance. For local bond or release information, call the jail and then confirm court status through Utah Courts Xchange or the relevant court clerk if the answer is unclear.
Duchesne County Jail IPP Programs
Duchesne County Jail is part of Utah's contracted county-jail system for some state inmates. The UDC Inmate Placement Program places eligible state inmates in county jails after screening for security level, medical and mental-health status, program needs, crime of conviction, institutional history, gang affiliation, and other management factors. UDC says its staff monitor participating jails through inspections and inmate interviews after transfer.
UDC also documented a Building Trades program at Duchesne County Jail. A UDC news item reported that students under UDC supervision but housed at the jail graduated from a 14-week UBTech Building Trades program on May 17, 2023. The program has operated at the jail for 30 years and teaches skills such as framing, electrical work, plumbing, and woodworking while building affordable housing for the surrounding community.
The UDC IPP page describes the state-inmate county jail program and the screening process used before placement.
That distinction matters because a UDC inmate housed at Duchesne County Jail may be located through UDC systems even while physically held in the county jail.
Note: Confirm custody, visit status, and deposit eligibility with Duchesne County Jail before traveling or sending funds.