Jefferson County CO Detention Facility

Jefferson County CO Detention Facility basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 303-271-5444

This facility is for adult inmates.

The Jefferson County CO Detention Facility is a medium-security detention center located at 200 Jefferson Co Pkwy Golden, CO which is operated locally by the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office and holds inmates awaiting trial or sentencing or both. Most of the sentenced inmates are here for less than two years. Jefferson County accepts inmates from surrounding towns, municipalities, the US Marshal's Service and the Golden Police Department who do not have their own long-term lock-up.

About the Detention Facility

• The Jefferson County Detention Services Division's facility is designed to accommodate approximately 1,300 inmates in minimum, medium and maximum security units, and special housing areas.
• The entire facility comprises 388,000 square feet with room for male and female detainees in separate housing modules
• The facility opened in 1986 at its current location in Golden
• In 1999 the Sheriff's Office broke ground on a jail expansion that brought the building to its current size. The expanded facility was designed to maintain low costs, maximize security and reduce prisoner movement from one building to another. The facility contains recreation yards, an online law library and program rooms to support activities for personal development.
• Inmates in minimum security areas are kept in dormitory-style housing. Though they are not free to leave the module, inmates are free to move about within the unit and participate in a variety of activities. Most of those activities are designed to teach inmates skills necessary to be successful after returning to the community.
• Each two-story quadrant in the minimum-security areas include sleeping rooms, exercise areas, token-operated laundries and multipurpose rooms for meetings and recreation. Because of the structural design of many parts of the jail staff members are able to effectively watch inmates in a direct-supervision manner.

Phone Rules

There is a fifteen (15) minute time limit on all calls.

Inmates are not allowed to talk loud, make threats or abuse the phones. Abuse of the call may result in criminal charges, including associated monetary responsibility for repairs or replacement. Inmates may be instructed to end a call for any abuse of the telephones. Failure to end a call when instructed may result in the phone being shut off.

Phone numbers may be blocked if there is any indication of attempted three-way calling, potential fraud, possible non-payment or harassment.

Current guidelines regarding the number of call attempts per seven-day period accepted calls, denied calls and talk time limits for both local and long-distance calls are posted in inmate housing areas. Exceeding any of the limits listed will cause an automatic block.

Inmates are not able to receive incoming calls. Inmates may place collect calls from the jail to private numbers after an account is made with Securus Family and Friends 800-844-6591.

visitation Info

Jefferson County CO Jail & Detention Facility – Visitation

On-Site Visitation – By scheduling an on-site visitation you must travel to our facility and conduct the visit from a video visitation terminal. All on-site visits must be scheduled at least 24 hours in advance. Visits can be scheduled by:

• Using a video terminal in the Detention Services Division's visitation area (200 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colorado)
• Visit the Securus Tech website then click on 'Schedule an On-Site Visitation' at the bottom of the page

Each inmate is allowed one, two, or three 20-minute on-site visits per week, depending on the inmate's housing unit. The visiting week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. Friends and family can schedule unlimited visits with an inmate remotely or by video visitation. See the remote visitation information below.

Times

On-site visits are allowed daily between:

• 9 to 10:30 a.m.
• 1:00 to 4:30 p.m.
• 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Remote Visitation (Video Visitation) – By scheduling remote visitation, you can participate by using a computer, webcam, and high-speed internet access. Charges apply. 

Remote visitation hours are daily between 8:10 to 10:30 a.m., 1 to 4:30 p.m., and from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The visiting week begins on Sunday and ends on Saturday. To visit remotely you will need to do the following:

• Create a visitation account at the Securus Tech website
• Request access to visit
• Once you are approved to be a remote visitor, you can then schedule remote visits
• You will be required to pay for your visitation session at the time you schedule the session

Regulations – For more information on regulations please download the Inmate Handbook (PDF).

• Inmates are allowed no more than three (3) visitors at a time in the on-site visiting area.
• All adult visitors, 18 years of age or older, must provide proof of identification, bearing his or her photograph, issued by a government agency. Children may visit only if an adult accompanies them.
• No previous inmate of the Jefferson County Detention Facility will be permitted to visit within 60 days of release.
• Visitors must be appropriately dressed. Shirts and shoes are required. No clothing is allowed that may represent any specific club or organization known to be involved in criminal activity. No form-fitting, suggestive or revealing clothing will be permitted. Clothing must cover the shoulders and be no shorter than mid-thigh on the leg. Persons inappropriately dressed will not be allowed to visit.
• No gifts or items may be exchanged during visitation.
• If an inmate or visitor abuse visiting privileges, display any misconduct or become a threat to safety and security, the visit will be immediately terminated and the inmate may lose visitation privilege through disciplinary action.
• No phones or cameras are permitted inside the facility; visitors may secure these and other personal items in lockers in the lobby.
• Visitors are required to show proof of identification. Valid forms of identification include state driver's license or identification card, valid military identification, Student identification, Government identification card, Colorado Bar association card or court services identification.