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ACSO Detention Overview

The Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility is the county jail operated by the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office under Sheriff Tyler S. Brown. The facility is at 7375 South Potomac Street in Centennial and handles adult booking, classification, housing, court transport, bond release, inmate accounts, mail, phone access, video visitation, and alternative sentencing tied to the jail. It is not a Colorado Department of Corrections prison, and it is not the Aurora municipal holding facility. Its public records and daily custody tasks run through ACSO detention services.

County research identifies this facility as the primary custody point for adult pretrial detainees, sentenced county-jail inmates, people awaiting transport, and some Alternative Sentencing Program participants. The official ACSO Detention Services Bureau page says the modern detention facility opened in 1987 with 404 bed spaces after earlier county jails in Littleton. Later expansion and remodeling brought the facility to approximately 1,400 inmates, and the sheriff's office says it receives an average of 17,000 inmates annually.

The county's detention bureau is broader than the housing unit floor. It includes booking, releases, jail programs, court services, inmate appearances, commissary, food services, maintenance, medical services, classification, and contracts. ACSO also reports long-running accreditation: the jail through the American Correctional Association since 1991 and the medical unit through the National Commission on Correctional Health Care since 1989.

The official bureau page is a useful source for the building and contact facts. ACSO publishes detention capacity, history, and bureau contact information in the same section of its site.

That source is the best starting point for confirming the jail's official name, Centennial location, capacity statement, and role in Arapahoe County custody.

ACSO Jail Capacity

ACSO describes the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility as able to accommodate approximately 1,400 inmates. Colorado Legislative Council and county-jail survey material gave a related 2017 capacity figure of 1,458 beds and a daily population figure of 1,009 or 1,022.0, depending on the table used. The best reading is that the jail was built for roughly fourteen hundred adult detainees, while official annual-report counts vary by year and should not be treated as a live head count.

The latest located official annual statistics in the research show a sharp COVID-era drop. ACSO's 2020 report listed 7,673 bookings, 7,989 releases, 42 days average length of stay, and an average daily population trend of 730 for 2020 after 1,082 in 2019. The 2021 report listed 8,083 bookings, 8,071 releases, a 33-day average stay, and 701 average daily population. No official 2023-2026 live jail population dashboard was found in the research.

Lookup ACSO Inmates

The correct public online search for this county jail is the ACSO Inmate Lookup, Charges and Bonds application. It covers current Arapahoe County Detention Facility custody and returns charge and bond data. The county also embeds that tool on its official inmate charges and bonds page. It is a name search, not a mugshot gallery, and the inspected public app did not show booking photos.

Searches require at least the last name or the first part of the last name. First and middle names are optional, but they help with common surnames. Result rows show name and inmate ID. Opening a person can show total bond, booking number, charge rows, offense class, bond type, docket or disposition, and court date or location if the public system has those fields.

1. Open the ACSO charge and bond lookup or the county page that embeds it.
2. Enter the last name or first part of the last name. Add first or middle name when known.
3. Select the matching name and inmate ID if more than one result appears.
4. Read every charge row because one inmate can have multiple dockets, bond types, and court dates.
5. If no record appears, call the automated information line at 720-874-3500 before assuming release.

The official lookup form is the source for current charge and bond information. The ACSO search screen shows the first, middle, and last name fields used for Arapahoe County jail lookup.

The screen matters because the jail search does not ask for booking date, date of birth, agency, or facility. A failed search may mean a spelling problem, a new booking that has not posted, a release, transfer to Aurora or another county, CDOC custody after sentencing, federal custody, ICE custody, or a restricted juvenile record.

ACSO Detention Contact

The main public contact for Arapahoe County Detention Facility custody questions is 720-874-3500. ACSO identifies that number as Detentions Main and as the automated information system. The same number is the practical fallback when the charge and bond lookup does not return the right person. Records questions are separate: the sheriff's Records Unit is listed at 720-874-3875, and public records requests should use the ACSO records request portal rather than ordinary email.

For directions, ACSO says to use the Arapahoe Road exit from I-25, go east to Potomac Street, then south on Potomac. The official directions page also notes visitor parking signs and RTD route 66 service near East Fremont Avenue and South Potomac Street.

ACSO Video Visitation

Family and friend visits for the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility are handled through Viapath/GTL video visitation on phone, tablet, or computer. The first step is confirming the person is in ACSO custody. ACSO states it cannot help schedule visits for people held in other jails, so the public charge and bond lookup or the 720-874-3500 line should be checked before making a visit plan.

Visitors create or use a GettingOut account, select the inmate, and schedule a visit time. The official ACSO visitation page says visitors checking in at the Visitor Center must show current valid identification and be on the registered visitor list for that day. Only two preapproved visitors are allowed per session, minors must be with an adult, and visits are about 30 minutes. Late arrivals get only the remaining scheduled time.

ACSO Mail and Money

Personal mail for ACSO inmates does not go to the Centennial street address. ACSO routes personal correspondence for scanning and digital delivery through ViaPath tablets. The published format is Arapahoe County Detention Center, CO; inmate name and inmate identifier; P.O. Box 247; Phoenix, MD 21131. Legal mail, government mail, medical mail, and certain nonpersonal items are handled under separate rules. Packages, books, magazines, and parcels need preapproval through the Mail Technician, and original photographs have not been allowed under the county's published rule effective December 1, 2022.

Money deposits use TouchPay. The person sending money needs the inmate jail ID or full name and date of birth. Phone deposits require TouchPay site ID #280112. ACSO lists kiosk, online, phone, and mailed money order or cashier's check options. Deposit funds may be applied to jail fees, medical co-pays, booking fees, or prior jail debt, so a deposit is not guaranteed to remain available only for commissary.

The local phone rate details are specific enough to preserve. ACSO's telephone services page lists local calls at $0.16 per minute and international calls at $0.60 per minute.

Those phone details belong with the ACSO facility, not Aurora or Marvin W. Foote, because the county jail uses GTL/ConnectNetwork phone and tablet services for adult jail custody.

ACSO Booking Intake

Booking at the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility is the jail-stage process after arrest, court remand, or transfer into county custody. ACSO Detention Operations includes booking, housing, and releasing both pretrial and convicted inmates. A person can move through intake before bond is set, after a court appearance, while awaiting transport, or while starting a county jail sentence. The public lookup may not show a brand-new booking at once, so the phone line is important for time-sensitive searches.

Several terms help read the jail record. A bond is the release condition or amount set by the court. A personal recognizance bond means release may not require cash payment. A remand means the court ordered the person into custody. A detainer or hold can prevent release even when one listed bond is paid. The ACSO bond page warns that some inmates will not be released even if all bonds are paid because another charge, sentence, condition, or hold can keep them in custody.

ACSO Programs and Conditions

ACSO annual reports and site navigation identify jail programs and alternative sentencing rather than promising that every inmate can use every option. Programs listed in official sources include substance abuse, domestic violence education, group therapy, health education, religious services, GED, Alcoholics Anonymous, other mental health programs, reentry services, behavioral services screenings, and special court or housing programs. Medical-unit accreditation through NCCHC and jail accreditation through ACA are the strongest official condition markers in the research.

The Alternative Sentencing Program is tied to the detention bureau but is not the same as bond release. Work release, home detention, and judicial house arrest require court authorization, a submitted application before reporting, and ACSO acceptance case by case. The program can matter for an inmate lookup because a person may still be in the jail system even if work, school, or home monitoring changes where family expects them at a given hour.