Adams County Detention Facility Overview
The Adams County Detention Facility is operated by the Adams County Sheriff's Office. The facility is located at 150 N 19th Avenue in Brighton and functions as the county jail for people arrested in Adams County, people booked on Adams County warrants, pretrial detainees, sentenced local jail inmates, and other lawful holds handled by the sheriff. It is the facility connected to the ACSO inmate-services pages for bond information, inmate funds, mail, visitation, rules, grievances, work release, supervised release, and victim services.
The detention facility is not a Colorado Department of Corrections prison and is not the ICE detention center in Aurora. That distinction matters for lookup work. A person held pretrial or serving a local jail sentence normally belongs in the sheriff's jail system. A person sentenced to state prison after an Adams County felony case moves to the statewide CDOC offender search. A person in immigration custody belongs in the ICE Online Detainee Locator System. Federal sentenced prisoners use the Bureau of Prisons locator, while federal pretrial custody can involve the U.S. Marshals Service and contracted beds.
Adams County Detention Facility Capacity and Population
The sheriff pages reviewed for this project did not publish a current bed count or live population dashboard. The sourced facility numbers come from Vera Institute Incarceration Trends. Vera reports Adams County jail rated capacity of 1,197 for 2025 and total jail population of 776.5 for 2025. Those are dataset-derived jail statistics, not a live count from the sheriff's website. Vera also reports 535.5 people in pretrial custody and 241 in sentenced custody for the same 2025 row, showing that the county jail population is mostly pretrial in that dataset year.
Vera's trend rows place the jail population above 1,000 in 2018, down to 700 in 2020, and then in the 760 to 880 range from 2021 through 2025. The 2025 figure is below the Vera-rated capacity for that year. Because the public ACSO pages do not publish a live daily population, annual booking count, average length of stay, pod-level housing data, or current demographic dashboard, those details should be verified with the sheriff's office before being used for operational decisions.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Adams County Detention Facility
The correct starting point for this county jail is the official ACSO inmate search. The visible form uses first-name and last-name fields and did not show a login requirement in the captured research. The same public-records area also includes warrant-search notices, including a statement that warrant records are updated daily by 7 AM. The captured research did not locate a posted refresh interval for current jail-roster entries, so recently booked people may require phone confirmation or a later search.
- Open the ACSO inmate search page and use the sheriff's public search form.
- Enter a first name, last name, or both. If spelling is uncertain, try a narrower last-name search when the form allows it.
- Review any result carefully and confirm the person is held in the Adams County Detention Facility rather than another custody system.
- If the person is not listed, check CDOC, BOP, ICE ODLS, VINELink, or call the jail information line based on the custody type.
The official ACSO inmate search page is shown below because it is the matched county jail lookup source for this facility.
If an online search does not answer the question, use the records-request path for historical or non-roster material. The public records hub links the Records Request Form, the Inmate Records Release Form, the fee schedule, inmate search, and warrant search. Completed official records forms can be emailed to recordsrequest@adamssheriffco.gov. Payment is required when a request is completed, and the forms warn that records not picked up within 30 days are destroyed.
Adams County Detention Facility Address and Contact
Use the jail information phone for current custody questions that cannot be resolved online, especially when a person was recently arrested, the roster does not return a result, or the user needs to confirm whether travel to the facility makes sense. For records copies, the research points to ACSO public-records forms and the recordsrequest@adamssheriffco.gov email address rather than an informal message.
Adams County Detention Facility
150 N 19th Avenue
Brighton, CO 80601
303-654-1850
Records requests: recordsrequest@adamssheriffco.gov
The facility is near the Adams County justice and county-government complex in Brighton. Visitors should use a live map with the exact address, confirm the correct entrance before arriving, and allow extra time for parking, lobby lines, and security screening. The sheriff pages reviewed did not publish a visitor-parking map, RTD route details, or jail-specific accessible-entry instructions.
Visiting Someone at Adams County Detention Facility
ACSO publishes a dedicated visitation page for the jail. The research confirmed the official page, but the exact schedule, vendor name, remote-video pricing, child rules, attorney-visit details, and full dress-code text were not captured from the snippets. Do not rely on a copied schedule from another county or an old third-party listing. Confirm the posted Adams County rules before scheduling travel, sending a visitor, or assuming a remote visit is available.
| Visitation Topic | What the Research Supports | Use Before Visiting |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule | Official ACSO visitation page located; exact days and times not captured. | Check the ACSO visitation page or call the jail. |
| Visitor ID | Government identification should be expected for jail entry. | Confirm current ID rules before arrival. |
| Dress and conduct | ACSO inmate rules and visitation pages were identified. | Review the official jail rules before the visit. |
| Changes and lockdowns | Schedules can change for facility operations. | Confirm the visit before traveling. |
The matched ACSO visitation page is the page to use for current visitor rules at this facility.
That page is the facility-specific place to confirm whether a planned visit is available, delayed, limited, or subject to updated jail rules.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Adams County Detention Facility
ACSO publishes official pages for sending mail, inmate funds, inmate rules, and inmate grievances. The research did not capture exact mail-address formatting, banned-item lists, legal-mail procedures, phone or tablet vendor names, deposit methods, commissary limits, or deposit fees. The reliable approach is to use the official ACSO pages for the current format and avoid adding money through a vendor unless the sheriff page identifies that channel.
| Service | Confirmed Source | Preserved Gap |
|---|---|---|
| ACSO Send Mail page | Exact inmate-name or booking-number format not captured. | |
| Phone or video | Visitation and inmate services pages | Vendor and pricing not captured. |
| Money deposit | ACSO Inmate Funds page | Vendor, fees, limits, and methods not captured. |
The matched inmate-funds page is the official source to check before depositing money for someone at the jail.
Using the sheriff's current funds instructions helps avoid sending deposits through an unsupported vendor or to the wrong custody system.
Booking and Intake at Adams County Detention Facility
Booking at this facility follows the county jail path. A person arrested by an Adams County agency or booked on an Adams County warrant may be processed into the detention facility, held pending bond or first appearance, released, or transferred depending on the court order and any holds. The public research did not capture a step-by-step intake timeline, floor assignment process, pod names, or booking-release timing. Use the jail information phone for urgent custody confirmation and the court docket system for formal charges after the prosecutor files a case.
Some records created during custody are not simply roster fields. The ACSO Inmate Records Release Form lists custody letters, medical records, supervised-release or GPS records, intake records, grievance records, classification and disciplinary records, and secured-area video. Secured-area video has a 30-day retention period from the incident date according to the records forms, so time-sensitive video requests should be filed through the official process quickly. Fees may apply, including jail or medical record search fees and redaction or processing fees.
About Adams County Detention Facility
The facility anchors Adams County's local custody system, but it is only one part of the larger record path. The sheriff's roster and public-records pages handle current jail lookup and jail-record requests. Colorado Judicial Branch dockets handle court records after arrest. CDOC handles people sentenced to state prison after the county case. ICE ODLS handles immigration detention, including people at the Aurora Contract Detention Facility. VINELink Colorado can support custody-notification needs, but it is not a substitute for the sheriff's office when a visit, release, bond, or official record must be confirmed.
ACSO also publishes pages for work release, supervised release, victim services, inmate grievances, and jail rules. The research did not capture exact education, treatment, medical-request, religious-service, tablet, or vocational-program procedures, so those details should be taken from current ACSO materials or confirmed directly with the facility.
Note: Confirm custody, visitation approval, mail format, and deposit options with ACSO before traveling or sending money.