Bent County Jail Overview
Bent County Jail is operated by the Bent County Sheriff's Office and serves as the county's primary booking and detention site. The official sheriff inmate-information page sends users to the separate jail site, so the jail site linked from the sheriff's office is the right starting point for local custody questions. The jail is not the same facility as Bent County Correctional Facility, even though both are in the Las Animas area and both use the Bent County name.
The jail houses male and female inmates across minimum security, general population, maximum custody, and segregation-style housing. Bent jail pages also state that the facility is used by Bent County, Otero County, Kiowa County, Cheyenne County, La Junta Police Department, Colorado Parole, and Colorado Department of Corrections backlog inmates. That regional use matters. A person may be held at Bent County Jail even when the arresting agency, court, parole status, or hold is tied to another nearby jurisdiction.
The Bent County Jail about page shows the local facility history and capacity information behind the jail population details.
The screenshot is useful because it ties the jail's capacity, regional use, and building history to the official jail source rather than to a third-party roster page.
Bent County Jail Capacity
Bent County Jail publishes a capacity of 94 beds. The jail about page says the current jail was built in 1999-2000 to replace the 1902 jail near the courthouse, was first built for 46 inmates, and expanded to 94-bed capacity in 2020. Current daily population, annual bookings, and average length of stay were not located in official online Bent County sources during the research pass, so capacity should not be treated as a current count.
The jail population can include local pretrial defendants, short-sentence county inmates, parole holds, and DOC backlog inmates. A parole hold or another agency hold can affect release even after a local bond issue is solved. For sentenced state prisoners already assigned to CDOC custody, use the Colorado Department of Corrections search instead of the Bent County Jail feed.
Look Up Bent County Jail Custody
The official path begins at the Bent County Sheriff's inmate-info page, which points users to the jail inmate information page. During research, the jail inmate-info feed displayed a technical difficulty notice, so a missing online result should not be treated as proof that the person is not in custody. The most reliable fallback is the jail phone line.
- Open the sheriff inmate-info route and follow the link to the jail's inmate information page.
- If the feed is unavailable, call Bent County Jail at 719-456-1363 and ask for current custody status.
- Use a full legal name, date of birth if known, arrest date, arresting agency, and any case number when speaking with staff.
- Ask whether the person is held for Bent County, a partner agency, Colorado Parole, or a DOC backlog status.
- If the person has been sentenced to state prison, search the CDOC Offender Search instead.
| Search Route | Use It For | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| Jail inmate-info feed | Current local jail custody when the feed is working | Unavailable during research due to technical difficulty |
| Jail phone line | Current custody, bond status, holding agency, and inmate ID | Public release of details depends on jail policy |
| CDOC Offender Search | Sentenced Colorado prison custody | Does not replace the local jail feed for new arrests |
| VINELink | Status notification fallback | Notification tool, not the full jail roster |
Bent County Jail Contact
Use the jail address for visits, legal mail, jail records, and custody questions. The courthouse address on Bent Avenue is for court business, not for jail visits or inmate mail. The sheriff contact page posts administrative hours for office business and also states that patrol, jail, and dispatch operate 24 hours. For records counter access, deposits, or planned visits, call before traveling.
Bent County Jail
11100 County Road GG.5
Las Animas, CO 81054
719-456-1363
Jail, dispatch, and patrol are posted as 24-hour operations; administrative hours are posted separately.
Public records for booking sheets, bond sheets, booking photos, release records, or jail records should be requested from the sheriff's office custodian when the material is not online. Colorado criminal justice records are handled under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, and requests should identify the person, date, agency, case number if known, and the exact record sought.
Bent County Jail Visits
The jail uses HomeWAV video visitation for video visits and also posts on-site HomeWAV visit windows. A historical health-related notice on the same visitation page says on-site visits had been canceled, while the page also lists an on-site schedule. Treat current on-site access as something to confirm with the jail before scheduling or traveling. Visitors must use their own credentials, and minors must be with an adult who has a valid account.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Key Rule |
|---|---|---|
| On-site HomeWAV | Monday-Friday, 1:00 PM-3:00 PM | Schedule 24 hours in advance, pending approval |
| Closed days | Saturday, Sunday, national holidays | Confirm before arrival due to conflicting historical notices |
| Female inmates | Sunday 1:30 PM-4:00 PM; Monday-Tuesday 6:30 PM-8:30 PM | Pod schedule from jail visitation-hours page |
| B Pod males | Wednesday-Thursday 6:30 PM-7:45 PM; Saturday 1:30 PM-3:00 PM | General population male schedule |
| C Pod and Housing 6 males | Wednesday-Thursday 7:45 PM-8:30 PM; Saturday 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Housing-specific schedule |
| Protective custody, holding, A Pod | Call the jail | Set case by case by on-duty staff |
Visitor denial reasons are broad. The jail lists state ID requirements, contraband bans, disruptive behavior, drug or alcohol influence, inappropriate dress, unattended children on sheriff grounds, suggestive conduct, profanity, third-party calls, inmate-to-inmate communication, and recording devices as reasons a visit can be denied or ended.
Bent County Jail Mail and Money
Regular personal mail uses the jail's MailGuard scanning route. The Bent County Jail mail page says personal letters, cards, postcards, and photos are scanned and made available to inmates through kiosks. Inmate name and ID number must be printed clearly, so families may need to call the jail when the online feed is down. Legal, court, medical, religious, and educational mail goes directly to the facility address, not the San Antonio scanning address.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| Personal mail | Bent County Jail, PMB 39193, inmate name and ID, P.O. Box 1042, San Antonio, TX |
| Legal and direct mail | Bent County Sheriff's Office, 11100 CR GG.5, Las Animas, CO 81054 |
| Phone and video | HomeWAV handles all video and phone calls; support listed as 1-844-394-6639 |
| Deposits | Access Corrections online, phone, and lobby kiosk routes |
| Commissary | Weekly orders are due Sunday evening; exact cutoff time and fee amounts were not published |
The jail states that money orders, cashier's checks, and publication packages are not accepted for inmate accounts by mail. Access Corrections deposits are posted as online or phone options, and the jail page says funds may post within the hour, with fees not listed in the captured source. Deposits late in the weekly cycle may miss commissary ordering.
Bent County Jail Bond
The Bent County Jail bonding page says most arrested people can be released by paying a court-set bond, but some must see a judge before bond is set. Cash bonds require cash or a cashier's check, and cashier's checks or money orders for bonding must be payable to the Bent County Sheriff's Office. Online credit-card cash bond payment requires the inmate's name, date of birth, case number, and full bond amount.
Bent's bonding page cites C.R.S. 16-4-102. The key points are practical: a person paying a money bond needs the bond amount to secure release, not unrelated debts; a $10 bond fee and up to a 3.5 percent credit-card fee may be treated as debts after release if not paid at bonding; and the payor has the right to bond paperwork and the next court date. Release can still be delayed by another agency hold, parole hold, warrant, court order, or electronic monitoring setup.
Note: Confirm custody, bond status, and holding agency before sending money, mailing legal papers, or driving to the jail.
About Bent County Jail
The current jail replaced the 1902 jail near the Bent County Courthouse, which is why court and jail addresses should not be confused. The jail division handles jail operations, inmate transportation, and courthouse security. Research also found that Bent Dispatch is located in the jail facility and provides master control services, making the sheriff campus both a custody and communications site.
For a person who moves out of local custody after sentencing, the next lookup path may be CDOC rather than Bent County Jail. The separate Bent County Correctional Facility page covers the state prison in Las Animas, while local booking and short-term jail information remains tied to Bent County Jail.