There is no full lockup in the county itself. Deputies rely on the detention center that serves this county. Your first call should go to the sheriff's office at 970-874-2000. Staff can say where the person is held.

Open Delta on VINELink to start. New arrests from Delta may take a while to post, so recheck later. For free updates when someone is released, register with VINELink.

Not one warrant search showed up in our research. A deputy with the sheriff's office can check whether there's an open warrant — call 970-874-2000.

Court dates appear in the state court dockets. If you want to turn yourself in, speak with legal counsel before going.

• The bond for a Delta case comes from a judge.
• Time limit: Colorado gives courts up to 48 hours from booking to set bail in most cases.
• Signature bond: your loved one signs a promise to appear in court.
• Cash bond: someone pays the whole sum.
• Agent fees top out near 15%, or $50 when that is higher.
• House as bond: property in Colorado can guarantee the bond when its equity tops 1.5 times that amount.
• Extra rules: getting out may include reporting in, orders to stay away from someone or other limits.
• Still held? An outside warrant can block the release.
• Skipping court: if you skip a Delta hearing, you face a warrant and lose the bond money.
• Before paying: call 970-874-2000 to ask for the current bond.

Visit our bail guide for how to pay.

The court first sees your family member at a first advisement hearing. State cases go to the Delta County Combined Court, 501 Palmer Street, Delta. The clerk answers at 970-874-6280.

A lawyer is appointed at no charge if a judge finds the person cannot afford legal counsel. The local public defender office answers at 970-249-4791.

Most visits are booked beforehand. Call 970-874-2000 ahead of any visit; hours change. Help: visits and remote visits.

Calls are made by the person only. Open an account to pay for calls. Learn about phones, messaging and tablets.

Money on the books buys commissary items. Use the method the jail accepts. Steps: deposits and commissary.

Label each envelope with the inmate's legal name; add a booking number when you can. Skip glitter, stickers or tape. Check the mail rules.

Juvenile court handles cases against minors. Detained teens can be sent from Delta to the Grand Mesa Youth Services Center, 970-245-2516, a state youth center. If your child was arrested? Call 970-874-2000 and ask for the youth's location.

Call 970-874-2000 and ask for the nurse to be told about prescriptions, diabetes or a suicide risk. The pharmacy name helps medical staff check faster.

Any federal case out of Delta County won't stay in the county courts. Hearings happen at Grand Junction's Wayne Aspinall Federal Building, 400 Rood Avenue, Suite 309, Grand Junction, CO 81501, and the clerk's office answers at 970-245-5396. Within a day or so following the arrest, the one held meets a U.S. magistrate judge at a first appearance.

Federal judges skip the bail chart. Instead, a federal judge calls a short detention hearing to decide whether the defendant can leave until trial and what the terms are. Until then, most federal detainees are kept in a county-run lockup on contract with the Marshals Service. For which jail, reach the U.S. Marshals at 970-243-5210. If prison time is ordered, the BOP (Bureau of Prisons) steps in. You can find the prison on the BOP inmate locator.

1. When someone is booked, fingerprints get run through federal systems ICE has access to.

2. If ICE wants the defendant, the agency places a hold using Form I-247A with jail staff.

3. The form requests up to 48 extra hours after when your relative would go free. The clock runs hour by hour; Saturdays, Sundays and holidays count too.

4. Colorado's statute, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, states county jails may not hold a person past release solely because ICE made a request. That means Delta County has to release them on time unless a court order is in place.

5. ICE agents can arrive as the one held walks out and take custody. Otherwise, the person walks out.

Look up someone ICE holds on the locator; enter an alien registration number with the country they were born in.

Some people held by ICE in Colorado are held in the Denver Contract Detention Facility. Address: 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010; line 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 often means a wait in the jail before CDOC transport comes, which may take weeks. CDOC's first step is a reception center, where corrections staff work out custody level, health needs and program needs.

With a rating set, your family member is sent to a prison suited to their needs. Search the Colorado DOC locator. Our state prison page has prison details.

There are no Delta mugshots online because Delta has no public roster. Use Delta on VINELink to check custody; it has no photos. News media looking for a booking photo that isn't posted may check with the Delta County sheriff's office on 970-874-2000.

An ICE booking photo needs to be requested on ICE's records request page; then ICE must say yes.

Federal booking photos are never given to the public and news outlets. There is one exception: the U.S. Marshals Service, which takes mugshots of federal arrestees, can share one for a fugitive if it helps bring them in or warn people; it might also do so for an immediate public safety threat.

• Jail: call the sheriff's office at 970-874-2000
• Bond timing: typically inside two days after booking
• Release alerts: VINELink (free)
• ICE search: ICE's locator
• Federal cases: the Wayne Aspinall Federal Building, Grand Junction, 400 Rood Avenue, 970-245-5396
• State court: Delta County Combined Court, 501 Palmer Street, Delta, 970-874-6280
• Public defender: 970-249-4791

• Delta Police: 970-874-7676
• Delta County Sheriff's Office: 970-874-2000

Rural areas and small towns get patrol from the sheriff. Emergencies: 911.