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.
Garfield County, Colorado, has about 63,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Garfield County is held at the county jail, run by the Garfield 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 Garfield County
The county jail, run by the Garfield County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Garfield County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the custody page of the Garfield County Sheriff's Office at garcosheriff.com/current-inmates (page title: Current Inmates | Garfield County Sheriff Colorado), phone (970) 945-0453, which answered when SearchSystems opened it on September 23, 2026.
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 Garfield County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 72 people, down from about 100 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 193 beds, and it ran at 37 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Garfield County has about 63,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 11 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Garfield County Jail
The Garfield County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Rifle, Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, New Castle, Silt and Parachute make the arrests that end in a booking in Garfield County.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were Glenwood Springs's 594 for 2025, the Garfield County Sheriff's Office's 500 for 2025 and Rifle's 382 for 2025.
Together, the six agencies in Garfield County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 1,797 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 Garfield 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 Garfield 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 Garfield County?
Look on the custody page of the Garfield County Sheriff's Office at garcosheriff.com/current-inmates, or call (970) 945-0453. It covers people booked into the county jail.
How many people are in the Garfield County jail?
About 72 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 193 beds.
What is the phone number for the Garfield County jail?
(970) 945-0453, the number on the page of the Garfield County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Garfield County go?
To a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Is this the official Garfield 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.