Look for the La Plata County Detention Center at 742 Turner Drive, Durango, CO 81303. Phone 970-382-7053 for the jail.

Begin with La Plata County Inmate Search. A fresh arrest may not be listed for a few hours; look again later. VINELink is free and can alert you by phone or email when custody changes.

We could not locate a public warrant search for this county that we could verify. To learn about warrants, contact 970-247-1157.

The court docket page shows upcoming hearings by name. Planning to turn yourself in? Talk with a defense lawyer beforehand.

• Who sets bail: jail staff in Durango don't choose the figure; a judge does.
• Fast review: for most arrests, a judge reviews bond inside two days after someone reaches jail.
• PR bond: sometimes a judge lets your family member go with just a signature to return for the next date.
• Cash: someone covers the entire bond.
• Agent fees max out at 15% with a $50 floor — nonrefundable.
• Using land: property in Colorado can back the bond if the paid-off share tops 1.5 times the bond.
• Extra rules: getting out can include pretrial supervision, keep-away orders, and more.
• Still held? An outside warrant may delay the release.
• Keep every court date — missing one can trigger a warrant and bond forfeiture.
• Ask first: call 970-382-7053 and ask for the posted bond.

How to post bond, step by step, is explained on the bail page for La Plata County.

A judge first meets the person at an advisement hearing, often by video from the lockup. State charges here are heard at the La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Avenue, Suite 106, Durango, CO 81301. Phone the court at 970-247-2304 with case questions.

Yes when a judge finds that person cannot afford an attorney. The local public defender office is at 970-247-9284.

Most visits need to be set up in advance. Phone 970-382-7053 before a visit; rules change. Visiting details: in-person visits; visits from home.

Inmates can call out but can't get outside calls. Prepaid accounts pay for calls and messages, where offered. Guides: phone accounts, messaging, tablets.

Commissary sells food, toiletries and paper. Use the method the detention center accepts. Steps: sending money and commissary.

Write the full name and booking number, then the jail's mailing address. Avoid stickers, glitter and tape. Read our mail page.

Juvenile court takes cases involving minors as a rule. A held teen is often sent to the Grand Mesa Youth Services Center. To find out where a youth is, family can phone 970-247-1157.

Medical worries go to the health unit. Call 970-382-7053 and explain what's needed. Have a pharmacy label handy to share.

A federal arrest out of La Plata County does not stay in the local courts. Its hearings take place at the federal court in the La Plata County Courthouse, Durango, 1060 East 2nd Avenue, Suite 150, Durango, CO 81301 — the clerk's office answers at 970-385-9564. Not long after booking, the charged person is brought before a U.S. magistrate judge for a first court hearing.

No set bail list exists. Instead, the court sets a custody hearing. It decides on release before trial and any rules. In the meantime, a lot of federal prisoners are housed in one of the county jails through a deal with the Marshals Service. For which jail, contact the Marshals at 970-317-6117. If there is a federal prison term, the BOP, the federal prison system, names a prison, and the BOP inmate locator shows which prison.

1. During booking, prints get run through federal databases shared with ICE.

2. Once ICE shows interest, the agency files a detainer on Form I-247A with jail staff.

3. The detainer seeks up to 48 additional hours beyond the time of release. The clock runs nonstop; weekends and holidays are not skipped.

4. State law in Colorado, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, states jails cannot hold anyone beyond release only because ICE asked. So La Plata County must release the person on time except if a court order is in place.

5. Officers from ICE can show up right at release and take custody. If that doesn't happen, the person goes free.

Locating someone held by ICE: the ICE locator takes the A-number and country of birth, or a name with country and birth date.

ICE's site names the Aurora center (details, 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010). Detainee questions: 303-361-6612 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; detainees can't take calls.

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

A Department of Corrections sentence often means more time in the Durango jail before CDOC transport arrives, which may take weeks. At intake, the state screens each new prisoner for security risk, medical needs and mental health, then classifies them.

After classification, they're assigned to a prison that matches that level. The DOC offender search lists where they are after intake; see Colorado prisons for addresses.

The La Plata inmate lookup is where to look, but La Plata mugshots may not show there. News media who want a jail photo that isn't online may check with the La Plata County sheriff's office on 970-247-1157.

An ICE booking photo has to be asked for through ICE's records request page; then ICE decides whether to approve it.

Federal mugshots are kept from members of the public or journalists. The single exception: the Marshals Service, which takes U.S. booking photos, may share an image of someone on the run, to help catch them or notify people, or once there is an immediate public safety threat.

• Jail: La Plata County Detention Center, 742 Turner Drive, Durango, CO 81303, 970-382-7053
• Immigration custody: detainee search
• Court: La Plata County Courthouse, 1060 East Second Avenue, Suite 106, Durango, CO 81301, 970-247-2304
• Public defender: 970-247-9284
• Federal cases: the federal court in the La Plata County Courthouse, Durango, 970-385-9564
• Victim alerts: VINELink (free)
• Bond review: typically inside two days after booking

• Durango Police (non-emergency dispatch): 970-385-2900
• La Plata County Sheriff's Office: 970-247-1157
• La Plata County Sheriff non-emergency dispatch: 970-385-2900

Unincorporated areas depend on the sheriff; 911 works everywhere.