Search El Paso County Inmates

El Paso County Jail Roster Overview

The roster is hosted by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Joseph Roybal is the 29th sheriff of El Paso County. The office was created in 1861, when El Paso was one of Colorado Territory's 17 first counties. Today EPSO has 543 sworn staff and over 300 professional staff. They cover 2,130 square miles and more than 740,000 residents. The Detention Bureau runs the Criminal Justice Center, also called the CJC, at 2739 East Las Vegas Street. The roster pulls from the live jail management system. Bookings can show up within minutes of being entered, but the data is best treated as a public-facing snapshot, not the legal record.

The public search at search-for-inmates warns that data here is not for official law enforcement use. It also warns that mobile results may not be accurate. Anyone acting on the data should call the booking desk first. The booking desk number is 719-390-2151. Jail general information is 719-390-2000. These two phone lines are the backstop when the public roster is unclear.

The roster does not show every person held in El Paso County. It does not list inmates held in Colorado Department of Corrections prisons. It does not list inmates held in Federal Bureau of Prisons sites. It does not list ICE detainees. People in those systems should be looked up in the matching federal or state tools shown on the released inmates page.

How to Use the El Paso County Inmate Roster

The roster has one form and two text fields. A user enters a last name or a booking number. The form sends the value to the EPSO public API at search.php. The result list shows booking number, first name, middle name, and last name. Click a row to open the full profile. The screenshot below comes from the EPSO inmate search page seen on May 19, 2026. View the live form on the EPSO inmate search page.

The form sits on a single page and works on a phone or a desktop browser. The same search runs both ways.

1. Open the EPSO inmate search page.
2. Type a last name in the Last Name field. Or type a booking number in the Booking Number field.
3. Click the Search button. The form posts the value to search.php as searchName or searchBooking.
4. Read the result list. Each row shows booking number, first name, middle name, and last name.
5. Click the booking number to open the full inmate profile.
6. Scroll to the Charges, Holds, and Warrants tables. Match the case number to the docket.
7. If the result is unclear, call the booking desk at 719-390-2151 before taking any action.

Note: A name search with no results does not always mean the person is free; the booking record may not yet be live, and a quick call to the jail at 719-390-2000 will confirm.

El Paso County Inmate Search Fields

The portal supports two input fields. Only one of the two is needed. The form does not accept date of birth, charge type, race, sex, or housing as a search input. This keeps the lookup tied to people currently booked at the CJC. A direct API view sits at the search.php endpoint. The image below shows the raw API response. View the live endpoint at search.php.

The API returns JSON-like field names that line up with the public profile page.

What an El Paso County Inmate Profile Shows

Each profile is a short data file pulled from booking. The page renders three tables: Charges, Holds, and Warrants. Some rows are blank when the source system has not pushed the full label. DOB shows only the year. No mugshot is in the public renderer. The image below is a live result for a name search of Smith, captured from the EPSO API on May 19, 2026. View the source at search.php?searchName=Smith.

The result panel groups the basic identifiers at the top and the case data in the tables below.

El Paso County Jail and Sheriff Contacts

The El Paso County Criminal Justice Center is the main county jail. It is run by EPSO under Sheriff Joseph Roybal. The OJP abstract on the CJC describes it as a cost-efficient county detention center, built at slightly under $34,000 per bed including program and support costs, and accredited by the American Correctional Association. The Sheriff's main administrative office sits a few miles north on East Vermijo Avenue. Most inmate-services calls go to dedicated lines at the jail itself.

The El Paso County Judicial Building is the matching court site at 270 S Tejon St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. Court Services from the jail moves inmates between the jail and the courthouse, including DOC and CMHIP Pueblo transports.

Booking and Advisement in El Paso County

The jail's Intake and Release unit handles bookings under C.R.S. 17-26-103. Intake fingerprints and photographs the person, records property, opens the booking file, and assigns the booking number. Records maintained during a jail stay include court updates, new charges, bond charges, work-release fees, pretrial services notes, and holds placed by other agencies. The Court Unit, based in the Terry Harris Judicial Complex, escorts inmates to courtrooms and secures them. The Transport Unit moves inmates to the courthouse and across Colorado.

First appearance happens fast. In-custody advisements run Monday through Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the Division Video Advisement courtroom. Out-of-custody bonded advisements run Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Weekend in-custody video advisement runs Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time. Bond rules follow HB 21-1280 and HB 25-2510. Bond fees, booking fees, and other debts do not need to be paid up front to release a person on a money bond; the payor only needs to pay the bond amount. A $10 bond fee and a credit-card payment fee, capped at 3.5%, may be charged as a debt after release if the payor did not pay at bonding. The full rules sit on the EPSO inmate services page.

Visitation Hours and Rules at the CJC

Public visits at the El Paso County Jail are video visits, scheduled through JailATM.com. The visitor does not see the inmate face to face. Online visits last 15 or 30 minutes. A visitor needs a government photo ID with full name, photo, and date of birth. Driver's license, government ID, military ID, passport, and consular ID all work. A temporary license or ID issued within the last 30 days also works. The image below shows the EPSO inmate services page where visit, mail, and funds rules are posted. View the source at the EPSO inmate services page.

The number of visits varies by ward. The table below lists weekly limits posted by EPSO.

Note: Public visits may be cut short for rule breaks; the jail front desk at 719-390-2130 can confirm if a visit was ended early.

Mail, Funds, and Property at the CJC

Mail rules at the El Paso County Jail are split by type. Personal mail goes to a scanning vendor in Arkansas. Legal mail goes straight to the jail. Funds have their own address. Sending the wrong type to the wrong address can delay delivery or get the item returned. Always include the inmate's full booking name and the admit/booking number.

Personal mail is opened, scanned, and pushed to the inmate tablet after EPSO review. Originals are not returned. Bound or open materials are not processed. Inmate-to-inmate mail is only approved for immediate family with proof such as a marriage license, birth certificate, or finalized adoption order. Common-law marriage is not accepted for that rule.

Funds can be sent by cash, cashier's check, official check, or money order at the main transaction window in the jail lobby, 24 hours a day. Personal checks are not accepted. No change is given. Money orders and checks must be made payable to EPSO, with the inmate's full name and booking or A-number on the memo line. Online deposits run through Access Corrections at accesscorrections.com or 1-866-394-0490. Phone account deposits run through Correct Solutions at 877-618-3516 or csgpay.com. Property is logged at intake and re-logged by Property Technicians. After booking, only prescription glasses, certain pre-approved medications cleared by jail medical, jury-trial clothing, state ID, passport, vehicle keys, and house keys are accepted. Property pickup runs 24 hours a day at the CJC lobby window.

Related El Paso County Inmate and Court Searches

People who were in the EPSO roster but no longer show as in custody may have been released, transferred to CDOC, or moved to a federal facility. The released inmates page lists the steps and tools for that next search, plus how to set up alerts through VINELink. Use inmate population for jail capacity and pretrial data. Use warrant records for active warrants tied to a booking. For underlying cases, see criminal records or the broader court records page. Public court docket data sits at the Colorado Judicial docket search.