What Colorado VINE Covers
Colorado VINE is the state VINE/VINELink service at https://vinelink.vineapps.com/state/CO/ENGLISH. The Colorado page describes a free, secure, confidential way to access custody status and criminal case information and find state-approved service providers. Colorado county guidance identifies the toll-free VINE number as 888-263-8463.
Coverage depends on participating agencies and data feeds. VINE can cover custody-status changes and release notifications for jails and prisons that send data, but it is not a universal record database, not a permanent archive, and not a court-disposition source. If the person is not in VINE, use the Yuma County Jail, Yuma County court docket, CDOC, BOP, or ICE path that matches the custody type.
How to Check a Specific Inmate on VINELink
VINELink is a one-person check. It is not a replacement for a Yuma County release list and it should not be treated as proof that no booking occurred if a name is missing.
- Open Colorado VINE or call 888-263-8463.
- Choose the custody-status or person-search path.
- Search by the person's name or ID if available. Use enough information to distinguish similar names.
- Review possible matches carefully and open the record detail for the correct person.
- Read the custody status, facility or location, and available date or event fields.
- If the record shows release, treat that as VINE's custody-status notice, then confirm with the sheriff, court, CDOC, or BOP if an official record is required.
- If no result appears, do not treat absence as proof. Check the Yuma County Jail, the Yuma County docket, CDOC offender search, or another custody system.
What VINELink Shows About a Release
The exact field labels can change and should be read from the live record. In general, VINE shows custody-status and event information rather than a complete case history. A release notice is a custody-status event, not a conviction, dismissal, or sentence-completion record.
| Field or Item | What It Shows |
|---|---|
| Name or ID | Helps distinguish the selected record from similar names. |
| Custody status | May show held, released, transferred, or another status label supplied through the feed. |
| Facility or location | Identifies the jail, prison, or agency location if available in the record. |
| Event date | May show a custody-change or release-related date when the feed supplies it. |
| Notification option | Lets users register for future custody-change alerts after selecting the correct record. |
How to Register for a Release Notification
Search and registration are separate steps. A person can search VINE without registering, but release alerts require selecting the correct record and adding a notification method.
- Search Colorado VINE and open the correct person.
- Choose "Get Notified" or the equivalent notification-registration option.
- Add a notification method.
- Select phone, email, text/SMS where available, TTY, or in-app notification if using the VINELink app.
- Continue to the PIN step.
- Enter a four-digit PIN used to confirm receipt or manage notifications.
- Complete registration and keep the confirmation information.
Why VINE Matters in Yuma County
Yuma County, Colorado does not appear to publish a public online recent-release feed. That makes VINE one of the practical alert channels when the person and facility are in the feed. The local victim-assistance research also supports a notification angle because the sheriff victim-assistance context references release from confinement.
That does not turn VINE into an official Yuma County booking archive. If VINE shows a release, confirm through the sheriff, court, or CDOC when an official release record is needed. If VINE shows no record, call the Yuma County Jail at 970-345-2244 or the Sheriff's Office at 970-332-4805 and check the Yuma County court docket.
VINELink Limits and Confirmation
VINE has useful limits. It depends on agency participation and data timing. It is strongest for current or recent custody status and future alerts. It is weaker for older release research, complete case history, or records that have aged out of a feed. A VINE release notice also does not explain the final court outcome by itself.
Yuma County searchers should also avoid the wrong-state problem. Many "Yuma County inmate" searches return Arizona jail pages and Arizona release tools. Colorado Yuma County records use Wray, Colorado contacts, 970 phone numbers, the Yuma County Sheriff's Office site, Colorado Judicial Branch pages, CDOC, and Colorado VINE. The broader Yuma County released inmates page explains how those systems fit together.
Notification Channels and PIN Flow
Colorado VINE can be used by web, phone, and app channels when the record and agency feed are available. Colorado county guidance identifies phone and email notifications, and the VINELink app listing adds in-app notification, phone, email, text/SMS where available, and TTY. The toll-free Colorado VINE number is 888-263-8463 for phone search and registration support.
The PIN matters because it is part of the notification workflow. After selecting the correct person and choosing the notification option, the registration flow asks for a four-digit PIN. That PIN can be used to confirm receipt or manage the notification. Use a PIN the registrant can remember, and make sure the phone number, email address, text option, TTY option, or app notification method is entered for the person who should receive the alert.
| Channel | Use | Yuma Note |
|---|---|---|
| Website | Search Colorado VINE and open a person record. | Good first step when no Yuma online release feed exists. |
| Phone | Call 888-263-8463 to search or register where supported. | Useful when web access is limited or a user prefers phone alerts. |
| VINELink app | Use in-app notifications and other listed notification methods. | App availability does not guarantee every Yuma custody event is in the feed. |
| Email, text, TTY | Receive custody-change alerts through the selected method where available. | Review the record after an alert and confirm final release with the agency if documentation is needed. |
No Yuma Online Release Feed
The local role of VINELink is larger in Yuma County because the research did not find an official Colorado Yuma County current roster, 24-hour release list, 72-hour release list, recent-release archive, or sheriff mobile jail app. VINE can help bridge that gap for a specific person, especially before a release happens. It should not be presented as the county's release list, because VINE depends on participating data feeds and may not retain older events like an archive.
If a VINE search fails, use the source chain that fits the custody type. For a local jail booking, call the Yuma County Jail at 970-345-2244 or the Sheriff's Office at 970-332-4805, then check the Yuma County docket. For a state-prison sentence or parole release, use CDOC offender search and read the DOCNO, name, status, and date fields carefully. For federal custody, use BOP. For immigration custody, use ICE ODLS. A missing VINE result can mean no participating feed, a timing issue, a name mismatch, a transfer, or that the record is outside VINE's current/recent scope.
Matching the Right Person
Similar names are a real risk in any custody-status system. Use the minimum identifying information needed to distinguish the right person, then compare the facility, status, event date, and any ID shown. If the person was connected to a Yuma County case but the VINE record points to another county, state prison, or federal system, do not assume it is wrong. A transfer can move the release question out of the Yuma County Jail and into CDOC, BOP, ICE, or another holding agency.
Name issues also matter in CDOC follow-up. CDOC search tips say the DOCNO is the primary identifier and that first and last name searches return records beginning with the entered letters. The tips also warn that the name on record may be the arresting or prosecuted name rather than the person's current legal name. If VINE and CDOC disagree, resolve the conflict by checking the court case, sheriff record, DOCNO, or agency contact rather than relying on a single name search.
After a Release Alert Arrives
A VINE alert is a notification that a custody-status event was reported through the feed. It does not replace the sheriff's booking/release record, the Yuma County court disposition, a CDOC time-computation record, or a federal release record. If the release must be documented, write down the VINE date and status, then verify with the agency that held the person or the court that ordered the release.
For Yuma County Jail records, a written CORA/CCJRA request should be specific about the person, booking date or range, and the record sought. Ask for the booking/release record, release date and time, release authority, release type, booking number, charges listed at booking, and transfer destination if maintained. Yuma County's published records procedure says the custodian is not required to create a record that does not exist, so ask for existing records rather than a new report or a countywide release feed.