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.
Teller County, Colorado, has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate). A person kept in custody after an arrest in Teller County is held at the county jail, run by the Teller 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 Teller County
The county jail, run by the Teller County Sheriff's Office, holds everyone kept in custody after an arrest in Teller County, from every agency.
SearchSystems opened and checked the jail page of the Teller County Sheriff's Office at tellercounty.gov/Detentions-Facility (page title: Detentions Facility | Teller County, CO), phone 719-687-7770, 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 719-687-7770.
The Teller County Jail by the Numbers
On an average day in 2025 the jail held about 88 people, down from about 120 in 2019. Its rated capacity in 2025 was 487 beds, and it ran at 18 percent of it that year. The figures are from the Vera Institute of Justice's Incarceration Trends data.
Teller County has about 25,000 residents (2024 Census Bureau estimate), so the jail holds about 35 people for every 10,000 residents.
Who Books People Into the Teller County Jail
The Teller County Sheriff's Office and the agencies that report for Woodland Park and Cripple Creek make the arrests that end in a booking in Teller County.
The FBI's agency list also places one more agency in Teller County: the Division of Gaming Criminal Enforcement and Investigations Section, Cripple Creek (state agency).
The Green Mountain Falls Police Department is listed by the FBI across two counties including Teller County, so its arrests are not broken out for Teller County here.
The largest arrest counts reported to the FBI were the Teller County Sheriff's Office's 468 for 2025, Woodland Park's 176 for 2025 and Cripple Creek's 147 for 2025.
Together, the three agencies in Teller County with all twelve months of 2025 on file reported 791 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 Teller County arrest records.
From the Jail to State Prison
A sentence of more than a year is served in state prison, not the jail; the Colorado Department of Corrections lists its inmates at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find an inmate in Teller County?
Ask the Teller County Sheriff's Office at 719-687-7770; its jail page SearchSystems verified is at tellercounty.gov/Detentions-Facility.
How many people are in the Teller County jail?
About 88 on an average day in 2025, the latest year in the Vera Institute's jail data, against a rated capacity of 487 beds.
What is the phone number for the Teller County jail?
719-687-7770, the number on the page of the Teller County Sheriff's Office SearchSystems verified.
Where do people sentenced to prison in Teller County go?
To a facility of the Colorado Department of Corrections; its inmate locator is at cdoc.colorado.gov.
Is this the official Teller 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.