Bent County Scheduled vs Actual
A projected release date is a planning date. It is not the same as the actual jail door or prison discharge event. In Bent County, that distinction is most important because the county has both the Bent County Jail and Bent County Correctional Facility. The jail handles local arrests, bond releases, short sentences, court-ordered releases, and transfers. The correctional facility is a CDOC-contracted state prison, so the state sentence record controls parole eligibility and discharge timing.
Scheduled vs actual release: a scheduled, projected, parole-eligibility, mandatory-release, or discharge date can change before the person actually leaves custody.
A pretrial detainee does not have a sentence-based release date. The person may be released after a bond is set and posted, after a court order, after a dismissal, or after another agency takes custody. A sentenced person may have a computed end date, but the computation depends on credits, court orders, sentence structure, parole decisions, and any holds. That is why a Bent County projected release date should always be checked close to the expected release.
The same event can have more than one date. A court may enter an order on one day, the jail may process the physical release later, and a VINE or CDOC system may update after the agency record changes. For practical verification, keep the court order date, the custody-release date, and any state sentence date separate. They answer related but different questions.
Find a Bent County Release Date
The first step is to decide which agency holds the date. The Bent County Jail can confirm local custody and jail release records. The court can explain the order or sentence that caused a release. CDOC calculates and publishes state prison date information. The sheriff should not be treated as the custodian of a CDOC parole-eligibility calculation for a state prisoner, and CDOC should not be treated as the source for a local bond release from the county jail.
- For a person in Bent County Jail, call 719-456-1363 or use the sheriff records request when a written release record is needed.
- Check the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search for bond, sentencing, dismissal, mittimus, revocation, or other court events.
- For a CDOC prisoner, search the CDOC offender search by DOCNO, last name, first name, and gender.
- Look for date fields such as parole eligibility, mandatory release, release, discharge, or sentence discharge. Do not assume the public field will be labeled "Projected Release Date."
- Use Colorado VINE release notifications if an alert is needed when custody status changes.
- Record the date checked, then confirm again close to release with the jail, CDOC, case manager, parole office, or court source as appropriate.
The CDOC offender search screenshot shows the official search form fields used for state prisoners tied to Bent County Correctional Facility or another Colorado prison.
That source is for state sentence records. It should be paired with the jail and court path when the person was held locally before transfer or release.
Bent County Jail Timing
Bent County Jail release timing is driven by the case posture. A bond release depends on a court-set bond, completion of required steps, bond posting, and jail processing. Time-served and sentence-completion releases depend on the sentence, credits, and jail or court calculation. A transfer to CDOC is different from a community release. In a transfer, the county release closes the jail custody event, but the person's state custody continues under CDOC.
The Bent County bonding page gives unusually specific local timing language. It says a sheriff must release a defendant within six hours after qualifying personal recognizance or cash-bond steps are met unless extraordinary circumstances exist. It also states that a sheriff may hold a defendant up to 24 hours if required electronic monitoring must be fitted. That timing rule belongs to the bond release process. It does not mean every jail release has a six-hour window, and it does not calculate a state prison date.
Note: Bond fees, booking fees, or other debts are not the same as the court-set bond steps described by the jail source.
CDOC Date Fields for Bent County
For a state prisoner, use CDOC first. The research did not find an official current CDOC help page that names one public field "Projected Release Date." Colorado sources instead describe date concepts such as parole eligibility date, mandatory release date, sentence discharge, release date, discharge date, and parole, release, or discharge dates as applicable. That is why the wording should stay broad when reading a public CDOC detail screen.
| CDOC item | How it helps |
|---|---|
| DOCNO | Best search identifier when known, because names can vary. |
| Name and gender | Search fields for narrowing the state offender search. |
| Parole eligibility | A date or concept tied to when the person can be considered for parole. |
| Mandatory release or discharge | A sentence-date concept that can differ from parole eligibility. |
| Release or discharge status | Shows that a state custody term or status changed, when displayed. |
CDOC's disclaimer says public database information may contain inaccuracies and directs users to contact CDOC to confirm information. That caveat is important for any Bent County projected release date tied to travel, court attendance, release planning, or supervision coordination.
For Bent County searches, this state source is most relevant to people in CDOC custody, including those held at Bent County Correctional Facility. It is less useful for a person whose only custody was a local jail booking. When the person moved from the jail to CDOC, the local release record and the state offender record both matter because they describe different parts of the custody path.
Colorado Earned Time Rules
Colorado sentence computation is governed by state law, not by a single county rule. C.R.S. 17-22.5-405 is the earned-time and earned-release-time source cited in the research. It includes earned time not to exceed 10 days for each month of incarceration or parole, with added eligibility categories and program or achievement provisions in the title 17 framework. Earned time can affect parole eligibility and mandatory release calculations, depending on the offense class, sentence, and statutory eligibility.
C.R.S. 17-22.5-403 governs parole eligibility. Colorado does not have one universal 85 percent rule for every inmate. Proposition 128 materials explain a 2024 change that increased parole-eligibility service requirements for certain crimes of violence, often described as an 85 percent requirement for covered cases. Other offenses may use different formulas. Because the public Bent County projected release date can rest on these distinctions, broad percentage shortcuts can be wrong.
Use Colorado Revised Statutes title 17 for the statutory framework and CDOC for the person's actual sentence computation.
Parole Dates in Bent County
Parole eligibility is not the same as release. The Colorado State Board of Parole evaluates eligible offenders for parole release, sets parole conditions, and presides over revocation hearings. The public CDOC calendar shows hearing months and warns that schedules can change. A person at Bent County Correctional Facility may have a parole hearing or parole eligibility date while still serving the state sentence.
Decision results are not presented in the research as a simple public person-by-person Board decision lookup. Colorado publishes annual and analytical reports, but a specific person check still relies on CDOC offender search, the hearing calendar, case manager contact for hearing logistics, and records or counsel channels for formal Board action. For local jail release, parole records may not apply at all unless the person also has a state parole status.
The CDOC parole hearing calendar screenshot is relevant when a projected release question turns on parole consideration rather than a fixed county jail release.
The calendar helps identify hearing logistics, while the actual release or discharge status still needs CDOC confirmation.
Why Bent County Dates Change
Release dates move because custody records are active records. A date can change after CDOC or a court corrects a sentence, after credits are applied or withheld, after a new case appears, or after the Parole Board acts. A jail release can also move because bond paperwork, court orders, electronic monitoring, or transfer processing takes time. The date in one system may not update at the same moment as another system.
| Change factor | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Mittimus or sentence correction | The legal sentence record changes and the custody calculation follows. |
| Presentence confinement credit | Credit for prior custody can affect sentence time remaining. |
| Earned time withheld or lost | Credits may change parole eligibility or mandatory release calculations. |
| New conviction or consecutive sentence | A later sentence can extend custody beyond the earlier date. |
| Parole defer, rescission, or revocation | The Board can delay release, take back a planned parole before release, or return a parolee to custody. |
| Detainer or transfer hold | The person may leave one custody source but move to another agency. |
Confirm a Bent County Release
Confirmation should match the custody source. For a local jail case, call Bent County Jail or request the sheriff release record if a written copy is needed. The sheriff records form requires a Bent County Sheriff's Office case number, so a caller without that number should ask what identifier is needed for a booking or release request. For a state prison case, use CDOC offender search first, then confirm with CDOC or the case manager or parole channel if the date affects practical planning.
For alerts, Colorado VINE can notify a registered user when custody status changes where the agency feed supports it. For court context, the Colorado docket can show the order or hearing that caused a release, even when it does not show the physical release time. For federal custody, use BOP. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. A complete Bent County projected release date check may need more than one source because release from one custody system is not always release from every system.