Las Animas County Jail Overview
Las Animas County Detention Center is operated by the Las Animas County Sheriff's Office. The county sheriff page lists Sheriff Derek Navarette and places the sheriff and jail functions at the Garcia Justice Center in Trinidad. The county jail holds local arrestees, pretrial detainees, court holds, sentenced jail inmates, and contract holds that appear on the public roster. It is not the same system as Trinidad Correctional Facility, which is a Colorado Department of Corrections prison for sentenced state prisoners.
The jail roster evidence is unusually specific. The LASO public index uses dated PDF uploads instead of a live search box. The inspected June 1, 2026 roster was generated at 03:17 and listed a total of 23 inmates. The roster showed booking numbers, inmate numbers, names, booking dates, charges, arresting or arranging agency, bail, and days served. Agencies observed in the roster include LASO, Trinidad Police Department, and Colorado State Patrol. Some rows also used contract or court-order language, which means the jail population is not limited to new street arrests.
The official research did not locate a published jail capacity, pod map, visitor entrance map, county jail program list, or jail vendor schedule. Those gaps matter. A reader should not assume that prison visiting rules, CDOC mail rules, or any statewide prison vendor applies to the Las Animas County jail. Use the LASO roster and the jail phone line for county custody, then use court records or CDOC only when the facts point to those systems.
The roster index is shown at the official LASO jail roster index.
The image shows why a Las Animas County Detention Center inmate lookup starts by opening a dated PDF, not by typing into a county search form.
Las Animas County Jail Population
The only current official county jail count harvested for this build was the June 1, 2026 roster count. That roster listed 23 inmates in Las Animas County Detention Center. No official bed capacity, current average daily population, annual booking count, or county-level public trend table was located in the inspected county sources. Colorado law still requires jail keepers to maintain and report daily jail data, but the public LASO roster does not publish every field that the jail may keep internally.
Because no capacity was located, the roster count should not be used to claim crowding, available beds, or staffing strain. It is a custody snapshot from the roster PDF. The same person may also have a court case, a warrant, or a future CDOC transfer, so population and record searches can split across several agencies after an arrest.
Las Animas County Roster Lookup
Current county jail lookup runs through the LASO roster index. The index is served over HTTP and lists roster PDFs by date. HTTPS did not serve the same path during the research pass, so the raw HTTP roster URL is the practical official access channel. A user opens the newest roster, searches within the PDF viewer, and reads the single roster row. There are no separate inmate profile pages in the county system documented here.
- Open the LASO jail roster index and choose the newest dated roster report.
- Select View or Download, then use the PDF find tool for the last name, booking number, inmate number, statute, or agency abbreviation.
- Read the roster row for booking number, date booked, charges, arranging agency, bail, and days served.
- If the person is missing, call Las Animas County Detention Center before assuming release, transfer, or no custody.
- If the person has been sentenced to state prison, move the search to CDOC Offender Search instead of the LASO roster.
| Roster Control | Type | What It Means |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Table column | Dated PDF upload, such as the June 1, 2026 jail roster. |
| Name | Table column | Roster title for the uploaded PDF. |
| Actions | Buttons | View opens the PDF; Download saves it through the roster system. |
| Subscribe | Link | Opens a notification form for roster uploads. |
The LASO roster subscription form is for upload notices, not for searching a person by name.
The form can help track new roster postings, but a custody check still depends on the PDF roster or direct jail confirmation.
Las Animas County Jail Contact
The official county sheriff page and the roster PDF identify the sheriff and jail contact point. County office hours are generally Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for most departments, with the county advising users to confirm with the department. Booking and custody functions can involve events outside public office hours, so use the phone number for current custody questions, bond confirmation, or visitor-rule checks.
Las Animas County Detention Center
2309 E. Main Street, Garcia Justice Center
Trinidad, CO 81082
719-846-2211
Fax shown on roster PDF: 719-846-1504
County office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. for most departments, confirm with LASO.
The county sheriff page also lists Sheriff Derek Navarette and navarette@lasosheriff.org.
The sheriff page is the stable county-hosted contact source when the separate roster path or sheriff domain causes access problems.
Las Animas County Jail Visits
No official Las Animas County jail visitation schedule, video visit vendor, visitor application form, dress code, lobby hours, or attorney-visit rule set was located in the official sources reviewed. That is a research gap, not permission to borrow rules from Trinidad Correctional Facility. TCF is a state prison with CDOC approval and scheduling rules. The county jail may use different local rules, and they must be confirmed with the jail before travel.
| Topic | Official County Detail Found | Practical Step |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | Not located | Call 719-846-2211 before visiting. |
| Video visits | Not located | Do not assume a video system is available. |
| Visitor entrance | Not located | Confirm parking, lobby access, and ID rules by phone. |
| Attorney visits | Not located | Coordinate through the jail and court process. |
Call before driving to the Garcia Justice Center. The official research did not locate a public parking map, public transit route, or ADA entrance description for the jail.
Las Animas County Jail Mail
Official Las Animas County jail mail, commissary, phone, tablet, and deposit rules were not found in the accessible county sources. The county navigation referenced bond payment and Payport links, but the fee details and accepted payment methods were not harvested. For that reason, bond, deposit, and mail instructions should be confirmed with Las Animas County Detention Center before money is sent or mail is addressed.
| Service | Status in Research | What to Do |
|---|---|---|
| Mail rules | No official jail rule page found | Ask for the required name, inmate number, and mailing format. |
| Commissary | No official vendor page found | Call the jail before making a deposit. |
| Phone or video | No official vendor page found | Do not rely on third-party claims without LASO confirmation. |
| Bond payment | County links observed, details not harvested | Confirm amount, holds, payment location, and timing first. |
Las Animas County Jail Booking
The public booking sequence can be read from the roster fields and Colorado jail reporting law. A person reaches Las Animas County Detention Center after an arrest, warrant, court order, sentence to jail time, or contract custody event. The jail then creates a booking record with a booking number and inmate number. The roster records the date and time booked, charge or hold text, arranging agency, bail, and days served. A later release, transfer, sentence, or court order may change the person's public location.
C.R.S. 17-26-118 requires jail keepers to maintain daily jail records and report data such as entrance date, charges, sentence status, bond amount, release date, and demographic categories. The LASO PDF does not show all of those statutory data fields. That difference is important because a public roster is only part of the custody record. For fuller booking or custody records, use a Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act request to the sheriff or jail custodian.
- Booking number
- The jail identifier tied to a booking event.
- Inmate number
- A local person or inmate identifier shown on the roster.
- Days served
- A custody-days counter on the roster, not proof that all days are sentence credit.
- Hold
- A legal reason that may keep a person in custody even when one case has bond.
Las Animas County Custody Records
The LASO roster is the first official source for current Las Animas County jail custody. It is not the only channel. If the roster is stale, unreachable, or silent on a person, call the jail, visit or write the sheriff's office, or make a criminal justice records request with enough detail to identify the record. Useful details include full name, booking date, booking number, inmate number, charge text, and any docket number printed on the roster.
Use a different locator when custody leaves the county jail lane. Sentenced Colorado prisoners are searched through CDOC Offender Search. Federal prisoners are searched through the BOP locator, and immigration detainees are searched through ICE ODLS. VINELink can help with notification where Colorado custody data participates, but it should not be treated as the official Las Animas County jail roster.
For formal court charges after an arrest, the roster is only a starting point. The local court record and docket path are handled by the Colorado Judicial Branch. Custody records and court records can overlap, but they are maintained by different offices. A roster charge is not a conviction, and a bail amount on the roster should be confirmed before any bond step.
Search Las Animas County Jail Records
Las Animas County Detention Center records are best checked in a chain: current LASO roster, direct jail confirmation, then court or state custody systems if the person is no longer in the county jail. That order keeps county pretrial custody separate from CDOC prison custody and from federal or immigration detention.