Reviewed and updated October 9, 2026 by the SearchSystems.net editorial team. The arrest counts are the ones each agency reported to the FBI, as the FBI held them on October 8, 2026. The jail figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data. Every office link was opened and checked against the office's own site between September 23, 2026 and October 9, 2026.
Aspen, Colorado, in Pitkin County, has about 6,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Aspen is held at the county jail, run by the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office, and the jail's record of each person held is a public record. This guide says where to look for someone in custody, what the jail holds and who books people into it.
This guide covers the search, the jail, who books people, state prison and common questions.
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Finding Someone in Custody in Aspen
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Aspen is held at the county jail, run by the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office at pitkincounty.com/149/Sheriff (page title: Pitkin County, CO), phone 970-920-5300, 530 E. Main St. Suite 103 Aspen, CO 81611, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
That page is the office's jail information page rather than a roster, so a search for a particular person goes through the office at 970-920-5300.
The Pitkin County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 15 people, up from about 14 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 16 beds, and it ran at 94 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Pitkin County has about 17,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 9 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Pitkin County Jail
The Pitkin County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Aspen (filed by the FBI as Aspen Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Aspen.
The Basalt Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Pitkin County, so its arrests are not broken out for Pitkin County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Aspen's 322 for 2025, the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office's 191 for 2024 and Snowmass Village's 22 for 2025.
Together, the two agencies in Pitkin County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 344 arrests to the FBI that year. Those kept in custody were booked into the county jail; a person cited and released at the scene was not.
The counts, agency by agency and year by year, are in Aspen arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
The jail holds people awaiting trial and people serving short sentences. A person sentenced to prison in Pitkin County serves the sentence in a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections, whose inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Aspen?
Ask the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office at 970-920-5300; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at pitkincounty.com/149/Sheriff.
How many people are in the Pitkin County jail?
About 15 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 16 beds.
What is the phone number for the Pitkin County jail?
970-920-5300, the number on the page of the Pitkin County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Pitkin County go?
To a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Is this the official Aspen website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official city, county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.