Parole Hearings and Releases
The Colorado State Board of Parole hearing calendar is inside the CDOC Offender Search system. Research notes that the calendar displays monthly calendars and lets users hover over a date for that day's schedule or open a larger calendar. A hearing entry is not a final release record. A person may be granted, denied, deferred, rescinded before release, released to parole supervision, returned to custody after revocation, or eventually discharged.
Check the Hearing Path
Use this page only for state-prison cases. If someone disappeared from Saguache County Jail after bond, a court order, or a short sentence, use the sheriff and Saguache Combined Court instead. For CDOC cases, check the parole-board calendar, then search the person's CDOC record after the hearing for status and date fields.
- Open the CDOC parole-board calendar at https://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/index.php?ref=pblist.
- Review the relevant month and date if the hearing timing is known.
- After the hearing, use CDOC Offender Search for parole, release, discharge, or custody status.
- Request official CDOC or parole records if the public status needs confirmation.
Parole Board Records and Contact
The operating agencies are the Colorado State Board of Parole and the Colorado Department of Corrections. A separate statewide public parole-decision-results search was not found beyond the calendar and CDOC status path. For individual official results, use CDOC and parole records tied to the offender's CDOC number.
Colorado State Board of Parole / CDOC
Calendar: https://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/index.php?ref=pblist
Follow-up: CDOC Offender Search
Best identifier: DOC number when available
About Colorado Parole Hearings
Parole eligibility is governed by section 17-22.5-403, with earned time addressed in section 17-22.5-405. For many felony sentences the general eligibility rule begins at 50% of the sentence less earned time, but serious-offense exceptions and newer 85% rules for certain violent offenses can apply. Eligibility is not guaranteed release; the parole board can impose conditions or deny or defer release.
Saguache County Relevance
A Saguache reader should use the parole-board path only if the person was sentenced from Saguache Combined Court or another Colorado court into CDOC custody. Probation is a court-supervision channel and is different from parole. A county jail release may be followed by probation without any CDOC parole record.
Parole Hearing Outcomes
A parole-board calendar entry is only one point in the state release path. Research-supported outcome wording includes granted, denied, deferred, tabled for review, rescinded before release, released to parole supervision, returned to custody after revocation, or discharged after supervision. Do not treat a calendar date as proof that the person left custody. Check the CDOC record after the hearing and request official records if the outcome matters.
This distinction matters for Saguache County because a local jail release and a state parole release are separate events. A person can leave Saguache County Jail on bond and never have a parole hearing. Another person can be sentenced from Saguache Combined Court to CDOC and later appear on the parole-board calendar months or years after the county jail stay.
Eligibility Is Not Release
Colorado parole eligibility statutes set when many people may be considered for parole. They do not guarantee release. Section 17-22.5-403 contains the general eligibility structure and exceptions. Section 17-22.5-405 addresses earned time. Proposition 128 changed the framework for some violent offenses after the 2024 election, with higher percentage service described in public summaries. Offense date, conviction offense, sentence class, discipline, earned time, and board action all matter.
When a release-date question turns on parole eligibility, use the sentence order, CDOC status, and the parole-board path together. A public calendar can show a hearing date. CDOC can show later status. The court file can show the sentence that created the eligibility question.
Parole vs Probation Route
Parole follows a CDOC prison sentence. Probation is ordered by the court and can occur without a prison sentence. Saguache County readers often need this split because the county has a regional probation route through the 12th Judicial District, while parole is a state corrections route.
| Supervision type | Release source | Verification path |
|---|---|---|
| Parole | CDOC prison release. | CDOC Offender Search, parole calendar, parole records. |
| Probation | Court order after sentence or deferred case. | Saguache Combined Court and 12th Judicial District probation. |
| Discharge | End of sentence or supervision. | CDOC or court record, depending on custody lane. |
After the Parole Hearing
After a parole hearing, the public calendar alone is not enough. Search the person's CDOC record again and look for the current status, release, parole, return, or discharge information available in the offender-search lane. If the person is released to parole, community supervision begins even though prison custody has ended. If parole is denied or deferred, the person may remain in CDOC custody until a later review or statutory date.
For a Saguache County case, keep the original county record in the chain. Saguache Combined Court explains the sentence that sent the person to CDOC. The sheriff may hold the earlier local booking and transfer record. The parole calendar and later CDOC status explain only the state-prison release decision path. That separation keeps a local jail release from being confused with a state parole release.
Parole Records to Keep
For a state-prison release path, keep the hearing date, CDOC number, court case number, sentence date, and any public status date together. Those details make it easier to ask CDOC or parole records for a specific result. A hearing calendar date alone does not show conditions, final release approval, later revocation, or discharge. The CDOC record and official parole documents are the follow-up sources.
If the person returns to custody after parole, the public trail may show a new status, a revocation event, or a new court case. Do not interpret a prior hearing date as a permanent release. Treat it as one event in a state supervision record.
For Saguache County, keep the parole record separate from any probation order, because probation remains a court-supervision source. If a family member only knows that the person left the county jail, confirm whether CDOC ever received the person before using the parole-board calendar. The calendar is powerful for state-prison cases, but it is the wrong tool for ordinary bond, time-served, dismissal, or local probation releases.