Jackson County Jail Releases
Jackson County Jail is the local custody facility for people booked on local arrests, warrants, court holds, and short-term county custody events in Jackson County, Colorado. A person may leave this jail on bond, court order, dismissal, time served, completion of a local sentence, transfer to another county, transfer to CDOC after a felony sentence, transfer to federal custody on a judicial warrant, or immigration custody after local release if a separate lawful federal process exists.
The key point is custody type. A release from the Jackson County Jail means Jackson County custody ended. It does not always mean the person is free from every court order, supervision term, warrant, or other custody system. If the person moved to CDOC, the state offender search becomes the better status source. If the person moved to BOP or ICE, the federal systems must be checked separately. If the person was released to the community, the court docket and the sheriff release record are the main proof of why and when the jail stay ended.
| Release path | What it means | Where to confirm next |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or court order | The person left county custody while the case may continue. | Jackson County Jail and Jackson County Combined Court |
| Time served or local sentence complete | The county jail term ended. | Sheriff release record and court disposition |
| Probation | The court ordered community supervision. | Probation office and court case |
| CDOC transfer or prison release | The person entered or left state corrections. | CDOC offender search and Adult Parole |
| Federal or ICE custody | Another custody system may have taken over after county custody. | BOP locator, USMS contacts, or ICE ODLS |
Confirm Jackson Jail Release
No official Jackson County, Colorado recent-release list, 24-hour release feed, 72-hour release feed, jail roster, booking-photo feed, or sheriff mobile app was located in the research sources. That does not prove the jail has no internal records. It means public verification should rely on direct jail contact, Colorado VINE, court records, and written records requests instead of an online roster page.
- Call the Jackson County Sheriff's Office / Jail with the person's full name and date of birth if known. Ask whether the person is still in county custody, released, transferred, or never booked.
- Ask for the public release date, release time, and release type if that information is available through the jail.
- Search Colorado VINE for custody-change status or transfer status. VINE is a notification tool, not a full archive.
- Check the Colorado Judicial Branch docket search and Jackson County Combined Court records for bond, disposition, sentence, probation, or warrant entries.
- If the person was transferred, search the destination system: CDOC, BOP, or ICE ODLS, depending on the facts.
- Submit a written CCJRA request to the sheriff if a formal release record, booking sheet, transfer record, or booking photograph is needed.
The broader search path for Jackson County released inmates combines these same channels. Use it when the person's status is unclear, when VINE has no match, or when a court action explains a release that no longer appears in custody data.
Jackson Jail Contact
The source image for the local jail contact is the LETA911 Jackson County Sheriff's Office listing, which confirms the public address and phone used for release verification.
The listing supports the local contact card below. It does not create an online release feed, so the phone and records-request route remain the main Jackson County Jail verification path.
Jackson County Sheriff's Office / Jail
396 LaFever Street, PO Box 565
Walden, CO 80480
Phone: 970-723-4242
Agency: Jackson County Sheriff's Office
Use for: jail custody status, release confirmation, transfer questions, and local CCJRA release-record requests.
When calling, ask for public release information by name and date of birth. For a written request, identify the exact record sought: release date and time, release reason, booking number if assigned, transfer destination, bond release notation, or booking photo if releasable. Fees were not confirmed in the research, so ask for the current estimate before processing.
About Jackson County Jail
Jackson County Jail is a county-jail function operated by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office. It serves local arrests, warrants, court holds, and short-term county custody events. No separate municipal detention center, state prison, federal prison, or ICE detention center was confirmed inside Jackson County in the research sweep. That makes the jail the primary local facility page for this released-inmates site.
The jail's release workflow is closely tied to the court because the sheriff and the Jackson County Combined Court share the LaFever Street location context in Walden. A person may leave because the court set bond, changed custody status, entered a disposition, imposed probation, issued a mittimus for CDOC, or resolved a warrant. Jail staff may confirm custody status, but the court case often explains the legal reason for release.
- Release record
- The jail or agency record showing that custody ended, including time, reason, and related booking or case details when releasable.
- Transfer
- Movement from Jackson County custody to another jail, CDOC, federal custody, or another lawful authority.
- Detainer
- A notice or request from another agency. It does not always authorize holding a person after local custody ends.
- Official action
- A Colorado public-records concept that includes release from custody and decisions affecting probation or parole.
Jackson Court Release Records
Jackson County Combined Court can explain a jail release that no longer appears in custody data. Court records may show bond settings, docket events, dispositions, sentence orders, probation orders, warrants, or documents that sent a person to CDOC. The court path is especially important in Jackson County because no official jail release feed was located.
Jackson County Combined Court
396 LaFever St, PO Box 308
Walden, CO 80480
Phone: 970-723-4363
Fax: 970-723-4337
Public hours: Monday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Tuesday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.; Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.; Friday closed; except state holidays.
The Colorado State Courts Data Access portal contains court data, not case documents. For certified copies, sealed-record questions, or documents beyond public data, contact the court clerk under Colorado Judicial Branch access rules. A missing public result may reflect spelling, restricted access, data limits, sealing, the wrong court, or case timing.
Jackson Jail Records Requests
Colorado's Criminal Justice Records Act is the main route for Jackson County Jail release records when no public web feed exists. The Colorado Attorney General explains that official action includes pretrial or posttrial release from custody, plus decisions affecting probation and parole. The CBI CCJRA request page says requests must be submitted in writing and reviewed under C.R.S. 24-72-301 et seq.
| Request item | Why it helps |
|---|---|
| Full name and date of birth | Helps the sheriff match the correct booking or custody event. |
| Booking or release date range | Narrows the record search when no online feed exists. |
| Case number if known | Links the jail event to court action. |
| Requested record | Specify release date/time, release reason, transfer record, booking sheet, or booking photo. |
| Fee estimate request | Colorado sources allow copy and actual-cost charges, but no Jackson County schedule was confirmed. |
Colorado law defines criminal justice records broadly enough to include photographs, but release of many records can be discretionary and subject to denial grounds, redaction, court orders, juvenile restrictions, sealing, or other limits. Ask first for the official release action, then ask for related records if needed.
Jackson Release Fallbacks
Colorado VINE is one of the best public fallback channels for Jackson County Jail because the research did not locate a sheriff-published release list. Use VINE to search a specific person, read custody status, and register for email, text, phone, or in-app custody-change alerts where a record is available. If VINE shows released, the sheriff release record and court file still provide the official why and when.
CDOC applies when a Jackson County case led to state prison or parole. The CDOC offender search can show DOC number, name, date fields, parole eligibility, next parole hearing, status, and sentence discharge concepts when visible. BOP applies only to federal inmates, and BOP records cover federal inmates released after 1982. ICE ODLS applies only to immigration detention and requires identifiers such as name, A-number or date of birth, and country of birth. These systems are not substitutes for the Jackson County Jail release record.
Important: A released person usually drops off a current-custody view. Use jail contact, court records, VINE, and the destination system instead of relying on a live roster.
Jackson ICE Release Rules
Jackson County has a distinctive local ICE directive. The Jackson County Sheriff's Office ICE directive states that JCSO will not hold or detain a person solely on an ICE detainer or administrative warrant. It also states that once a person has completed custody time or posted bond, the person is free to leave. ICE may be notified of an expected release date and may take custody once the person is released from Jackson County custody.
This distinction matters for release verification. "Released from Jackson County Jail" can be true even if ICE later takes custody under a separate process. The county jail record documents the end of local custody. If immigration custody follows, use ICE ODLS and immigration counsel or court channels for later status. If federal criminal custody follows instead, use BOP or U.S. Marshals contacts based on the case facts.
Note: No ICE detention center was confirmed inside Jackson County, so do not treat ODLS as a local jail roster.