State Prison Release Path
Trinidad Correctional Facility is a state prison, not a county jail. A person housed there is in CDOC custody, and release confirmation comes from statewide CDOC records. The key distinction is location versus sentence source: someone may be housed in Model but sentenced from another county, or sentenced from Las Animas County but housed in a different CDOC facility before release.
For a released state-prison inmate, review the CDOC record for Current Facility Assignment, parole region or office, Est. Parole Eligibility Date, Est. Next Parole Hearing Date, Est. Mandatory Release Date, Est. Sentence Discharge Date, Sentence County, and Court Cause. If the person was transferred out of Trinidad before release, the phrase "released from Trinidad" may only mean they left the Model facility while remaining in CDOC custody.
How to Confirm a CDOC Release
Use this route for state prison custody. Do not use the LASO dated jail roster as the primary search for Trinidad Correctional Facility releases.
- Open CDOC Offender Search at doc.state.co.us/oss.
- Search by DOCNO when available. If not, use last name, first name, and gender.
- Confirm identity by comparing the CDOC record, sentence county, court cause, and known case details.
- Check Current Facility Assignment. A parole region or parole office can indicate release from a prison building while CDOC supervision continues.
- Review estimated mandatory release, sentence discharge, parole eligibility, and next parole hearing fields.
- Use the CDOC parole board hearing search for pending or recent parole-hearing context.
- Use the sentencing court record when you need the sentence, mittimus, or case disposition that created the CDOC term.
The Inmate Release Date page explains why Colorado estimated dates can change because of earned time, parole decisions, detainers, sentence corrections, and data updates.
Trinidad Correctional Facility Records and Contact
Public research lists Trinidad Correctional Facility at 21000 US-350, Model, CO 81059. For public release status, start with CDOC Offender Search. If the public record is not enough, ask CDOC for narrow sentence-discharge, parole-release, or official-action information. For the court documents behind the sentence, use the county or district court that entered the sentence.
Trinidad Correctional Facility
21000 US-350, Model, CO 81059
Operating agency: Colorado Department of Corrections
Public search: CDOC Offender Search
Parole board search: CDOC parole board page
About Trinidad Correctional Facility
Trinidad Correctional Facility is in Model, east of Trinidad on State Highway 350. Local chamber information places it on a large campus and identifies it as a CDOC facility in Las Animas County. That local presence creates a common search split: a user may mean a sheriff jail release in Trinidad or a CDOC prison release from the Model facility. The records path changes completely based on that distinction.
| Facility type | State prison |
|---|---|
| Operating agency | Colorado Department of Corrections |
| Primary release search | CDOC Offender Search |
| Key fields | Current Facility Assignment, Est. Mandatory Release Date, Est. Sentence Discharge Date, parole eligibility, next parole hearing |
Parole After a Trinidad Release
A person released from a Colorado prison may still be under parole supervision. CDOC records may show a parole region or office rather than a prison facility, and a sentence discharge date may be later than the date the person left prison. Use Parole / Probation to separate CDOC parole from Las Animas County probation, because the local probation office does not supervise a CDOC parole case.
When the Court Record Matters
CDOC shows custody and supervision status. The court record shows the sentence that created the prison term. Use Las Animas County Courthouse only when the Las Animas County court case is the sentencing case, or when you need a local docket, mittimus, disposition, or sealing record tied to the sentence. If the CDOC record lists another sentence county, use that county's court records instead.
Trinidad CDOC Release Fields
Trinidad Correctional Facility release questions should use the Colorado Department of Corrections vocabulary. The public offender search can show current facility assignment, parole assignment, estimated parole eligibility, estimated next parole hearing, estimated mandatory release, estimated sentence discharge, sentence county, and court cause. Those fields answer different questions. Parole eligibility is the first point for board consideration, while mandatory release and sentence discharge are later sentence-administration concepts.
A person may have been housed at Trinidad Correctional Facility without having a Las Animas County criminal case. Sentence county and court cause help separate those facts. A person sentenced in another county can be housed in Model, and a person sentenced from Las Animas County can be housed elsewhere in CDOC. If the question is where the person was released from, review current facility assignment history where available and confirm with CDOC records if the public record is not enough.
| CDOC item | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Current Facility Assignment | Shows prison, parole assignment, or other CDOC status language. |
| Est. Mandatory Release Date | Often closest to the public's projected release question. |
| Est. Sentence Discharge Date | Points to the end of sentence or CDOC authority. |
| Parole board hearing | Shows consideration, not guaranteed release. |
Trinidad Release Outcomes
A release from a state prison can lead to parole, discharge, another CDOC assignment, community corrections, a return to court, or another custody hold. It should not be described like a county jail bond release. Earned time under Colorado law can affect state calculations, but the public page should not reduce it to a fixed discount. The CDOC record and sentence documents control the public explanation.
Local geography can also confuse searches. Trinidad Correctional Facility is in Model, east of Trinidad, while the county jail is in Trinidad at the Garcia Justice Center. A search for Las Animas County released inmates may bring both systems into view. The correct first step is to decide whether the person was a pretrial or local jail detainee, or a sentenced CDOC prisoner.
Trinidad Record Requests
When the CDOC public record does not answer a Trinidad Correctional Facility release question, the follow-up should go to the state corrections record path, not the county jail. Ask for public sentence-discharge, parole-release, or official-action information tied to the CDOC number and sentence. The request should identify the person, DOC number if known, date range, and the field or event that needs confirmation.
The county court can still matter because it created the sentence in a Las Animas County case. The court record may show the mittimus, sentence length, jail credit, or later order. CDOC then administers the prison sentence, parole eligibility, mandatory release, and discharge. If the person was moved from Trinidad to another CDOC facility before release, the phrase "released from Trinidad" may be only a facility-history clue, not the final release location.
Final Trinidad Release Check
Before treating a Trinidad Correctional Facility release as confirmed, check the CDOC record by DOC number when possible. Name searches can miss aliases, middle names, spelling differences, or compound surnames. Then compare the current facility assignment with parole, mandatory release, and discharge fields. If a parole region or parole office appears, the person may be out of the prison building but still under CDOC authority.
Use court and local sources only for the parts they own. The Las Animas County court can show a local sentence or mittimus. The sheriff can confirm a separate county jail booking if one occurred. CDOC controls the state prison release record. That separation prevents a state prisoner from being described as a county jail release or a local detainee from being searched only in CDOC.
Trinidad Court Link
When a CDOC sentence began in Las Animas County, the county court record and the prison record should be read together. The court sentence explains the legal term, jail credit, and mittimus. CDOC then applies prison rules, parole eligibility, earned time, mandatory release, parole assignment, and sentence discharge. If the reader only has the court case number, the court record may help locate the sentence details needed for a better CDOC search.
If the person was only housed at Trinidad Correctional Facility on a sentence from another county, the Las Animas County court may have no case record for that conviction. The facility location and the sentence county are different facts.
Trinidad Source Note
Trinidad Correctional Facility pages should stay centered on CDOC, because the facility is a state prison. A person released from this facility may show parole assignment, mandatory release timing, or sentence discharge in the state record. The county sheriff does not control those CDOC fields.
If the person also had a Las Animas County jail booking, that is a separate event. Confirm the jail event through the sheriff and court, then confirm the prison event through CDOC and parole sources.