Gilpin County Detention Facility Overview
The Gilpin County Detention Facility is the single resolved local detention facility for Gilpin County in the facility map. It is operated by the Gilpin County Sheriff's Office and is housed at the Gilpin County Justice Center in Black Hawk. Official local listings use both Gilpin County Detention Facility and Gilpin County Jail, so callers may hear either name when asking about a current custody question. The jail serves local arrests, warrant bookings, court-security movements, and short county-jail sentences where applicable.
The Justice Center context matters because the same complex also includes sheriff administration, records functions, dispatch, and Gilpin Combined Court. The jail can answer current custody and release questions, while court staff handle public court calendars and filed case records. A person booked into the jail may have a hearing in the same building, but the booking record, police report, bond information, docket entry, and formal charges are separate records handled by different offices.
The official county sheriff and detention pages were not available through direct research fetches, and the older sheriff domain was parked during research. The strongest accessible official local sources were the Central City law-enforcement page, the Black Hawk other-agency records page, and the Colorado Judicial Branch listing for Gilpin Combined Court. Those sources confirm the Justice Center address and distinguish jail, records, dispatch, and court contacts.
Gilpin County Detention Facility Capacity and Population
The most useful sourced jail-population figures for Gilpin County come from the Vera Institute Incarceration Trends county dataset, not from a live jail dashboard. Vera's 2024 county-level data reports a rated jail capacity of 91 and a total jail population of 46 for Gilpin County. The same 2024 row reports 20 people in pretrial custody, 26 in sentenced custody, and 159 jail admissions. Treat these as high-authority research data for the county jail system, not as a same-day roster or head count.
The 2024 Vera numbers also show 40 males and 6 females in the reported jail population. Vera listed zero in the federal, BOP, ICE, Marshals, and other federal-source jail fields for Gilpin County in 2024. That supports the practical custody split on this page: start with Gilpin County jail for local custody, then move to CDOC, BOP, or ICE only when the person has transferred out of the local jail system or the case is no longer a county-jail matter.
The Vera Incarceration Trends repository is the source for the county jail capacity and population figures summarized here.
Because Vera is a research dataset, a same-day custody check still belongs with the detention facility phone or sheriff records office.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Gilpin County Detention Facility
No official online Gilpin County jail roster was located in accessible official sources. For a current Gilpin County Detention Facility inmate lookup, the safest route is the jail phone first, then sheriff records if the request is for a report or booking-related record. Use statewide and federal locators only after the facts point away from local county-jail custody.
- Call the Gilpin County Detention Facility at 303-582-3576 and ask whether the person is currently held at the jail.
- Have the person's full name, approximate date of birth or age, arrest date, case or citation number, and arresting agency if known.
- If staff cannot provide details by phone, ask whether the next step is sheriff records/admin at 303-582-1060 or a records request faxed to 303-582-3367.
- If the person has already appeared in court, check the Colorado Judicial docket search or contact Gilpin Combined Court at 303-582-5522.
Use Colorado Department of Corrections Offender Search only for sentenced state prisoners or people who have transferred from county jail to CDOC. Use the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator for sentenced federal prisoners. Use ICE Online Detainee Locator System for immigration custody. VINELink Colorado may be useful for custody notifications where the holding agency participates, but it is not the Gilpin County jail record custodian.
Gilpin County Detention Facility Address and Contact
The public address for the jail, sheriff's office, and Justice Center is 2960 Dory Hill Road, Black Hawk, CO 80422. The detention facility phone is the best starting point for live custody, bond, release, visitation, mail, money, and property questions. Sheriff records/admin is the better route for police reports or booking-related record requests rather than a same-day custody confirmation.
Gilpin County Detention Facility
2960 Dory Hill Road
Black Hawk, CO 80422
303-582-3576
Jail phone for current custody and detention questions
Sheriff Records/Admin
2960 Dory Hill Road, Suite 300
Black Hawk, CO 80422
303-582-1060
Records fax: 303-582-3367
| Question | Best starting point |
|---|---|
| Current jail custody, release, bond, visiting, mail, money, or property | Detention facility: 303-582-3576 |
| Police report or booking-related record request | Sheriff records/admin: 303-582-1060; records fax: 303-582-3367 |
| Deputy response or public-safety dispatch | Dispatch: 303-582-5500; non-emergency: 303-582-5511 |
| Court date, filed charges, or court document request | Gilpin Combined Court, Suite 200: 303-582-5522 |
Visiting Someone at Gilpin County Detention Facility
No current official Gilpin jail visitation schedule, video visitation vendor, attorney-visit procedure, dress code, or visitor check-in rule was located in accessible official sources. Call the jail before traveling, especially because the Justice Center serves several functions and mountain weather or emergency restrictions can affect arrival plans. Do not assume that a commercial jail-information site has the current Gilpin schedule unless jail staff confirms it.
| Topic | Gilpin-specific status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| In-person visits | No official schedule located | Call 303-582-3576 for current days, times, check-in, and approval rules. |
| Video visits | No official vendor located | Do not create an account with a vendor until the jail confirms the provider. |
| Visitor ID | Local rule not published in accessible sources | Ask what identification is required before arriving. |
| Attorney visits | Separate procedure not located | Attorneys should call the jail or court for current professional-visit handling. |
| Holiday or lockdown changes | Not published in accessible sources | Call before traveling and check current road or emergency conditions. |
Colorado jail standards provide statewide context for visitation, health care, religious access, contraband rules, volunteer screening, security checks, and death reporting, but those standards do not replace the local Gilpin County jail schedule. Use the Colorado jail standards report as background and the jail phone for current local instructions.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Gilpin County Detention Facility
No official current inmate-mail format, commissary vendor, money-deposit vendor, phone-call vendor, tablet program, publication rule, or fee table was located for the Gilpin County Detention Facility in accessible official sources. That gap is important because mail and deposit vendors change, and incorrect addressing can cause mail or funds to be delayed or rejected. Call the jail before sending letters, books, medication, property, money, or electronic deposits.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | No official inmate-mail format located; call 303-582-3576 before mailing. |
| Phone / Video | No official public vendor located; confirm provider and rates with jail staff. |
| Money Deposit | No official kiosk, web vendor, or fee schedule located; call before sending funds. |
| Commissary | No official commissary limits or order process located; verify with the detention facility. |
Use sheriff records/admin for records issues, not deposits or visit scheduling. If a question involves a court hearing, bond order, or filed criminal charge, the jail may refer the caller to Gilpin Combined Court or the Colorado Judicial record request process. Those court channels do not operate the jail commissary or mail system.
Booking and Intake at Gilpin County Detention Facility
Gilpin County Detention Facility handles local booking and detention for sheriff and local law-enforcement custody. Official accessible sources did not publish a step-by-step booking manual, housing-unit list, intake-hours policy, public lobby rules, property-release form, or classification handbook. Based on the documented role of the jail, the practical record path is to confirm custody by phone, then use sheriff records/admin when a police report or booking-related record is needed.
Booking information and formal court charges can diverge. A jail booking may reflect the arresting agency's initial allegation, warrant, or hold, while formal charges are filed and tracked through court records. For court status after booking, use Gilpin Combined Court at the Justice Center, the Colorado Judicial docket search, or the court record/document request form. For criminal history beyond one jail event, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation public criminal-history portal is separate from the county jail and court docket systems.
About Gilpin County Detention Facility
Gilpin County is a small mountain county where detention, sheriff administration, dispatch, and court functions are closely tied to the Justice Center on Dory Hill Road. Black Hawk and Central City police activity may result in a person being routed to the sheriff-operated county jail rather than a separate city jail roster. No separate city jail, state prison, BOP facility, or ICE detention facility was identified in Gilpin County for this build.
The Gilpin County BOCC meeting-material index included 2025 detention-related agenda references for Jail Based Behavioral Health Services funding and access-control work. Those items support a narrow statement that the county has recent public agenda activity around jail behavioral health and detention security infrastructure. They do not provide a public inmate program handbook, eligibility rules, GED schedule, grievance form, or medical-request procedure.
The Justice Center's shared address can be confusing for visitors. Custody questions belong first with the jail. Police reports and booking-related records route to sheriff records/admin. Filed charges and court calendars route to Gilpin Combined Court. Sentenced state-prison custody routes to CDOC. Federal criminal custody and immigration custody route to BOP, U.S. Marshals, or ICE systems, depending on the person's case status.
Note: Confirm custody, visiting, mail, money, and property rules with Gilpin County Detention Facility before traveling or sending anything.