The Yuma County Inmate Population
The clearest current picture of the Yuma County inmate population is a housing shift rather than a crowded jail count. The Vera Institute Incarceration Trends county dataset reports Yuma County jail population and rated capacity as zero for 2023, 2024, and 2025, after years when the county reported a small rated jail capacity. The same pattern matches the Yuma County Sheriff County Jail page, which tells visitors seeking an inmate housed at Washington County Justice Center to contact the Washington County Sheriff's Office.
That does not mean Yuma County has no arrests or no custody questions. It means the public has to track two roles. The Yuma County Sheriff's Office remains the local sheriff, arresting agency, and records contact for Yuma County matters. Washington County Justice Center in Akron is the primary housed-inmate facility named by Yuma County for visits. Court dates and filed charges are handled through Yuma County Combined Court, while sentenced state prisoners move to the Colorado Department of Corrections.
Yuma County Inmate Population Statistics
The population figures below are reported county jail measures, not a live roster count. Vera lists the last nonzero Yuma County jail population in this series as 7.25 in 2022, against a rated capacity of 42 beds. For 2023 through 2025, the same dataset reports both Yuma County jail population and rated capacity as zero. Washington County Justice Center has its own whole-facility data, but the available PREA audit does not break out how many detainees were from Yuma County.
| Measure | Figure | Source / Year |
|---|---|---|
| Yuma County historical rated capacity | 42 beds | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2022 |
| Yuma County rated capacity after housing shift | 0 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2023-2025 |
| Total jail population | 7.25 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2022 |
| Total jail population | 0 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2023-2025 |
| 2022 pretrial custody | 6 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2022 |
| 2022 sentenced custody | 2.5 | Vera Incarceration Trends, 2022 |
| Washington County Justice Center designed capacity | 220 | 2022 PREA audit, whole facility |
The Census QuickFacts page for Yuma County supplies local population context for these rates and counts. It does not list current jail custody, so jail-specific numbers still come from jail and criminal justice sources.
The Census source is useful for local context. The screenshot below shows the demographic source used beside the jail population dataset.
Use the Census source for county population context only; it is not a jail roster or booking database.
Yuma County Inmate Population Trends
The trend is not a normal overcrowding story. Yuma County reported a rated capacity near 42 beds for many years, then reported zero jail population and zero rated capacity for 2023 through 2025. The research did not locate a formal closure order. The sheriff's public jail page, however, routes housed-inmate visitation to Washington County Justice Center, which makes the zero-capacity reporting consistent with a regional housing arrangement.
| Year | Reported Jail Population | Rated Capacity | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | Vera dataset, current zero-capacity period. |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | Vera dataset. |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | First year in the extracted series with zero population and capacity. |
| 2022 | 7.25 | 42 | Last nonzero Yuma County jail population in the series. |
| 2021 | 21 | 42 | Pretrial 11.5, sentenced 9.5. |
| 2020 | 20.25 | 42 | Pretrial 17.5, sentenced 2.75. |
| 2017 | 29 | 42.6 | Higher recent historical count before later decline. |
| 2014 | 25 | 42 | Admissions listed at 143. |
Who Makes Up Yuma County Inmates
Recent demographic detail is thin because the county dataset reports no current Yuma County jail population for 2023 through 2025. The last nonzero year, 2022, was mostly pretrial custody: Vera reports 6 pretrial detainees out of a 7.25 total jail population, with 2.5 sentenced custody. Those values can overlap in ADP-style datasets, so they should be read as reported custody measures, not a live head count from a single roster page.
- Pretrial custody - The last nonzero year shows pretrial custody as the main slice of the Yuma County jail population.
- Sentenced custody - Sentenced local custody was smaller in 2022, and felony state-prison sentences move to CDOC after transfer.
- Housed detainees - Yuma County's sheriff page points housed-inmate visits to Washington County Justice Center.
- State and federal custody - CDOC, BOP, ICE, and U.S. Marshals custody are separate systems, not Yuma County jail counts.
Yuma County Jail Capacity
Yuma County's current public records do not support a claim of jail overcrowding. The county-level series shows no active Yuma County jail capacity or population for 2023 through 2025. Earlier years show a small county capacity and a population below that capacity, such as 7.25 against 42 beds in 2022 and 21 against 42 beds in 2021. The more useful local point is facility use: the public jail page directs visitors to the regional facility in Akron for housed inmates.
Washington County Justice Center's 2022 PREA audit provides whole-facility context. It lists 220 designed capacity, 108 current population at the audit snapshot, 117 average daily population for the prior 12 months, and says the facility was not over capacity during that period. Those figures describe the Washington County facility as a whole, not a Yuma-only inmate population.
Laws Governing Yuma County Inmates
Colorado separates general public records from criminal justice records. A request for routine county records may use the Yuma County CORA request procedure. Booking records, arrest reports, mugshots, and jail records are criminal justice records, so the Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act controls the custodian review. That distinction matters in Yuma County because one agency may have made the arrest while another facility created housing, mail, phone, or commissary records.
Key Statutes:
Colorado Open Records Act gives access to many public records, but ordinary CORA excludes criminal justice records covered by CCJRA.
Colorado Criminal Justice Records Act governs arrest, booking, official-action, and other criminal justice records held by law-enforcement agencies.
C.R.S. 24-72-305.5 addresses booking photographs and the requester statement required for booking-photo access.
HB22-1063 created Colorado's jail standards framework through the Legislative Oversight Committee and Colorado Jail Standards Commission.
Colorado jail standards require county jail compliance beginning July 1, 2026, including facility, observation, emergency, health, and classification standards.
Yuma County State Prison Search
Sentenced state-prison custody is separate from the Yuma County inmate population reported for local jails. After a Yuma County case results in a CDOC sentence, the person goes through state intake and classification. CDOC says males go through Denver Reception and Diagnostic Center and females through Denver Women's Correctional Facility, with average intake and classification lasting about three to six weeks. During that period, a person may no longer appear in a county jail channel but may not yet show a final prison assignment.
The CDOC Offender Search is the statewide locator for sentenced Colorado prisoners. It is not a pretrial jail roster, and it does not cover Yuma County arrests that remain in local or regional jail custody. VINELink Colorado can help with custody notifications where the agency participates, especially when a person moves between jail, prison, and release.
Search Yuma County Inmates
The official local search path starts with the Yuma County Sheriff inmate-list page and the MobilePatrol/Appriss link from the sheriff's County Jail page. Static inspection of the public inmate-list page showed only a roster shortcode, and the page scripts suggest a charges modal can appear when entries render. If the browser page does not show rows, the absence of a visible entry should not be treated as proof that no arrest exists.
The practical sequence is simple: check the official roster channel, then use phone and facility confirmation when the online view is delayed, app-driven, or incomplete. For a person housed at the Akron facility, Washington County Justice Center is the physical custody contact. For a formal case number or next hearing, use the Colorado Judicial Branch docket and Yuma County Combined Court.
- Open the Yuma County Sheriff inmate-list page or the MobilePatrol link on the sheriff's jail page.
- Search the app or page by the person's name if the roster renders or the mobile channel is available.
- Call Yuma County Sheriff's Office at 970.332.4805 during office hours, or the jail page phone at 970-332-0923, if no online result appears.
- Call Washington County Justice Center at (970) 345-2244 for housed-inmate, visitation, or current-presence questions.
- Switch to CDOC, BOP, ICE, VINELink, or the court docket when the person is no longer in local jail custody.
The sheriff roster page is a primary local source. The screenshot below comes from the Yuma County Sheriff inmate-list page.
Because the page may rely on dynamic rendering, keep the phone fallback and Washington County housing contact close at hand.
Yuma County Roster Lookup
The current local roster research found limited browser-visible fields. The sheriff's public inmate-list page did not return static inmate rows, but it did include a shortcode and page JavaScript for a modal titled "Charges for Inmate." That supports careful wording: charges may be available when the roster renders, but no official sample booking profile, booking photo, bond field, or housing field was captured in static inspection.
| Field Label | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| [inmatelist] shortcode | Dynamic roster embed | Unspecified | Static page did not reveal roster rows. |
| Charges for Inmate modal | Modal behavior | n/a | Page scripts suggest a clickable charge panel when entries render. |
| MobilePatrol/Appriss link | External vendor/app channel | n/a | The sheriff jail page links its roster image to MobilePatrol/Appriss. |
| Released-inmate retention | Not published | n/a | No official retention window was located. |
Past Yuma County Inmate Records
Past and released inmate records usually require a custodian request when they are not visible in the public roster channel. Yuma County's government CORA page says written requests must identify the records sought and go to the proper custodian, with three working days for normal response and a possible seven-working-day extension for extenuating circumstances. The page lists standard copies at $0.25 per page and staff retrieval after the first hour at $41.37 per hour.
For criminal justice records, use CCJRA wording and route the request to the agency that created or holds the record. A Yuma sheriff arrest or booking entry may belong with YCSO. A housing, mail, visit, phone, commissary, or facility discipline record may belong with Washington County Justice Center. Court filings belong with the court, and prosecutor discovery routes through the 13th Judicial District Attorney under case rules.
Yuma County Inmate Record Fields
The research did not capture a complete Yuma County roster profile, so the confirmed fields are narrower than many jail sites. The table below separates what was visible from what was not located. It should be read as a record inventory from the inspected public page, not a promise that each field appears for each person.
| Field | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name | Not visible in static inspection. |
| Mugshot / booking photo | Not visible in static inspection; MobilePatrol may show photos if supported. |
| Charges | Page JavaScript strongly suggests a charge modal exists when the dynamic roster renders. |
| Booking number | Not located. |
| Booking date/time | Not located. |
| Bond | Not located in the static page. |
| Housing location | Physical housing may be Washington County Justice Center; no profile field was captured. |
| Release status | Not located. |
Yuma County Jail vs Prison
Lookup systems depend on the stage of custody. A recent Yuma County arrest starts with the local sheriff roster, phone fallback, and the regional facility housing channel. A sentenced Colorado prison term moves to CDOC. A federal sentence belongs in the BOP locator, while immigration detention uses ICE ODLS. Federal pretrial custody may involve U.S. Marshals routing rather than BOP.
| Question | Best Official Channel | What It Cannot Do |
|---|---|---|
| Recent Yuma arrest | Yuma sheriff inmate-list, MobilePatrol, YCSO phone | May not show transport, delay, or non-rendered app data. |
| Physical housing for visits | Washington County Justice Center | Does not control Yuma court filings. |
| Sentenced state prisoner | CDOC Offender Search | Does not cover pretrial jail custody. |
| Federal sentenced inmate | BOP Inmate Locator | Does not cover local jail or USMS pretrial custody. |
| Immigration detention | ICE ODLS | Does not show county custody without ICE detention. |
| Release notification | VINELink Colorado | Does not provide official record copies. |
Colorado and Federal Search
The VINELink Colorado person search is a custody notification channel, not a booking record. The CDOC locator covers sentenced Colorado prisoners. The BOP Inmate Locator covers federal inmates from 1982 to present. ICE's Online Detainee Locator System covers current ICE custody and CBP custody over 48 hours, with search limits for minors and required A-number or biographical data.
No CDOC prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention facility was found inside Yuma County in the official sources reviewed. The relevant official ICE facility in Colorado is the Denver Contract Detention Facility in Aurora, and federal pretrial questions may route through the U.S. Marshals Service District of Colorado.
Yuma County Detention Facilities
The local facility map has two nodes because the current public-facing custody work is split between a regional jail and the local sheriff's office. Washington County Justice Center is the primary housed-inmate facility named by the Yuma sheriff page. The Yuma County Sheriff's Office remains essential for local arrest, records, roster, and public-contact questions.
- Washington County Justice Center - regional jail in Akron that serves housed Yuma County detainees by arrangement and uses HomeWAV, MailGuard, and Access Corrections.
- Yuma County Sheriff's Office - local sheriff and records agency in Wray, with the official inmate-list page and public-record contact role.
Yuma County Inmate FAQ
How big is the Yuma County inmate population?
Vera reports Yuma County jail population as zero for 2023 through 2025, after a 2022 reported population of 7.25 and rated capacity of 42 beds. That is best understood as a reported county jail population and housing-structure change, not as proof that no one is arrested in Yuma County.
Where should a Yuma County inmate search start?
Start with the Yuma County Sheriff inmate-list page or the MobilePatrol channel linked from the sheriff's jail page. If the result does not render, call the sheriff's office or Washington County Justice Center, depending on whether the question is about arrest records or housed custody.
Can released Yuma County inmate records be requested?
Yes, but the request should go to the right custodian and use the right law. Criminal justice records use CCJRA. Yuma sheriff records, Washington County facility records, court filings, and prosecutor materials may sit with different offices.
Does the Yuma County roster show court charges?
The roster page scripts suggest a charges modal when entries render, but formal filed charges come from the court record and the 13th Judicial District Attorney. Jail charges can change after prosecutor review.