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Saguache County Released Inmates

A Saguache County release means local jail custody ended. It does not always mean the case ended, and it does not always mean the person went home. The release may be tied to bond, a personal-recognizance order, time served, dismissal, sentence completion, probation, transfer to CDOC, a warrant from another agency, or a civil immigration hold. The first question is therefore simple: which agency ended custody? For a local booking, the Saguache County Sheriff's Office and the jail record are the first sources. For a felony prison sentence, the Colorado Department of Corrections is the state source. For a court order, Saguache Combined Court explains the legal event behind the release.

Released people usually leave a current-custody roster. That can create a false negative. A person may have been booked and released, but no longer be visible in a live jail view because the roster is built for people still held. Saguache did not surface an official public 24-hour or 72-hour release feed in this research pass. That makes the release record, the court register of action, and Colorado VINE more important than a public table. Use each source for its own job, and do not treat one missing result as proof that no release occurred.

Saguache County Release Types

The release type controls where the person appears next. A bond release should match a court event. A sentence-completion release should match a jail or court sentence record. A transfer may look like a release from the county jail, but the receiving agency becomes the next custody source. If the person later appears in CDOC, that is a state-prison or parole lane, not proof that the county jail still holds the person.

Saguache County Release Record Fields

The release or discharge entry is the county record that answers why a person is no longer in jail custody. It is not the same thing as a conviction record. It should be read with the court file because the court file often explains the bond, sentence, dismissal, warrant recall, probation order, or mittimus that caused the release. When the two records agree, the release path is much clearer.

Colorado criminal-justice records may include both open official-action records and records that require custodian review. A release from custody falls in the official-action lane, but medical details, juvenile material, sealed case data, victim or witness information, and active-investigation content may still be withheld or redacted.

Obtain Saguache Release Records

For a Saguache County Jail release, direct the request to the Saguache County Sheriff's Office. Contact sources list the sheriff's office at 530 5th Street, P.O. Box 265, Saguache, CO 81149, phone 719-655-2544. Ask for the jail or records unit, and keep the request narrow. A focused request is easier to route than a broad demand for every file connected to a case.

1. Collect the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, booking date, booking number, and court case number.
2. Ask whether the person was booked into Saguache County Jail and whether the person has been released.
3. Request the release date, release time, release type, release authority, charges, bond information, and transfer destination if any.
4. Ask whether a booking photo exists and whether it is releasable under Colorado criminal-justice records law.
5. Check Saguache Combined Court for the related bond, sentence, dismissal, probation, warrant, or mittimus entry.

Colorado law gives general response timing for public records, but criminal-justice records may require agency review, redaction, and actual-cost fees. The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition summarizes a 25-cent cap for standard-page copies and reasonable actual-cost charges for search, retrieval, and redaction in criminal-justice requests. Do not assume a same-day written response for an older release record.

Saguache Release Record Law

Colorado uses both CORA and the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act. The Colorado Attorney General's overview explains that records of official action must be open for inspection. Section 24-72-302 defines official action to include arrest, charging, disposition, pretrial or posttrial release from custody, and decisions to grant, order, or terminate probation or parole. That is why a release entry is different from an investigative report.

Retention and access are not the same question. This research did not find an official Saguache online retention window for released jail entries, and no public recent-release list was located. If a case has been sealed or expunged, public court access may be limited even though a release occurred. For CDOC records, release, parole, and discharge are separate status concepts. A parole release means the person left prison under supervision. A discharge means the sentence or supervision term ended.

Saguache Court Release Proof

Saguache release verification is unusually court-dependent because no official release feed was found. The Saguache Combined Court sits at 501 4th Street, P.O. Box 197, Saguache, CO 81149, phone 719-655-2522, email saguacheclerk@judicial.state.co.us. Its public hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The court record may show the bond order, sentence, probation term, warrant recall, dismissal, mittimus, or case closure that explains why the jail released the person.

The Colorado Judicial Branch docket search requires a date plus another filter, so it works best when the user knows a recent court date. For older release questions, the clerk or CoCourts register of action may be more useful. Court records may not show the exact jail release timestamp, but they often show the legal event that should match the sheriff's release entry.

Question: Does a court dismissal prove the jail release time? Not by itself. It explains the legal basis, while the sheriff's release record gives the custody date and time.

Find Released Saguache Inmates

The cleanest search starts with the custody lane. Search the sheriff and court path for a Saguache County Jail release. Search CDOC for a sentenced state-prison release, parole status, or discharge. Search BOP for a federal sentence. Search ICE only for current civil immigration custody or the narrow ODLS coverage described by ICE and USA.gov. Mixing systems causes false negatives.

1. Start with the Saguache County Sheriff's Office for a local jail booking or release.
2. Use Saguache Combined Court to match the release to bond, sentence, dismissal, probation, or warrant events.
3. Use Colorado VINE when a current custody status or release alert may still be available.
4. Use CDOC Offender Search only when the person entered state custody, parole, or discharge.
5. Use BOP, ICE, or the federal docket only when the case is federal or immigration-related.

For same-day checking, see the 24-hour release list workflow. For date questions tied to sentence math, use the projected release date page. Those pages do not replace the home search path; they narrow it to one timing question.

CDOC Released Inmate Search

The Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search is the main state-prison lookup. The CDOC search form accepts DOC number, last name, first name, and gender. CDOC search tips state that the DOC number is the primary identifier and that name searches match names beginning with the typed letters. Colorado Virtual Library states that CDOC results can include name, corrections number, mugshot, physical description, current convictions, and parole, release, or discharge dates as applicable.

The CDOC search page captured in the manifest shows the public offender-search entry point. Review the Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search first when a Saguache case led to state custody.

That search is strong for state-prison release and discharge status, but it is not a Saguache County jail roster. A person released on local bond may never appear there.

Saguache County Recent Releases

No official Saguache County 24-hour release list, 72-hour release list, booking-photo feed, or sheriff mobile jail app was found in this research pass. That absence is a local fact. It means the Saguache workflow is a no-feed, direct-confirmation workflow: sheriff phone or records request, Saguache Combined Court, Colorado VINE, and CDOC only if state custody applies.

The Saguache County Sheriff's Office official path is the county sheriff page. Contact details were also cross-checked through the County Sheriffs of Colorado directory and the MySLVConnect sheriff listing. For a release in the last day or three days, call first because custody status can change faster than written records are produced. Then ask for the written release entry if the question must be documented.

Saguache Bond Release Check

A bond-out release should be read with the court docket. A person may be out of jail while the criminal case continues, and future dates or conditions may remain. The jail record can show the custody endpoint. The court record can show the bond amount, bond type, recognizance order, next appearance, or later warrant event. If a release followed bond or a court order, checking only CDOC would miss the local case.

Ask the sheriff whether the release was to the community or to another agency. Then ask Saguache Combined Court for the matching case event. That pairing separates bond from time served, sentence completion, probation, and transfer.

Saguache Parole and Probation

Parole and probation are different release results. Parole is CDOC supervision after a state-prison release. Probation is court supervision ordered by the court and can follow a county jail release or a direct sentence. Saguache County is served by 12th Judicial District probation, with public search results listing a Saguache probation phone of 719-589-7594 and regional office infrastructure in Alamosa and Rio Grande County.

Use parole and probation records to verify whether the person remains under supervision after release. A probation office may not disclose every detail to the public, but the court file can show whether probation was ordered, modified, revoked, or terminated. A CDOC record may show parole, release, or discharge dates for state-prison people.

Saguache VINE and Federal Releases

Colorado VINE is a notification and status-check channel. It can help when a participating county jail or state system feeds custody changes. The service is available online and by phone at 1-888-263-8463. A VINE alert should be treated as a custody-status alert, not as a certified release record. Confirm exact release time and reason with the sheriff or court.

Federal and immigration releases use different tools. The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and may show a release date. ICE ODLS is for current ICE custody or CBP custody over 48 hours, with search routes explained by USA.gov. USMS custody may involve local placement, but there is no broad public USMS name-based release locator like BOP.

Saguache Jail Release Context

Saguache's rural scale changes the access-channel balance. CPR News reported that the Saguache jail was the old sheriff's house from 1957 and described it as one of Colorado's oldest jail facilities, with no outdoor recreation space and old-building security issues. That history is not a release-record claim. Its practical value is that Saguache reads like a small direct-confirmation county rather than a county with a large automated public dashboard.

Directory sources show one sheriff contact route for law enforcement and detentions. For a fresh release, the phone path may be faster. For a historical release, a written records request is cleaner. For a legal reason, the court case is often the best durable proof.

Saguache Released vs Custody

Use the table below to avoid searching the wrong system. Each source has a narrow job. A released person may be absent from a live custody view for the right reason.

Saguache Release Terms

These terms appear across Saguache release records and state lookups. They are easy to mix up, but they mean different things.

Parole

Supervision after a CDOC prison release.

Probation

Court supervision that may follow a jail release or direct sentence.

Discharge

The sentence or supervision term has ended.

Time served

Custody credit satisfied the jail sentence.

Detainer

Another agency may seek custody after local release.

Saguache County Release Facilities

The Facility Map for Saguache is a set of custody and records systems, not just jail buildings. Start with the county jail for local releases, the court for case events, CDOC for state prison and parole, Colorado VINE for alerts, CBI for qualifying registry records, and federal or immigration systems only when those lanes apply.

• Saguache County Jail confirms local jail releases.
• Saguache Combined Court explains release orders and case events.
• Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search covers state custody, parole, release, and discharge records.
• Colorado Parole Board Hearings show the state-prison release decision path.
• Saguache County Probation routes court supervision questions.
• Colorado VINE provides custody-status alerts where data is available.
• Colorado Sex Offender Registry applies only to qualifying registrants.
• BOP Inmate Locator, ICE Detainee Locator, and U.S. Marshals Prisoner Custody cover federal or immigration routes.