Corrections -

The Weld Count Jail is a secure adult detention facility for offenders awaiting adjudication or serving court sentences.  Colorado Statutes require the Sheriff to receive and safely keep all adult prisoners lawfully committed and hold them in a clean, wholesome, safe, and well maintained jail.  Professional jail support services such as medical care, food preparation, and facility programming are provided to meet these mandates.  In 2008 the Weld County Jail opened a new wing known as “2 East”.  This expansion means the jail now has approximately 800 beds for more inmates to be housed locally and not at other jails throughout the state.  Jail staff increased to safely manage the additional space.  Throughout the year there were no escapes and no suicides.

Alternative Programs -

Alternative Programs consist of three different divisions: Pretrial Supervision (PTS), Home Detention (EHM), and Work Release.  Each division operates to offer an alternative to secure incarceration.  The offender is supervised while participating in the community.  Enrollment into any of these programs is granted only by the courts.