The booking jail is the Phillips County Jail at 221 South Interocean Avenue, Holyoke, CO 80734. Its phone is 970-854-3644. It only books new arrests and holds people briefly near court dates. Phillips inmates are housed at the Logan County Detention Center, 110 N. Riverview Road, Sterling (970-522-2578).

Start with VINELink for Phillips. If you don't see the name, wait a bit or phone 970-854-3644. VINELink sends alerts if the person is released.

There was no official online warrant lookup from the sheriff during our review. To learn about warrants, contact 970-854-3644 (the Holyoke jail).

• Who sets bail: jail staff in Holyoke don't choose the amount; a judge does.
• Hearing time: nearly everyone held in Holyoke is owed a bond review inside 48 hours of arrival.
• Release on a promise: nothing is paid at the start; they sign and must return on time.
• Cash: someone covers the total bond directly.
• Bondsman fees: expect to pay a charge that you won't see again; under state law it can't go over 15% or $50 if that is higher.
• Using land: property in Colorado can guarantee the bond if the owner's equity tops one and a half times the bond.
• The court may add rules, like curfews, drug tests or keep-away orders.
• Other holds: a hold from a different agency can still keep that person at the jail even with bond paid.
• Not showing up: the judge may order an arrest warrant and forfeit the bond.
• Ask first: phone 970-854-3644 and ask for the current bond.

See our bail guide for the full steps.

The court usually first meets your relative at a first appearance — video is common. The clerk's office answers at 970-762-7010.

A no-cost attorney is assigned when a judge decides the arrested person can't pay for an attorney. The defender office answers at 970-522-5032.

Most visits are set up ahead of time. Days and times shift, so call 970-854-3644 first. Details: visiting and remote visits.

Phone calls are made from the Holyoke jail only. See: phone accounts, messages, tablets.

Commissary offers snacks, soap and paper, paid from their account. Details: sending money and commissary.

Write the person's booking number and full name on the envelope. Read our mail guide for current rules.

Cases for anyone younger than 18 move through the juvenile system. Deputies at the jail will inform parents where the teen went.

Health concerns go to jail medical staff; call 970-854-3644 and describe what's needed. Keep a pharmacy label ready to share.

Any federal charge from Phillips County doesn't stay in the state courts. The case goes to the Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse in Denver, 901 19th Street, Denver, CO 80294, and the clerk's office is at 303-844-3433. Shortly after arrest, your relative goes before a U.S. magistrate judge for the first court date.

There is no preset bail figure. Rather, a federal judge runs a detention hearing that settles if the defendant walks out until trial and with what limits. Before trial, most federal prisoners sit in a jail close by under contract to the U.S. Marshals. For which jail, ring the Marshals at 303-728-7800. After a judge orders prison, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) picks a prison, and the BOP inmate locator tells you the location.

Step one: During booking, prints are sent to federal databases that ICE checks.

Step two: When ICE is interested, the agency files an immigration detainer on Form I-247A with jail staff.

Step three: The form requests up to 48 more hours beyond when your relative would be released. The 48 hours run nonstop; holidays and weekends are not skipped.

Step four: Colorado's statute, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, says jails cannot keep a person beyond release solely because ICE made a request. So Phillips County frees the one held on time unless some other legal hold exists.

Step five: ICE agents can come at release time and take the defendant into custody. When they don't, the arrested person is released.

Look up someone ICE holds on the online locator; enter an alien registration number with birth country.

The Aurora contract detention center lists 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010 and 303-361-6612 as its contact line.

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

After a prison sentence, a Phillips inmate stays in jail until the state can move them to prison. At intake, CDOC screens each new prisoner for security risk, health and mental health before classifying them.

From there, CDOC sends your relative to a prison matching their needs. Try the CDOC lookup, and our Colorado prisons page displays addresses and phones.

Phillips mugshots show online only if Phillips posts a roster. VINELink for Phillips covers custody status but not pictures. Members of the media who want a mugshot that is not online can ask the Phillips County sheriff's office (via the jail line) at 970-854-3644.

Any ICE mugshot has to be requested through the ICE records request form; then ICE must give its approval.

Federal mugshots aren't released to the public and reporters. The sole exception: the U.S. Marshals Service, which takes the photos at a federal booking, can share an image when someone is a fugitive, so it can help bring them in or warn people, or when there is an immediate public safety threat.

• Jail: Phillips County Jail, 221 South Interocean Avenue, Holyoke, CO 80734, 970-854-3644
• Court: Phillips Combined Court, 221 South Interocean Avenue, 2nd floor, Holyoke, 970-762-7010
• Bond timing: usually inside 48 hours after booking
• Finding an ICE detainee: locator.ice.gov
• Federal court: Arraj courthouse, Denver — 303-844-3433
• Public defender: 970-522-5032
• Custody alerts: VINELink

• Holyoke Police: 970-854-2244
• Phillips County Sheriff's Office (through the jail): 970-854-3644

Towns with no police force use the Phillips sheriff. Dial 911 in emergencies.