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 on September 23, 2026.
El Paso County, Colorado, has about 753,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in El Paso County is held at the county jail, run by the El Paso 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: El Paso County public records, El Paso County arrest records, El Paso County warrants, El Paso County criminal records, El Paso County court records, Colorado arrest records and Colorado inmate search.
Finding Someone in Custody in El Paso County
The county jail, run by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in El Paso County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office at epcsheriffsoffice.com/services/search-for-inmates (page title: Search for Inmates | El Paso County Sheriff's Office), phone 719-390-2151, 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 719-390-2151.
The El Paso County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 1,240 people, down from about 2,050 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 1,693 beds, and it ran at 73 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
El Paso County has about 753,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 17 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the El Paso County Jail
The El Paso County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Colorado Springs, Fountain, Monument, Manitou Springs, Palmer Lake, Calhan and one more cities make the arrests that end in a booking in El Paso County.
The FBI's agency list also places these agencies in El Paso County: Colorado Department of Revenue in Marijuana Enforcement Criminal Investigation, El Paso County (state agency); the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak Community College (campus police).
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Colorado Springs's 19,181 for 2025, the El Paso County Sheriff's Office's 2,652 for 2025 and Fountain's 880 for 2025.
Together, the five agencies in El Paso County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 22,751 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 El Paso 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 El Paso 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 El Paso County?
Ask the El Paso County Sheriff's Office at 719-390-2151; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at epcsheriffsoffice.com.
How many people are in the El Paso County jail?
About 1,240 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 1,693 beds.
What is the phone number for the El Paso County jail?
719-390-2151, the number on the page of the El Paso County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in El Paso County go?
To a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Is this the official El Paso 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.