Fremont Detention Releases

Where Fremont Releases Go

Fremont County Detention Center, operated by the Fremont County Sheriff's Office, serves as the current detention facility for Custer detainees under the post-closure custody arrangement. The center is at 100 Justice Center Road, Canon City, CO 81212. The official Fremont inmate-locator page sends individual searches of current incarcerated people to Colorado VINE and gives Intake/Booking at 719-276-5555 option 2. The source did not show a county-branded 24-hour or 72-hour release list, so a released-person check has to be a chain rather than a single feed.

When someone leaves Fremont custody, the next location depends on the release type. A bond release may send the person back to the community with a Custer court date. A sentence-served release may end the jail portion but leave fines, restitution, probation, or future hearings. A mittimus may move the person to CDOC. A detainer or hold may send the person to another county, federal custody, or ICE. Fremont can confirm the custody event; Custer Combined Court explains the legal case result.

How to Confirm a Fremont Release

Start with the current-custody question. Search Colorado VINE through the Fremont locator path or call Intake/Booking. If VINE shows the person in custody at Fremont, they have not been released from that reported custody. If the person is listed as released, no longer appears, or the result is unclear, call Intake/Booking and ask whether the person was released, transferred, or held under another authority. For the reason, check the Custer Combined Court docket when the charge was filed in Custer County.

Fremont Records and Contact

The Fremont County Sheriff's Office detention pages list the main number as 719-276-5555 and Intake/Booking as option 2. Records questions go to 719-276-5521 or 719-276-5525. The records email is records@fremontso.com, and the records fax is 719-276-5593, Attn: Records. The records page says requests must be in writing, include a signature and a copy of state ID or driver's license, and can be submitted by email, fax, mail, or in person. Mail goes to Fremont County Sheriff's Office, Attn: Records, 100 Justice Center Road, Canon City, CO 81212.

Ask for the booking record, booking number if used, booking date and time, holding agency, charges or hold reasons, bond paperwork if maintained by the jail, release date and time, release type or reason, transfer destination if applicable, and booking photo if publicly releasable. Fremont records require prepayment before processing and do not accept personal checks. The records office hours in the research are Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed weekends and holidays.

Bond Release Timing at Fremont

The Fremont bonding page is especially important because Custer County has no local 24-hour release feed. Fremont explains bond types and payment channels, including cash, money order, cashier's check, surety bond, and GovPayNow payment options. The research notes the statutory release-rights statement: after a personal recognizance bond or cash bond is set and readiness to post is communicated after the defendant returns to jail, the sheriff must release within six hours unless extraordinary circumstances exist. Electronic monitoring can justify up to 24 hours if needed.

That timing rule does not mean every person appears instantly in an online release list. It means a same-day bond release should be confirmed through Intake/Booking and then matched to the court case. Fremont also lists a $30 booking or processing fee for many new charges or warrants and a $10 bond processing fee, while noting bond fees, booking fees, and other debts do not have to be paid to secure release on a money bond.

Facility History: Why Fremont Matters

Custer County closed its jail after commissioners adopted Resolution 22-30, with reports citing jail condition and design, cost per inmate, and expected unfunded mandates. Reports said Fremont was selected based on distance and services. This history is not just background. It controls the release route. A Custer County person may be physically released in Canon City while the arresting agency and court case remain tied to Westcliffe.

For that reason, a Fremont release record should be read beside the Custer court record. The jail may show the date and type of release. The court may show the bond order, sentence, probation, dismissal, revocation, or mittimus. VINE may alert that a custody change occurred, but it is not the complete court history or records archive.

Property and Follow-Up Records

Release can be separate from property pickup. Fremont's property page says an inmate authorization form is needed, a property deputy appointment may be required, photo ID is required, and property will not be released to another person without written permission. For a person just released, property issues may still require contact with the detention center even after VINE shows a custody change.

Release Record Details to Ask For

A Fremont release request should be specific because Custer and Fremont may each hold different parts of the same event. Ask Fremont for the detention record tied to the booking: name, booking number if used, booking date and time, holding agency, charges or holds, bond amount or court order if maintained by the jail, release date and time, release type, and destination or transfer agency. If the person was booked on a Custer case, say that Custer was the charging or arresting county if known. That helps distinguish a Fremont local case from a Custer detainee housed under the intergovernmental arrangement.

If the record shows release by bond, compare it to the Custer court docket. If it shows transfer, follow the receiving system. If it shows sentence served or time served, check the court record for remaining obligations. This prevents the common mistake of treating a Fremont custody release as the end of the Custer case.