There is no full lockup run by the county. Deputies rely on a partner jail outside the county. Phone the sheriff's office at 719-783-2270 to learn where your family member is held.

Use VINELink. Not listed yet? Fresh bookings at the jail can lag a bit. For notices when someone is let out, register with VINELink.

Our search found no warrant list run by local officials when we checked. Staff with the sheriff's office can check if there is an open warrant — call 719-783-2270.

The court docket page lists set court dates by name. A lawyer may help plan a surrender.

• Who picks it: for someone held in Westcliffe, a judge sets the bond type and how much.
• Prompt hearing: for most arrests, a judge decides bond no later than two days after someone lands in the jail.
• Signature release: nothing is paid up front; that person signs and must return on time.
• Cash: a friend covers the entire bond.
• Surety bonds: Colorado caps the agent's fee at 15%, or $50 if the bond is small; it isn't refunded.
• Using land: a Colorado property can secure the bond when the owner's equity reaches 150 percent of that amount.
• Conditions: a judge may require scheduled reporting or no contact with a victim.
• Holds: a warrant from another agency can keep someone in custody even with bond posted.
• Court no-show: a warrant can follow, and the Custer bond is lost.
• First call: phone the jail at 719-783-2270 for the current bond and how to pay.

For payment steps, use our Custer County bail guide.

A judge first hears from the defendant at an advisement. State charges go to the Custer Combined Court, 205 S. 6th Street, Westcliffe, CO 81252. Court staff answers at 719-783-2274.

The court may appoint the Colorado State Public Defender if that person has no money for counsel. Call the public defender at 719-539-3521.

Plan a visit ahead and bring a photo ID. Phone 719-783-2270 before a visit; hours shift. Guides: visits and remote visits.

Calls are made by your relative only. You pay for phone time and e-messages through a funded account. See: calls, messaging, tablets.

Money in their account buys commissary items. Pick the method the jail takes. Steps: sending money and commissary.

Label each envelope with the inmate's real name and, if you have it, the booking number, followed by the jail address. Skip anything taped on. Check the mail rules.

Juvenile court takes cases for kids under 18. A state youth center that serves the region is the Pueblo Youth Services Center 719-546-4915). For a youth's location, a guardian can call 719-783-2270.

If someone needs mental health care, call 719-783-2270 so the nurse knows immediately. A doctor's note helps medical staff check faster.

Any federal charge from Custer County won't stay in the state courts. Hearings take place at the U.S. courthouse in Colorado Springs, 212 North Wahsatch Avenue, Suite 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903; the court clerk can be reached at 719-471-3387. Not long after being arrested, the defendant faces a U.S. magistrate judge for an initial hearing.

Federal court has no bail schedule. So the court runs a detention review hearing to find out whether the arrested person goes home before trial and on what terms. During the case, lots of federal detainees are housed in a local lockup working with the Marshals Service. To find out where someone is held, ring the Marshals on 719-633-2037. After prison time is set, the BOP, the federal prison system, gains custody, and the BOP inmate locator names the location.

First: During booking, fingerprint scans get run through federal databases that ICE checks.

Next: When ICE wants the defendant, it submits a detainer by way of Form I-247A with the Custer jail.

Then: Form I-247A seeks as many as 48 additional hours after the planned release time. The clock runs without pause, including holidays and weekends.

But: State law in Colorado, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, says county jails cannot hold someone past release just because ICE made a request. That means Custer County frees the one held on schedule unless some other legal hold says otherwise.

Finally: ICE agents can come right at release and take the defendant into custody. If not, the person simply leaves.

Search for ICE detainees on the online locator; enter the A-number and birth country.

Some people held by ICE in Colorado stay in the Denver Contract Detention Facility listed on ice.gov. Address: 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010; number 303-361-6612.

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

A Department of Corrections sentence usually means a wait in the jail until state transport arrives, sometimes for weeks. CDOC intake decides security level.

The last step is a transfer to a prison that fits their level and needs. CDOC's offender search lists the facility; our state prison page has addresses.

Custer mugshots show online only if Custer posts a roster. VINELink covers custody status but not pictures. Reporters seeking a mugshot that isn't online can ask the Custer County sheriff's office at 719-783-2270.

A photo taken by ICE must be asked for on ICE's records request page, and ICE must approve it.

Federal mugshots are withheld from ordinary people and news outlets. One exception applies: the U.S. Marshals Service, the agency behind federal mugshots, is able to release such a photo of someone on the run to help make an arrest or put the public on notice; it may also do so if there is an immediate danger to others.

• Jail: call the sheriff's office at 719-783-2270
• Federal court: the federal courthouse in Colorado Springs — 719-471-3387
• When bond is set: typically within 48 hours after booking
• Court: Custer Combined Court, 205 S. 6th Street, Westcliffe, CO 81252, 719-783-2274
• Immigration custody: ICE's locator
• Public defender: 719-539-3521
• Free alerts: VINELink (free)

• Custer County Sheriff's Office: 719-783-2270
• Sheriff's deputies (emergency): 911

Towns without their own police use sheriff's deputies. Call 911 in an emergency.