Search the Fremont County Inmate Population

Fremont County Inmate Population

Fremont County is unusual because the phrase "inmate population" does not point to one jail alone. The local arrest hub is the Fremont County Detention Center, run by the Fremont County Sheriff's Office at the Justice Center in Canon City. That facility is the place to start for a person arrested by a Fremont County agency who may be waiting for first appearance, bond, release, transfer, or a county jail sentence. Official county pages reviewed did not show a public online Fremont County jail roster, so county jail custody checks rely on the sheriff's phone, public counter, and written records request channels.

The larger Fremont County inmate population also includes Colorado Department of Corrections prisons and federal Bureau of Prisons institutions. The county calls itself Colorado's correctional capital and describes state and federal correctional facilities as a major local presence. County material says about 5,100 prisoners were housed in six CDOC facilities, while federal material and county narrative place more than 2,300 people in the Florence federal prison complex. Those numbers are not sheriff jail counts. They are separate custody systems with separate search tools.

Fremont County Inmate Statistics

The clearest local jail number found is an operational clue, not a rated capacity. Fremont County's February 7, 2017 detention renovation article says the jail kitchen had to feed up to 230 inmates three meals per day. The same research did not locate a current official sheriff average daily population, annual booking count, or rated bed capacity. For that reason, the Fremont County inmate population should not be described as a single current jail count unless the sheriff publishes a newer report.

Fremont County Inmate Trends

Published trend data is thin for the county jail itself. No official sheriff jail population dashboard, annual detention report, or year by year average daily population table was located in the county materials reviewed. The best supported local trend is facility maintenance and modernization. The 2017 jail project replaced kitchen and laundry systems that had reached the end of useful life, and a 2024 detention rooftop unit project manual showed continued building work at the same Justice Center site with a March 31, 2025 completion date.

For the state prison portion of the Fremont County inmate population, the better trend source is the CDOC statistics page. CDOC posts current and historical population and capacity reports by fiscal year. Those reports are the right source for current prison counts at Arrowhead, Centennial, Colorado State Penitentiary, Colorado Territorial, Four Mile, Fremont Correctional, and Skyline. The county jail count and the CDOC prison count should be kept apart because a local arrestee may move from sheriff custody to CDOC only after sentencing and transfer.

Fremont County Custody Types

The official research did not locate a demographic breakdown for the Fremont County Detention Center by sex, race, charge level, pretrial status, holds, or length of stay. What is clear is the custody mix. A current county arrestee is a sheriff and court question. A sentenced Colorado prisoner is a CDOC question. A federal prisoner at Florence is a BOP question. A possible immigration custody case may require ICE's locator and may not involve a Fremont County jail booking at all.

Pretrial detainee

A person held after arrest while a Fremont County court case is pending.

Sentenced DOC inmate

A person serving a Colorado prison sentence under CDOC, not the county jail roster.

Federal inmate

A person in BOP custody, searched through the BOP inmate locator.

Detainer

A hold or request from another agency that can affect release from local custody.

Fremont County Jail Capacity

A formal rated bed capacity for the Fremont County Detention Center was not found in official sheriff materials. The 2017 county article gives useful building context instead. It says voter approved sheriff sales tax funded a roughly $2.5 million kitchen and laundry renovation after old appliances, plumbing, flooring, refrigeration, and related systems failed. The article reports that the space had to support safe and secure jail operations and feed up to 230 inmates three times a day. It also says staff prepared to update cameras, doors, control rooms, and other security systems after the kitchen and laundry work.

No current overcrowding lawsuit, DOJ consent decree, or local jail death in custody source was located in the official research set. Colorado is changing the jail standards background, though. State materials on HB24-1054 and the jail standards final report say county jails must comply with adopted standards beginning July 1, 2026. Those standards cover classification, health and mental health, food, visitation, communication, reception and release, sanitation, discipline, grievances, and rights of incarcerated people.

Fremont County Inmate Laws

Colorado law shapes access to Fremont County inmate records. Jail commitments, discharges, booking records, and booking photos are criminal justice records, so the request path normally starts with the custodian agency that holds the record. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation explains that arrest reports must be requested from the agency that made the arrest and that CBI cannot provide another agency's records. For a Fremont County jail matter, that usually means the Sheriff's Office first, then Fremont Combined Court if a case has been filed.

Fremont County Prison Population

Fremont County's correctional footprint is much larger than the county jail. The county's official Correctional Capitol page describes the long local prison history, beginning with the Territorial Prison in 1871, and describes the East Canon Correctional Complex as a 5,600 acre parcel with multiple prisons, programs, and agribusiness projects. It also notes that corrections jobs are a major local economic force.

The same county material says state facilities in Fremont County housed about 5,100 prisoners, while CDOC's current facility pages are the better authority for current status, visiting, and population reports. Skyline is a good example of why current sources matter. The county text described it as recently closed, but CDOC's current page shows it reopened as The Beacon at Skyline. Use the CDOC offender search for sentenced Colorado prisoners, not the sheriff's jail contacts.

The CDOC offender search screenshot in the manifest comes from the official Colorado DOC offender search portal.

The search form separates sentenced prison custody from Fremont County jail custody by asking for DOC number, name, gender, and captcha fields.

Search Fremont County Inmates

No official Fremont County online jail roster was located in the county or sheriff pages reviewed. That changes the search order. A person believed to be in the Fremont County Detention Center should be checked through the Sheriff's Office at 719-276-5555 or at the public counter during posted hours. Ask whether the person is currently in custody and what public booking, bond, hold, release, or records request information can be released.

The official county directory screenshot in the manifest comes from the Fremont County directory, which lists the Sheriff's Office at the Justice Center.

That directory contact block is the main verified county access channel when no official jail roster link is available.

1. Call the Fremont County Sheriff's Office and ask for current custody confirmation at the detention center.
2. Visit the Sheriff's Office at 100 Justice Center Road during posted public counter hours if phone confirmation is not enough.
3. Ask the custodian how to submit a written CCJRA request for booking records, daily jail commitment or discharge entries, or booking photographs.
4. Search Colorado Judicial Branch dockets after filing to see whether a criminal case has been opened in Fremont Combined Court.
5. Use CDOC, BOP, ICE, and VINELink when the person is no longer a county jail custody question.

Fremont County Roster Fields

Because no official public Fremont County jail roster portal was located, there are no verified county roster search fields to publish. The absence of a public roster does not mean no jail record exists. The county records retention policy describes detention and jail records such as daily jail commitments and discharges, inmate case files, immigration status reports, commissary and kitchen records, and disciplinary hearing records. Daily jail commitment and discharge records are listed as permanent in the retention schedule.

Fremont County Inmate Records

A Fremont County inmate record may be a phone releasable custody status, a booking or arrest report, a jail commitment entry, a discharge entry, or a court record after charges are filed. Since no official online profile was found, it would be inaccurate to claim that a public Fremont County roster displays mugshots, housing unit, booking number, charges, bond, and release date. Those details may exist in agency records, but access can depend on CCJRA review, redaction, public interest, court status, and the record custodian.

Fremont County Jail Lookup

The most common lookup error in Fremont County is searching the wrong custody system. The sheriff's jail handles people arrested locally before case resolution and some local sentences. CDOC handles sentenced Colorado prison inmates. BOP handles federal prisoners at FCI Florence, Federal Prison Camp Florence, USP Florence High, and USP Florence ADMAX. ICE ODLS is a separate search path if immigration custody is possible, although no ICE detention facility was found in Fremont County materials.

Fremont County Detention Facilities

The facility map has twelve custody locations or facility pages, with the Fremont County Detention Center first because it is the county jail and local arrest hub. State and federal institutions sit in or near Fremont County, but they are not sheriff roster facilities. Each facility uses the locator for its operating agency.

• Fremont County Detention Center - county jail for local arrests, pretrial custody, holds, and county sentences.
• Arrowhead Correctional Center - CDOC Level II minimum restricted prison under Canon Minimum Centers.
• Centennial Correctional Facility - CDOC Level V facility with treatment and restrictive housing populations.
• Colorado State Penitentiary - CDOC close custody and management control facility.
• Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility - CDOC Level III medium custody prison with infirmary and ADA roles.
• Four Mile Correctional Center - CDOC Level II minimum restricted facility.
• Fremont Correctional Facility - CDOC Level III mixed custody prison described by the county as 1,700+ inmates.
• Skyline Correctional Center - CDOC Level I minimum facility operating as The Beacon at Skyline.
• FCI Florence - BOP medium security federal prison for male inmates.
• Federal Prison Camp Florence - minimum security federal camp tied to FCI Florence.
• USP Florence - High - BOP high security penitentiary.
• USP Florence ADMAX - BOP administrative maximum federal prison.

Fremont County Inmate FAQ

How big is the Fremont County inmate population?

No single official current count was found for all custody systems combined. The supported figures are narrower: the 2017 jail renovation article referenced feeding up to 230 county jail inmates, the county correctional capital page described about 5,100 CDOC prisoners locally, and the same county source described more than 2,300 inmates in four federal prisons.

Is there a Fremont County jail roster online?

An official Fremont County public jail roster was not located in the county or sheriff web materials reviewed. For a current local custody check, call the Fremont County Sheriff's Office at 719-276-5555, visit the public counter, or ask how to file a CCJRA request for booking and commitment records.

Where are court charges found after booking?

After a Fremont County arrest, court charges are tracked through Colorado Judicial Branch docket records and Fremont Combined Court once a case is filed. Jail charges and court charges can differ because the district attorney may amend, reduce, dismiss, or add charges after the initial booking.

Do state and federal locators show jail inmates?

No. CDOC's locator is for sentenced Colorado prison inmates. BOP's locator is for federal inmates from 1982 to present. A person booked into the Fremont County Detention Center before sentencing should be checked with the sheriff, not those prison locators.