Archuleta County Inmate Population Overview
Archuleta County has one local jail facility in the official facility map: the Archuleta County Detention Center. The jail is operated by the Archuleta County Sheriff's Office and serves the Pagosa Springs area, unincorporated Archuleta County, and local arrests that route through county detention. The sheriff's detention division page identifies the jail as part of the Fred C. Harman III Law Enforcement Complex. It is the county channel for current jail custody, recent booking information, visitation, mail, commissary, and bond directions.
The Archuleta County inmate population is mostly a local jail population. It includes pretrial detainees, people serving short local sentences, people booked after warrants or compliance issues, and arrestees brought in by the sheriff's office or Pagosa Springs Police Department. It does not include sentenced state prisoners after transfer to the Colorado Department of Corrections, federal sentenced prisoners in the Bureau of Prisons, or immigration detainees in ICE custody. Those systems have their own locators and records rules.
Archuleta County Inmate Population Statistics
The best official source for Archuleta County jail capacity and recent operational counts is the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice jail population dashboard and its related CSV data. Colorado DCJ says the Office of Research and Statistics collects jail population and practice data under statutory reporting rules. The dashboard also warns that data depend on county submissions, reporting periods, and agency notes, so the figures should be described as state-reported jail data rather than a live headcount.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rated capacity | 58 | Colorado DCJ jail population CSV, Archuleta, 2025 Q3 |
| Reported beds | 62 | Colorado DCJ jail population CSV, Archuleta, 2025 Q3 |
| Bookings | 180 | Colorado DCJ jail population CSV, Archuleta, 2025 Q3 |
| Releases | 200 | Colorado DCJ jail population CSV, Archuleta, 2025 Q3 |
| Deaths | 0 | Colorado DCJ jail population CSV, Archuleta, 2025 Q3 |
| Local resident population | 14,306 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2025 estimate |
These figures are useful for scale. They do not replace the live roster. The sheriff's detention page does not publish a daily headcount or a public average daily population line, and recent DCJ average-daily-population rows include zeros that the research file treats as a reporting caution, not proof that the jail was empty.
Archuleta County Jail Population Trends
Recent Colorado DCJ quarters show a stable capacity line and changing booking volume. Capacity stayed at 58 and beds stayed at 62 from 2023 Q4 through 2025 Q3 in the captured CSV rows. Bookings rose from 119 in 2023 Q4 to 223 in 2024 Q4, then stayed high at 202 in 2025 Q1 and 225 in 2025 Q2 before falling to 180 in 2025 Q3. Releases generally tracked bookings, which is expected in a small local jail where many people cycle through booking, bond, court review, or short detention stays.
| Quarter | Capacity | Bookings | Releases | Custody Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 58 | 119 | 98 | Sentenced count 1; unsentenced no-hold count 137 |
| 2024 Q2 | 58 | 157 | 154 | Bookings and releases close together |
| 2024 Q4 | 58 | 223 | 214 | Highest booking count in the recent set |
| 2025 Q2 | 58 | 225 | 217 | One death reported in the state CSV |
| 2025 Q3 | 58 | 180 | 200 | Sentenced count 5; unsentenced no-hold count 150 |
The trend supports a practical point for searches: a booking record can be short-lived in a county jail setting. A person may appear in a weekly intake report, move through bond review, and leave the current roster before a reader checks the site. When the online jail roster does not match a recent arrest report, the detention phone line and sheriff records request process are the local fallbacks.
Archuleta County Jail Custody Mix
Colorado DCJ reported several custody and condition categories for Archuleta County in 2025 Q3. The sentenced count was 5, while unsentenced categories were much larger: 23 unsentenced with hold and 150 unsentenced with no hold. That pattern matches the role of a county jail. The Archuleta County Detention Center handles people before trial, after local arrest, after warrant service, and during short local jail sentences. People sentenced to state prison are searched through CDOC after transfer.
- Pretrial and unsentenced custody: the largest reported category in 2025 Q3 was unsentenced with no hold.
- Short local sentences: the state CSV reported a small sentenced count for Archuleta County in 2025 Q3.
- Local booking agencies: weekly intake examples show arrests by the sheriff's office and Pagosa Springs Police Department.
- State prison custody: no Colorado DOC prison is located in Archuleta County.
- Federal or immigration custody: no BOP or ICE facility was found inside Archuleta County in official sources.
Archuleta County's local context also matters. The county government page says the sheriff covers more than 1,300 square miles and serves about 40,000 people at peak season. That peak-season figure is far above the Census resident estimate and helps explain why a small mountain county still needs clear jail, roster, and court routing.
Archuleta County Inmate Data Laws
Colorado law separates general public records, criminal justice records, jail reporting, and booking photographs. That distinction is important in Archuleta County because the public may see some records through JailTracker or weekly intakes, while other records require a sheriff criminal justice records request or a court records request. A roster entry is not a full case file. A booking photo is not a conviction record.
Key Statutes:
C.R.S. 24-72-203 addresses Colorado public records open to inspection unless another law allows or requires denial.
C.R.S. 24-72-305 sets rules for allowing or denying inspection of criminal justice records.
C.R.S. 17-26-118 underlies local jail data collection and reporting to Colorado DCJ.
C.R.S. 24-72-305.5 regulates booking photographs and certain commercial use tied to removal fees.
Colorado jail statutes also identify the sheriff's jail role, and Colorado bond law affects how quickly bond is set or release occurs in covered circumstances. For readers, the core rule is simpler: use the roster for current jail custody, the court docket for filed court charges, the sheriff records form for sheriff-held criminal justice records, and the state or federal locator when the person has moved out of county custody.
Search Archuleta County Inmates
The sheriff detention page links the official Public Safety Cloud JailTracker roster for current roster and additional inmate status. The weekly intakes page is a separate sheriff publication that shows recent arrests, booking dates, arresting agency, charges, bond information, and booking-photo-style images. The weekly intake report is useful for recent bookings, but it is not the same thing as the live current-custody roster.
- Open the sheriff-linked JailTracker roster for current Archuleta County jail custody.
- Search by name, using spelling variants when needed.
- Check the weekly intakes page if a recent arrest does not appear in the roster results.
- Call the Archuleta County Detention Center at 970-264-8474 when online status is unclear.
- Use the sheriff criminal justice records request form for records not published online.
- Search CDOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink only when the custody type points outside the county jail.
The sheriff's weekly-intake disclaimer is unusually useful. It says bond is not set by the arresting agency or the sheriff, and original charges may be dismissed, reduced, or plea-bargained by the District Attorney or judge. That means the jail record is the start of the public record path, not the final word on guilt, conviction, sentence, or release.
Archuleta County Roster Fields
JailTracker did not expose a complete live rendered profile during the research pass, so exact local labels should be read with care. The application assets did expose name-search behavior, current or released search-type behavior, captcha handling, agency or facility options, charges, holds, cases, images, bond, arresting agency, court fields, warrants, status, and special fields. The weekly-intake PDF separately confirmed a smaller public record format with name, booking date, charges, arresting agency, bond, and photo area.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last name | Text | Unspecified | JailTracker assets expose last-name search text and name-search behavior. |
| First name | Text | Unspecified | Used as a likely narrowing field, but the live rendered requirement was not confirmed. |
| Search type | Option | Unspecified | Assets expose current or released search-type behavior and released-since values. |
| Captcha | Image/text | Conditional | Assets expose captcha image, code, key, and validation fields. |
| Agency or facility | Option/internal | Unspecified | Assets expose agency options, agency names, and facility fields. |
The official detention division page is the local starting point for the roster link, visitation, commissary, mail, and bond resources.
The detention page screenshot reflects the county-specific custody hub: roster access, facility contact details, mail, bond, and commissary items all route from that sheriff page.
Archuleta County Inmate Record Details
Public inmate records are easier to read when each field is tied to its source. JailTracker appears to support richer offender data than the weekly intake PDF, but the weekly intake PDF is the confirmed local example for recent public booking entries. Court dockets are a separate record system. CDOC records are state-prison records. BOP records use federal register numbers. ICE records use immigration-custody identifiers.
| Data Area | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | JailTracker assets expose name fields; weekly intakes show first and last names. |
| Booking photo | JailTracker assets expose offender image fields; weekly intakes display booking-photo-style images. |
| Booking date | JailTracker assets expose original booking date/time; weekly intakes show booking date. |
| Charges | JailTracker assets expose charge descriptions, status, court type, counts, and related fields. |
| Arresting agency | Weekly intakes show ACSO or Pagosa Springs Police Department in sample entries. |
| Bond | Weekly intakes show bond amount and type, including cash, surety, and PR bond examples. |
| Holds and warrants | JailTracker assets expose hold type, reason for hold, warrant number, and case fields. |
The weekly intake report is official, but it is still a point-in-time booking report. It should not be read as a final court outcome or as proof that someone remains in custody.
County Jail and State Prison Lookup
Archuleta County inmate population searches often fail when the wrong custody system is used. A person booked yesterday should be checked through JailTracker and weekly intakes. A person sentenced to prison should be checked through the Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search. A federal prisoner belongs in the BOP Inmate Locator. Immigration custody uses ICE Online Detainee Locator System. VINELink can support release notification, but it is not the primary county roster.
| Custody Type | Where to Search | What It Covers |
|---|---|---|
| Archuleta County jail | JailTracker and detention phone line | Current local jail custody and additional inmate status |
| Recent intake | Sheriff weekly-intake PDF | Recent booking photos, charges, arresting agency, and bond information |
| Sentenced state prison | CDOC Offender Search | Colorado state prisoners after transfer from county jail |
| Federal custody | BOP locator or U.S. Marshals District of Colorado | Federal sentenced prisoners or federal-court custody routing |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Immigration detainee location, if publicly searchable |
No official Archuleta sheriff app, app-only inmate roster, app-only warrant lookup, or most-wanted app was found in the research. The county has a NIXLE alert page, but NIXLE is an emergency notification service, not an inmate search tool.
Archuleta County Jail Records Requests
When online search fails, the local records fallback is the Sheriff's Office criminal justice records request process. The form covers sheriff-held criminal justice records such as case reports, dispatch records, phone and radio recordings, calls-for-service reports, case photographs, body camera video, jail video, and other records in sheriff custody. It is not the right channel for court-case documents, CDOC prison records, BOP records, or ICE records.
| Request Item | Fee or Rule |
|---|---|
| Initial research/retrieval | $5.00 non-refundable fee for each request to inspect public records |
| Research, retrieval, redaction | $33.00 per hour, with the initial fee applied to actual costs |
| Case report | $5.00 per searched case, including first ten pages, plus $0.25 per additional page |
| Case photographs | $2.50 each photo or $15.00 per DVD, USB, SIM card, or other medium |
| Jail video or body camera video | $33.00 per hour plus $15.00 per DVD or USB |
The form requires identity verification before records research begins. It also says some reports cannot be emailed and must be obtained in person with proper identification. Records requests can be routed by fax to 970-731-4800 or by email to sorecords@archuletacounty.org.
Archuleta County Detention Facilities
The official facility map resolves to one local detention facility. No official source located a separate Pagosa Springs municipal jail, county work-release annex, regional jail, state prison, BOP prison, ICE facility, or U.S. Marshals contract facility physically inside Archuleta County. That keeps local jail lookup simple, but it makes custody-type routing important after release, transfer, or sentencing.
- Archuleta County Detention Center - local county jail for pretrial detainees, locally sentenced jail inmates, and people booked by the sheriff's office, Pagosa Springs Police Department, or other local agencies.
- Booking
- The jail intake process after arrest, often including identity entry, charge entry, photo, and housing review.
- PR bond
- A personal recognizance bond, which relies on a promise and court conditions rather than full cash payment.
- Detainer
- A hold or notice from another agency that can affect release from the local jail.
- CDOC
- The Colorado Department of Corrections, which handles sentenced state-prison custody.
Archuleta County Inmate Population FAQ
How big is the Archuleta County inmate population?
Colorado DCJ reported 58 rated capacity and 62 beds for Archuleta County in 2025 Q3. The same state CSV reported 180 bookings, 200 releases, and 0 deaths for that quarter. Those are official reported figures, not a live daily roster count.
Where is the current Archuleta County jail roster?
The sheriff detention page links to the Public Safety Cloud JailTracker roster for current roster and additional inmate status. If the roster does not load or a recent booking is missing, check the sheriff weekly-intake page and call the detention facility.
Do weekly intakes show the same thing as the roster?
No. Weekly intakes show recent arrest and booking information, including booking-photo-style images, charges, arresting agency, and bond details. The roster is the better channel for current jail custody status.
What if the person was sent to prison?
Search CDOC Offender Search after a person has been sentenced and transferred to Colorado state prison. The county roster can stop showing the person once custody moves from the county jail to CDOC.
Are federal or ICE detainees listed in the county jail roster?
Not as a general rule. Federal prisoners use the BOP locator, and immigration detainees use ICE ODLS. No federal or ICE detention facility was found in official sources as being physically in Archuleta County.