La Plata County Jail Roster Overview
The official La Plata County inmate-search page does not publish a county-branded roster table on that page. Instead, the Sheriff's Office routes a search for an "Inmate in Custody at La Plata County jail" to VINELink's Colorado person search. That matters because VINE is a custody and notification system, not a full county records archive. It is the first online place to check for someone recently arrested in Durango, Bayfield, Ignacio, or elsewhere in La Plata County and held at the La Plata County Detention Facility.
County jail custody is separate from Colorado Department of Corrections custody, federal Bureau of Prisons custody, and ICE detention. A person booked after a local arrest may appear through VINE while the case is still pretrial or while a short county sentence is being served. A person sentenced to prison may move into the CDOC Offender Search. Federal prisoners use the BOP Inmate Locator, and immigration detention is searched through ICE ODLS. No official La Plata sheriff or police mobile app was located in the reviewed official sources for a separate roster.
The county's inmate-search routing page shows the practical starting point for local custody. See the official La Plata County inmate-search page at co.laplata.co.us/divisions/detentions/inmate_search.php for the county links to VINE, CDOC, and ICE.
How to Use the La Plata County Inmate Roster Route
The most direct public route is the county inmate-search page, followed by the VINE Colorado person-search link. A name search works best when the legal spelling is known. If VINE returns multiple matches, the "More Info" view is important because La Plata County's bonding instructions say the inmate ID appears there as "Offender ID." That Offender ID is needed for TouchPay bond or deposit transactions.
- Open the official county inmate-search page and choose the link for a person in custody at the La Plata County jail.
- Use VINE's Colorado person-search route and enter the person's name as accurately as possible.
- Open "More Info" on the matching result to review the custody detail available through VINE.
- Write down the Offender ID if money, commissary, phone funding, or TouchPay bonding will be attempted.
- If no county-jail match appears, check CDOC, BOP, ICE, and call the jail at 970-247-1161, ext. 2 for local custody confirmation.
VINE also supports custody notification functions, but La Plata County's public inmate-search page uses it primarily as the current jail-custody lookup route. For closed case reports, booking-related copies, or older materials, use the Sheriff's Office Records Department process rather than treating VINE as the full record file.
The Colorado VINE person-search interface is the county-directed custody route for the La Plata County jail. Its public screen is available at vinelink.vineapps.com/search/CO/Person.
La Plata County Roster Search Fields
The public VINE page does not present a county-specific static roster form, so the field inventory is based on the public VINE person-search workflow and La Plata County's own routing and bonding instructions. The county-supported facts are that the jail-custody search goes through VINE and that the VINE "More Info" view lists the Offender ID used for TouchPay.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| State / jurisdiction | Dropdown or filter | Yes | Select Colorado. La Plata County directs jail-custody searches to Colorado VINE. |
| Search type / person search | Tab or route | Yes | Use the person-search path for custody lookup. |
| Name | Text | Usually required for name search | Use legal first and last name when possible. Spelling differences can affect results. |
| Offender ID | Text | No, if name is used | Optional when already known. La Plata County says this appears under "Offender ID" in VINE "More Info." |
| More Info | Result link or button | No | Open the selected result for additional custody details and the Offender ID used for TouchPay. |
What a La Plata County Inmate Profile Shows
La Plata County did not expose a static sample inmate profile in the researched public materials. The fields below separate what is confirmed by local sources from items that were not confirmed in an inspected live La Plata VINE sample. This distinction is important because a custody lookup result is not the same as a complete criminal case file.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The person matched in the VINE custody search. Exact local formatting was not extracted from a live sample. |
| Custody agency / facility | The county route is for La Plata County jail custody when reached from the official county link. |
| Offender ID | Confirmed by the county bond page as listed under "Offender ID" on VINE "More Info"; required for TouchPay bonding. |
| Custody status | VINE is a custody and notification system, and the county link text is for an inmate in custody. |
| More Info | The result detail link used to access the Offender ID and available public custody details. |
| Charges | Not confirmed from an inspected La Plata VINE sample. Formal court charges should be checked through court records after prosecution begins. |
| Bond amount/type | Not confirmed from an inspected La Plata VINE sample. Local bond payment instructions are published by the county. |
| Mugshot | Not confirmed from an inspected La Plata VINE sample. Booking-photo questions should also use the Sheriff's records request route. |
| Booking date/time | Not confirmed from an inspected La Plata VINE sample. |
| Housing unit | Not located in an official public source reviewed for La Plata County. |
County Jail, CDOC, BOP, and ICE Searches
A La Plata County jail search should not be stretched beyond its scope. The Detention Facility houses men and women arrested by local law-enforcement agencies on misdemeanor and felony charges, pretrial inmates, people sentenced to the county jail, people sentenced to Colorado DOC who remain locally held, work-release participants, and Federal Marshals detainees when accepted. Once a person moves into another custody system, a county VINE search may stop being the right tool.
| Custody type | Where to Look | Local caveat |
|---|---|---|
| Recent La Plata arrest, pretrial hold, or short county sentence | VINE through the county inmate-search page | Call the jail at 970-247-1161, ext. 2 if a live custody question remains. |
| Sentenced state prisoner | Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search | CDOC is for prison custody, not ordinary county-jail custody. |
| Federal prisoner | Federal BOP Inmate Locator | BOP covers federal inmates from 1982 to present and shows federal custody status. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator System | ICE ODLS covers current ICE custody or CBP custody over 48 hours and cannot search people under 18. |
The CDOC search page uses DOCNO, last name, first name, gender, and a CAPTCHA-style prompt. The BOP locator supports number searches and name searches with optional descriptors such as race, age, and sex. ICE recommends A-number search when the number is known and requires a nine-digit A-number, with leading zeros added when necessary.
La Plata County Jail Facility Contact
La Plata County has one detention facility listed in the facility map for this project. The Sheriff's Office Detentions Division operates the jail at 742 Turner Drive in Durango. The county's Detentions Division page describes a 297 total capacity after the March 2009 addition, while an August 8, 2024 sheriff letter used a 170-person operational threshold for city ordinance arrestee acceptance. Those figures describe different capacity contexts and should not be treated as the same measure.
La Plata County Detention Facility
742 Turner Drive
Durango, CO 81303
970-247-1161, ext. 2
Visitation is on-site and remote video through GettingOut; exact times were not published on the reviewed county page.
Sheriff's Office Records Department
283 Girard Street
Durango, CO 81303
970-247-1157
Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; fax 970-259-4595.
Records Requests for Older Jail and Booking Records
VINE is the live custody route, but older reports, copies, and booking-related records go through the Sheriff's Office Records Department. La Plata County lists the Records Department at 283 Girard Street in Durango, open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The office requires photo identification for customers requesting case reports. It releases only closed criminal reports to the public and treats criminal justice records under the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act, even when a request is submitted through a general records channel.
Requests may be submitted through the county's online records-release portal at forms.lpcgov.org or by using the printable form and faxing it to 970-259-4595. Published fees include hard copies at $0.25 per page and staff time at $41.37 per hour when the substantial-request threshold is met under the cited public-records fee law. La Plata County also notes that records of official action must be open, while other criminal justice records may be subject to custodian discretion, redaction, or denial.
The Sheriff's records page documents the local address, hours, fees, identification requirement, and CCJRA handling. The source page is co.laplata.co.us/divisions/administration/records.php.
Booking Process in La Plata County
Local custody begins when a person is arrested by a La Plata County law-enforcement agency and delivered to the Detention Facility at 742 Turner Drive. The county says the facility houses people arrested on misdemeanor and felony charges by agencies in the county, along with Federal Marshals detainees when accepted. During intake, the jail creates the admission record, controls property, processes identity information, and classifies the person for custody. The county does not publish a detailed local medical-screening form or a minute-by-minute booking timeline.
After booking, public custody status is checked through the county's VINE route. The jail record tracks physical custody, while the court record develops after a prosecutor files or pursues charges. Release may happen through bond, court order, sentence completion, transfer, work-release status, or another due-process reason. A bond payment does not always produce release if a detainer, hold, Federal Marshals matter, DOC transfer issue, or immigration custody issue exists.
Visitation Rules for La Plata County Inmates
La Plata County uses GettingOut for visitation setup, inmate tablet information, messages, and photos. The county visitation page covers both on-site and remote video visits. Specific public visitation hours were not published on the reviewed official page, and the Sheriff's Office says dates and times are subject to change as necessary. Confirm custody and scheduling before traveling to the jail or paying for a remote session.
| Topic | La Plata County rule |
|---|---|
| Vendor/account | GettingOut.com. Customer care: 1-866-516-0115. |
| Visit types | On-site and remote video visits. |
| Visitor age | Visitors must be 18 unless accompanied by an adult. Children cannot be left unattended. |
| On-site visitor count | Two visitors at a time, with an exception for a child under 2 held on a lap. |
| Items allowed | Keys and identification only. |
| Items barred | Bags, purses, cell phones, electronics, and other personal items. |
| Dress restrictions | No string tops, tube tops, short midriff shirts, short skirts or dresses, or short shorts. |
| Conduct | Misconduct, disruptive behavior, nudity, equipment damage, court orders, emergencies, or rule violations can end or bar visits. |
| Schedule | Specific hours were not published in the reviewed official page; dates and times may change. |
La Plata County's official visitation rules are published at co.laplata.co.us/divisions/detentions/visitation.php.
Mail, Phone, Tablets, and Inmate Contact
La Plata County separates personal mail from legal mail. Effective September 1, 2024, books and magazines are no longer accepted for inmates, although books remain available through tablets and the in-house library. Effective December 11, 2025, personal mail goes to La Plata County Jail, Name of inmate, Inmate Name Number, P.O. Box 16120, Jonesboro, AR 72401. Letters and photographs are allowed, but Polaroids and computer-generated color photos are not. Extra stamps, paper, gifts, postcards, greeting cards, and mail with foreign substances such as perfume or lipstick are not accepted.
Legal mail stays at the physical jail address: inmate's name, c/o La Plata County Jail, 742 Turner Drive, Durango, CO 81303. Phone account funding goes through TouchPay. Tablets are available in each cell block, and the county says inmates can use tablets to send and receive messages, receive digital photos, read incoming mail, and accept visitation appointments. ICSolutions provides prepaid phone support at 888-506-8407 and customer@ICSolutions.com. The county states that messages, photos, phone calls, mail, and visits are subject to recording and monitoring.
Commissary, TouchPay, and Bond Funds
La Plata County uses TouchPay for money, phone funding, and some bond-related transactions. Deposits can be made at the jail lobby kiosk with cash, credit card, or debit card; by phone at 1-866-232-1899; or online through TouchPay. The county's Facility ID is 781303. A service fee is charged. If an inmate owes jail debt, the county states that 60% of each deposit goes toward that debt and 40% is credited for commissary or phone time until the balance is paid.
For bond, the county lists TouchPay, the jail lobby kiosk, local bail bondsmen, and exact cash. Cash bond must be for the exact amount because the jail cannot make change or break large bills. The inmate ID is required for TouchPay bonding, and the county says to find it in VINE by clicking "More Info" and reading the "Offender ID" field.
Note: Confirm live custody, bond status, and any holds with the jail before sending money, posting bond, or scheduling a visit.