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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 17-26-101 (2026)

Jail in each county

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There shall be maintained in each county in this state, at the expense of the county, a county jail for the detention, safekeeping, and confinement of persons and prisoners lawfully committed. Nothing in this article shall be construed to compel the erection of jails in counties having a population of less than two thousand or when the county owns a jail erected in any other place in the county.

Source: L. 77: Entire title R&RE, p. 935, § 10, effective August 1.

Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 27-26-101 as it existed prior to 1977.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1982–2024 · leading case: People v. Johnson, 797 P.2d 1296 (Colo. 1990).
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People v. Johnson, 797 P.2d 1296 (Colo. 1990). “Sentences to county jail are governed by the requirements of sections 17-26-101 to -136, 8A C.R.S. (1986 & 1989 Supp.”
Castro v. Dist. Court of Tenth Jud. Dist., 656 P.2d 1283 (Colo. 1982). · cites it 4× “Sentences to the Pueblo county jail are governed by the requirements in section 17-26-101, et seq., C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.”
Ulibarri v. City & Cnty. of Denver, 742 F. Supp. 2d 1192 (D. Colo. 2010). · cites it 2× “” C.R.S. § 17-26-101. The Sheriff is responsible for “the manner in which the same is kept” and “shall see that the same is kept clean, safe, and wholesome.”
People v. Green, 734 P.2d 616 (Colo. 1987). · cites it 2× “Youthful felony offenders under twenty-one years of age are treated as adults, in that they are sentenced to the custody of the executive director of the department of corrections for a definite term and are then placed in an appropriate facility as determined by the executive…”
Solano v. Goff, 985 P.2d 53 (Colo. Ct. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “See § 17-26-101, C.R.S. 1998. He performed this service as a public servant for the benefit of society.”
Howard v. City & Cnty. of Denver, 837 P.2d 255 (Colo. Ct. App. 1992). · cites it 2× “Sections 17-26-101 and 17-26-102, C.R.S. (1986 Repl.”
Berck NASH, Joanna Nash, Rodney Saunders, Darlene Schmurr-Stewart, Paul Michael Stewart, & Janet Gould v. Jason MIKESELL, in his Off. capacity as Sheriff of Teller Cnty., Colorado, 507 P.3d 94 (Colo. Ct. App. 2021). · cites it 2× “See § 17-26-101, C.R.S. 2021 ("There shall be maintained in each county in this state, at the expense of the county , a county jail.”
Hardy v. Adams Cnty. (D. Colo. 2024). · cites it 2× “35 at 7 (citing Colo. Rev. Stat. §§ 17-26-101 to 103; id.”
Castro v. Dist. Court of the Tenth Jud. Dist., 656 P.2d 1279 (Colo. 1982). · cites it 4× “Sentences to the Pueblo county jail are governed by the requirements in section 17-26-101, et seq., C.R.S.1973 (1978 Repl.”
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