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 September 30, 2026.
Brush, Colorado, in Morgan County, has about 5,400 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brush is held at the county jail, run by the Morgan 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.
Related guides: Brush public records, Morgan County inmate search, Brush arrest records, Brush warrants, Brush criminal records, Brush court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Brush
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Brush is held at the county jail, run by the Morgan County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Morgan County Sheriff's Office at morgancounty.colorado.gov/sheriffs-office (page title: Sheriff's Office | Morgan County Where Prairie Meets the Sky), phone 970-542-3445, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 30, 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 970-542-3445.
The Morgan County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 51 people, down from about 87 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 124 beds, and it ran at 41 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Morgan County has about 30,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 17 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Morgan County Jail
The Morgan County Sheriff's Office and the agency that reports for Brush (filed by the FBI as Brush Police Department) make the arrests that end in a booking in and around Brush.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Fort Morgan's 946 for 2025, the Morgan County Sheriff's Office's 265 for 2025 and Log Lane Village's 25 for 2025.
Together, the four agencies in Morgan County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,246 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 Brush 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 Morgan 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 Brush?
Ask the Morgan County Sheriff's Office at 970-542-3445; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at morgancounty.colorado.gov/sheriffs-office.
How many people are in the Morgan County jail?
About 51 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 124 beds.
What is the phone number for the Morgan County jail?
970-542-3445, the number on the page of the Morgan County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Morgan County go?
To a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Is this the official Brush 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.