Go to the Pitkin County Jail at 530 East Main Street, Suite 103, Aspen, CO 81611. Phone 970-920-5331 for the jail staff.

Start with Pitkin County Inmate Search. Bookings from Aspen sometimes take a while to show; try again later. Use VINELink to get custody notices.

Not one warrant search showed up when we checked. The sheriff's office at 970-920-5300 may tell you if a warrant is open.

The state docket search lists set hearings by county. Planning to turn yourself in? Call an attorney beforehand.

• Who decides: a judge chooses the terms.
• The 48-hour rule: Colorado law requires a bond hearing about 48 hours after someone arrives at the Aspen jail, for most cases.
• Personal recognizance: sometimes a judge lets that person go on just a signature to show up.
• Paying cash: every dollar of the bond goes to the court.
• Surety bonds: state rules cap the agent's fee at 15 percent, with $50 as the floor, and it is kept.
• A home in the state can be pledged only when equity covers 150 percent of the bond.
• Conditions: the court may order regular pretrial reporting or no contact with a victim.
• Other holds: a hold from another county may still keep the arrested person in custody after bond is posted.
• No-shows: missing court can bring a warrant; the bond is lost.
• Where to start: phone the jail at 970-920-5331 for the exact bond.

For the rest, open our Pitkin County bail guide.

The court usually first sees people housed in custody at an advisement, frequently by video from the jail. State charges go to the Pitkin County Courthouse, 506 East Main Street, Aspen, CO 81611. Call the court at 970-925-7635 for the next hearing.

Usually, yes, when a judge finds they can't afford legal counsel. Contact the defender's office by phone at 970-945-5828.

Most visits need to be booked beforehand; some happen by video. Call 970-920-5331 before your trip; rules shift. See visitation and online visits.

Calls are made from the detention center only; you can't call in. Calls and messages cost money — by an account you fund. Guides: calls, messaging, tablets.

Commissary offers snacks, personal care items and paper. Pick the method the lockup accepts. Details: deposits and commissary.

Mark the letter with the name and booking number. Avoid anything taped on. Read our page about mail.

Juvenile court hears cases against anyone under 18. Detained youth may be taken to the Grand Mesa Youth Services Center. Deputies at the sheriff's office, 970-920-5300, can inform a guardian which facility holds the teen.

Call 970-920-5331 and ask for the nurses to be told about prescriptions, diabetes or other urgent needs. Have a pharmacy label handy when you call.

A federal arrest from Pitkin County won't remain in the local courts. Court dates take place inside the Aspinall federal building in Grand Junction, 400 Rood Avenue, Suite 309, Grand Junction, CO 81501 — its clerk answers at 970-245-5396. Not long after booking, the charged person appears before a U.S. magistrate judge for an initial appearance.

There's no bail schedule in federal court. Rather, the judge holds a detention hearing to see if your loved one walks out until trial and with what rules. During the case, most federal detainees are housed in a jail close by that houses people for the Marshals Service. To ask their location, get in touch with the U.S. Marshals on 970-243-5210. Once a court imposes prison time, the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) takes charge. From then on, the BOP inmate locator shows where they are.

First: As part of booking, prints are checked in federal systems shared with ICE.

Next: If ICE decides to act, it issues a hold using Form I-247A to the Pitkin jail.

Then: That detainer asks for up to 48 more hours beyond the time of release. Those hours run without stopping, with holidays and weekends counted.

But: State law in Colorado, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, makes clear jails cannot keep a person longer solely because ICE made a request. As a result, Pitkin County releases the arrested person on schedule except when another legal reason is in place.

Finally: ICE agents may come as the detained person leaves and take custody. If not, the defendant walks out.

Find someone ICE holds with the locator. Enter their A-number and birth country.

ICE.gov lists the Denver Contract Detention Facility at 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010. Call 303-361-6612 with questions.

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

A prison sentence begins with a wait in the local jail before CDOC transfer. CDOC intake sets the custody level after medical, mental health and risk checks.

Later, CDOC assigns the arrested person to a prison that fits their needs. CDOC's offender search shows the facility; our state prison page shows contact details.

Search the Pitkin jail search. Don't count on Pitkin mugshots being there. Reporters seeking a booking photo not shown publicly may get in touch with the Pitkin County sheriff's office at 970-920-5300.

Any ICE mugshot can only be filed for through ICE's records request page, and ICE has to approve the request.

Federal mugshots are kept private from ordinary people and the media. One exception exists: the U.S. Marshals Service, the office in charge of federal booking photos, may release a photo of someone on the run where it helps make an arrest or warn individuals, or for an urgent threat to public safety.

• County jail: Pitkin County Jail, 530 East Main Street, Suite 103, Aspen, CO 81611, 970-920-5331
• Bond hearing: usually inside 48 hours of arrival
• Immigration custody: ICE's locator
• Free lawyer office: 970-945-5828
• State court: Pitkin County Courthouse, 506 East Main Street, Aspen, CO 81611, 970-925-7635
• Custody alerts: VINELink (free)
• Federal cases: Grand Junction's Wayne Aspinall Federal Building, 400 Rood Avenue — 970-245-5396

• Aspen Police: 970-920-5310
• Pitkin County Sheriff's Office: 970-920-5300

In rural areas, deputies handle calls. For emergencies, dial 911.