State-Prison Releases in CDOC
If a person was sentenced to CDOC after an Alamosa County case, the release question changes from "is this person in Alamosa County Jail" to "what does CDOC show for state custody, parole, release, or discharge." A released state inmate may remain searchable after leaving a facility because the public CDOC record can include parole, release, or discharge dates and current status.
CDOC should not be used for county-jail-only releases such as bond, dismissal, time served, or probation unless the person also has a state-prison record. For local-only releases, use the jail phone line, Alamosa Combined Court, VINE, probation, and records request paths.
How to Use CDOC Search
- Open CDOC Offender Search at https://www.doc.state.co.us/oss/.
- Search by DOC number when available. Otherwise use last name, first name, and gender.
- Compare same-name results with age, descriptors, convictions, and case context where shown.
- Open the individual record and look for current facility or status plus parole, release, discharge, parole eligibility, projected, or mandatory release date labels.
- Separate "released to parole" from "discharged." Parole means supervision continues; discharge means the CDOC sentence or supervision has ended.
If the public record is ambiguous, verify through CDOC records, parole contacts, or the sentencing court rather than calculating a release date yourself.
CDOC Records and Search Fields
The search fields documented in the research are DOC number, last name, first name, and gender. The Colorado Virtual Library summary describes public result fields as including name, age, corrections number, mugshot, ethnicity, gender, height, weight, eye color, hair color, parole/release/discharge dates when applicable, and current convictions.
| Field | Release Use |
|---|---|
| DOC number | Best identifier for same-name searches. |
| Current status/facility | Shows whether the person is still in state custody or no longer housed. |
| Parole date | May show release from prison to supervised parole. |
| Discharge date | May show the end of CDOC sentence or supervision. |
| Projected or mandatory date | Agency computation, not a guarantee of physical release. |
About CDOC Release Dates
Colorado release computation depends on sentence type, offense date, offense class, violent-crime rules, earned time, presentence confinement credit, discipline, program completion, parole-board decisions, detainers, and current law. C.R.S. 17-22.5-405 governs earned time, but 2025 and 2026 materials show active changes. Use CDOC's displayed date as the agency computation and verify with CDOC or court records when the date controls a legal question.
Alamosa Jail to CDOC
The Alamosa Combined Court record should show when a local case became a CDOC sentence through sentence and mittimus entries. The jail record may show transfer rather than community release. The CDOC record then becomes the stronger source for state-prison custody, parole, release, and discharge status.
CDOC Photos and Status
CDOC can also be a photo source for state-prison cases. The Colorado Virtual Library summary says the public offender database can include a mugshot and physical descriptors. That photo is tied to a CDOC record, not to every Alamosa County jail booking. A person released from the county jail on bond, time served, dismissal, or probation may never appear in CDOC. A person sentenced to state prison may remain searchable after leaving a facility because CDOC tracks parole, release, and discharge fields.
Read the photo and status together. A photo does not mean current custody. A current facility field suggests state custody. A parole status means release from prison under supervision. A discharge date means the CDOC sentence or supervision ended under the public field shown. If the record does not match the Alamosa case or person identifiers, do not rely on it.
CDOC Parole Calendar Link
The CDOC parole calendar is a separate public path for hearing schedules. It shows available hearing months and states that hearings are subject to change, with modifications available the following business day. Application and rescission hearing questions are routed through the offender's case manager, while revocation hearing questions are routed through the jail where the offender is located. That can matter when a released state inmate is arrested on a parole matter in or near Alamosa County.
Use the parole calendar to understand hearing timing. Use the individual offender record for the person's public status. Use the sentencing court for the judgment, mittimus, and case history that created the state sentence.