Morgan County Detention Center Overview
The Morgan County Detention Center is operated by the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office. County navigation also uses the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office Detention Division name, and the official detention page describes jail functions such as inmate information, bond posting procedures, inmate mail, commissary money, and phone-system money. The county did not publish a deeper building history, housing-unit list, pod names, medical unit details, or formal security-level label in the official sources located.
The facility holds the local Morgan County detention population. That includes pretrial detainees, people awaiting bond or advisement, and local jail inmates. The research did not locate a separate Morgan County work-release annex, city jail roster, regional jail, state prison, federal prison, ICE detention facility, or U.S. Marshals detention site inside the county. Local police agencies can make arrests, but the custody lookup after jail booking routes to Morgan County detention, VINELink, sheriff phone contact, or sheriff records.
Morgan County Detention Center Population
The best located current operating figure is the detention center average daily population, or ADP, of 79 in Morgan County’s 2023 statistical section. The best located bed-capacity figure is older: the Colorado Legislative Council’s 2017 county-jail overview listed Morgan County capacity at 72 and a daily population snapshot of 83. Morgan County’s own 2017 ADP was 90. Those 2017 figures show historical capacity pressure, but a current official county capacity was not located.
| Measure | Figure | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Detention Center ADP | 79 | Morgan County 2023 Statistical Section |
| Listed capacity | 72 | Colorado Legislative Council 2017 overview |
| Daily population snapshot | 83 | Colorado Legislative Council 2017 overview |
| Corrections/Jail staffing | 29 FTEs | Morgan County 2023 Statistical Section |
Lookup at Morgan County Detention Center
Morgan County’s official online inmate-lookup path is not a county-hosted roster in the accessible official sources. The detention page links “Locate an Inmate” to VINELink Colorado. That means a Morgan County Detention Center inmate lookup should start with VINELink, then move to jail phone contact or a sheriff records request when VINELink does not show the person. Do not treat a missing VINELink result as proof that no arrest occurred.
- Open the Morgan County Detention Division page and use its Locate an Inmate link to VINELink Colorado.
- Search with the person’s legal name and any known case, custody, or identifying number.
- Check spelling, timing, release, transfer, and custody level if the person is not listed.
- Call the Sheriff’s Office at 970-542-3445 for local custody routing.
- For older records, booking photos, or incident material, use the sheriff criminal-justice records request form.
Sentenced Colorado prisoners use CDOC offender search instead of the county jail route. Federal sentenced prisoners use the BOP inmate locator. Immigration detention uses ICE ODLS. These systems are not interchangeable with the Morgan County Detention Center lookup because they serve different custody authorities.
Morgan County Jail Contact
Call before traveling for jail business, visitation questions, bond logistics, records pickup, mail questions, or payment routing. The official sources did not publish a separate booking-desk number, visitation lobby schedule, public parking map, or jail visitor entrance instructions. The Sheriff’s Office main number is the documented contact point for Morgan County Detention Center questions.
Morgan County Detention Center
801 E. Beaver Ave.
Fort Morgan, CO 80701
970-542-3445
Non-emergent after-hours routing: 970-867-2461
Morgan County Jail Visitation
No official Morgan County Detention Center visitation schedule, dress code, ID list, child-visitor rule, visit length, visitor-lobby hour, or video-visit schedule was located in the official county sources. The county does link phone-system money to HomeWAV, and HomeWAV describes video calls and visitor sign-in generally, but the research did not locate Morgan County-specific HomeWAV visit times or rates.
| Visit Type | Schedule | Rules / Source Notes |
|---|---|---|
| In-person public visitation | Not located in official county sources | Call 970-542-3445 before arrival. |
| Video visitation | Not located as a Morgan County schedule | County links phone-system funding to HomeWAV; local schedule was not found. |
| Attorney visitation | Not located | Use jail phone and attorney/court channels. |
| Holiday or emergency changes | Not located | Confirm directly with the facility. |
Morgan County Jail Mail and Money
Morgan County publishes two different mail paths. Regular mail goes to a Phoenix, Maryland processing address and must include the inmate name and Inmate CID. Packages and books use the Beaver Avenue jail address. The CID detail is important because the county mail format uses it directly. Do not replace it with a booking number unless the facility gives that instruction for the person’s record.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Regular mail | Inmate Name; Inmate CID; P.O. Box 247; Phoenix, MD 21131 |
| Packages/books | Inmate Name; Inmate CID; 801 E Beaver Ave.; Fort Morgan, CO 80701 |
| Commissary money | County detention page links to SmartDeposit / Access Corrections; local fees not located |
| Phone-system money | County detention page links to HomeWAV; local rates and schedules not located |
| Online bond payment | County detention page links online bond payment; verify case and bond details before paying |
Commissary, phone, records, and bond payments are separate. Commissary or phone deposits do not release a person from jail. Bond payments are made to the holding county, and Morgan County bond materials say only the bond amount is required to secure release on a money bond, not separate bond fees, booking fees, or other debts.
Morgan County Jail Bond
Morgan County’s bond materials cite C.R.S. 16-4-102 and state that people admitted to jail must be brought before a court for bond setting as soon as practicable and no later than 48 hours after arrival, absent extraordinary circumstances. The Morgan County court page says weekday advisements and bond hearings for people held on Morgan County cases occur at 2:15 p.m. The DA victim-information page explains advisement as the hearing where the defendant is advised of charges and bond is usually set.
| Bond Term | Meaning at Morgan County Jail |
|---|---|
| PR bond | Release on personal recognizance, subject to court conditions. |
| Cash money bond | Money is posted to the holding county, not to the inmate. |
| Release timing | After PR or cash bond, release must occur as soon as practicable and no later than six hours once returned to or present in jail, absent extraordinary circumstances. |
| Electronic monitoring | Fitting a required monitor can allow up to 24 hours of hold time. |
| Other holds | State, federal, immigration, parole, or other-county holds can prevent release even when a Morgan County bond is posted. |
Morgan County Jail Records
The Morgan County Sheriff’s Office records request form is the documented fallback for jail and criminal-justice records that are not available through VINELink. The form covers criminal-justice records, booking photos, incident reports, photos/audio/body-camera material, certified copies, non-certified copies, and archived records searches. It asks for requester contact information, subject name, date of birth, incident location, case or call number if known, incident date and time, deputy name if known, description, signature, and request date.
| Record Item | Fee / Timing |
|---|---|
| Non-certified copies | $0.25 per page |
| Certified copies | $1.25 per page |
| Photos/audio/body cam | $5 per disc |
| Booking photo | $1.00 |
| Archived records search | $33.58 per hour |
| Records search timing | Allow five business days |
Morgan County Booking and Intake
Morgan County did not publish a full local booking-process page in the official sources located. The best local sources are the detention page and the sheriff custody-manual bond excerpt. The manual says admitted individuals must be notified of the charge or other legal basis for confinement in a language they understand. The records request form shows how booking-related records are identified, and the mail rules confirm that an Inmate CID is used for jail mail.
A practical custody flow is: arrest, transport or processing into jail custody, notice of legal basis for detention, booking record creation, bond/advisement, release or continued custody, then court case activity. If the person is sentenced to Colorado prison, the lookup route moves away from the county jail and into CDOC. If the person is federally sentenced or in immigration custody, BOP or ICE systems are the better search paths.
About Morgan County Detention Center
The public record for the facility is strongest on contact, lookup, mail, bond, money, and population indicators. It is thin on program detail. No official local page was located for GED programs, work release, substance-abuse treatment, reentry programming, medical request procedure, mental-health intake, grievance procedure, religious services, accreditation, or local housing-unit detail. Colorado Jail Standards, effective July 1, 2026, provide statewide jail-operations context, but they should not be turned into claims about a specific Morgan County unit or program unless the county publishes that local fact.
Note: Confirm custody, CID, visitation rules, and payment instructions with the jail before traveling or sending money.
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