Projected vs Actual Release Date
A projected release date is a calculated or scheduled date. It is not always the day the person actually walks out. Actual release can be moved by a court order, bond posting, parole-board decision, earned-time change, detainer, transfer, new warrant, sentence correction, or revocation.
Scheduled vs actual release. For Baca County Jail, ask whether the person has a sentence release date, a bond release, a court-ordered release, or a hold. For CDOC, read the release-date field shown on the specific offender profile and then confirm any time calculation with CDOC. For federal custody, BOP's Release Date field is separate from Baca County and Colorado DOC systems.
A pretrial detainee has no guaranteed release date. They may leave the same day on bond, remain until a hearing, be released on personal recognizance, or be transferred to another agency. The Baca County court docket is often the best way to understand why a jail release did or did not occur.
Find a Baca County Release Date
Start with the agency that holds the person. Baca County Jail release timing is not published in an online release-date calculator. CDOC prison timing is handled by CDOC. Parole timing is tied to CDOC and the Colorado State Board of Parole. A local court order can change the county jail answer.
- Decide whether the person is in Baca County Jail, CDOC prison, parole custody, federal custody, immigration custody, or another county's custody.
- For Baca County Jail, call the Sheriff's Office records desk at 719-523-4511 during records hours and ask for the releasable booking and release status.
- Ask whether the release is bond, personal recognizance bond, time served, court order, transfer, community corrections self-report, or another agency taking custody.
- Check the Baca County docket for bond orders, sentence orders, mittimus, probation, revocation, warrant, dismissal, or deferred-judgment entries.
- For a state-prison sentence, search CDOC Offender Search by DOC number when possible, then by name and gender.
- Read the profile status, facility or parole office, parole eligibility, sentence information, release-date fields, and parole-board history as displayed.
- Use the CDOC Par. Board tab if parole review is part of the release path.
- Use VINELink Check for release or transfer alerts when the custody record participates.
CDOC Release-Date Fields
The CDOC public search form includes DOCNO, last name, first name, and gender. CDOC search tips state that DOC number is the department's primary offender identifier, numeric, and up to six characters. Name searches return matches beginning with the letters entered, and the name on record may be the arresting or prosecuted name rather than the person's current legal name.
| CDOC item | How to use it |
|---|---|
| DOCNO | Best identifier for a Colorado state-prison record. |
| Status | Helps distinguish prison custody, parole, release, or discharge as shown on the profile. |
| Facility or parole office | Shows where the person is assigned if still in custody or under parole supervision. |
| Release-date fields | Read the exact labels on the profile, such as parole eligibility, mandatory release, projected or estimated release, actual release, or discharge status when displayed. |
The CDOC Offender Search entry screen is the state source where Colorado state-prison release-date checks begin.
Do not hard-code a profile label that is not visible on the person's record. CDOC's public disclaimer warns that database information can be inaccurate and should be confirmed with CDOC.
Earned Time and Parole Eligibility
Colorado state-prison release calculations are governed by statute and by CDOC time computation, not by Baca County. C.R.S. 17-22.5-403 provides the parole eligibility framework. For many class 2 through class 6 felonies and level 1 through level 4 drug felonies, parole eligibility begins after 50 percent of the sentence imposed, less earned time under C.R.S. 17-22.5-405. Listed violent offenses and certain prior violent convictions use higher thresholds under older rules.
C.R.S. 17-22.5-405 allows earned time up to 10 days per month in general and up to 12 days per month for certain lower-level felony or drug felony sentences when statutory criteria are met. It also allows achievement earned time for some educational, vocational, therapeutic, reentry, or exceptional-conduct milestones. Earned time is person-specific and can be granted, withheld, withdrawn, or restored.
Proposition 128 added an 85 percent rule for specified crimes of violence committed on or after January 1, 2025. The offense-date distinction matters. It should not be applied to older cases or to ordinary Baca County jail releases.
Why a Projected Release Date Changes
A projected date is a moving calculation until the custody agency processes actual release or discharge.
| Factor | Effect on release timing |
|---|---|
| Earned time | Can reduce time when granted, or move the date later if withheld, lost, or recalculated. |
| Discipline or misconduct | May affect earned-time eligibility or parole readiness. |
| Detainers or holds | Can redirect release to another county, CDOC, USMS, BOP, ICE, or another agency instead of the community. |
| Court order | Bond changes, sentence corrections, mittimus changes, warrant recalls, or revocations can change the local jail answer. |
| Parole decision | The board may grant, deny, defer, rescind, revoke, or require an approved parole plan. |
| Consecutive sentences | Multiple terms can change the aggregate calculation. |
Baca County Jail Date Checks
No Baca County public policy was found that publishes a county jail good-time formula, weekend-release adjustment, or exact release processing schedule. Do not assume a local jail release date from the sentence length alone. Ask the Sheriff's Office for the booking/release confirmation and check the sentence order from Baca County Court.
For a county jail sentence, useful details include the mittimus or sentence order, prior-custody credit, date and time booked, release type, release authority, holds or warrants, bond type, and whether the person is being released to the community or transferred. A Baca County release record may say posted bond, personal recognizance bond, time served, transfer, or community corrections self-report. Each of those leads to a different next system.
That makes a Baca County projected release date a records question first. The safest answer comes from the jail record plus the court order that controls custody.
Confirming a Release Date
Use public search tools as starting points. For official proof, confirm with the agency that calculated or ordered the release. Baca County Jail records come from the Sheriff's Office. Court-ordered release, bond, sentence, probation, and revocation details come from Baca County Court. CDOC prison, parole eligibility, mandatory release, and discharge calculations come from CDOC. BOP release dates apply only to federal custody.
Colorado VINE can notify registered users of a custody change or release when the record participates. It is especially useful before release, but it is not a permanent jail history, not a court disposition, and not a certified time-computation record.
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