Saguache County

The Detention Center

Saguache County Jail Office — but prisoners are housed at the Rio Grande County Sheriff's Department, Del Norte

• Operated byRio Grande County Sheriff's Office (housing); Saguache County Sheriff's Office (jail office and inmate mail)
• County statement"Saguache County inmates will now be held at the Rio Grande Sheriff's Department in Del Norte, Colorado."
• Jail CommanderKen Wilson
• Inmate mail addressP.O. Box 291, Saguache, CO 81149
• Inmate telephoneCollect calls through Securus after registering the number (866-558-2323)
• Inmate inquiriesBy calling the Saguache County Sheriff's Office at 719-655-2544
• What was triedhttps://saguachecounty.colorado.gov/departments/sheriff, https://saguachecounty.colorado.gov/frequently-asked-questions-for-the-saguache-county-jail-office and https://saguachecounty.colorado.gov/sheriff-documents — no beds, population, roster or fee schedule published

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

• ✓The jail is named
• ✗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 Saguache 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 Dan Warwick

• Runs the jailThe sheriff's office runs a jail office, but its own page states inmates are now held in Rio Grande County
• Where prisoners go"Saguache County inmates will now be held at the Rio Grande Sheriff's Department in Del Norte, Colorado."
• Jail CommanderKen Wilson
• How the office is filledElected county sheriff
• Office address530 5th Street, PO Box 265, Saguache, CO 81149

Source: Saguache 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.

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 →