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How to Perform Colorado Inmate Lookup
CO makes it very easy for you to search for an inmate and locate someone held in a prison or jail facility within the state. You can use their inmate locator tool and type in the person’s last name to see a list of results. If you know their inmate number, even better, that will bring you directly to them. Once you click on a person from the list, you can see details including their name, age, gender and eye color, height, weight, where they are being held and their dates of parole or probation. You can even view information about their crimes via Colorado inmate search online.
Creating Public Jail Records
The CO Department of Corrections manages jail records, and they begin when someone is arrested. The arresting law enforcement agency opens a file and starts the documentation. That rec-ord is then updated as the criminal progresses through the justice system. Everything from mug shots, the original RAP sheet, court documents and prison records are kept in the file so they can have a complete profile of each inmate. The state jail records are updated daily with new information as events take place that affects the prisoner.
What are Colorado Jail Records?
Colorado jail inmate search records are documents that are kept and maintained from the time someone commits a crime until they are released from prison. They may include everything from the initial RAP sheet, created by local law enforcement, to court documents, prison admittance paperwork, mug shots and everything else that pertains to that person while in the state penal system. Jail records are kept in an online database and updated frequently. Many of the documents are public records and you can search it with add of Colorado prison inmate search.
Jail and Inmate Search in Colorado
Currently, the state has a jail and prison population of 31,828. Colorado’s Department of Corrections maintains the database of all prisoners incarcerated in the state. Along with those in prison, there are also 80,740 people on probation and another 10.186 out on parole. 4,133 staff members run the prisons and jails operating on an annual budget of $922,000,000. The majority imprisoned in CO are white males, with some Hispanic, African Americans, Native Americans and Asians as well. The majority are 30-39 years old. 11,608 are there because of violent offenses. Most of the population is made up of new arrivals and a small number of returns.
Criminal Justice Quick Facts
Colorado Parole Population
Colorado parole population as of the beginning of 2016 counted 9,953 people, 236 paroles per 100.000 population. That’s by 233 people more compared to the previous year, which has increased by 2.3%.
Colorado Prisons
The state has 61 county jails in 64 towns around the state. In those jails, they house an inmate population of 11,660. CO maintains another 23 prisons with a population of 20,168. The state operates with a budget of $922 million per year and 4,133 employees. The state community corrections system also has 8,940 people on parole and another 38,536 under probation. Based on one hundred thousand residents, the state has an incarceration rate of 356, a property crime rate of 2,741 and a violent crime rate of 343. It costs CO $30,374 to house each inmate for one year.
| Prison Name | Prison Type |
|---|---|
| Arapahoe Community Treatment Center | Private Prison |
| Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility | State Prison |
| Arrowhead Correctional Center | State Prison |
| Aurora Detention Facility | Private Prison |
| Bent County Correctional Facility | Private Prison |
| Boulder Community Treatment Center | Private Prison |
| Buena Vista Correctional Facility | State Prison |
| Centennial Community Transition Center | Private Prison |
| Centennial Correctional Facility | State Prison |
| Cheyenne Mountain Re-Entry Center | State Prison |
| Colorado Correctional Center | State Prison |
| Colorado State Penitentiary | State Prison |
| Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility | State Prison |
| Columbine Facility | Private Prison |
| Crowley County Correctional Facility | Private Prison |
| Dahlia Facility | Private Prison |
| Delta Correctional Center | State Prison |
| Denver City Detention Center | State Prison |
| Denver Reception & Diagnostic Center | State Prison |
| Denver Women's Correctional Facility | State Prison |