Look for the Rio Grande County Jail at 640 Cherry Street, Del Norte, CO 81132. Its phone is 719-657-4000.

Check VINELink. Someone just booked might not be listed right away; look again later. Register on VINELink for custody notices.

We could not locate an official warrant lookup for this county that we could verify. Staff with the sheriff's office can check whether there is a warrant — call 719-657-4000.

Scheduled hearings are listed on the state court dockets. Anyone who plans to turn themselves in may want to speak with a lawyer first.

• Who decides: a judge picks the bond type and amount, often at a short hearing.
• Time limit: Colorado gives judges roughly 48 hours after booking to review bond.
• Personal recognizance: sometimes a judge allows release with just a signature to return.
• Cash: a friend posts the entire bond — any refund can shrink after court fees.
• Licensed agents cover the full bond for you and keep their fee. The state limit is 15% or $50, whichever is more.
• Using land: property in Colorado may secure the bond if the owner's equity is 150 percent of the bond amount.
• Extra rules: getting out may come with office visits, no-contact orders or other limits.
• Holds: a warrant from another county may still keep someone in jail even with bond paid.
• Failing to appear: a missed court hearing can mean a warrant along with the loss of bond money.
• Where to start: ring the lockup at 719-657-4000 for the current bond amount.

Read the bail page for the full steps.

The first step in court is an advisement, where the judge reads the charges and reviews bond. State cases go to the Rio Grande Combined Court, 925 6th Street, Room 204, Del Norte. Call the court at 719-657-3394 with case questions.

The state public defender takes people who can't afford counsel, once a judge approves. Phone the public defender office at 719-589-9615.

Visits must be booked in advance; some happen by video. Hours and rules can change, so call 719-657-4000 before you go. Details: visits and remote visits.

Inmates make outgoing calls but cannot take incoming calls. Set up an account to pay for their calls. Guides: phone accounts, messaging, tablets.

Commissary sells food, toiletries and paper. Pick the method the Del Norte jail accepts. Details: deposits and commissary.

Letters without a legal name or ID number may be returned, so include both before the street address. Avoid anything taped on. Read our mail guide.

Juvenile court takes charges involving minors in most cases. Teens in custody may go to the Pueblo Youth Services Center. Call the sheriff's office at 719-657-4000; staff can tell a parent where a teen is held.

A health emergency? Ring 719-657-4000 — ask to reach the medical unit and give the condition. A doctor's letter helps medical staff check.

A federal arrest out of Rio Grande County won't remain in the state court system. Hearings are held at the federal court in Colorado Springs, 212 North Wahsatch Avenue, Suite 300, Colorado Springs, CO 80903; the clerk's office is at 719-471-3387. Shortly after being arrested, the defendant sees a U.S. magistrate judge at a first appearance.

Federal court has no bail schedule. Rather, a federal judge holds a detention hearing; it settles release before trial and its rules. Meanwhile, most federal prisoners from Rio Grande stay in a local jail; the Marshals rent a bed there. To find out where someone is held, contact the U.S. Marshals at 719-633-2037. Following a sentence to prison, the federal prison agency, the BOP, decides which prison; its BOP inmate locator lists which prison.

Step 1: When someone is booked, the fingerprints go to federal databases that ICE can see.

Step 2: If ICE wants your loved one, it issues a hold request on Form I-247A to the Rio Grande jail.

Step 3: The form asks for up to 48 added hours after the planned release time. The 48 hours run with no break, with weekends and holidays counted.

Step 4: Colorado law, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, states local jails can't keep anyone longer only because ICE asked. As a result, Rio Grande County frees your loved one when the local case allows except if some other legal hold applies.

Step 5: ICE officers can come as your loved one leaves and take custody. Otherwise, the person is released.

Families can search in ICE custody, try the online detainee locator. You need an A-number and country of birth, or name, country of birth and birth date.

ICE.gov lists the Aurora contract facility at 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010. Call 303-361-6612 with questions.

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

A state prison sentence usually means more time in the jail before CDOC transport arrives. During intake, CDOC screens each new prisoner for risk level, medical needs and other needs, then classifies them.

After classification, the person is assigned to a facility that fits their needs. Use Colorado's offender search; the prison directory shows each prison's address.

There are no Rio Grande mugshots online because Rio Grande has no public roster. Use VINELink to check custody; it has no photos. Media crews looking for a booking photo that isn't online might check with the Rio Grande County sheriff's office on 719-657-4000.

Each ICE mugshot has to be sought through ICE's FOIA request site, and ICE must give its approval.

Federal booking photos are withheld from the public and reporters. There's one exception: the U.S. Marshals Service, the agency taking federal mugshots, can release one when someone is a fugitive, to help catch them or alert individuals, and also for an immediate public safety threat.

• Jail: Rio Grande County Jail, 640 Cherry Street, Del Norte, CO 81132, 719-657-4000
• Federal cases: the federal courthouse in Colorado Springs — 719-471-3387
• State court: Rio Grande Combined Court, 925 6th Street, Room 204, Del Norte, 719-657-3394
• Public defender: 719-589-9615
• Bond review: typically inside 48 hours of reaching jail
• ICE search: online detainee locator
• Notices of release: VINELink

• Monte Vista Police: 719-852-5111
• Rio Grande County Sheriff's Office: 719-657-4000

If no town police force covers you, deputies take the call; in a crisis, dial 911.