Costilla County

The Detention Center

Not found

• Operated byCostilla County Sheriff's Office (presumed)
• Jail data dashboard statusCostilla County is not among the 11 Colorado counties the state Jail Data Dashboard lists as not operating a jail, implying Costilla does operate one, but no facility name or details were located
• What was triedcostillacounty.gov (official site, blocked by bot-detection challenge), costillacounty.org (non-official community site, no jail info), costillacountysheriff.com (campaign site, not usable)

Source: Colorado Jail Data Dashboard overview (via web_fetch summary) · checked 2026-08-24

• ✗The jail is named — not published
• ✗Who is in custody — not published
• ✗Beds and daily population — not published
• ✗What it costs taxpayers — not published
• ✗Deaths in custody — not published
• ✗PREA audits — not published
• ✗Independent inspection — not published
• ✗Who else it holds, and for how much — not published
• ✗How to post bond — not published
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Costilla County publishes about a jail its taxpayers own, checked 2026-08-24. Nothing here says the jail is run well or badly. Every mark moves the moment the county posts the document.

The Building

You paid for it. Here is what the record says it cost.

• Year builtNot found
• Original costNot found
• Paid for byNot found
• BedsNot found

The Sheriff

Sheriff Not found

• Runs the jailPresumed yes under Colorado law (CRS Title 30) but not independently confirmed
• How the office is filledElected; Colorado county sheriffs are elected except in Denver and Broomfield
• Access noteThe county's official government site (costillacounty.gov) is protected by a bot-detection challenge page that could not be passed; a separate site at costillacounty.org is a community/tourism page, not the county government, and does not name a sitting sheriff; a site at costillacountysheriff.com is a 2026 sheriff campaign (candidate) site, not an official government source, so it was not used to identify the officeholder

Source: Not found — see access note in facts · checked 2026-08-24

The Judges

Colorado judges are appointed through a judicial nominating commission and then face retention elections; they are state judicial officers, not county officials. Costilla shares its 12th Judicial District bench with Conejos, Alamosa, Mineral, Rio Grande and Saguache counties.

Source: the state judiciary · checked 2026-08-24

The County Commissioners

They pay for the jail. The sheriff runs it.

• What they controlThe detention budget, the building itself, and the agreements that let other agencies rent its beds.
• What they don'tDay-to-day operations. The sheriff is separately elected and answers to voters, not to the board.
• The boardBoard of County Commissioners →