Hinsdale County Inmate Population Map
Hinsdale County inmate population work begins with one fact from official sheriff material: Hinsdale County does not operate a jail. The Hinsdale County Sheriff's Office remains the local law-enforcement agency for arrests, incident records, public-safety calls, and sheriff records in Lake City. Once a person must be housed in jail custody, the serving detention facility is the Gunnison County Detention Center, operated by the Gunnison County Sheriff's Office. That makes the public custody list a Gunnison roster, even when the arrest or warrant started in Hinsdale County.
The county population count should not be read as a physical head count inside a Hinsdale jail building. For current local custody, the best public snapshot is the Gunnison County Detention Center roster. For year-to-year context, the Vera Incarceration Trends county dataset provides county-attributed jail population and rate estimates. Those sources answer different questions, so the live roster count and the historical dataset can differ without either one being useless. The roster is a point-in-time custody list. Vera is trend data.
Local custody rule: a person arrested in Hinsdale County may be handled first by HCSO, but jail housing and the current public roster run through Gunnison County Detention Center.
Hinsdale County Inmate Population Statistics
The best current custody number in the research is the Gunnison County current roster inspected through the official detention roster archive. That roster was an Omnigo "Inmate Status Report" for all inmates and showed the serving jail population at the time it was printed. The most useful facility capacity figure comes from the Vera county dataset for Gunnison County, while the Hinsdale county-attributed capacity estimate must be treated with caution because the sheriff notice says the county has no jail.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hinsdale-operated jail | None located | HCSO bond posting notice, 2025-09-22 |
| Serving jail current roster count | 20 total inmates | Gunnison roster PDF, printed 2026-06-01 |
| Gunnison 2024 jail-pop estimate | 4.36 | Vera Incarceration Trends, March 2026 release |
| Gunnison 2024 rated capacity estimate | 82.37 | Vera Incarceration Trends, March 2026 release |
| Hinsdale 2024 county-attributed jail-pop estimate | 0.14 | Vera Incarceration Trends, March 2026 release |
| Hinsdale resident population | 774 residents | Official Hinsdale County home page |
Hinsdale County Jail Population Trends
Vera's county data shows why the Hinsdale County inmate population should be discussed as a regional custody question. Hinsdale and Gunnison rates track closely across recent years, which fits the official no-jail statement and the serving-jail arrangement. The current roster count still matters more for a same-day custody check. A daily roster can move up or down with arrests, releases, court orders, bond decisions, and transfers to Colorado Department of Corrections custody.
| Year | Hinsdale Jail-Pop Estimate | Gunnison Jail-Pop Estimate | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.14 | 4.36 | Vera dataset; current 2026 roster count was much higher. |
| 2023 | 0.55 | 17.20 | Regional estimates track closely by rate. |
| 2022 | 0.53 | 15.72 | County-attributed historical data. |
| 2021 | 0.46 | 13.54 | County-attributed historical data. |
| 2020 | 0.43 | 12.07 | County-attributed historical data. |
| 2019 | 0.54 | 15.46 | Vera also attributed admissions to both counties. |
| 2018 | 1.03 | 27.97 | Higher regional estimate in the period reviewed. |
Who Counts in Hinsdale County Custody
The official public roster does not publish a demographic breakdown for the Hinsdale County inmate population. It does not show sex, race, date of birth, age, height, weight, housing unit, or a booking photo. It does show custody status terms that help explain who is being counted at the serving jail: pretrial entries, holds, sentenced jail entries, warrant rows, court dates, bond types, and total bond lines. Those labels are enough to distinguish custody stage, but not enough to build a demographic profile.
- Pretrial
- A person is held while charges, warrants, or bond conditions are pending.
- Sentenced jail
- A person is serving a local jail term, not a Colorado state-prison sentence.
- Hold
- A court, agency, warrant, or other jurisdiction may prevent ordinary release.
- ADP
- Average daily population, a trend measure that differs from a live roster count.
Laws Governing Hinsdale County Inmates
Colorado law splits public access into public records, criminal justice records, court records, and jail-operation rules. For jail and booking records, start with the custodian. HCSO records and Hinsdale CORA requests are useful for sheriff-created arrest or incident records. Gunnison County records channels are the better path for detention records created by the serving jail. Court charges and dispositions belong with the Colorado Judicial Branch, not the jail roster.
Key Colorado sources:
C.R.S. Title 24, Article 72 governs CORA and criminal justice records, including agency records and official-action records.
C.R.S. 16-4-102 is cited in the HCSO money-bond notice for bond setting, fees, and release timing.
C.R.S. Title 17, Article 26 covers Colorado county jail duties, and Gunnison Detention Services ties its operation to those sections.
Search Hinsdale County Inmate Records
Current local custody starts with the Gunnison County Detention Services page. Its inmate daily roster opens as a PDF/archive page rather than a first-name and last-name database. Use the PDF viewer's find tool to search a last name, then read the whole inmate group through the Total Bond line. A no-match means the public PDF does not list that name under the spelling searched. It does not prove the person was never arrested, was never booked, or is not in another custody system.
The screenshot below comes from the official Gunnison Detention Services page, which links the roster, visitation status, Inmate Canteen, and detention contact details.
That source is the practical starting point because Hinsdale County does not publish a separate jail roster of its own.
- Open the Gunnison Detention Services page and find the inmate daily roster link.
- Open the current roster PDF or archive page.
- Use browser or PDF find for the last name, then try partial or compound surname variants.
- Read the name, inmate number, arrest date, court, charge, bond, bond type, disposition, and total bond as one group.
- If the person was sentenced to Colorado prison, move to the CDOC offender search instead of refreshing the jail roster.
Hinsdale County Roster Field Limits
The public roster is a current status report. It is not a full criminal history, not a mugshot gallery, and not a detailed booking profile. The row group can still help confirm custody, court dates, bond, warrant rows, and charge text. Because the roster is a PDF, there are no public search boxes, no sort buttons, no release-history tab, and no clickable inmate profile. When text wraps or a bond type looks unclear, detention staff are the fallback.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Uppercase inmate name, often last name first. |
| Inmate No. | Numeric jail identifier assigned by the detention center. |
| Arrest Date | Date tied to custody or the charge row. |
| Court / Court Date | Court or agency and a related date or time when listed. |
| Charge | Plain-language charge, warrant, sentence, or hold text. |
| Bond Amount / Type | Amount and labels such as cash only, cash/surety, PR/self, no bond, or N/A. |
| Mugshot | Not shown in the inspected public roster PDF. |
County Jail vs State Prison
Readers often search one system after the person has moved to another. The jail roster is for current local detention. CDOC is for sentenced Colorado prison custody. BOP, USMS, and ICE are separate federal or immigration channels. VINELink can be useful for notifications where participating data is available, but it is not a replacement for the public record custodian.
| Custody Type | Official First Source | Use It For |
|---|---|---|
| Hinsdale arrest, local jail custody | Gunnison current roster PDF | Current pretrial, hold, or sentenced local jail status. |
| Colorado state prison | CDOC Offender Search | Sentenced prison location and DOC status. |
| Federal sentenced custody | BOP Inmate Locator | BOP register, facility, and release data. |
| Immigration detention | ICE Online Detainee Locator | ICE custody lookup by A-number or biographical data. |
| Custody notifications | VINELink | Notification signup where local or state data participates. |
Hinsdale County Records Request Paths
When the roster is not enough, send the request to the agency that holds the record. HCSO handles Hinsdale sheriff records from Lake City. The Hinsdale County CORA page links the county public records request form and policy. Detention records, booking records, inmate account issues, and jail housing questions usually belong with Gunnison County, because Gunnison is the serving jail. The Gunnison County open records page and sheriff records page are the fallback for those jail records.
The official Hinsdale CORA page is shown below because it is the county-level request path for records held by Hinsdale offices.
Use that path for county records, then reroute to Gunnison if the requested material is a detention-center booking or housing record.
Hinsdale County Court and Bond
The jail roster can show court, court date, bond amount, bond type, and disposition, but the official court case is separate. The Hinsdale County Courthouse page from the Colorado Judicial Branch gives the Lake City courthouse contact path, while the judges and staff page identifies the 7th Judicial District arrangement. Formal charges can differ from the booking charge. The prosecutor may amend, reduce, dismiss, or file charges after review.
HCSO's bond notice cites Colorado money-bond rights. It says a person in custody must be brought before a court for bond setting as soon as practicable and no later than 48 hours after arrival at a jail or holding facility. It also states that bond fees, booking fees, and other debts do not have to be paid to secure release on a money bond. A $10 bond fee and a credit-card fee up to 3.5 percent may still be chargeable as described in the notice. Confirm total bond and holds with detention staff before payment.
Hinsdale County Detention Facilities
The final facility map for Hinsdale County has one serving jail page. No CDOC prison, BOP prison, or ICE detention facility was found inside Hinsdale County. Gunnison is the local jail route; CDOC, BOP, USMS, and ICE are custody-stage fallbacks.
- Gunnison County Detention Center holds local pretrial detainees, sentenced county jail inmates, warrant holds, and court-ordered prisoners for the serving-jail relationship documented in the research.
Hinsdale County Inmate Population FAQ
Does Hinsdale County have its own jail? Official HCSO bond material says Hinsdale County does not have a jail. For public local custody, use Gunnison County Detention Center channels.
Where is the current roster? The current public jail list is the Gunnison County roster PDF linked from Detention Services. It is a PDF status report, not a searchable web database.
Does the roster show mugshots? No booking photos appeared in the inspected Gunnison roster PDF. Booking-photo requests must go to the correct records custodian.
What if the person is no longer listed? Check release, name spelling, another county hold, CDOC after sentencing, BOP for federal sentenced custody, ICE ODLS for immigration custody, or the records custodian.
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