Head to the Jefferson County Detention Facility at 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 when you need the jail. The jail desk answers at 303-271-5444.

Begin with Jefferson County Inmate Search. If you don't see the name, give it some time or call 303-271-5444. VINELink can send notices when someone is released.

Check the Jeffco Sheriff warrant information first. You can also call the warrants unit at 303-271-6475.

The Colorado Judicial docket lists set hearings by county. A lawyer can help plan a surrender.

• The amount after a Golden arrest comes from a judge.
• Time limit: state law gives courts around 48 hours from booking to review bail for most people.
• Personal recognizance: the person signs a pledge to appear at each Jefferson court date.
• Cash bond: someone pays the entire sum.
• Bondsman fees: expect to pay a fee that is kept; by law it can't top 15% or $50 if that is higher.
• Property in Colorado counts only if the equity in it is worth 1.5 times the bond.
• Extra rules: release can include reporting in, no-contact orders, and more.
• Other holds: a warrant from another county can still keep someone in the Golden jail after bond is posted.
• Missing a date: a missed hearing may bring a warrant and forfeiture of the bond.
• Ask first: phone 303-271-5444 to ask for the posted bond.

See our bail guide for more detail.

The court usually first sees the person at an advisement. State charges here start at the Courts and Administration Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401. Call the court at 720-772-2500 for dates.

A free lawyer is named when a judge finds they cannot pay for one. Call the public defender office at 303-279-7841.

Most visits are scheduled in advance. Rules and hours change, so call 303-271-5444 first. Help: visits and video visits.

Only the person can place calls. Prepaid accounts pay for calls and messaging. See: calls, messaging, tablets.

Commissary sells snacks, soap and writing supplies. Ways to deposit vary by jail. Read how to send money plus commissary rules.

Mail that lacks a full name or ID number can be returned; list both. Leave off glitter, tape and stickers. Look at the jail mail page for today's rules.

A juvenile judge hears cases against teens. Held teens may go from Jefferson to the Rocky Mountain Youth Services Center. Deputies at the jail at 303-271-5444 can inform a guardian where the teen went.

Worried about health? Call 303-271-5444, request the medical unit. Have the prescription label ready to share.

Any federal case from Jefferson County won't stay in the county court system. Hearings happen inside the Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse in Denver, 901 19th Street, Denver, CO 80294 — the clerk's office answers at 303-844-3433. A first hearing comes soon after booking, before a U.S. magistrate judge at a first appearance.

Federal court has no bail chart. In its place, the magistrate holds a detention hearing to choose whether the person may go free pending trial and which conditions fit. Before trial, many federal detainees sit in one of the county jails on contract with the Marshals Service. To learn which jail, contact the U.S. Marshals on 303-728-7800. Once a judge imposes prison time, the BOP runs things from there. Its BOP inmate locator lists the prison.

Step 1: At booking, the fingerprints are checked in federal systems ICE has access to.

Step 2: When ICE decides to act, it sends a hold request using Form I-247A.

Step 3: That detainer requests up to 48 added hours past the normal release time. That time counts hour by hour; weekends and holidays are not skipped.

Step 4: State law in Colorado, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, says a jail can't keep a person past release only because ICE asked. So Jefferson County has to release them on time except when a separate lawful hold exists.

Step 5: Officers from ICE can arrive right at release and take the person. Otherwise, the detained person goes free.

Find ICE detainees with the locator. Enter their A-number with birth country.

ICE's website lists the Aurora contract facility at 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010, phone 303-361-6612.

ICE office: the Denver ERO field office serves this state and Wyoming. Address: 12445 East Caley Avenue, Centennial, CO 80111, phone 720-873-2899.

After a DOC sentence, your relative remains in the Golden jail until the state transfers them. The first stop is a CDOC intake center. There, staff check security level, medical needs, mental health and programs.

Once classified, they're assigned to a facility suited to their needs. Try Colorado's offender search; the prison directory lists each prison's address.

Try the Jefferson booking search first. It lists Jefferson inmates without mugshots. Reporters looking for a mugshot that is not posted may contact the Jefferson County sheriff's office (via the jail line) on 303-271-5444.

A photo taken by ICE must be sought on the ICE FOIA records page; then ICE must approve it.

Mugshots taken in federal cases are never released to the public and the press. There is one exception: the Marshals Service, keeper of U.S. booking photos, can share a photo for a wanted person in order to help bring them in or put the public on notice, or in case of a danger to the public right now.

• Jail: Jefferson County Detention Facility, 200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, 303-271-5444
• Federal court: Arraj courthouse, Denver, 303-844-3433
• Bond timing: usually within two days after booking
• Public defender: 303-279-7841
• ICE search: locator.ice.gov
• Victim alerts: VINELink
• Court: Courts and Administration Building, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401, 720-772-2500

• Lakewood, Arvada and Golden Police (Jeffcom non-emergency): 303-980-7300
• Jefferson County Sheriff's Office (through the jail): 303-271-5444
• Jefferson County Sheriff non-emergency dispatch (Jeffcom): 303-980-7300

Areas outside city limits get patrol from the sheriff. Emergencies: 911.