This is a private reference site, not a government office. It cannot confirm current custody, release anyone, post bond, obtain official records, or change a court or jail record. Use the official contacts below for agency action or verified records.
Bent County Jail and Sheriff
For a local jail release, recent custody change, sheriff record, or booking-record question, start with the Bent County Sheriff's Office and Bent County Jail.
Bent County Sheriff's Office / Bent County Jail
11100 County Road GG.5
Las Animas, Colorado 81054
Phone: 719-456-1363
Administrative hours: Monday-Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Patrol, Jail, and Dispatch: 24 hours a day
The sheriff records-request page lists a required Bent County Sheriff's Office case number, a $5 fee for the first 10 pages, and $0.50 per page after 10. The office contacts requesters with an estimate and requires payment before completion. Checks are payable to Bent County Sheriff's Office and may be mailed to the County Road GG.5 address or dropped off with cash or check.
Court Records and Dockets
Court records can explain a release even after a person drops from jail data. Use Bent Combined Court for case records, docket questions, bond orders, sentence entries, and probation-related court links.
Bent Combined Court
725 Bent Avenue
Las Animas, CO 81054
16th Judicial District
Phone: 719-456-1353
Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Clerk/Jury Commissioner/Registrar: Anita Kuhn
State Prison, VINE, and Registry Contacts
Use the state contacts when the person was serving a Colorado prison sentence, left Bent County Correctional Facility, needs a custody-change alert, or appears in a qualifying registry record.
- Colorado Department of Corrections: offender search at https://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/; CDOC search tips and disclaimer are linked from that system; parole hearing calendar at https://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/index.php?ref=pblist.
- Bent County Correctional Facility: 11560 Road FF.75, Las Animas, CO 81054-9598; phone 719-456-2610; fax 719-456-2615. This is a CoreCivic facility under contract with CDOC.
- Colorado VINE: https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/CO/ENGLISH; phone 1-888-263-8463. The Bent County Jail important-links page points users to VINELink for custody-status information.
- CBI Sex Offender Registration Unit: 690 Kipling Street, Suite 3000, Denver, CO 80215; phone 303-239-4222; fax 303-813-5759; email cdps.cbi.sor@state.co.us; tip line 303-239-5732.
Where to Look First
- For a released county-jail inmate or release record, use the home page search path and then call the jail if the online feed is unavailable.
- For supervision after release, use Parole & Probation.
- For recent local release checks, start with the 24-Hour Release List and the jail/VINE/court fallback steps.
- For a release date or custody alert, use Projected Release Date and VINELink Check.
- For facility-specific routing, use the Bent County Jail, Bent County Correctional Facility, and Fort Lyon pages listed in the footer.