La Plata Jail Release Search

Releases from La Plata County Detention Facility

The La Plata County Detention Facility, also referred to locally as the La Plata County Jail, is the primary county jail for this site. The official Detentions Division page says the sheriff houses males and females arrested on misdemeanor and felony charges by all law enforcement agencies in La Plata County, including the Federal Marshals. It also says the jail houses pretrial inmates and people sentenced to the La Plata County Jail or the Colorado Department of Corrections.

That means a release from this facility can lead to several different destinations. A person may leave after bond, personal recognizance release, time served, sentence completion, dismissal, pretrial supervision, electronic monitoring, work release, transfer to CDOC, transfer to federal custody, transfer to another local agency, or ICE custody. For a full countywide search path, use the La Plata County released inmates hub, then return to this page for facility-specific contacts and local jail details.

How to Confirm a Release from the Jail

La Plata County does not publish a permanent facility-specific release archive in the sources reviewed. The official inmate-search page gives three routes instead: VINELink for someone in custody at the La Plata County jail, CDOC Offender Search for someone incarcerated in the Colorado Department of Corrections, and ICE for immigration custody. Use those routes before relying on any unofficial summary.

1. Open the county inmate-search page and follow the VINELink route for La Plata County jail custody.
2. If the person is no longer visible in the current county custody path, check the court case for bond, release order, sentence, dismissal, warrant recall, or mittimus details.
3. Request the sheriff's jail or booking record when the needed proof is the exact release date, release time, release reason, booking sheet, or booking photo.
4. Search CDOC Offender Search if a felony sentence or state-prison transfer may have followed the county jail stay.
5. Use ICE ODLS, the U.S. Marshals Service path, or BOP's inmate locator if the person left county custody for immigration or federal handling.

VINELink is useful for status checks and release notifications, but it should not be treated as the only record. A person not appearing in a current custody search may have been released, transferred, entered under another spelling, moved to another system, or removed from the active feed. The sheriff record and court record are the usual way to reconcile the event.

La Plata County Jail Records and Contact

The jail contact source lists the facility at 742 Turner Drive, Durango, CO 81303. The Detentions Division page gives the jail contact phone as 970-247-1161, ext. 2. For release records, the most direct documented records path is the Sheriff's Office Records Department, not the public custody lookup.

The sheriff's records page lists hard copies at $0.25 per page and staff time at $41.37 per hour. The county CORA / CCJRA page says criminal justice records, including arrest and jail information, use the public-records release form and typically require photo identification. It also lists incident reports at $7.50 for the first five pages and $0.25 for each additional page, with possible extra research cost.

About La Plata County Detention Facility

The sheriff describes this jail as the largest detention facility in Southwest Colorado. The official Detentions Division page says a 118-bed, seven-cell-block addition was added in March 2009, bringing total capacity to 297. Because it holds people arrested by all law enforcement agencies in La Plata County, plus Federal Marshals prisoners, the facility serves more than one legal track at the same address.

Requesting a Jail Release Record

The sheriff's Application for the Release of Criminal Justice Records is the local form to use when the public custody path does not answer a release question. The form includes checkboxes for records of official action, other criminal justice records, booking sheet/mugshot, audio/video media, 911 phone call, 911 radio traffic, and other records. For a release, requestors should identify the person, date of birth if known, incident or booking number if known, date and time, and the specific release-related documents needed.

Ask for the booking sheet, release date or time, release reason or custody disposition, charges, court case number, bond information, and booking sheet/mugshot if those are necessary for the purpose of the request. Do not assume every field will be released. Criminal justice records can be reviewed, redacted, restricted, or denied under applicable law, and the county sources distinguish closed criminal reports from records still affected by an open matter.

When Jail Release Means CDOC Transfer

A La Plata County felony defendant may leave the county jail because a state-prison sentence begins. In that scenario, the county jail release is not the final release from custody. CDOC Offender Search is the statewide public lookup for people in the Colorado Department of Corrections system, and the La Plata County inmate-search page links to it for people incarcerated in CDOC.

CDOC search accepts DOC number, last name, first name, and gender. CDOC search tips say the DOC number is the primary identifier, date of birth must use mm/dd/yyyy when used, name searches return names beginning with the typed letters, and the offender name may be the arresting or prosecuted name rather than the person's current legal name. If CDOC shows parole or discharge, confirm locally through the Durango Parole Office when supervision or reporting location matters.

ICE and Federal Holds at This Facility

ICE and federal holds are locally relevant because La Plata County's official inmate-search page links to ICE, and the detention facility says it houses people arrested by the Federal Marshals. A person released from the county jail to ICE or USMS is not necessarily released to the community; custody changed systems. Use ICE ODLS for immigration custody, and use USMS or BOP channels for federal custody.

The U.S. Marshals Service says it is responsible for safe and secure confinement, care, and transportation of federal prisoners from court-ordered custody until acquittal or conviction and delivery to BOP. BOP says its inmate locator covers federal inmates incarcerated from 1982 to the present, and BOP's records explanation says a past release date with no facility location means release from BOP custody occurred on that date, although supervision or another custody system may still exist.

Facility History and Capacity Context

The facility-history point is specific to La Plata County. The county says the sheriff operates the largest detention facility in Southwest Colorado and that the 2009 addition brought capacity to 297. That capacity detail explains why the Turner Drive facility is the central local reference point for La Plata County jail releases.

A historical local news example also shows why facility context can matter. The Durango Herald reported in 2018 that La Plata County Jail exceeded capacity and that a judicial order allowed the release of 19 low-level offenders. That is local background, not a current release rule. Current release confirmation should still come from VINELink, the sheriff's records unit, the court case, CDOC, ICE, USMS, or BOP depending on the custody path.

Leaving the Turner Drive Facility

If a person is released at the Turner Drive facility without a ride, transportation details should be verified through current transit information. The facility address is 742 Turner Drive, and Durango Transit says fixed routes operate seven days a week from 7:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. year-round. Its bus-stops page says drivers pick up only at marked stops and riders should arrive five minutes early. Use the route map and marked-stop rules rather than assuming jail-front pickup.