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Larimer County Detention Center LCSO Information

Address

Larimer County Detention Center LCSO
2405 Midpoint Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525

Phone Number

Phone: (970) 498-5200

The Larimer County Detention Center LCSO is located at 2405 Midpoint Drive in Fort Collins, CO and is a medium security county jail operated by the Larimer County Sheriff’s Department.

This page tells you all the information about anything you might need to know about the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO, such as how to locate an inmate, the jail’s address and phone number, intake procedures, court information, and much much more.

Introduction

This guide is designed to give you all the information you need to make getting locked up less stressfull. If you have specific questions, feel free to ask it, and any comments or tips that might be beneficial to others will be appreciated.

Larimer County Detention Center LCSO Inmate Search

Do you have a friend or family member that is in jail and need to find out where they are? Do you know somebody that has been arrested and you need to find out where they are?

In order to look up who is in jail at the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO you will have to use the search form.

Inmate Search

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Who’s In Jail

The Larimer County Detention Center LCSO Inmate Lookup has information about individuals who were arrested and are now in jail, including current status, and visiting hours. Also, you can find info on anyone booked or discharged in the past 24 hours. Prisoners are listed in alphabetical order by last name. You can find the information fast if you’ve got their name, date of birth, or inmate ID.

Larimer County Detention Center LCSO Policies and Procedures

Intake Procedures

The intake process at the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO is made up of each of these steps:

You will be placed in a holding cell. When the jail is busy, you will have to wait a while to get processed.

First, you will answer a number of questions, such as what is your full name, street address, date of birth and an emergency contact person, and they’ll also ask you about your medical and psychological history. Next, You will be given an inmate ID and you will get fingerprinted. Then, all personal property will be taken away from you and stored until you are discharged.

You will get to use the telephone so you can talk to a member of your family, friend, or somebody else who can help you get out.

If they expect that you will make bail and be released quickly, you might get to wear your street clothes, otherwise you you will be given a jail uniform.

Discharge Procedures

When you pay your bail, you will get discharged from jail. This process will take anywhere from 30 minutes to hours or even all day long. Or, simply, the quicker bail is posted, the sooner you can get released from jail. How quickly you get discharged depends on whether you have a bond amount or if a magistrate needs to determine how much to set your bail at. For minor charges, you will simply be booked and released on your own recognizance. If you have served a sentence in jail and have a date of your release, plan to be discharged between 9am and noon.

Larimer County Detention Center LCSO Visitation

The inmate have to give each visitor’s name to the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO in advance of the visit. This information will go into a log of visitors as an Authorized visit. All visitors is required to provide acceptable photo identification when visiting an inmate. Visitors that gets to visitation or that is not on the visitation list will not be allowed to visit the inmate.

Visitation procedures are always changing, so make sure that you call the facility at (970) 498-5200 before you go.

Visiting Hours

Day	Visiting Hours
Monday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Tuesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Wednesday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Thursday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Friday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday	9:00am – 5:00pm
Sunday	9:00am – 5:00pm

Visitation Rules

In order to visit someone at the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO you have to have your name on this person’s visitation list.

Be sure to take your up to date government issued ID or valid driver’s license with you to visitation because you will not be allowed to enter without it.

No cellphones at Larimer County Detention Center LCSO, and you will be searched before visiting. Personal belongings are not allowed. Persons parole, probation, or other corrections supervision must get the permission of both their individual supervising officer and the superintendent before visiting. Such visitation is not normally approved.

If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age is related to the inmate, they will have to be accompanied by an adult family member or guardian to include a member of the inmate’s extended family. If a visitor is younger than 18 years of age and is not related to the inmate, the minor visitor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.

Sending Mail to Inmates

This is what you need to know about sending letters, photos, postcards, greeting cards and even magazines to an inmate at the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO. Incoming and outgoing inmate mail at the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO is always searched and inspected for contraband that might threaten the security, safety or well-being of the facility, its staff, and inmates. Inmates can only receive metered, unstamped, plain white postcards no larger than 4″ x 6″ as mail. The writing on the postcard has to be in pencil or blue or black ink. If it has a stamp on it, it will get returned. If you write in green ink, then it will get returned. If you send any other kind of mail will be returned to the sender. If there is no return address on it, then the unauthorized mail will be stored in the inmate’s locker until the inmate gets release.

Do not include any of these things in the mail that you send to an inmate: any kind of threat to jail order, any description of the manufacture of weapons, bombs, incendiary devices, or tools for escape; do not encourage or advocate any kind of violence, hate speech, or racial or ethnic supremacy. Inmates are not allowed to write to other inmates.

Mailing Address

The address that you should use if you are sending a letter to an inmate at the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO is:

Larimer County Detention Center LCSO
2405 Midpoint Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525

Here is how you should address the letter:

[INMATE’S FULL NAME]
[INMATE ID]
Larimer County Detention Center LCSO
2405 Midpoint Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525

The Larimer County Detention Center LCSO inmate mail policy changes, so be sure to visit the site when you send a letter to an inmate.

Sending Other Things to an Inmate

There are strict procedures that you must follow to send anything to an inmate at the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO. This includes sending money for to spend in the commissary, sending regular mail or photos, sending money for phone calls, and even postcards.

This page covers everthing you need to know about the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO to help you follow these procedures and guidelines. If you have questions, or there is something that you were looking for, but did not find, please contact us using the contact link in the site menu.

Public Records

Warrant Inquiry

If you have an outstanding warrant, you can check court records on the Larimer County jail website or you can call the court. This requires a first and last name. Or, you can just go down to the jail and ask one of the officers. Bear in mind that if there is an arrest warrant out for you, they will take you into custody immediately.

Arrest Record Search

If you know a person’s name, and possibly an arrest date, contact the jail, on the phone, in person, or you can check online. Records of arrests are a matter of public record and this is freely available.

Court Records

Court Records are considered public records, so they are accessible to anyone who requests them. They include a case file that contains a court docket and any of the filings and documents filed in the case. You are able to access the court records on the website, or at the Larimer County Clerk of Court in the jurisdiction where the case was filed.

Criminal Records

Each state maintains a record of someone’s criminal background. These state databases are linked together and you can track criminal histories from any other state. You can go to the Larimer County Courthouse and make an inquiry, or you can check online. It helps to know which county the crime occurred in, and if the crime was in a totally different state, you might have to pay for a more comprehensive search.

A criminal records search you can find out if a person has ever been arrested, charged or convicted for any crimes they may have committed, which could include DUI or DWI, drug crimes like possession or trafficking, kidnapping, sex offenses which could include rape, and sexual assault, violent crimes like assault or murder, or theft, breaking and entering.

Money & Commissary

The process for sending funds to someone in jail can change at any time, so visit the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO site before you send any money.

How To Send Money to an Inmate at Larimer County Detention Center LCSO

You will have your own ‘bank account’ while in jail. This money is used to purchase items from the Commissary. Family and friends can deposit money into this account for you, and any money you earn while in prison will also be deposited into your account. Outside money can be paid in to your account via a money order, cash or check. If someone sends a check or money order, make sure that they write your inmate ID on it. The maximum amount you are allowed in your account is $290 per month.

Guidelines For Sending Money To An Inmate

Before you send any money you should find out what online money transfer companies the jail your inmate is incarcerated in uses. The exact method that the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO uses changes frequently, so it is best to call them at (970) 498-5200 to get the current payment method.

You may be required to be on the inmate’s visitation list in order to send them money, and be aware that they may have a limit on how much you deposit at one time, like $200-300 at a time, or a limit on how much money may be in the inmate’s account at one time.

Some of the money transfer firms being used by various facilities include JPay, MoneyGram, AccessCorrections, OffenderConnect, Touchpayonline, JailATM, WU, smartdeposit, and tigercommissary.

If an inmate has fines or are required to pay restitution then they will be subject to garnishment of their commissary/trust account. If the inmate has a garnishment, then money to pay them will be taken from the inmateâ€™s bank account. In some cases it may be a percentage or the entire amount of the obligation, but the actual percentage depends on the circumstances. We recommend that inmates talk to the counselor at their facility and try to find out. You can also try to make an arrangement so that only a percentage of your commissary funds are taken, instead of all your funds take at one time.

Commissary

The commissary is the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO store. You can buy different things here, such as toiletries, snacks and writing supplies. Keep in mind that you will most likely want to buy things from the commissary daily, and any infractions will cause you to lose commissary privileges.

The Commissary will sell an assortment of different items that inmates can buy if they have enough money in their commissary account. These products include clothes, shoes, small snacks and other food items, as well as hygiene products like soap, shampoo, and disposable razors for shaving. The commissary also sells other things like books and magazines, televisions and radios, playing cards, headphones, MP3 players, and electronic tablets. They also sell everything need to write home to family, friends, and loved ones: paper, envelopes, and stamps. If an inmate is indigent and cannot afford paper and stamps, the jail will provide these things to an inmate who has not had any money in their commissary account for at least 30 days.

Phone Calls & Phone Usage Policy

Phone calls that inmates are allowed to make from the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO are with a pre-paid phone card or account, or are collect calls . Calls made in jail are usually pricier than regular phone calls. There are certain restrictions about when and how often you can use the phone, but inmates must keep in mind that a long line can form at the phones, because everyone wants to use the phone, too. If you break the jail rules, phone privileges might get reduced or forbidden.

Phone Number: (970) 498-5200

How To Save Money on Inmate Calls

Correctional facility phone service providers have a monopoly at each facility that they have a contract with, which means that they they control the prices. The profits from all of the phone calls that inmates make are split with the facility, so there is no incentive for the jail or the counselors at the facility to show inmates or their family how to save money on inmate phone calls at the Larimer County Detention Center LCSO. The prices are posted and there are at least two types of prices based on where the inmate is calling. These three factors will determine the cost of an inmate phone call: Where you are located; Where your inmate is located, What type of phone number you have.

For example, if your inmate is in federal prison, if you get a new local number then this will decrease your inmate’s phone call rate from $.21 per minute to only $.06 per minute.

For state prisons and local jails finding out how to lower your inmates phone charges can be more difficult. ArrestedResources.com keeps up to date with all of the changes that affect your inmate’s rate and in most cases is able to offer you an inmate calling number that will save you a lot of money on how much it costs you to call your inmate. There are some prisons or jails where we won’t be able to save you any money, and therefore we will not offer you an inmate calling number. In cases like this, the jail has set their phone rates so high that nobody will be able to save you money.

For more detailed information on how to save on inmate calls at Larimer County Detention Center LCSO, click the link below.

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