Most adults booked anywhere in this area go to the Bent County Jail. You'll find it at 11100 County Road GG.5, Las Animas, CO 81054. The front desk answers at 719-456-1363.

Bent's official inmate info page is temporarily unavailable. Until it is back, search VINELink for Bent. It shows who is in custody and where they are held. Not listed yet? Fresh bookings in Las Animas can lag a bit. Register on VINELink for alerts about a release or transfer by phone, text or email.

There was no official online warrant search posted by the county. To learn about warrants, dial 719-456-1363, the sheriff's office.

The state docket search displays future hearings by name. Anyone who plans to turn themselves in should call a lawyer before going.

• Bond terms after a Bent County arrest are set by a judge.
• Fast review: for most arrests, the court reviews bond within two days after the arrested person is booked into jail.
• Signature release: no cash is due at the start; the person signs and must come back on time.
• Cash: a friend posts the total bond directly.
• Agent fees are capped near 15% of the total ($50 minimum).
• House as bond: a Colorado property may back the bond when its equity is one and a half times that amount.
• Bond conditions: getting out may include meeting a pretrial officer, no-contact orders, and more.
• Paid but still inside? Another case can delay release.
• Keep every court date — a missed date can trigger a warrant and bond forfeiture.
• Exact figures: the Las Animas jail at 719-456-1363 can read you the current bond.

Read our bail page for the full steps.

The first hearing is an advisement, where a judge tells the person the charges and looks at bond. State cases are heard at the Bent Combined Court, 725 Bent Avenue, Las Animas, CO 81054. Court staff answers at 719-456-1353.

The person gets a public defender at no cost when a judge decides they cannot pay for legal counsel. Phone the public defender at 719-384-5448.

Book each visit early, and bring a photo ID. Call 719-456-1363 before your trip; rules shift. Details: visiting and remote visits.

Phone calls are made by the person only; you can't call in. Open a prepaid account to pay for calls and messages. See: phone accounts, messages, tablets.

Commissary sells food, soap and paper. Use whatever way the Las Animas jail accepts. Steps: sending money and commissary.

Letters without the right name or booking number may be returned, so list both before the street address. Skip anything taped on. Check our mail guide.

Juvenile court handles charges involving teens in most cases. A state youth services center that serves this Bent area is the Pueblo Youth Services Center 719-546-4915). Deputies at the sheriff's office at 719-456-1363 will tell parents which facility the teen went to.

Call 719-456-1363 and ask that the jail's medical staff hear about medicines, pregnancy or a suicide risk. The pharmacy name can help staff confirm it.

A federal case that starts in Bent County doesn't stay in the county court system. Its hearings happen inside the Colorado Springs federal courthouse, 212 North Wahsatch Avenue, Suite 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903; the clerk's office can be reached at 719-471-3387. A day or so after booking, the charged person meets a U.S. magistrate judge at a first appearance.

Federal judges skip the bail chart. What happens instead: the court schedules a custody hearing and rules on whether the defendant walks out while the case is open and what the terms are. Until then, many federal defendants are housed in a jail close by in a deal with the Marshals Service. To ask which jail they are in, phone the Marshals at 719-633-2037. After a court orders prison, the BOP (Bureau of Prisons) decides on a prison. After that, its BOP inmate locator names which prison.

1. When someone is booked, the fingerprints are checked in federal databases ICE has access to.

2. Once ICE shows interest, it sends a hold through Form I-247A with the Bent jail.

3. The I-247A requests as many as 48 more hours beyond the normal release time. Those hours run nonstop, with holidays and weekends counted.

4. Colorado's law, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, says jails can't keep someone longer only because ICE asked. That means Bent County has to release them on schedule except when another legal reason applies.

5. Officers from ICE may arrive at release time to take custody. If not, your relative goes free.

Find someone ICE holds with the locator, entering their A-number with their home country.

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

Questions for ICE? Use the Denver field office at 12445 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111 or 720-873-2899.

A prison sentence starts after a wait at the local jail for state pickup. CDOC intake sets the custody level.

After classification, the arrested person is sent to a prison that fits their needs. Find them with the CDOC inmate locator. Our state prison page lists addresses.

The Bent inmate page is down, so no Bent mugshots can be seen online right now. VINELink has no photos. Journalists asking for a jail photo not shown publicly may check with the Bent County sheriff's office on 719-456-1363.

An ICE booking photo must be sought at ICE's online FOIA form, and ICE must approve it.

Federal booking photos are never given out to the public and the press. The sole exception: the U.S. Marshals Service, which handles U.S. booking photos, can release an image of someone on the run, when that helps make an arrest or alert individuals, or if there is an urgent danger to the public.

• Jail: Bent County Jail, 11100 County Road GG.5, Las Animas, CO 81054, 719-456-1363
• Federal court: the federal courthouse in Colorado Springs — 719-471-3387
• Free lawyer office: 719-384-5448
• Finding an ICE detainee: locator.ice.gov
• State court: Bent Combined Court, 725 Bent Avenue, Las Animas, CO 81054, 719-456-1353
• Release alerts: VINELink
• Bond review: usually inside two days of reaching jail

• Bent County Sheriff's Office: 719-456-1363
• Sheriff's deputies, emergencies: 911

In rural areas, deputies answer calls. In an emergency, call 911.