Bent County Jail Releases
Bent County Jail is the sheriff-operated local detention facility for Bent County arrests, pretrial custody, short county sentences, bond releases, time-served releases, court-ordered releases, and transfers. The jail site says the facility opened in 2000 and houses up to 94 inmates, including male and female inmates across minimum-security through maximum-segregation populations. It is not the same source as Bent County Correctional Facility, which is a CDOC-contracted state prison.
When someone leaves this jail, the next record depends on the event. A community release may be confirmed by the jail, the sheriff release or booking record, Colorado VINE if the custody event is fed, and the court docket if a court action caused the release. A transfer to CDOC moves the practical lookup to CDOC offender search. A transfer to another county or agency should be followed through the receiving agency after the Bent County custody event is confirmed.
| Release event | Where to confirm | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or personal recognizance | Jail, court docket, bond record | The court may set bond before the physical release is processed. |
| Time served or sentence end | Jail release record and court disposition | The live roster may drop the person after custody ends. |
| Transfer to CDOC | CDOC offender search | This is not a community release from custody. |
| Transfer to another agency | Jail release record and receiving agency | Bent County can show the transfer event, not the later status. |
| Court order or dismissal | Bent Combined Court docket and jail record | The case event may explain why custody ended. |
Confirm a Bent County Jail Release
The official Bent County Jail inmate-info page was not a reliable public release list during research because it displayed a technical-difficulty message and a mobile-friendly link instead of a working roster. That does not mean the jail has no record. It means the public web feed should not be treated as the final source for a person who may have just left custody.
- Check the inmate-info page first for any restored roster or recent-release feed.
- Call the jail at 719-456-1363 with the person's full name, date of birth if known, booking date range, and case number if known.
- Ask a narrow question: whether the person was released from Bent County Jail and what release date or release reason can be confirmed.
- Search the Colorado Judicial Branch docket for bond, sentence, dismissal, or probation events.
- Check Colorado VINE for a custody-status event or alert option.
- Submit a sheriff records request if a written release record or booking photo is needed.
For a named-person search that may involve CDOC, BOP, ICE, or court records, the broader Bent County released inmates hub separates the county jail path from state and federal release paths.
Bent County Jail Contact
The jail and sheriff share the same core contact information in the source set. The sheriff contact page lists administrative hours and also states that Patrol, Jail, and Dispatch operate 24 hours a day. Records work may follow administrative hours, while custody operations continue around the clock.
Bent County Jail / Bent County Sheriff's Office11100 County Road GG.5
Las Animas, CO 81054
Phone: 719-456-1363
Administrative hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Patrol, Jail, and Dispatch: 24 hours
The sheriff's records-request form is the local written-record path. It asks for a BCSO case number, date or date range, incident location, involved persons, request type, delivery preference, statutory acknowledgment, and signature. If the case number is not known, call before filing and ask how to identify the booking or incident record.
About Bent County Jail
The jail's published local role is small-county custody, not state sentence administration. It handles arrests, short jail stays, court holds, bonds, and transfers for Bent County. The jail opened in 2000 and the public source lists capacity up to 94 inmates. The sheriff's News & Media page adds local jail turnover context by listing 888 bookings for 2023, 583 for 2022, 695 for 2021, 727 for 2020, and 717 bookings plus more than 14,600 inmate days for 2019.
The Bent County Jail bonding page gives release-specific local detail. It distinguishes cash and surety bonds, explains bond payment to the holding county, and cites the six-hour sheriff release rule after qualifying PR or cash-bond steps are met unless extraordinary circumstances exist. It also says a sheriff may hold a defendant up to 24 hours when required electronic monitoring must be fitted.
Bent County Jail Records
A written Bent County Jail release record may show the person's name, booking or case number, booking date, charge information, bond or court order reference, release date and time, release reason, and receiving agency if transferred. A booking photo request uses the same records path when the public feed is unavailable. Colorado's booking-photo rule and the sheriff's form acknowledgment should be expected to apply to any request for a photo.
The records fee is concrete: $5 for the first 10 pages and $0.50 for each page after that, with a victim exception listed. The office contacts the requester with the estimate and requires payment before completion. Checks are payable to Bent County Sheriff's Office and may be mailed to the jail/sheriff address or dropped off with cash or check. The form says credit and debit cards were not accepted at the time of the page text.
The records-request page is shown in the captured source below. It is the practical local fallback when the inmate-info feed is down or when a written jail release record is needed.
The form is a record request, not a live custody roster. For immediate safety or custody status questions, call the jail or use VINE before waiting on a copy request.
Bent County Jail vs CDOC
Bent County searches often mix two nearby facilities. Bent County Jail is at 11100 County Road GG.5 and uses 719-456-1363. Bent County Correctional Facility is at 11560 Road FF.75 and uses 719-456-2610. The first is the sheriff jail. The second is a CoreCivic facility serving CDOC.
If the person was sentenced to state prison or released from Bent County Correctional Facility, the correct public path is CDOC offender search, CDOC records, VINE where covered, and parole sources when the release is to supervision. If the person was arrested locally and released from the sheriff jail, the correct path is the jail, sheriff records, VINE, and court docket. The names are similar, but the records are not interchangeable.