The Routt County Detention Center is the county's jail, located at 2025 Shield Drive, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487. Call 970-870-5509 to reach the detention center.

Use VINELink for Routt. Someone just booked may not appear for a few hours, so check again later. For free alerts when someone is released, register on VINELink.

No official online warrant search for this area turned up in our checks. To learn about warrants, phone 970-879-1090.

The Colorado Judicial docket lists future hearings by name. A lawyer can help plan a surrender.

• The bond after a Steamboat Springs arrest comes from a county or district judge.
• Speed: the court should review bond within two days of the person's arrival at the Steamboat Springs jail in most cases.
• Personal recognizance: in some cases the court lets the person go with only a signed promise to show up.
• Cash bond: someone pays the entire sum.
• Hiring a bondsman: expect a fee of up to 15 percent (at least $50), and the agent posts the rest.
• Property bonds: the court looks for equity worth at least 150 percent of the bond, and the land must be in Colorado.
• Conditions: the court can order regular reporting or staying away from certain people, or other rules.
• Still held? An outside warrant may block release.
• Missed dates: a skipped Routt hearing can bring a warrant, and the bond is lost.
• Ask first: call 970-870-5509 and ask about the posted bond.

For the rest, use our Routt County bail guide.

The court first sees the person at an advisement — video is common. Most charges here start at the Routt County Combined Court, 1955 Shield Drive, Unit 200, Steamboat Springs. The clerk answers at 970-879-5020.

The court can assign the Colorado State Public Defender if your family member can't pay for a defense lawyer. The local public defender office answers at 970-879-0645.

Visits must be set up in advance. Phone 970-870-5509 ahead of a visit; hours change. Help: visiting and video visits.

Only your loved one can place calls. Friends may load money onto a phone account. See: phone accounts, messages, tablets.

Deposits in their account cover commissary items. Pick whatever method the jail accepts. Steps: deposits and commissary.

Write their full name and booking number on the envelope. Skip stickers, glitter and tape. Check our mail page.

For someone under 18, the case usually starts in juvenile court, though serious charges can differ. Many held teens go from Routt to the Grand Mesa Youth Services Center. Staff at the sheriff's office, 970-879-1090, will tell a guardian where the teen went.

For insulin, contact 970-870-5509 so the nurse knows quickly. A letter from a doctor helps medical staff check faster.

Any federal charge from Routt County does not go through the county courts. The hearings happen inside the Alfred A. Arraj U.S. Courthouse in Denver, 901 19th Street, Denver, CO 80294 — its clerk answers at 303-844-3433. Soon after being arrested, the one held faces a U.S. magistrate judge for a first hearing.

There is no preset bail figure. In its place, the magistrate sets a custody hearing so it can decide if your relative goes home before trial and under which conditions. Meanwhile, many federal prisoners stay in a local jail on contract with the Marshals Service. To ask which jail, phone the Marshals on 303-728-7800. Federal prison sentence? The Bureau of Prisons (BOP) chooses where; the BOP inmate locator gives the place.

First: When someone is booked, fingerprint scans go to federal databases that ICE checks.

Next: If ICE is interested, the agency lodges a detainer on Form I-247A to the jail.

Then: The I-247A requests 48 more hours at most past the moment of release. Those hours run without pause, with holidays and weekends counted.

But: Colorado law, C.R.S. 24-76.6-102, states local jails can't hold someone beyond release solely because ICE asked. As a result, Routt County must release the detained person once the county case allows unless a separate lawful hold says otherwise.

Finally: Officers from ICE can come at release time and take custody. If not, your relative walks out.

Find someone ICE holds on the locator, entering the A-number with their home country.

Many Colorado ICE detainees stay at the Denver Contract Detention Facility. Address: 3130 North Oakland Street, Aurora, CO 80010; line 303-361-6612.

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

After a DOC sentence, the move isn't instant: they usually wait in the Steamboat Springs jail for a time. During reception, the state checks each new prisoner on security risk, health and other needs.

Then, they go to a facility that fits the classification. CDOC's offender search lists their prison, and our Colorado state prisons page shows contact details.

There are no Routt mugshots online because Routt has no public roster. Use VINELink for Routt to check custody; it has no photos. Members of the media seeking a mugshot that is not posted can reach out to the Routt County sheriff's office at 970-879-1090.

A photo ICE took has to be sought at ICE's FOIA request site, and ICE then has to approve it.

Federal booking photos are withheld from ordinary people and the media. The lone exception: the U.S. Marshals Service, keeper of photos from federal bookings, may share one of someone on the run, if that helps bring them in or alert individuals, or when there is an immediate danger to others.

• County jail: Routt County Detention Center, 2025 Shield Drive, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487, 970-870-5509
• Release alerts: VINELink
• Bond hearing: in most cases inside two days of reaching jail
• Court: Routt County Combined Court, 1955 Shield Drive, Unit 200, Steamboat Springs, 970-879-5020
• Immigration custody: ICE's locator
• Federal court: Arraj courthouse, Denver — 303-844-3433
• Free lawyer office: 970-879-0645

• Steamboat Springs Police: 970-879-1144
• Routt County Sheriff's Office: 970-879-1090

Without a local police force, deputies respond; in a crisis, dial 911.