Weld County Released Inmates

A release from Weld County custody means the Weld County Jail ended that booking event. It does not always mean the person is free of every court order or custody system. A person may leave the jail by PR bond, cash bond, surety bond, time served, transport to another agency, transfer to the Colorado Department of Corrections, release to pretrial supervision, or another clearance shown in the jail record. The Weld County Sheriff's Office Daily Inmate Released Report is the county source for the jail release date and time.

Released Weld County inmates often drop out of current-custody rosters because those rosters are built for people still held in the jail. The release record, court docket, VINE custody status, CDOC offender record, BOP locator, or ICE locator may carry the next piece of the path. Start with the system that matches the custody type. County jail releases belong to the sheriff's release report and records unit. State-prison releases belong to CDOC. Federal cases belong to BOP or federal court records. Immigration custody belongs to ICE's locator when the person is currently detained.

Release: The end of a specific custody event, such as a Weld County Jail booking.
Discharge: The end of a sentence or supervision term, usually documented by a corrections or court record.
Transport: A jail clearance showing the person left Weld County Jail for another agency or custody system.
Parole: State supervision after a prison sentence, handled through CDOC Adult Parole.
Probation: A court sentence or condition supervised by the 19th Judicial District probation department.

Weld County Release Types

Weld County's release report is useful because it shows more than a name and a date. It can show the bond amount, bond number, bond type, bond clearance, judge or agency, charge or hold, arresting agency, and booking number. Those fields help separate a true community release from a transfer, a release into supervision, or a release that still leaves court steps ahead.

Release path	What it means	Where to check next
PR bond	The court allowed release on personal recognizance terms.	Weld release report, court docket, and any pretrial supervision record.
Cash or surety bond	A bond was posted or cleared through the jail and court process.	Weld release report, court record, and bond paperwork.
Time served or sentence completion	The local jail sentence or custody term ended.	Weld release report, sentencing record, and probation status if ordered.
Transport	Another agency or custody system received the person.	CDOC, BOP, ICE, VINE, court records, or the receiving agency.
Release to supervision	The person left jail under probation, pretrial, parole, or program rules.	19th Judicial District probation, CDOC parole, VINE, or court records.

The Weld County Sheriff's Office jail page also explains bond options, including cash bonds, surety bonds, and online bond posting. Those payment routes are not the same as a final case outcome. A bond release only answers custody status for that booking; the criminal case may still have hearings, a disposition, probation, or a later warrant.

Weld County Release Record Fields

The official Daily Inmate Released Report is the main online release-record source for Weld County Jail. It can be searched by release date, first name, and last name. The report states that its search results include inmates released from custody starting June 17, 2022, so the visible daily links are navigation, not the full reach of the database.

The screenshot below shows the official report source used for Weld County released inmates. The source page is the sheriff's Daily Inmate Released Report, which carries the release-date search and daily report layout.

Weld County released inmates Daily Inmate Released Report search

Use the report as a release confirmation, then use the booking number and dates from the entry when a records request or court check is needed.

Field	What it shows
Name and date of birth	Identity details that help separate people with similar names.
Arrest date and time	When the booking began in the Weld County jail record.
Release date and time	When Weld County Jail custody ended for that booking.
Arresting agency	The police or law-enforcement agency tied to the arrest.
Booking number	The key reference for a sheriff records request.
Charge or hold	The listed statute, hold code, offense class, or charge description.
Bond and clearance	The bail amount, bond type, bond number, and release clearance.

Obtain Weld County Release Records

When the online release report is incomplete, ambiguous, or not enough for a formal purpose, use the Weld County Sheriff's Office Records Unit. The Records Unit says requests for patrol, administration, inmate, and inmate medical records go to the sheriff's Records Division. The county's JustFOIA public portal is the online route, and requests can also be sent by fax, mail, or made in person.

Search the Daily Inmate Released Report by release date, first name, or last name. Save the release date and booking number if found.
Open the sheriff's records portal or the Application for Release of Records form. Choose Weld County Jail Records when the request concerns jail custody.
Ask for the records of incarceration, booking record, release date and time, release reason or bond clearance, and transfer agency if the report shows transport.
Include identifying details such as name, date of birth, booking number, date range, and any case number known from the court record.
Review the records-request affirmation. The form cites C.R.S. 24-72-305.5 and restricts using criminal-justice records for direct solicitation for business gain.

Weld County Sheriff's Office Records Unit

1555 N. 17th Avenue, Garden Level
Greeley, CO 80631
Phone: 970-400-2770
Fax: 970-400-2771

Fees may apply under the county fee schedule and based on the staff time needed for search, retrieval, redaction, copies, or authentication. The research materials identify a search and retrieval fee for short requests and additional charges for redaction or extended research. Ask the Records Unit for the current charge before ordering copies.

Weld County Release Record Laws

Weld County jail records are handled under Colorado criminal-justice records law, including the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act and sheriff records procedures. The Colorado Attorney General's CORA and CCJRA overview explains that Colorado public-record access depends on the kind of record and the custodian. Jail release records, court records, CDOC offender records, and registry records are not held in one statewide file.

Sealing can limit public access. Colorado's sealing rules include C.R.S. 24-72-703 and related statutes for arrest, non-conviction, conviction, and other criminal-justice records. A sealed case may not appear in normal public searches even when agencies retain internal records. The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the court clerk are the correct official sources for sealing status and procedure.

A Weld County jail release proves that one jail custody event ended; it does not prove that the court case ended or that all supervision ended.

Weld County Bond Release Details

Weld's release report gives bond details that many county reports omit. It can show bail amount, bond type, bond number, and bond clearance. The jail page separately describes online bond posting, cash bonds, cashier's checks or money orders payable to the Weld County Sheriff's Office, card payment requirements, and surety bonds through a bondsperson. That makes the bond entry a good starting point when the question is why a person left jail on a specific date.

Read bond information with care. A PR bond, cash bond, or surety bond is a release mechanism, not a finding in the case. The court record remains important because it shows future hearings, disposition, sentencing, probation, dismissal, or later warrants. If the report shows a bond clearance but the person cannot be found later, use the Weld court page, docket search, CoCourts Register of Action, and VINE if custody status changed again.

Weld County DOC Transfer Backlog

Weld has a local release-timing issue tied to state prison transfers. In a July 16, 2025 sheriff article, WCSO said 2024 data showed it cost about $185.51 per day to house one inmate at Weld County Jail while the state reimbursed $77.16 for one person in the DOC backlog, leaving a $108.35 daily gap. That report matters for release research because a person sentenced to CDOC may remain physically in county jail while awaiting state intake.

If the release report shows transport, do not assume community release. Transport may mean the person left Weld County custody for CDOC, another county, federal custody, ICE, or another agency. CDOC's public search becomes the main route after state intake. VINE can help track custody changes, and the court mittimus or Register of Action can show when a state sentence was ordered.

Find Released Weld County Inmates

Search paths work best when matched to the custody system. The county release report answers whether Weld County Jail released the person and when. The Daily Arrest Report can help when a recent booking has not yet appeared in the release report because it includes VINE custody-status links. CDOC covers state-prison custody and parole. Courts show case status and probation. BOP and ICE cover federal and immigration custody. The sheriff Records Unit is the fallback when public systems do not answer the question.

Search the Daily Inmate Released Report by release date or name.
If the person was recently booked, check the Daily Arrest Report and use its VINE custody-status link.
Check CDOC Offender Search if the case involved a prison sentence, DOC transport, parole, or state discharge.
Use the Weld County court page, docket search, and CoCourts for disposition, probation, warrants, or sealing.
Use BOP for federal custody and ICE locator instructions for immigration detention.
File a sheriff records request when the online data is missing, unclear, or needs an official copy.

CDOC Search for Weld Releases

A Weld County case that becomes a state-prison sentence moves into the Colorado Department of Corrections system. CDOC's public Offender Search is the route for state-prison status, facility, sentence-time fields, parole-board records, and release from state custody. It is not the correct source for a person released only from the Weld County Jail on bond, time served, or local sentence completion.

The CDOC source screenshot below comes from the official Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search. It is the state search route for released or discharged state offenders tied to Weld County cases.

Colorado Department of Corrections offender search for Weld County released inmates

Use CDOC after the jail record, court record, or VINE result points to a state-prison sentence or parole status.

CDOC search field	Use	Notes
DOCNO	Most precise state offender search key.	May appear after sentencing or state intake.
Last name	Main name search field.	Try alternate spellings when no result appears.
First name	Narrows a common last name.	Use with gender or DOC number if possible.
Gender	Optional narrowing field.	Helpful for common names.
Par. Board tab	Parole-board schedule and record route.	Use for parole activity, not county jail release.

Weld County Recent Releases

Weld County publishes daily release-date reports, not a single rolling feed named 24-hour or 72-hour releases. On July 14, 2026, the live page showed the July 13, 2026 report and prior daily links. The exact-date URL pattern uses a release date in the query string, so a 24-hour check is usually the release-date page for the day in question. A 72-hour check requires three daily release-date pages or a name search.

The daily report's stated coverage starts June 17, 2022. That is an important distinction. The visible previous-date links are not the retention limit. Use the date and name fields for older Weld County released inmates within the report's public database, then use the records request route if a needed record is outside the online view or has limits.

Why did a person disappear from the roster? Current jail rosters track people still held. Once Weld County Jail releases or transports the person, the release report, VINE, court record, CDOC, or another receiving agency becomes the better source.

Weld Parole and Probation

Parole and probation answer different questions after release. Parole follows a state-prison sentence and is supervised through CDOC Adult Parole. Probation is a court sentence or condition handled by the 19th Judicial District. The Weld County parole and probation page separates those channels and explains how to verify each one.

Local probation has Weld County offices in Greeley and Fort Lupton. CDOC's offender search and parole-board tab are the safer route for state parole verification. ICCS Weld also matters because transition residents may be referred by DOC before sentence discharge, parole, or release to intensive supervision. A person may be out of a prison facility and still living under structured community-corrections rules.

Weld Release Logistics and Property

Weld County Work Release adds local detail to the broader release picture. The county FAQ says new clients need two forms of identification at intake, in-custody clients may be transported from the main jail after holds clear, and Work Release clients receive assigned storage lockers. It also says clients are responsible for reliable transportation to approved destinations, may register a bicycle, and have a Greeley-Evans Transit bus stop in front of the Work Release building.

That detail should not be confused with the sheriff's Daily Inmate Released Report. Work Release is an alternative sentencing program. It helps explain how a local sentence can move from jail custody into a controlled placement with work, approved movement, fees, and program rules. For a person in that path, the release date may depend on the mittimus, intake date, holds, earned-time rules, and program compliance.

Weld VINE and Federal Releases

Colorado VINE is the custody-status and notification route. Weld's Daily Arrest Report links to VINE and says VINE provides statewide Colorado custody status and lets a user register for release notification. Use VINELink for a specific-person custody check or a release alert, then use the sheriff release report or records request to confirm the official Weld release date.

Federal and immigration cases use separate systems. BOP's locator covers federal inmates from 1982 forward and explains that a past release date with no facility location means the person is no longer in BOP custody. ICE's locator, explained by USA.gov, is for current ICE custody or CBP custody after more than 48 hours. Neither source replaces the Weld County sheriff's release report for a local jail booking.

Weld Court Records After Release

A jail release is not a court disposition. Weld County is in the 19th Judicial District, and the court record may show bond, sentencing, probation, deferred judgment, dismissal, sealing, warrants, or later hearings. The Colorado Judicial Branch docket search can show scheduled court events, and CoCourts provides court-record searches with a Register of Action.

Weld's warrant page makes the court link concrete. It says people can turn themselves in at the Weld County Combined Courts Clerk's Office at 915 10th Street in Greeley during business hours, or at the Weld County Jail at 2110 O Street. It also lists the courthouse information phone as 970-475-2400. That is why a past release should be checked against court and warrant status when the legal case is still active.

Weld ICE and Detainers

Weld County has a distinct federal and immigration angle. On July 13, 2026, Denver7 reported that GEO Group announced a five-year ICE contract to house 1,188 detainees at the former Big Horn Correctional Facility in Hudson. The report said the facility had operated for about five years before closing in 2014 and would add about 1,200 beds to Colorado's ICE capacity.

That report is local context, not a Weld sheriff release source. ICE custody should be checked through official ICE locator channels, and county jail releases should still be checked through the Daily Inmate Released Report and sheriff records request route. If a Weld release entry or court record points to a federal hold, check BOP, ICE, USMS, and the court record rather than assuming the person entered ordinary community release.

Released or Still Held

Different systems answer different parts of the custody story. A single Weld County released inmate search may need more than one source because the person may have moved from local jail to state prison, parole, probation, federal custody, immigration custody, or court supervision.

Question	Best source	What it can confirm
Was the person released from Weld County Jail?	Daily Inmate Released Report	Release date, time, booking number, and clearance.
Is the person still in Colorado custody?	Colorado VINE	Current custody status and release notifications.
Was the person sentenced to state prison?	CDOC Offender Search	State status, facility, parole, and discharge path.
What happened in court?	Weld court records and CoCourts	Disposition, sentencing, probation, warrants, and sealing.
Was the person federally held?	BOP, ICE, or federal court	Federal release, immigration custody, or federal case status.

Weld Release Fees and Obligations

Some release paths include costs or program rules. Weld Work Release research identifies daily fees of $16 for clients sentenced by Weld County, the 19th Judicial District, or county court, and $27 for out-of-county cases. The jail page and related materials also identify bond-payment details and fees. These amounts do not create a release record, but they help explain why a person may leave custody with court, bond, or program obligations still active.

Do not treat a fee, bond payment, or Work Release placement as a complete sentence history. Pair the release entry with the court record, probation office, CDOC record, or program contact. If the issue is a copy of the jail record, the sheriff Records Unit can explain current request fees and payment steps.

Weld County Detention Facilities

Weld County release research includes the county jail, local sentence programs, community corrections, state systems, courts, VINE, BOP, ICE, and the reported Hudson federal detention development. The links below separate facility pages and system pages so the release path stays tied to the correct source.

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