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 2, 2026.
Custer County, Colorado, has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Custer County is held at the county jail, run by the Custer 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: Custer County public records, Custer County arrest records, Custer County warrants, Custer County criminal records, Custer County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in Custer County
A person kept in custody after an arrest in Custer County is held at the county jail, run by the Custer County Sheriff's Office, whichever agency made the arrest.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Custer County Sheriff's Office at custercoloradosheriff.com (page title: Custer County, CO Inmate Search, Arrests and Public Records), a site that blocks automated checks (HTTP 403), so open it in a browser.
That page is the place to look for someone booked recently. A person cited and released at the scene, or held only a few hours by a city department, will not be on it.
The Custer County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2023 the jail held about 15 people, up from about 10 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2023 was 8 beds, and it ran at 185 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Custer County has about 5,600 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 27 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Custer County Jail
The Custer County Sheriff's Office makes the arrests that end in a booking in Custer County.
The Custer County Sheriff's Office reported 77 arrests to the FBI for 2025. 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 Custer County 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 Custer 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 Custer County?
Look on the custody page of the Custer County Sheriff's Office at custercoloradosheriff.com. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Custer County jail?
About 15 on an average day in 2023, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 8 beds.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Custer County go?
To a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Is this the official Custer County website?
No. SearchSystems.net is an independent public records guide, online since 1997. It links to the official county, court and state offices described above and does not hold records, charge for them or take requests.