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Denver County Jail Custody

Denver County Jail is operated by the Denver Sheriff Department at 10500 E. Smith Rd., Denver, CO 80239. The facility phone is 720-913-3642. It is one of two Denver Sheriff jail facilities, along with the Downtown Detention Center. The Sheriff Department is the jail operator for the consolidated City and County of Denver, so this is a city and county jail rather than a separate rural county sheriff facility.

This facility is not the Colorado Department of Corrections Denver Complex, even though several correctional facilities sit near Smith Road. Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center and Denver Women's Correctional Facility are state prisons using CDOC Offender Search. Denver County Jail is local Denver Sheriff custody and uses the Denver Sheriff inmate roster. That distinction matters when a name search fails. A person may be in the Denver County Jail today, released tomorrow, or transferred to CDOC after sentencing.

Denver County Jail Population

Denver Sheriff research did not locate a static official rated capacity for Denver County Jail on the public facility page. Denver instead publishes current confined population and average daily population dashboards, plus annual reports with departmentwide booking and health-service activity. Because no official static capacity number was captured for this facility, the public page should not publish a made-up bed count. Use Denver Sheriff data reports for a dated population snapshot.

The 2025 annual report gives context for the Denver County Jail and the wider Denver jail system. It reports 23,558 total bookings across Denver Sheriff custody, an average length of stay of 18 days, and 65 average releases per day. For Denver County Jail specifically, the same annual report lists 2025 health encounter totals including 1,615 medical assistant encounters, 2,749 nursing visits, and 3,343 provider visits. Those are service counts, not a daily population count, but they show that Smith Road custody is a major part of the Denver Sheriff system.

Denver County Jail Roster Lookup

Use Denver Sheriff Inmate Search to search for a person housed at Denver County Jail. The public app supports a search term such as last name, first name, booking number, race, status, facility, or CD number. The result list can show name, age, sex, race, facility abbreviation, active or inactive booking status, CD number, and booking number. On smaller screens the same fields appear in cards instead of a table.

If the public roster does not find someone who should be in Denver County Jail, the official app lists 720-913-3600 as the fallback phone number. Search failures can happen when a booking is very recent, a name is spelled differently, a person has been released, or custody has moved to another system. Use partial names first, then narrow by booking number or facility if known. For custody notification instead of a one-time roster check, Denver Sheriff contacts identify Colorado VINE through VINELink and the phone number 888-263-8463.

1. Open the Denver Sheriff search app and enter a full or partial name.
2. Add a booking number or CD number when the family member or court paperwork has one.
3. Check the facility abbreviation to see whether the person is at Denver County Jail.
4. Save the booking number before calling, visiting, or filing a records request.
5. Use CDOC Offender Search if the person has been sentenced to state prison.

For a complete field-by-field custody search discussion, use the Denver County jail inmate records page after confirming the facility assignment.

Denver County Jail Contact

Facility calls and formal record requests are different tasks. The Denver County Jail phone can help with facility routing and custody questions. A records request for jail or booking records goes through the Denver Sheriff Civil Liabilities Unit electronic process. Denver Sheriff says phone and social media records requests will be denied, so the official web form is the route for CLU records. Booking photos are handled differently because the Sheriff visitation page routes booking-photo requests to Denver Police Department.

Denver County Jail Visits

Denver County Jail is the Denver Sheriff facility in this research with both video and in-person social visits. That makes it different from the Downtown Detention Center, which is video-only. Video visits are scheduled through Securus. In-person visits require an eligibility check through the official form, and Denver Sheriff warns that eligibility is not automatic. If the person in custody is not eligible, the requester is notified during form submission.

The official Denver Sheriff contacts image below is a useful source for separating the Smith Road jail from the downtown jail and nearby state prisons.

Use the Denver County Jail schedule for Smith Road visits and confirm eligibility before travel, especially for in-person visits with family members.

Denver County Jail Visit Rules

Denver Sheriff visit rules require valid identification, early arrival, supervision of minors, and compliance with dress and conduct rules. Accepted identification includes a United States driver license or state ID, passport, military ID, or consulate ID. Visitors may be subject to warrant checks. Late arrival can reduce video time, and late arrival for an in-person visit cancels the visit because the time windows are not moveable once scheduled.

• Do not bring drugs, weapons, or items that look like weapons.
• Do not arrive intoxicated or behave in a disruptive way.
• Do not use a cell phone camera or recording during a visit.
• Do not wear jail-like clothing, revealing clothing, or prohibited messages.
• Keep minors supervised throughout the visit.

Note: If a person in custody misses an in-person visit without canceling, Denver Sheriff says that visit still counts against the weekly allotment.

Denver County Jail Mail

The research file documents a Denver Sheriff digital mail workflow but does not capture an official public Denver County Jail mail-format page, commissary vendor, or deposit fee table. The 2025 annual report says the digital mail initiative eliminated the need for staff to process paper correspondence, made mail screening more consistent, and reduced safety risks. It also states that tablets provide approved services, including secure messaging. Those statements support communication guidance, but not a fee schedule.

Denver County Jail Programs

The Denver County Jail page can include facility-specific program detail because the 2025 annual report identifies the In-Person Visitation Clothing Project at this facility. The project launched on May 1, 2025 in partnership with Goodwill Colorado. It provides everyday clothing to people in custody for in-person visits so visits, especially visits with children, feel less like a jail-uniform setting. The report also describes soft colors, murals, and toys in the visiting area.

Other programs are documented as Denver Sheriff departmentwide rather than Denver County Jail only. The Jail-to-Community and MAT Program is offered at both DDC and Denver County Jail. The annual report describes medication-assisted treatment orders, screenings, therapy sessions, case management visits, peer support, and reentry needs such as housing and transportation. Those details should be attributed as departmentwide unless an official source splits them by facility.

In-person visit eligibility

A required check before Smith Road in-person visits, with notice if the person in custody is not eligible.

Classification

The custody and housing process that affects facility assignment, visit eligibility, and security rules.

VINE

Colorado custody notification by website, VINELink mobile app, phone, email, or text.

Note: Confirm Smith Road facility assignment on the roster before visiting because Denver Sheriff housing may change after court or classification review.