Phillips County Released Inmates
A person is released from Phillips County custody when the jail no longer holds that person under the local booking. The reason can be narrow and practical: bond was posted, a judge ordered release, a sentence was served, a case was dismissed, the person was moved to another agency, or the person was sent into state prison custody. That release event is different from the court case itself. The sheriff can hold the custody record. Phillips Combined Court can show the order, bond, disposition, sentence, probation, dismissal, warrant recall, or mittimus that explains the case status.
The official Phillips County sheriff pages located for this build do not publish a current jail roster, 24-hour release list, 72-hour release list, booking-photo gallery, or jail archive. That negative finding matters. A released person may drop from a live custody system before a public web page ever shows the event. In Phillips County, the strongest release trail is the sheriff public records request, the Colorado Judicial Branch docket and court records, Colorado VINE when the jail feed is online and the person appears, and CDOC offender search when the person is a state-prison inmate rather than a local jail detainee.
Important: a current-custody roster, if one later appears, would show people still held. It should not be treated as the main proof that someone has already been released.
Phillips County Release Paths
Release terms often sound alike, but each points to a different office. A bond release is tied to the court and jail. A probation release is tied to the sentencing court and the 13th Judicial District Probation Department. A parole release follows a Colorado prison sentence and is handled through CDOC and the Colorado State Board of Parole. A transfer may mean the person left the Phillips County jail function but entered another county, DOC, ICE, BOP, or U.S. Marshals custody.
| Release path | What it means | Where to confirm next |
|---|---|---|
| Bond or recognizance | The court allowed release while the case continues. | Phillips Combined Court docket plus sheriff release record. |
| Time served | The jail sentence or custody period ended. | Sheriff booking and release record. |
| Probation | The court ordered local supervision instead of, or after, custody. | Phillips Combined Court and 13th Judicial District Probation. |
| State prison or parole | The person entered or left CDOC custody. | CDOC offender search and parole-board resources. |
| Federal or ICE transfer | The local hold ended because another authority took custody. | BOP, ICE locator, court record, or sheriff transfer record. |
Phillips County Release Record Fields
The local release record is the custody document that answers what happened at the jail level. Because Phillips County did not verify a public release table, the field inventory is best framed as what to request from the sheriff instead of what a web feed displays. Narrow wording helps. Ask for the booking sheet and release information for the named person, with date of birth if known, approximate booking date, approximate release date, and case number when available.
| Field to request | What it can show |
|---|---|
| Full name and identifiers | Helps distinguish people with similar names and links the record to the booking. |
| Booking date and booking number | Connects the release to a specific jail event. |
| Release date and time | Shows when local custody ended, if the field is maintained and releasable. |
| Release reason | May state bond, court order, sentence served, transfer, hold cleared, or similar basis. |
| Court case number | Points to the Phillips Combined Court record for the legal status. |
| Hold or transfer destination | Explains why the person left local jail but may still be in another system. |
Request Phillips County Release Records
Phillips County Sheriff's Office gives a direct public records path. The records page tells requesters to review the policy and fees, complete the form, and submit the request by email to Mbeard@phillipscounty.co, by fax to (970) 854-2332, or by mail to 221 S. Interocean Ave., Holyoke, CO 80734. The same local address is central to the sheriff, court, and probation record paths, but each office owns a different piece of the release story.
- Identify the person with full name, date of birth if known, and any booking or court case number.
- Ask for the booking sheet and release information, including release date, release time, release reason, and transfer or hold status.
- Use the Phillips County public records request page for the sheriff submission channel.
- Check the Phillips Combined Court record if the release was caused by bond, dismissal, sentence, probation, or a warrant order.
- Confirm state-prison status through CDOC if the release involved a prison sentence or parole.
Phillips County Sheriff's Office
221 S. Interocean Ave.
Holyoke, CO 80734
Office: (970) 854-3644
Records fax: (970) 854-2332
Phillips County Records Come First
Phillips County's records path is unusually important because no official jail data feed was verified. The sheriff records request can ask for the exact jail event, while the court docket can show the order that made the release possible. That split avoids a common mistake. A court docket might show that bond was posted or a sentence was changed, but it may not show the physical release time from the jail. A sheriff record may show the release timestamp, but it may not explain the full court history.
For a precise Phillips County release record, use both channels when the facts need to line up. The sheriff record can answer custody status and release reason. Phillips Combined Court can answer disposition, sentence, probation order, dismissal, bond status, mittimus to DOC, or warrant recall. Probation can clarify reporting or supervision procedures when the court has ordered probation, subject to privacy and court rules. Note: keep requests narrow because broad record demands can take longer and may lead to redactions.
Colorado Release Record Law
Colorado criminal-justice records are handled under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, C.R.S. 24-72-301 et seq., and related public-record statutes. Phillips County's general CORA policy cites C.R.S. 24-72-201 et seq. and provides local timing and fee norms: no charge for the first hour of search and retrieval, standard copies at $0.25 per page, and $30 per hour after the first hour. The policy says records are attempted within three working days when possible and can require notice for up to seven additional working days.
A release date or booking event may be more accessible than a full investigative file. Juvenile records, sealed records, protected victim details, medical information, safety-sensitive facts, or ongoing investigation material may be withheld or redacted. Colorado sealing and expungement rules can also affect old searches. The 2025 Legislative Council memo explains that adult records are sealed, juvenile records are expunged, public visibility can end, and the underlying record is not destroyed. A no-result search may mean a record is sealed, offline, misspelled, or held by a different agency.
Phillips County Court Interplay
The sheriff, court, and probation office all sit around the same Holyoke government complex, yet their records are not interchangeable. Phillips Combined Court is part of the Colorado Judicial Branch and the 13th Judicial District. Its page links docket search, records request, probation, virtual courtrooms, payments, and related court services. For released-inmate intent, the court record outlives the jail stay and can explain why a person left custody.
Use the court docket for bond, disposition, sentence, probation, dismissal, deferred judgment, warrant recall, revocation, or mittimus questions. Use the sheriff record for the jail release event. Use probation when the court ordered local supervision. This court-and-sheriff pairing is the cleanest way to handle Phillips County released inmates because no county web table was verified for recent jail releases.
The Colorado Judicial Branch docket search can help locate case events, but sealed, juvenile, or protected matters may not appear publicly.
Find Released Phillips County Inmates
A practical Phillips County released inmate lookup starts by deciding which system last held the person. A local jail release begins with sheriff records and the court. A state-prison release begins with CDOC. A county-jail custody alert may use Colorado VINE if the agency feed is online. A federal sentence uses BOP. Immigration custody uses ICE. Each system answers a different question, so a no-result in one system should not be treated as proof that no release occurred.
- Search the Phillips Combined Court docket for bond, sentence, dismissal, probation, or warrant events.
- Use the sheriff records request process for release date, release time, release reason, and booking record details.
- Check Colorado VINELink for a specific custody-status result or release alert when the county jail data is available.
- Search CDOC offender search for a released state-prison inmate or parole/discharge status.
- Use BOP or ICE only when the person entered federal or immigration custody.
CDOC Search for Released Inmates
CDOC offender search is the main online path for a released Colorado state-prison inmate. It is not proof of a fresh Phillips County jail booking unless the person also has a state corrections record. The CDOC search screen includes DOCNO, last name, first name, and gender. Search tips say the DOC number is the department's primary offender identifier and can be up to six numeric characters. Name searches return names beginning with the letters typed, and hyphenated double last names should be run together.
| CDOC field | How it helps |
|---|---|
| DOCNO | Best identifier when known, especially for common names. |
| Last name | Matches names beginning with the letters entered. |
| First name | Use with last name to narrow possible matches. |
| Gender | Supplemental field when other details are known. |
The Colorado Virtual Library summary says CDOC results can include name, age, corrections number, mugshot, physical descriptors, parole/release/discharge dates as applicable, and current convictions.
CDOC search tips show the search behavior described above.
That search format is useful for state-prison releases, while Phillips County jail release records still come from the sheriff and court channels.
Phillips County COVINE Limits
Colorado VINE is important in Phillips County because the county did not verify a recent-release feed. The Phillips County COVINE page says Colorado VINE helps users obtain custody status for jail inmates under supervision in Colorado county jails that are online with the system. It also says users may register for free automated custody updates, including text notification, and lists COVINE at 1-888-263-8463.
The same local page gives two key cautions. County jail participation matters, and CDOC has not been added to COVINE. That means COVINE is not the released-state-prison search path. For a state-prison release, use CDOC offender search. For a Phillips County jail release, use VINE as a specific-person alert tool when a result appears, then verify exact release reason through sheriff records or the court.
Federal and ICE Releases
Federal and immigration systems are separate from Phillips County jail records. BOP's inmate locator covers federal inmates from 1982 forward. BOP explains that if a listed release date is in the past and no facility location is shown, the release occurred on that date and the person is no longer in BOP custody. That does not mean the person has no supervision or no other court obligations.
ICE's locator is for people currently in ICE custody or people in CBP custody more than 48 hours. USA.gov explains searches by name, country of birth, birth date, or A-number. U.S. Marshals custody can involve state, local, private, or BOP facilities, but there is no general public USMS release roster for Phillips County. If a Phillips County detainee was released to ICE or federal custody, the sheriff or court record is often needed to identify the transfer.
Phillips County Release Lookup Table
The safest search path depends on whether the person is released from local jail, still in custody, sentenced to prison, under supervision, or in another system. Use this comparison before deciding which source to trust.
| Question | Best Phillips County source | What it proves |
|---|---|---|
| Was the person released from local jail? | Sheriff records request | Release date, time, reason, and booking tie-back if releasable. |
| Why did the case status change? | Phillips Combined Court | Bond, sentence, dismissal, probation, or court order. |
| Is this a state-prison release? | CDOC offender search | DOC number, status, and parole/release/discharge dates as applicable. |
| Can alerts be sent? | Colorado VINE | Custody-change notices when the jail feed and person record are available. |
| Is this federal custody? | BOP, ICE, or court record | Federal prison release, immigration custody, or transfer clues. |
Phillips County Jail Facility
The facility map for this site has one local detention facility page: the Phillips County Sheriff's Office / Phillips County Jail function at 221 S. Interocean Ave. in Holyoke. The official county material is framed as the sheriff's office rather than a detailed jail operations page, so the facility page uses the official sheriff identity and explains the local release-record path.
- Discharge
- The end of a custody or supervision status in the relevant agency record.
- Parole
- State supervision after a prison sentence, handled through CDOC and the State Board of Parole.
- Probation
- Court-ordered local supervision, handled in Phillips County through the 13th Judicial District.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another authority that can affect release or transfer.
Phillips County Photo Records
A released-person search may also raise a photo or identity question. Phillips County did not verify an official online booking-photo gallery, so a local jail booking photo should be requested through sheriff records if the image is maintained and releasable. A CDOC photo is different. It belongs to a Colorado state-prison record and can appear with state correction fields, not as proof of a fresh Phillips County jail release.
CBI registry records are different again. Phillips County says sex offender registrations are completed through the sheriff's office and can be viewed on the CBI website, but that registry applies only to people legally required to register. It is not a general released-inmates list. Keeping these photo sources separate prevents a CDOC, CBI, or news image from being treated as a county jail release record, and it keeps the final confirmation tied to the agency that created the record.
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