Kit Carson Release Date
A projected date is an estimate or system-calculated date. An actual release date is the date custody ended. The two can differ. A projected state-prison date may change because of earned time, parole-board action, disciplinary credits, revocation, detainers, or sentence recalculation. A Kit Carson County jail release can change for more local reasons: bond posting, a court order, a hold from another agency, transport timing, or jail paperwork after court.
Pretrial detainees are the most common source of confusion. A person held before trial does not have a CDOC-style release date just because they are in jail. They may leave after bond is posted, after a personal recognizance order, after a hold clears, after a dismissal, or after another court event. The Kit Carson County court page's jail advisement and bond process can explain a release trigger, but the sheriff's release record confirms the custody end.
Scheduled vs actual: A scheduled or projected date is not proof that release occurred. Confirm the completed release with the sheriff, CDOC, court, or BOP as the custody type requires.
Find Kit Carson Date
The fastest route depends on whether the person is local, state, or federal. Kit Carson County has no official jail roster or public recent-release feed identified in the official-source sweep, so the county-jail path starts with the sheriff and court. The state-prison path starts with CDOC. The alert path uses VINELink Release Check when the release has not happened or has just changed.
- For a Kit Carson County jail detainee, contact the sheriff at 251 16th St., Burlington, CO 80807, or 719-346-8934, and ask about the booking or release record.
- Check the Colorado docket search and the Kit Carson County court page for bond, advisement, disposition, sentence, or probation events.
- For a Colorado state prisoner, use the CDOC offender search.
- Search CDOC by DOCNO, last name, first name, and gender, then read the record for status and date fields.
- Register through Colorado VINE when release or transfer is expected soon.
- Use BOP records for federal custody and ICE channels for immigration custody rather than assuming the county can confirm those release dates.
The Kit Carson County released inmates home page ties these sources together when the search starts with only a name and an uncertain custody type.
CDOC Release Date Lookup
CDOC is the statewide source for people committed to Colorado state prison custody or supervised by CDOC after a prison sentence. It is not a complete Kit Carson County jail release database. The Colorado "Find an Inmate" service routes users to CDOC, and the CDOC search-tips page explains that DOCNO is the department's primary identifier. Name fields can return names beginning with the letters entered, so a partial name can widen results.
| CDOC search field | How to use it |
|---|---|
| DOCNO | Numeric department identifier, up to six characters, and the strongest match when known |
| Last name | Can return names that begin with the letters entered |
| First name | Use with last name to narrow similar records |
| Gender | Optional narrowing field on the public search screen |
The manifest image below shows the parole-eligibility statute source used for the release-date computation discussion. A state-prison release date cannot be read correctly unless parole eligibility is kept separate from automatic release.
The statute source supports a careful reading of CDOC dates: eligibility, projected release, parole action, and actual discharge are separate events.
Colorado Earned Time Rules
Colorado's state-prison release calculations draw from statute, credits, parole eligibility, and board action. C.R.S. 17-22.5-403 is the core parole-eligibility statute. Public copies state that many felony or drug felony sentences may reach parole eligibility after fifty percent of the sentence imposed, less earned time authorized by C.R.S. 17-22.5-405. That is eligibility for parole review, not a promise that the person leaves prison on that date.
C.R.S. 17-22.5-405 addresses earned time and earned release time. Earned time can affect eligibility or release timing, but it can also be lost, limited, or changed by sentence structure and conduct. CDOC's disclaimer says the public database may contain inaccurate information and that users should contact CDOC to confirm information. That warning belongs with every Kit Carson County inmate release date question involving a state-prison record.
- Parole eligibility
- The point when a person can be considered for parole under statute and sentence rules.
- Projected release date
- A system date that may change before custody actually ends.
- Earned time
- Credit that can affect timing when allowed by Colorado law and agency rules.
- Discharge
- The end of a sentence or supervision term as recorded by the responsible agency.
Kit Carson 85 Percent Rule
Research Section 19 highlights a major Colorado state-prison change. Proposition 128 created an 85 percent service requirement before parole eligibility for listed crimes committed on or after January 1, 2025. The ballot title identified crimes such as second degree murder, first degree assault, class 2 felony kidnapping, sexual assault, first degree arson, first degree burglary, and aggravated robbery. It also described a full-sentence requirement before parole for certain repeat crimes of violence.
This rule should not be applied to every Kit Carson County jail release. It is a state-prison sentencing rule for specified crimes and dates. A person in the county jail awaiting advisement, bond, disposition, or a short local sentence does not receive an 85 percent CDOC parole-eligibility calculation unless the case results in a qualifying state-prison sentence. For local jail release timing, court and sheriff records remain the direct sources.
Why Release Dates Change
Release dates change because custody systems respond to court orders, credits, holds, supervision decisions, and records updates. A date can move forward or backward. A person may also leave one custody system while entering another, which makes the word "released" incomplete unless the destination is clear.
| Change factor | Effect on release date |
|---|---|
| Bond or court order | Can trigger local jail release after the sheriff receives and processes the order |
| Earned-time change | Can affect state-prison eligibility or projected timing |
| Parole grant, deferral, or rescission | Can change whether a projected state release happens as expected |
| Hold or detainer | Can keep a person in custody or transfer them after local release |
| Revocation | Can return a person to custody after parole or probation violations |
Note: A transfer from Kit Carson County custody to CDOC, BOP, ICE, or another agency is not the same as community release.
Kit Carson Jail Timing
County jail release timing is less formulaic than a state-prison sentence calculation. The Kit Carson County court page identifies daily advisement and bond hearings for people held in the county jail. That hearing can lead to bond terms, release on recognizance, continued custody, or later paperwork. The court event alone does not prove a release occurred.
For a same-day local release, reconcile three sources: the court docket for the legal event, the sheriff for the custody end, and Colorado VINE for any participating custody-change alert. If the person has a local probation sentence after release, the Kit Carson County Probation Office may become the next supervision contact. If the person was sentenced to CDOC, the release-date question moves to the state offender record.
The local jail path also has no published cadence to rely on. The research did not identify an official Kit Carson County current-inmate roster, 24-hour release list, 72-hour release list, or app-based release feed. That means no page can honestly say the sheriff updates a public list every few minutes or keeps a public release window for a set number of hours. The practical timing question is whether the court event happened, whether another hold remains, and whether the sheriff has processed the release or transfer.
A short county sentence can end by time served without any CDOC calculation. A bond case can end in jail custody while the court case continues. A transfer can end Kit Carson County custody while another agency begins its own custody period. Those distinctions matter because a single date may answer only one part of the custody chain.
Confirm Kit Carson Release
A date from CDOC, VINE, court, or a third-party page should be treated as a lead until the originating source confirms it. For state custody, CDOC's disclaimer itself says users should contact CDOC to confirm information. For local custody, ask the Kit Carson County Sheriff for the booking and release record or the public parts of the jail record. For court reasons behind release, use the docket, clerk record channels, or CoCourts where available.
Federal custody uses a different test. BOP says a past release date with no facility location means the person is no longer in BOP custody, but that person may still be under supervision or another system. Use the same logic across Kit Carson County release work: confirm which custody ended, then check whether another form of custody or supervision remains.