The Baca County Jail is this county's lockup for adults, located at 265 East 2nd Avenue, Springfield, CO 81073. The jail desk answers at 719-523-4511.

Start with VINELink. A new Baca booking can be slow to appear; check back in a few hours. For alerts when someone is moved, register on VINELink.

We didn't find an official online warrant lookup from the sheriff. Calling is the way to check. For a warrant check, contact 719-523-4511.

The Colorado Judicial docket shows set hearings by county. Prior to going to the jail on a warrant, you may want to call a lawyer.

• Who picks it: for someone held in Springfield, a judge fixes the bond type and how much.
• Deadline: Colorado gives judges about 48 hours from booking to set bond.
• Signature release: no money is paid at first; they sign and must return to court.
• Full payment: a friend covers the entire bond at the Springfield jail or court.
• Bondsman fees: plan on paying a charge that is kept; by law it may not exceed 15% or $50 if that is higher.
• Real estate bond: a Colorado property can be pledged for bail when the owner's equity is at least 150 percent of the bond.
• The court may attach rules to release: curfews, testing or keeping away from a victim.
• Other cases: a warrant from another case may keep your loved one in jail after bond is paid.
• Keep every court date — missing one may trigger new arrest orders plus bond forfeiture.
• Ask first: phone 719-523-4511 and ask about the exact bond and payment options.

Find the steps on our bail and bond page.

A judge first sees the inmate at an advisement, often by video from the Springfield jail. State cases go to the Baca County Court, 741 Main Street, Suite 5, Springfield, CO 81073. The clerk answers at 719-361-7020.

The court names a public defender when a judge decides that person can't afford one. The local defender office answers at 719-384-5448.

Visits are booked in advance. Days and times shift, so phone 719-523-4511 before you go. Details: visits and video visits.

Calls are made from the jail only. Family can add funds to a calling account so that person can call. Guides: calls, messages, tablets.

The jail store sells food, hygiene items and paper. Pick whatever method the Springfield jail takes. Steps: deposits and commissary.

Envelopes should show the full name as booked, the booking number and the Springfield jail address. Avoid anything taped on. Check our mail guide first.

Anyone under 18 goes through the juvenile side of the court. Detained teens can be sent from Baca to the Pueblo Youth Services Center, 719-546-4915. Parents can phone the sheriff's office at 719-523-4511 and ask where a child is held.

Health concerns should reach jail medical staff. Call 719-523-4511 and describe the condition. Have the pill bottle nearby for the call.

A federal case from Baca County is not handled by the local courts. Court dates are at Colorado Springs' federal courthouse, 212 North Wahsatch Avenue, Suite 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, and the court clerk answers at 719-471-3387. Shortly after booking, your loved one goes before a U.S. magistrate judge for a first court date.

No set bail list exists. Rather, the judge holds a detention hearing; it decides on release before trial and sets the rules. Meanwhile, many federal prisoners are kept in a jail in the county under contract with the Marshals Service. For their location, ring the Marshals at 719-633-2037. Once there is a prison term, the federal BOP system names a prison, and its BOP inmate locator shows where the one held was sent.

1. At booking, fingerprints get run through national databases that ICE checks.

2. If ICE wants the defendant, it files a hold using Form I-247A to the Baca jail.

3. Form I-247A asks for as many as 48 more hours past the time they'd be freed. Those hours run straight through, including holidays and weekends.

4. Colorado's statute, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, says a jail may not hold anyone past release only because ICE asked. So Baca County lets the inmate out on time except when some other legal hold exists.

5. Officers from ICE can come at the moment of release and take the defendant. Otherwise, the arrested person simply leaves.

Find people in ICE custody on the online locator. Type in the A-number and their home country.

ICE shows the detention center in Aurora at 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010, phone 303-361-6612.

ICE's Denver field office is at 12445 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111. Call 720-873-2899.

After a prison sentence, they usually wait in county jail until state corrections moves them. The first stop in prison is intake, where staff set custody level.

Then comes a transfer to a prison matched to the rating. Use the CDOC offender search. Our Colorado state prisons page displays prison details.

Baca mugshots show online only if Baca posts a roster. VINELink covers custody status but not pictures. News media who want a mugshot not shown publicly can contact the Baca County sheriff's office by calling 719-523-4511.

A mugshot from ICE can only be sought via ICE's online FOIA form, and the decision is ICE's.

Federal mugshots are never released to ordinary people or reporters. The single exception: the Marshals Service, which takes the jail photos in federal cases, can make public such a photo about a wanted fugitive if it helps catch them or alert people. It may also do so when someone is an immediate public threat.

• Holding jail: Baca County Jail, 265 East 2nd Avenue, Springfield, CO 81073, 719-523-4511
• Bond review: most often inside 48 hours of reaching jail
• Public defender: 719-384-5448
• Federal cases: the federal courthouse in Colorado Springs — 719-471-3387
• Custody alerts: VINELink
• State court: Baca County Court, 741 Main Street, Suite 5, Springfield, CO 81073, 719-361-7020
• Finding an ICE detainee: ICE's locator

• Baca County Sheriff's Office: 719-523-4511
• Sheriff patrol, emergencies: 911

The sheriff patrols unincorporated areas. Dial 911 anywhere in an emergency.