Facility
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 the skills necessary to be successful after returning to the community.
- Each two-story quadrant in the minimum-security areas includes 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.
Accreditation
The jail received its accreditation from the American Correctional Association (ACA), which ensures that an independent, non-governmental body regularly checks the jail standards. The facility's medical unit is also accredited by the National Commission on Correctional Healthcare (NCCHC).
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Inmate Information
Phone 303-271-5444
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Sheriff
Physical Address
200 Jefferson County Parkway
Golden, CO 80401
Phone Non-Emergency Dispatch: 303-271-0211Emergency Phone 911
Other Phone Numbers
Animal Control Unit: 303-271-5070
Civil Unit: 303-271-6580
Hearing Impaired/TTY Phone: 303-980-7335
Jail: 303-271-5444
Patrol Administrator: 303-271-5137
Records Unit: 303-271-5542
Warrants Unit: 303-271-6475
HoursAdministrative Offices / Walk-in Services
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 5 p.m.Jail lobby
Sunday - Saturday
8 a.m. - 9 p.m.Closed
Some Sheriff's Office facilities may be closed to the public on legal holidays.Report