Gilpin County Sheriff's Office
Detentions Division
Sheriff Kevin M. Armstrong
Gilpin County Sheriff's Office Detentions Facility
The Gilpin County Detentions Division consists of the Jail, Court Security, Transportation, and alternate inmate sentencing programs. The Gilpin County Justice Center was opened in September 1995. Detentions was the first to move into the new Justice Center with the Patrol Division arriving in the second phase and then the Gilpin County Dispatch Center in the third phase.
The jail was originally designed for housing of 55 inmates which increased to 96 after modifications were made to the existing facility in 2017. The Detentions Division has 18 full time sworn employees, 1 part time sworn employee, 4 full time civilian Community Service Officers. Jail medical services is provided by Southern Health Partners, Inc. The jail food services and senior meals program is supervised and administered by Summit Food Service, LLC.
Jail operations and guidelines have been recently restructured in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Policies and procedures have been changed to adhere to Federal CDC and Colorado Heath Department guidelines for the health and safety of inmates, visitors and staff. The Sheriff’s Office has partnered with Jefferson/Gilpin County Public Health Office to provide a Covid-19 vaccine to any inmate choosing to participate.
The purpose of the Gilpin County Detention Facility is to protect the public by incarcerating, in a cost-effective manner, accused and adjudicated adult offenders in a safe, secure and humane facility in order to:
Assure court appearances of those accused of unlawful behavior prior to adjudication.
Administer court-ordered sanctions to those convicted of crimes.
Participate in the coordination of the criminal justice system.
The philosophy of the Gilpin County Detention Facility is based on the following assumptions:
Incarceration is punishment, in and of itself.
All inmates and staff will be held accountable for their actions.
The opportunity for community integration for accused and adjudicated offenders will be offered through humane programs and services.
Personnel of the Gilpin County Detention Facility are trained according to Colorado Police Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T), American Jail Association (AJA), and National Institute for Jail Operations (NIJO). Staff are committed to operating the facility to assure the preservation of the basic human rights of the incarcerated as prescribed by the Constitution of the United States and the State of Colorado, the federal laws, and the policies and procedures of the Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office.
Contact Information
Gilpin County Sheriff's Office
2960 Dory Hill Rd, Suite 300
Black Hawk, CO 80422
- Emergency: 911
- Non-Emergent Dispatch: (303)582-5500 or (303)582-5511
- Administration: (303)582-1060
- Detentions: (303)582-3576
- Vin Inspection/Vacation Check: (303)582-5500
- Courts: (303)582-5522
- Victim Services: (303)582-5926
- Black Hawk Police: (303)582-5878
- Road Conditions: (303)639-1111
Visitation Information
Visitation Hours
Saturday & Sunday : 9:00am -11:00am and 2:00pm-4:00pm
Tuesday : 6:00pm-8:00pm
Only visitors with picture ID card or drivers license will be allowed to visit an inmate.
If you bring a minor to visit you must be the parent or legal guardian and stay with the minor child at all times during the visit.
You may not take any personal items into the visitation room – lockers are provided to keep your personal items secure.
You may bring the following items for an inmate:
White underclothes
White socks
White T-shirt - long or short sleeves
White long underwear
NOTE: Any clothing accepted must be completely white; this is for laundry purposes.
We will not accept anything with color on any part of the clothing.
You may leave money for an inmate; you may make commissary deposits using the Stellar Teller machine in the lobby (at this time the Teller only accepts cash). You may also send a money order or cashier's check by standard mail to the jail.
Only cash or money orders will be accepted and the monies will be placed on the inmates account. The inmate will sign for the money and get a receipt.
Approved medicine or medically required items will be accepted 24 hours a day.
Monies or white underclothing will be accepted only between the hours of 8 AM – 5 PM, Monday through Friday and during visitation hours. (Unless the monies are for bonding purposes; you may bond a person out of jail 24 hours a day.)
No books, magazines, candy, shampoo, etc. will be accepted from anyone for inmates.
Commissary Deposit
Family and Friends may make commissary deposits 24 hours a day, 7 days a week using one of the following options:
- Electronic deposits through the jailatm.com website: JailATM
- A Stellar Teller machine is available in the lobby of the Sheriff's Office which accepts cash or credit card deposits.
- Mail funds to the jail. Acceptable forms of funds are: Cashiers Check, Certified Checks, Postal Money Orders, and Bank Money Orders. Address the envelope using the format and address below:
First and Last Name
Gilpin County Jail
2960 Dory Hill Road
Black Hawk, Colorado 80422
Telephone Information
To set up inmate/friends/family accounts go to Cidnet or call 1-888-984-1903.
For commonly asked questions about Cidnet and associated rates and fees, view our quick fact sheet.
Telephones:
- If a conflict or abusive language is used on the phone at any time the phone call will be terminated, whether in the booking area or in the pods.
- Inmates have access to the telephones before being placed in general population. This is a collect call only.
- Inmate will have access to telephones in the day room between the hours of 8 AM – 11:00 PM.
- All telephone calls must be prepaid, an outside account set up, or monies may be transferred from the inmate account to the phone account for phone credits.
- No messages will be taken for any inmate unless it is a life and death emergency or serious illness emergency. The emergency will be verified.
Continuous or harassing phone calls, made by inmates, should be reported to the Gilpin County Sheriff’s Office at
303-582-1060.
Gilpin County
203 Eureka Street
Central City, Colorado 80427
Phone: 303-582-5214
Fax: 303-582-5440
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