Las Animas County

The Detention Center

Las Animas County Jail (County Detention Center)

• Operated byLas Animas County Sheriff's Office
• Jail addressGarcia Justice Center, 2309 E. Main Street, Trinidad, CO 81082
• Phone719-846-2211
• Interim jail administratorsLt. Phil Martin and Undersheriff Rey Santistevan — described on the sheriff's site as the Interim Jail Administrators
• Daily jail rosterThe sheriff's office publishes a dated jail roster index (rosters seen for 08-23-26 and 08-24-26) at http://208.117.75.166/jailroster/, linked from lasosheriff.org
• Bond fees publishedPer the sheriff's posted CRS 16-4-102 notice: a $10 bond fee and a maximum 3.5% credit card payment fee, chargeable as a debt after release only; 'No other bond-related fees may be charged at any time, including any kiosk fees'
• Release timeline publishedThe same notice states a sheriff must release a defendant within six hours after a PR or cash bond is set and bond is ready to be posted, absent extraordinary circumstances
• Online bondingCredit-card bond payment via co.accessgov.com and the state PayPort service
• ProgramsMedication Assisted Treatment (MAT) program described in a posted PDF
• Inmate mailPersonal mail is routed to a scanning vendor at PO Box 76550, Highland Heights, KY 41076; mail sent directly to the jail is not accepted
• Beds / capacityNot published on the county or sheriff's site
• What was triedhttp://lasosheriff.org/ ; https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/sheriff ; https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/elected-officials/sheriff ; https://lasanimascounty.colorado.gov/finance-and-accounting — no capacity, PREA, death or contract data found
• Not readablehttp://lasosheriff.org/resources/Compliance-Cert.pdf is a 2022 scanned image with no extractable text, so its contents are not cited here

Source: Las Animas County Sheriff's Office · checked 2026-08-24

• ✓The jail is named
• ✓Who is in custody
• ✗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
• ✗Phone, video and commissary rates — not published

This rates disclosure, not conduct — what Las Animas 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 Derek Navarette

• Runs the jailYes — the sheriff's own site states he 'is also responsible for maintaining the County Detention Center' and 'keeping the county jail'
• How the office is filledElected county sheriff
• UndersheriffReynaldo "Rey" Santistevan
• Prior serviceServed with the Colorado State Patrol before joining the Las Animas County Sheriff's Office; in law enforcement since 1996

Source: Las Animas County Sheriff's Office · 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. County court judges normally set bail at first appearance.

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 →
• Where the jail money is decidedAgendas and minutes →