Washington County Inmate Population
The Washington County inmate population is not spread across a long list of local jails. The facility map found one local detention facility: the Washington County Justice Center, operated by the Washington County Sheriff's Office. The official sheriff homepage identifies Sheriff Robbie Furrow as the county sheriff. The Justice Center is the county jail for arrests made in Washington County, Colorado, including arrests near Akron, Otis, Cope, rural county roads, and Highway 34. It holds people awaiting first appearance, people held while bond is set or reviewed, people serving short local jail sentences, and people held briefly for transport or another agency when the jail accepts that hold.
That local count is different from the state prison population. A person sentenced to the Colorado Department of Corrections leaves the Washington County jail population and is searched through the CDOC inmate search. A federal defendant follows the U.S. Marshals and BOP route. Immigration detention follows ICE. Those systems matter because no official public Washington County online jail roster was located in the sheriff or county sources reviewed, so the best inmate lookup path is a decision tree, not a single search box.
Washington County Inmate Statistics
The best public multi-year series located for Washington County is the Vera Institute Incarceration Trends county dataset. Vera reports dataset fields for Washington County, Colorado, county FIPS 08121. These figures are not a live jail count and should not be read as the number of people in custody today. The sheriff pages reviewed did not publish a current daily jail population, annual booking total, or average length of stay.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Jail population field | 89.5 | Vera county CSV, 2025 |
| Pretrial custody field | 69.5 | Vera county CSV, 2025 |
| Male jail population field | 78 | Vera county CSV, 2025 |
| Female jail population field | 11 | Vera county CSV, 2025 |
| Rated capacity field | 240.5 | Vera county CSV, 2025 |
| Current sheriff-published daily count | Not published in reviewed sources | Sheriff Justice Center pages, reviewed 2026-06-02 |
Washington County Jail Trends
Vera's Washington County rows show a recent jail population field below the higher pre-2020 values. That does not mean arrests stopped, and it does not mean a specific person will be easy to find online. It means the historical reported population field for the county jail was lower in 2023 through 2025 than in 2016 through 2019. Small county counts can shift with a few cases, bond decisions, transport timing, and sentencing outcomes, so the trend is useful but should not be overread.
| Year | Jail Population Field | Rated Capacity Field | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89.5 | 240.5 | Vera reports population below capacity field. |
| 2024 | 117 | 240 | Higher than 2025 and 2023. |
| 2023 | 80 | 240.75 | Lowest recent post-2020 value in extracted rows. |
| 2022 | 111.75 | 170 | Capacity field lower than surrounding years. |
| 2021 | 118.5 | 220 | Post-2020 count near 119. |
| 2019 | 153.5 | 220 | Higher pre-2020 value. |
| 2017 | 189 | 228 | Highest value in the extracted 2015-2025 group. |
Washington County Jail Capacity
Washington County's official sheriff pages reviewed did not publish a live jail census, a current bed-count statement, or housing-unit detail. Vera reports a 2025 rated capacity field of 240.5 and a jail population field of 89.5. That is below Vera's capacity field, but it is not a live overcrowding finding. A jail may be below a rated-capacity number and still have practical housing limits if beds do not match sex, classification, medical, safety, or separation needs.
Vera's 2025 demographic fields report 78 male and 11 female jail population values, plus race and ethnicity fields including 14.5 Black, 32.5 Latinx, and 63.5 White. Those fields may be fractional because the dataset harmonizes reported data. They should be treated as dataset values, not literal headcounts at a public counter. No Washington County official demographic jail dashboard was located.
Data note: Population and capacity figures here are historical source-reported fields, not a real-time Washington County inmate count.
Washington County Jail Record Laws
Colorado public access law affects both the Washington County inmate population data and individual jail records. The Colorado Open Records Act, CRS 24-72-201 et seq., governs many state and local public records. Criminal justice records follow the more specific Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, also in Title 24. For booking records, arrest reports, jail records, and booking photos, the CCJRA path is the better fit.
Key Statutes:
CRS 24-72-301 et seq. governs records made, kept, or maintained by criminal justice agencies such as sheriffs, police, and prosecutors.
CRS 24-72-302 defines records of official action and other criminal justice record terms tied to arrest, charging, custody, and disposition.
CRS 24-72-305 supplies the inspection framework for criminal justice records and agency discretion.
CRS Title 16, Article 4 governs bail and release decisions that affect whether a person remains in the jail population.
Search Washington County Inmates
No official public online Washington County jail roster, inmate search page, recent-booking report, or booking-photo gallery was located in the official sheriff and county sources reviewed. That is the central local fact. The practical Washington County inmate search starts with the Justice Center because it controls current county custody. If jail staff cannot release details by phone, ask how to make a criminal justice records request for the booking record, release date, bond entry, or booking photo.
- Start with the official Justice Center page and current contact information.
- Call the Washington County Sheriff's Office or Justice Center at 970-345-2244 with the full legal name, date of birth if known, and approximate arrest date.
- Ask whether the person is in custody, released, transferred, held for another agency, or awaiting court.
- If the person was released or staff need a written request, ask for the current CCJRA records-request process.
- Check CoCourts, VINELink, CDOC, BOP, or ICE only when the person's status points to those systems.
Washington County Roster Fields
Because the official county site did not expose a public roster form, there are no local roster fields to fill online. That gap should not be filled with an unofficial inmate-search site. Use the table as a guardrail: a field marked unavailable means it was not found on an official Washington County jail roster during research.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Washington County jail roster | Not available | n/a | No official public roster/search form located. |
| Last Name | n/a | n/a | Not available on an official county roster. |
| First Name | n/a | n/a | Use by phone or records request instead. |
| Booking Number | n/a | n/a | Ask jail records if a booking number exists. |
| Facility/Housing | n/a | n/a | No county roster dropdown located. |
The official sheriff homepage screenshot in the project image set shows the local agency entry point. The source is the Washington County Sheriff's Office homepage, which should be used before any private jail directory.
The sheriff page matters because it is the official route to Justice Center service pages and phone contact when no online roster is posted.
Washington County Inmate Records
No public Washington County roster profile was available to inspect, so local pages should not claim that a county online profile shows a booking number, charges, bond, housing, and mugshot. Those items are common jail-record request targets, not guaranteed online fields. A narrow request is stronger than a broad one: identify the person, approximate booking date, date of birth if known, and the specific record sought.
| Requested Field | What It May Show |
|---|---|
| Name | Full legal name used by the jail. |
| Booking number | Internal jail identifier, if releasable and located. |
| Booking date/time | When the person was accepted into jail custody. |
| Arresting agency | Sheriff, police, Colorado State Patrol, or another agency. |
| Charges | Booking charges that may differ from formal court charges. |
| Bond or hold | Whether bond exists and whether another hold may prevent release. |
| Release status | Release, transfer, continued custody, or other status if releasable. |
County State Federal Searches
Washington County inmate lookup changes once custody changes. A person arrested last night in Akron is a local jail question first. A person sentenced to prison is a CDOC question. A federal defendant may be held by the U.S. Marshals before any BOP result appears. An immigration detainee is searched through ICE ODLS, not the county jail. VINELink can help with notifications when a matching custody record is available.
| Custody Question | Best First Source | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Arrest happened today or yesterday | Justice Center phone/contact | The jail is the only real-time local custody source located. |
| Released person needs proof of booking | Sheriff records request | A court case may remain after custody ends. |
| Formal charges after arrest | CoCourts or clerk | Court records show filed charges and hearing dates. |
| Sentenced state prisoner | CDOC inmate search | State prison custody is separate from county jail custody. |
| Federal inmate | BOP inmate locator | BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 forward. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | ICE custody is separate from Colorado jail records. |
Washington County Detention Facility
The facility list is short because official sources identified only one local detention facility in Washington County. No state prison, federal prison, ICE detention center, work-release annex, regional jail, or separate municipal jail was verified inside the county. Arrests from smaller communities should be treated as Washington County Justice Center matters once the person is booked there, unless another agency takes custody.
- Washington County Justice Center - county jail and local detention facility for Washington County arrests, local jail sentences, first appearance, bond, release, and transfer processing.
Washington County Inmate FAQ
How big is the Washington County inmate population?
Vera reports a 2025 Washington County jail population field of 89.5 and a rated capacity field of 240.5. Those are dataset fields, not a live jail census. The sheriff pages reviewed did not publish a current daily inmate count.
How do I search the Washington County inmate population?
Start with the Justice Center and Sheriff's Office phone route because no official online roster was located. Then use records requests, CoCourts, VINELink, CDOC, BOP, or ICE depending on custody stage.
Are released inmates still searchable?
No official released-inmate archive was found on the county site. A released person's custody proof may require a sheriff records request, bond paperwork, or a court case search.
Does Washington County have a jail app?
No official sheriff or police mobile app with an inmate roster, warrant tool, or records portal was located during research. Use the official web and phone channels instead.