The Colorado Department of Corrections (CDOC/DOC) oversees the Colorado's state prisons.
The Denver Sheriff’s Department (DSD) is in charge of the jails in the City and County of Denver.
The map on the left shows the locations and addresses of DSD jails and CDOC prisons in the Denver area.
DSD handles all jails in the City and County of Denver.
Jails house people awaiting trial for any type of crime, or serving shorter sentences for less serious crimes (generally less than a year).
Everyone goes to a DSD jail when they are arrested in Denver, regardless of the crime.
Also known as the Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center and the Denver Justice Center
This is where people go to get booked in when they are arrested in Denver. If someone can't make bail or bond out, they will usually stay here until their trial.
Generally a short-term facility (pre-trial and short sentences).
People serving longer sentences usually go Denver County Jail
Commonly called "County" by officials and inmates.
This is where people go for longer stays: People awaiting trial who can't bond out and people who are sentenced to a year or less.
People who are convicted of felonies and receive sentences of a year or more will go to prison instead (CDOC facilities).
CDOC oversees all state prisons in Colorado.
State prisons house people who are convicted of felonies in Colorado state courts.
Sentences range from several months to several years, up to life without parole.
DRDC is the intake facility for all male inmates entering the state prison system.
Most DRDC inmates are awaiting long-term placements at other facilities.
DRDC is primarily a short-term facility.
DWCF is one of two women’s prisons in the state.
DWCF houses women with a range of sentence lengths, from months to life.