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Aurora Detention Overview

Aurora Detention Center is operated by the City of Aurora at the Aurora Municipal Court and public safety campus. The official city pages describe it as a 72-hour Adult Holding Facility with a maximum capacity of 220 detainees. That short time frame is the key fact. Aurora Detention is designed for adult municipal holding, court appearance support, bonding, release, and transfer coordination. It should not be described as a prison or as the primary Arapahoe County jail.

The facility matters for Arapahoe County searches because Aurora crosses county lines and because Aurora Police or Aurora City Marshals may be involved before the person reaches a county jail. The city says the detention center works with the Aurora Police Department, Aurora City Marshals, Arapahoe County detention facilities, Adams County detention facilities, and other jurisdictions to house and transport detainees for court appearances. That creates a search sequence that is different from a normal ACSO-only booking.

The official city overview is the source for the 72-hour holding description. Aurora's Courts and Detention page identifies the detention center as a short-term adult holding facility and gives the 220-detainee capacity.

That city source is why Aurora custody should be handled as municipal detention first, then as an Arapahoe or Adams County transfer question only when the person has moved.

Aurora Holding Capacity

Aurora publishes a maximum capacity of 220 detainees for the Aurora Detention Center. The research did not locate a live public population dashboard, a daily detainee count, or a demographic table for the city holding facility. For that reason, capacity can be stated, but a current population number should not be invented. The 72-hour nature of the facility also means a roster-style daily count would change quickly even if one existed.

Capacity at Aurora Detention should be read in context. A person in Aurora custody may be awaiting a municipal court appearance, bond processing, fingerprint service tied to court orders, release, or transfer. Adult county custody after a transfer can route to Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility, Adams County detention channels, or another jurisdiction depending on the arrest, warrant, hold, and court.

Search Aurora Detainees

No official online Aurora Detention Center roster was found in the official sources reviewed for the project. That changes the lookup path. For detainee status or bonding information, call Aurora at 303-739-6444 first. The city uses that number for general court information, case information, and detention inquiries. A web search in the county jail roster may miss a person who is still in Aurora's short municipal hold.

If Aurora says the person was transferred, ask which county or agency received the person. If the transfer was to Arapahoe County, use the ACSO Inmate Lookup, Charges and Bonds application or call ACSO at 720-874-3500. If the case moved through Adams County because the arrest or hold is outside Arapahoe County, use Adams County detention channels. If the person is a sentenced Colorado prisoner later moved to state prison, use the CDOC offender search instead of Aurora.

1. Call Aurora Detention Center at 303-739-6444 and ask for detainee status or bond information.
2. Use the full legal name, date of birth if available, arresting agency, and municipal court context.
3. If Aurora no longer has the person, ask whether release, bond, court transport, or county transfer occurred.
4. For an Arapahoe County transfer, search ACSO charges and bonds or call 720-874-3500.
5. For an Adams County or other-jurisdiction transfer, use that receiving agency's custody process.

Aurora Detention Contact

The city lists Aurora Detention Center at 14999 E. Alameda Parkway, Aurora, CO 80012. The phone number for detainee status and bonding information is 303-739-6444. Administrative offices are listed as Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., while the detention facility operates seven days a week, 24 hours a day. That distinction matters because custody status may be time-sensitive even when administrative court offices are closed.

The official detention information page is the source for the status and bond phone route. Aurora's detention general information page lists the facility phone and 24-hour detention operation.

Use that city page for Aurora-specific custody questions before switching to ACSO or another county jail search.

Aurora Visit Routing

The research did not locate a public Aurora Detention Center visitation schedule comparable to the ACSO video visitation program. Because Aurora is a 72-hour adult holding facility, family contact, bond action, and court status are usually more important than county-jail visit planning. The practical step is to call 303-739-6444 before going to the public safety campus.

Do not apply ACSO visit rules to Aurora custody. ACSO uses ViaPath/GTL video visitation for the county jail in Centennial, but that vendor process is not documented as Aurora Detention Center's public visit system in the research. If Aurora confirms the person has transferred to the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility, then the ACSO visitation rules, GettingOut account setup, visitor list, valid ID, and scheduled video visit process become relevant.

Aurora Bond Records

Aurora's published detention information emphasizes status and bonding by phone rather than online commissary, inmate mail, or extended account services. That fits the facility type. A short municipal hold does not work like a county jail sentence where mail scanning, commissary packages, tablets, and weekly purchases may be central. For Aurora Detention Center, call first and ask what bond, release, court, or transfer step applies.

Record requests connected to Aurora arrests and police reports use Aurora Police records channels, not the ACSO records portal unless ACSO created or holds the record. If the person later appears in ACSO custody under Sheriff Tyler S. Brown's office, sheriff records such as an in-custody report, booking information, or jail bond data move through Arapahoe County's records request portal. Court status may also need the Colorado Judicial Branch Arapahoe County court page when the case leaves the city detention stage.

Aurora Intake Transfers

Aurora Detention Center intake should be understood as municipal holding, not county jail classification. People may be held by Aurora Police, Aurora City Marshals, or related municipal court processes. They may be released, appear in municipal court, post bond, or be moved to Arapahoe County, Adams County, or another jurisdiction. A transfer can make one search look wrong even when the agency gave correct information at the time.

When a person cannot be located, preserve the sequence. Call Aurora first for very recent Aurora custody. Then check ACSO for Arapahoe County transfer. If the case is in the Adams County part of Aurora, use Adams County. If a state sentence has started, CDOC is the correct statewide locator. If a federal or immigration matter is involved, the BOP inmate locator or ICE ODLS may become relevant, but those are not Aurora Detention Center rosters.

Aurora Facility Notes

Aurora's detention materials also list fingerprinting details that help distinguish detention operations from regular city administration. Court-ordered and criminal fingerprints have limited Sunday, Wednesday, and Saturday windows in the research, while sex-offender registration fingerprints are available 24/7. Civilian fingerprint questions route through the Aurora Police Department at 303-739-6308. These details are not inmate lookup tools, but they show why the detention campus handles several public safety tasks beyond housing detainees.

Arapahoe County readers should also account for geography. Aurora is split across county boundaries, and the city page itself references coordination with both Arapahoe and Adams County detention facilities. Ask which court, county, or agency is handling the case before assuming the next custody location. The most common mistake is treating Aurora Detention Center as if it were the same thing as the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office Detention Facility.