Kit Carson County Inmate Population
The Kit Carson County inmate population is centered on one active local jail: the Kit Carson County Detention Center in Burlington, operated by the Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office. County materials describe this jail as the local detention path for people arrested in Kit Carson County, held for advisement, bond, trial, transfer, or a local sentence. The official pages do not publish a live daily jail count, so current custody must be confirmed through the jail, MobilePatrol, VINELink, or a records request.
Dataset figures are useful, but they are not the same as a live headcount. The Vera Institute Incarceration Trends dataset reports county-level jail population, admissions, and capacity figures for Kit Carson County. Those rows show a small rural jail population in recent years, while the county still publishes jail visitation, bonds, inmate funds, and arrest lookup instructions. A zero value in a dataset should be read as a reported dataset value, not proof that no person can be booked into the jail.
Kit Carson County Inmate Statistics
Kit Carson County official jail pages do not give current daily population, annual bookings, or a local demographic report. The strongest numeric source in the research is the Vera county CSV, which gives a rated capacity of 52 for recent rows and reports admissions by year. Census QuickFacts gives the county resident population context, while county pages identify the sheriff's office and detention center as the local custody agency.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Rated jail capacity | 52 | Vera county CSV, 2021-2024 rows |
| Total jail population | 0 | Vera county CSV, 2024 row |
| Total jail admissions | 284 | Vera county CSV, 2024 row |
| Kit Carson County resident population | 7,080 | U.S. Census QuickFacts, July 1, 2024 estimate |
Kit Carson County Jail Trends
The reported Kit Carson County inmate population has been low compared with the rated capacity in the Vera rows captured for this build. The dataset shows 35 in 2016, 31 in 2018, 22.5 in 2019, 15 in 2020, 14.25 in 2021, 7.5 in 2022, and zero in 2023 and 2024. The research does not identify a local overcrowding suit, consent decree, jail construction plan, or official county explanation for those shifts.
| Year | Jail Population | Admissions | Rated Capacity | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | 284 | 52 | Vera row reports admissions despite zero population value. |
| 2023 | 0 | 251 | 52 | Reported dataset value, not a live jail count. |
| 2022 | 7.5 | 344 | 52 | Low average population compared with capacity. |
| 2021 | 14.25 | 293 | 52 | Includes pretrial and sentenced split fields. |
| 2020 | 15 | 250 | 52 | No local source explains cause. |
| 2019 | 22.5 | Not captured | Not captured | Last pre-2020 row captured in research. |
Kit Carson County Custody Makeup
The county jail population is not the same group as the state prison population. The Kit Carson County Detention Center holds people after local arrest, during advisement and bond, before trial, while awaiting transfer, or while serving a local sentence. Once a person is sentenced to the Colorado Department of Corrections, the lookup path changes to the statewide CDOC offender search rather than the county jail channel.
Vera's demographic fields are sparse in the captured rows, so the page should not overstate patterns by race, age, or charge class. The rows with usable split fields show mostly pretrial custody in 2020 through 2022. For example, the 2022 row reports 7.25 pretrial custody and 1 sentenced custody, while 2021 reports 10.75 pretrial and 4.6667 sentenced custody. These are dataset values, not a current booking list.
- Booking charge
- The first charge or hold entered at jail intake. It can change after court filing.
- Advisement
- An early court hearing where rights, charges, and bond may be addressed.
- Detainer
- A hold or request from another agency that may block release after bond.
- DOC
- The Colorado Department of Corrections, which handles sentenced state-prison custody.
Kit Carson County Jail Capacity
The Vera dataset reports a 52-bed rated capacity for Kit Carson County in 2021 through 2024. County jail pages do not publish a bed count, so that number should be cited as Vera dataset material. The same research found no recent local overcrowding litigation or consent decree tied to the Kit Carson County Detention Center. Statewide jail standards still matter because Colorado county jails must comply with adopted standards beginning July 1, 2026.
Key Colorado rules: C.R.S. 17-26-101 requires county jail detention for lawfully committed persons. C.R.S. 17-26-102 makes the sheriff the keeper of the jail. HB22-1063 and HB24-1054 created and implemented statewide jail standards.
Colorado records law also shapes public access. The sheriff administration page cites the Colorado Open Records Act, and the research identifies C.R.S. 24-72-301 through 24-72-304 for criminal justice records. Jail records, arrest data, and booking material may be public in part, but access can depend on the record type, the custodian, and statutory exceptions.
Search Kit Carson County Inmates
The county does not publish a conventional browser-based jail roster on the official pages found in research. The official detention-center page tells users who need to see whether someone has been arrested to download MobilePatrol. It also routes release or move notifications to VINELink Colorado. If the app path is not enough, the jail phone line and sheriff records process are the next local channels.
- Start with MobilePatrol on Google Play or MobilePatrol in the Apple App Store, since Kit Carson County points arrest lookups there.
- Use the person’s legal name and confirm spelling, since no official county web roster fields were available for inspection.
- Check VINELink Colorado when the goal is release or transfer notice rather than a full booking record.
- Call the Kit Carson County Detention Center if the app does not show the person, the name may be misspelled, or a transfer may have occurred.
- Use the sheriff front office records route for older booking or arrest records that are not visible through app or notice tools.
For more detail on the custody search process, the Kit Carson County jail inmate records page separates the county jail path from CDOC, BOP, ICE, and court records.
Kit Carson County Roster Fields
A browser roster field table could not be verified because the county routes public arrest lookup to app stores instead of a county-hosted list. That matters for accuracy. The research does not support claims that a Kit Carson County web roster shows mugshots, booking numbers, housing units, charge text, or bond amounts. Those details may exist in a vendor app or in records held by the sheriff, but they were not visible in county web text.
| Channel | What It Can Do | Limit Noted in Research |
|---|---|---|
| MobilePatrol | County-published arrest lookup path. | Kit Carson sample profile fields not visible on official web pages. |
| Jail phone line | Current custody, release, move, or transfer confirmation. | Not a substitute for a written records request. |
| VINELink Colorado | Release or move notifications. | Not a complete historic booking archive. |
| Sheriff records request | Booking, arrest, incident, or historic custody records when releasable. | Subject to CORA/CCJRA limits, timing, and fees. |
Kit Carson County Inmate Records
A jail record begins with booking, which is the administrative intake after arrest. Kit Carson County does not publish a full booking manual, but supported facts show that arrest lookup is through MobilePatrol, jail questions go to the detention center, and people held in the jail have advisement and bond hearings through the court. The booking charge may differ from what the prosecutor later files in court.
| Field | Research-Supported Status |
|---|---|
| Name | Not inspectable from an official county web roster; may appear in MobilePatrol. |
| Booking date | Not located in official county web text. |
| Mugshot | Not confirmed in Kit Carson County web text. |
| Charges | Booking charges may exist, but court filings control the case record. |
| Bond | Bond can be posted through the sheriff, but per-person bond display was not confirmed. |
| Release status | VINELink and MobilePatrol are the county-published digital notice paths. |
Colorado Judicial docket records fill a different role. They show public hearing fields such as date, time, duration, name, case number, hearing type, location, appearance type, and courtroom. They do not prove conviction by themselves.
Kit Carson County Jail Lookup
A person arrested in Kit Carson County may pass through several systems. The jail handles local intake and custody. The court handles advisement, bond, hearings, warrants, and case documents. CDOC handles state-prison custody after a prison sentence. BOP handles federal sentenced inmates. ICE ODLS handles immigration custody searches. One search tool will not cover all of those stages.
| Custody Type | Where to Look | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| County jail | MobilePatrol, jail phone, sheriff records | Recent arrest, pretrial custody, local sentence, release or move status. |
| State prison | CDOC Offender Search | Sentenced Colorado prisoners after transfer to state custody. |
| Federal custody | BOP Inmate Locator | Federal inmates from 1982 to present. |
| Immigration custody | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | Immigration detainee searches by ODLS paths. |
State and Federal Search
CDOC search is the correct path for a person sentenced to Colorado prison after a Kit Carson County case. The form asks for DOC number, last name, first name, gender, and a captcha answer. CDOC also publishes statewide information about visiting, sending money, writing or calling an inmate, records requests, parole, and victim services through the CDOC homepage.
Federal and immigration searches are separate. The BOP locator has number and name search paths and warns that release dates may change because of sentence recalculation. The BOP facility list did not show an active BOP facility in Kit Carson County. ICE ODLS is a JavaScript-required public locator for immigration custody, and the county jail roster should not be used as a substitute for it.
The former Kit Carson Correctional Center in Burlington is local history, not an active facility page. Research found that the private Colorado DOC contract prison closed at the end of July 2016. Older search results may still mention it, but current state prisoners should be searched through CDOC.
Kit Carson County Detention Facility
Official sources identify one active local detention facility for the Kit Carson County inmate population. The Kit Carson County Detention Center is the county jail operated by the sheriff's office. It serves Burlington and the county's other communities, including Flagler, Seibert, Vona, Stratton, and Bethune, and it covers local custody tied to I-70 and Highways 24, 59, and 385.
- Kit Carson County Detention Center - county jail for local arrests, advisement, bond, trial, transfer, and local sentences.
The county did not identify an active state prison, BOP prison, ICE detention center, or separate municipal jail in Kit Carson County. That is why the local jail path, state DOC locator, federal locator, ICE ODLS, VINELink, and court docket search need to be kept distinct.
Kit Carson County Jail Page
The county's official detention-center page is the local source for jail phone information, MobilePatrol, visitation, inmate funds, bonds, accepted window items, and release or move notification routing.
The screenshot reinforces the main lookup point for Kit Carson County: arrest lookup is routed to MobilePatrol, while jail operations such as visitation, bonds, and funds remain on the county page.
Kit Carson County Inmate FAQ
How big is the Kit Carson County inmate population? The county does not publish a live daily jail count. Vera's county dataset reports a rated capacity of 52 and a 2024 jail population value of zero, with 284 admissions in that row. Treat those as dataset figures, not a live roster.
How do I search the Kit Carson County inmate population? Start with MobilePatrol because the county detention-center page points arrest lookup there. If the person is not found, call the jail, check VINELink for release or move alerts, use sheriff records requests for older jail records, or search CDOC, BOP, and ICE when custody is outside the county jail.
Does Kit Carson County have an online jail roster? No official browser-based roster was located in county web pages. The county-published digital path for checking whether someone has been arrested is MobilePatrol.
Where are court records after an arrest? Court hearings and case records are separate from jail custody. Use the Colorado Judicial docket search for Kit Carson County and the record/document request form when documents are needed.