Bent County Released Inmates
A release means a person has left the custody system that held them. In Bent County, that phrase can point to the Bent County Jail, the sheriff-operated local jail in Las Animas, or to Bent County Correctional Facility, a state-prison facility operated by CoreCivic for the Colorado Department of Corrections. The first step is to separate those two systems. A person released from the jail may have bonded out, completed a short jail sentence, been released by court order, been moved to another county, or been transferred to CDOC. A person leaving the prison has a state sentence record, and the sheriff's jail release record is not the main source.
Released people normally drop off a live custody roster because that roster is built to show who is still held. The release record explains why they left. For a local jail case, the record belongs with the Bent County Sheriff's Office and may also be reflected in the Colorado Judicial Branch docket. For a state-prison case, the release, parole, discharge, or transfer should be checked through CDOC offender search, CDOC records, and parole sources when supervision follows.
Bent County Release Types
The reason for release controls where to look next. A bond release is different from a sentence discharge. A transfer to CDOC is not a release to the community. A court dismissal may explain why the person left the jail even when the jail feed no longer lists them. Bent County's own bonding page is useful because it explains local bond payment methods and the timing rule after qualifying bond steps are complete.
| Release type | What it means | Where it shows next |
|---|---|---|
| Cash, surety, or PR bond | The court allows release while the case continues. | Jail release record, bond record, and court docket. |
| Time served or sentence end | The local jail sentence or custody time is complete. | Jail release record and court disposition. |
| Court order, dismissal, or amended charge | A judge or case event removes the custody basis. | Docket, court record, and jail release record. |
| Transfer to CDOC | The person leaves county custody for state prison. | CDOC offender search, not a community-release list. |
| Parole, mandatory release, or discharge | A state prisoner leaves prison custody or sentence control changes. | CDOC, parole sources, and VINE when covered. |
The Bent County Jail bonding page cites C.R.S. 16-4-102 and says sheriffs must release a defendant within six hours after qualifying personal recognizance or cash-bond steps are met unless extraordinary circumstances exist. It also notes a limited hold of up to 24 hours when electronic monitoring must be fitted. That is a local timing fact, not a promise that every release appears in an online list within the same window.
Bent County Release Record Fields
A Bent County release record is the custody event record tied to a booking or sentence. The public fields depend on the system and the custodian's release decision under Colorado criminal-justice records law. Because the jail's public inmate-info feed was not working during research, the sheriff records request is the practical route for a written local release record or booking photo.
| Field | What it can show |
|---|---|
| Name and booking or case number | The identity and local record used by the jail or sheriff's office. |
| Booking date and arresting agency | When custody began and which agency brought the person in. |
| Charge or court case number | The case link that may explain bond, dismissal, sentence, or transfer. |
| Release date and time | When the person left Bent County Jail custody, if releasable. |
| Release reason | Bond, time served, court order, transfer, sentence completion, or other basis. |
| Receiving agency or supervision | CDOC, another county, parole, probation, or another lawful custody path. |
For a state prisoner, CDOC fields are different. Colorado's offender database may show a mugshot, corrections number, current convictions, facility assignment, physical descriptors, and parole, release, or discharge dates when applicable. A CDOC record is the right place to verify a release from Bent County Correctional Facility, while the sheriff's release record is the right place to verify a Bent County Jail release.
Get Bent County Release Records
The Bent County Sheriff's records-request form is the local written-record path. The form asks for the requester's contact information, relation to the case, BCSO case number, incident date or close date range, incident location, involved person details, request type, delivery choice, statutory acknowledgment, and digital signature. The form states that a BCSO case number is required. If that number is unknown, call the sheriff or jail first and ask what identifier is needed for the booking or incident record.
- Identify the custody system: Bent County Jail, CDOC, court, federal BOP, or ICE.
- For a jail record, gather the person's full name, date of birth if known, booking date range, court case number, and BCSO case number if available.
- Submit the sheriff records form and ask for the booking and release record, including release date, release reason, and transfer agency if public.
- Use the court docket when a bond, dismissal, sentence, or probation order explains the release.
- Use CDOC records for state-prison release, parole, mandatory release, or discharge dates.
| Item | Published amount or rule |
|---|---|
| First 10 pages | $5, with a victim exception listed on the form. |
| Pages after 10 | $0.50 per page. |
| Payment | Payment is required before completion. Checks may be mailed or cash/check dropped off. |
| Cards | The form says credit and debit cards were not accepted at the time of the page text. |
Colorado sealing can also affect public access. The Colorado Judicial Branch sealing resource defines sealing as hiding criminal records from public view while the records still exist for some authorized access. The Sealed Case Search can confirm some automatic conviction sealing under C.R.S. 13-3-117. A missing public docket or booking item may reflect access limits, not proof that no jail event occurred.
Find Released Bent County Inmates
The reliable search path starts with the custody system, not with one generic roster. Bent County's jail inmate-info page is the official jail starting point, but during research it displayed a technical-difficulty message instead of a working current or recent-release feed. That means same-day confirmation often depends on phone confirmation, VINE, the court docket, and a records request.
A released person may be gone from the live jail roster. Use the release record, VINE, court docket, CDOC offender search, or direct agency confirmation instead.
- Check the official Bent County Jail inmate-info page first, but do not treat the feed as complete while the outage message is present.
- Call the jail at 719-456-1363 for a narrow custody question, such as whether the person was released and what release date or reason can be confirmed.
- Search the Colorado Judicial Branch docket for bond, sentencing, dismissal, or probation events.
- Check Colorado VINE for custody status or a release notification option.
- Use CDOC offender search for anyone serving a state sentence or leaving Bent County Correctional Facility.
- Use the sheriff records request if an online result is absent or a written release record is needed.
For same-day feed intent, the 24-hour release list page explains the current feed outage and the last-day fallback chain. For sentence-date questions, the projected release date page separates jail timing from CDOC date fields and earned-time rules.
CDOC Search for Released Inmates
The Colorado Department of Corrections offender search is the public path for state prisoners and former state prisoners. It matters in Bent County because Bent County Correctional Facility is a medium-security CDOC customer facility. It is not the county jail, even though both facilities are in Las Animas and both appear in local release searches.
The CDOC search tips say DOC number is the primary identifier, name searches return beginning-letter matches, two last names should not be hyphenated, and the name on record may be the arresting or prosecuted name. The CDOC disclaimer also says the database may sometimes contain inaccurate information and should be confirmed with CDOC for disputed facts.
| Search field | How to use it |
|---|---|
| DOCNO | Best field when the CDOC number is known. |
| Last name | Use beginning letters and try the prosecuted name if needed. |
| First name | Pair with last name to narrow common names. |
| Gender | Leave as All if uncertain because it is supplemental. |
The CDOC offender search page is shown in the captured source below. The form confirms that Bent County state-prison release searches begin with DOCNO, last name, first name, and gender, not with the sheriff jail roster.
Use CDOC for release, parole, discharge, and facility assignment on a state sentence. Use the sheriff record only when the person was separately booked or released from Bent County Jail.
Bent County Court and VINE
Court records often explain why a released person left custody. Bent County is in the 16th Judicial District, and the Bent Combined Court page gives the local court address, hours, record-search request link, and probation link. The statewide docket search requires a date plus one other filter and allows county, courthouse, court type, case number, party, and attorney filters. A docket may show a bond order, sentence, probation term, warrant recall, dismissal, or other case event that caused release.
Colorado VINE is a custody-status and notification tool, not a full release-record archive. Bent County Jail's important-links page points users to VINELink, which makes VINE a local route when the public jail feed is not working. A VINE release event should still be paired with the jail record, CDOC record, or court record when a written date, release reason, or case link is needed.
Federal and immigration custody are separate. The BOP inmate locator is used for federal prisoners and may show a past release date with no current BOP facility. ICE's locator factsheet says ODLS is for people currently detained by ICE or in CBP custody more than 48 hours. A Bent County Jail release and an ICE transfer are different events and should be verified through the correct agency.
Bent County Release Money
Bent County research separates bond money from inmate-account money. The jail's bonding page explains cash and surety bonds and says cash bonds may be paid online through Access Corrections using the inmate's name, date of birth, case number, and full bond amount. The inmate finances page is different. It discusses lobby kiosk and Access Corrections deposits for inmate accounts and says money posts within the hour.
That distinction matters during release planning. Money in an inmate account is not the same as a bond payment. A release record is not the same as a receipt for funds. If the issue is bond, use the court and jail bond process. If the issue is a custody record, use the sheriff records request. If the issue is CDOC sentence money or state-prison release, use CDOC or the facility rather than the county jail.
Bent County Custody Lookup
Each system answers a limited question. Matching the question to the source prevents the common mistake of looking for a released state prisoner on a county jail feed or asking the sheriff to compute a CDOC discharge date.
| Need | Best source | What it proves |
|---|---|---|
| Current or recent county-jail custody | Bent County Jail, phone, VINE, records request | Local custody or local release event. |
| State-prison release or discharge | CDOC offender search and CDOC records | State sentence status, parole, discharge, or facility assignment. |
| Why a case left jail custody | Colorado Judicial Branch docket and Bent Combined Court | Bond, sentence, dismissal, probation, or other court action. |
| Federal release | BOP inmate locator | Federal custody status or release date. |
| Immigration custody | ICE ODLS and ICE facility channels | Current ICE detention, not a county release archive. |
- Parole
- Supervision after a CDOC prison sentence, handled through state parole structures.
- Probation
- A court-ordered supervision status, often tied to a local sentence or deferred judgment.
- Discharge
- The end of sentence control or supervision, depending on the record.
- Time served
- Release because custody time already satisfies the jail or court requirement.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another agency that may affect release or transfer.
Bent County Detention Facilities
Bent County has a small but unusually mixed correctional map. The sheriff jail and the state prison are both in Las Animas, but their release records route to different agencies. Fort Lyon adds local correctional history, yet it is not a current jail or prison release-search source.
- Bent County Jail is the local sheriff jail for arrests, bond releases, short sentences, court releases, and transfers.
- Bent County Correctional Facility is a CoreCivic-operated CDOC prison, so releases route through CDOC and parole records.
- Fort Lyon former correctional facility is historical correctional context, not an active roster or release list.
Address and phone differences are important. The sheriff and jail list 11100 County Road GG.5 and 719-456-1363. CoreCivic lists Bent County Correctional Facility at 11560 Road FF.75 and 719-456-2610. Calling the wrong facility can lead to a correct but unhelpful answer because the agencies hold different records.
Search Bent County Records
Use the public-record search below for a broad name search, then verify any Bent County release fact with the office that holds the record: the sheriff for a county jail release, CDOC for a state-prison release, the court for case disposition, BOP for federal custody, and ICE for immigration detention.