Las Animas County Jail Overview
Las Animas County Jail is operated by the Las Animas County Sheriff's Office. The official Las Animas sheriff page says the Sheriff's Office is responsible for public safety services including keeping the county jail. In the Costilla research file, Las Animas appears because Costilla County's May 6, 2025 Board of County Commissioners agenda lists a jail-designs update and an agreement with Las Animas County to house Costilla County inmates. That source supports a regional or contract-housing description, with clear limits.
The facility is in Trinidad at the Garcia Justice Center, not in Costilla County. A Costilla arrest can still have a Las Animas housing component if officials use the agreement, but the legal trail may remain connected to Costilla Combined Court or Costilla Sheriff's Office records. Readers should separate physical housing from the agency that created the arrest, warrant, booking, or court case.
Source limit: No Las Animas roster, visit schedule, mail rules, phone vendor, commissary vendor, or money-deposit details were relied on for Costilla facts in the research file.
| Official Source | Use on This Page |
|---|---|
| Costilla Las Animas Housing Agenda | Costilla BOCC agreement context for housing Costilla inmates in Las Animas. |
| Las Animas Sheriff Page | Sheriff name, Garcia Justice Center address, jail responsibility, and phone. |
| Costilla Combined Court | Costilla court routing when housing is out of county but the case remains local. |
Las Animas County Jail Capacity and Population
The research file did not locate an official Las Animas County Jail rated capacity, Costilla-specific housing count, current population, or current average daily population for use on this Costilla site. The facility should be described as a county jail / regional or contract housing option for Costilla inmates only when the Costilla May 6, 2025 agenda context is relevant. Do not apply Costilla County Vera statistics to Las Animas County Jail, because those Vera rows are Costilla County trend data and not Las Animas facility data.
| Topic | Research Finding | Publication Rule |
|---|---|---|
| Facility type | County jail run by Las Animas County Sheriff's Office. | Do not call it a state prison or federal jail. |
| Costilla connection | Costilla BOCC agenda listed an agreement to house Costilla County inmates. | Frame as out-of-county agreement context. |
| Capacity | No official number located in this source set. | Do not invent or borrow a bed count. |
| Current population | No live Las Animas count relied on for Costilla. | Confirm directly with the Sheriff's Office. |
How to Look Up an Inmate at Las Animas County Jail
Use Las Animas County Jail as a housing-location check when Costilla sources point there. The research file does not use an official Las Animas online roster for Costilla inmate facts. Direct phone confirmation is the cleanest path, followed by the appropriate Costilla court, sheriff, CDOC, BOP, ICE, or VINELink channel depending on custody stage.
- Start with Costilla County Sheriff's Office if the arrest happened in Costilla. Ask whether the person was moved under an out-of-county housing agreement.
- If Costilla or court information points to Las Animas, call 719-846-2211 and ask for current housing confirmation at Las Animas County Jail.
- Provide the person's full legal name, date of birth or age, arrest date, and Costilla case number if available.
- Ask whether Las Animas controls visit, mail, money, and phone rules while the person is housed there.
- If Las Animas does not have the person, search by custody stage: Colorado Judicial Branch docket for court, CDOC for sentenced state prison, BOP for federal sentenced custody, ICE ODLS for immigration detention, and VINELink for notification coverage.
Las Animas County Jail Address and Contact
The official Las Animas sheriff source lists Sheriff Derek Navarette, the Garcia Justice Center address, the main phone number, emergency 911, and an email for the sheriff. The research also lists the Las Animas County government address at 200 East 1st Street in Trinidad and notes that most departments list Monday through Friday, 8:00 to 4:30 hours. For jail housing questions, use the sheriff and jail contact, not the general county address.
Las Animas County Jail
2309 E. Main Street
Garcia Justice Center
Trinidad, CO 81082
719-846-2211
Emergency: 911
Sheriff and County Context
Sheriff Derek Navarette
navarette@lasosheriff.org
Las Animas County
200 East 1st Street
Trinidad, CO 81082
Most departments: Monday-Friday, 8:00-4:30
Visiting Someone at Las Animas County Jail
The Costilla research file did not rely on a Las Animas County Jail visitation schedule, visit-length rule, appointment portal, ID policy, dress code, or video-visit vendor. That means the safe instruction is to call Las Animas directly before visiting, especially when the person was arrested in Costilla and housed out of county. A Costilla court date, transport status, medical hold, other-agency hold, or transfer can affect whether the person is available for a visit.
| Visit Issue | Known From Research | What to Ask |
|---|---|---|
| Schedule | Not relied on for Costilla facts. | Ask current days and times at 719-846-2211. |
| Appointment | Not located in this source set. | Ask whether visits require advance scheduling. |
| Visit type | In-person/video vendor not confirmed. | Ask whether visits are in person, remote, or both. |
| Costilla status | Agreement context comes from Costilla BOCC agenda. | Ask whether the person is still housed there under Costilla authority. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Las Animas County Jail
The research file did not rely on Las Animas inmate-mail rules, commissary vendor, deposit fees, phone account vendor, video account vendor, or online roster data for Costilla. The Garcia Justice Center address is a facility contact address, but mail sent to an inmate usually needs a specific format. Confirm the current inmate name line, ID or booking number requirement, acceptable envelope or postcard rule, and prohibited item list before sending mail.
| Service | Provider / Detail | Before You Act |
|---|---|---|
| Mail Address | 2309 E. Main Street, Garcia Justice Center, Trinidad, CO 81082. | Confirm inmate-mail format and whether mail is processed elsewhere. |
| Phone / Video | Vendor not relied on in Costilla research. | Ask Las Animas jail staff before setting up accounts. |
| Money Deposit | Vendor and fee details not relied on here. | Confirm approved methods before sending money. |
| Bond | Las Animas page links are not enough for a Costilla case. | Confirm with Costilla court or sheriff if the case is from Costilla. |
Booking and Intake at Las Animas County Jail
For a Las Animas County arrest, Las Animas County Jail is the local jail. For a Costilla County case, the research supports Las Animas as a housing agreement location, not as the agency that necessarily made the arrest or filed the court case. If the person is housed there after a Costilla arrest, intake and classification questions belong to Las Animas while the person is physically in that jail, but Costilla records and court processes may still control bond, charges, hearings, and release conditions.
Ask whether the person arrived as a new local booking, an inter-county transfer, a warrant hold, or another-agency hold. That distinction affects which office can answer which question. A jail can often confirm physical custody, while the court clerk answers document-copy questions and the district attorney's filings control the formal charge path. If a sentence to Colorado prison follows, the lookup changes again to CDOC Offender Search.
Records and Case Routing for Costilla Inmates at Las Animas
A Costilla County inmate housed in Las Animas can create a split-information problem. Las Animas staff may know the person's current housing, visit eligibility, and jail account rules. Costilla County Sheriff's Office remains the source to start for Costilla booking or official-action records identified in the research, and Costilla Combined Court remains the source for Costilla court records after filing. The Colorado Judicial Branch docket search can show court activity, but it does not replace a records request to the filing court.
Use public access law carefully. Colorado's criminal justice records and open-records framework can make records of official action available, but other criminal justice records may be withheld, redacted, or released at custodian discretion. Booking-photo access also has Colorado-specific limits related to commercial mugshot misuse. For a practical route, ask for the exact category: custody confirmation, booking record, official-action record, bond status, court case number, transfer status, or release information.
About Las Animas County Jail
Las Animas County Jail is included in the Costilla facility list because official Costilla County materials identified an agreement to house Costilla County inmates. The jail is in Trinidad, outside Costilla County, and should be described that way every time. This prevents a common search mistake: assuming every facility on a Costilla inmate site is physically located in Costilla or controlled by Costilla staff.
For readers, the operational question is practical rather than theoretical. If the person is physically at Las Animas, Las Animas rules usually control visits, mail, phone access, and jail housing questions. If the case is a Costilla case, Costilla court and sheriff records may still control docket, bond, filed charges, and official-action records. Keep the two tracks separate and confirm directly before travel, payments, or records requests. A single phone call can prevent a wrong-county visit or a money deposit to the wrong system.
Before traveling: Call Las Animas to confirm current housing, visit rules, and whether the person remains under Costilla case authority.